Playing Hard...

What a cheesy smile!!!

1.12.10

After dinner one evening we were cleaning up and apparently left the door open on the fridge-we found Mr. Curious standing on the little step to see what was in there. I wish I could have caught him just a few seconds before-he was looking right in!!!

1.18.10

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Helping Momma with his laundry...

Ready to be washed!!

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Looks like he is at a petting zoo-with his favorite friend...Jerry, as the zoo animal!

We went to dinner with some friends and then they came over to hang out. We let Finnean stay up and "party" until 7:30 because he was playing hard and having fun. All of a sudden he heads over to his corner, snuggles up on his pillow, covers himself up and grabs a book. We took that has a very big hint that he was ready to go to bed. What a turkey!

1.23.10

Grady sat in this booster seat while he was over earlier in the day. We took it off the big chair and put it on the floor and Finnean LOVED it! He doesn't know how to just sit down in it-so he stands up in the seat backwards, turns around and THEN sits down! It is so cute to watch him maneuver. After awhile he thought he needed the tray-so he grabbed that as well!

1.23.10

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More adventures of Grady and Finnean!

The boys looked so big on this play date! They ran around, made noise, "talked" to each other and played in the awesome tunnel Grady and Stephanie brought over! More pictures to come...

1.23.10

keys...

Last week I had to go pick Finnean up from daycare early because he had a high temp. I took him in to the doctor and of course he had another ear infection. SERIOUSLY...that is the third one in the past two months. I almost think that it is the same one and it just hasn't gone away. I forgot his other medication at daycare so after the doctor we went to pick it up and I thought I would stop and get gas. WHICH I HATE TO DO...so this was a rare occasion. I hop out in the the below zero temperatures and get the gas pump out. I realize that I forgot my credit card so I attempted to get it out of my purse. BUT THE DOOR WAS LOCKED! So I am outside and it like negative 5, the keys AND Finnean are locked in the car. Just great. Thankfully I had my cell phone so I called Michael and he was still at work. He was downtown and had to go home and get the extra keys...so 30 minutes later and me freaking out with frozen legs-he got there. Finnean did great and slept most of the time in his warm little car seat. I felt like the worst mom ever and was frozen! It all turned out okay and my legs finally warmed up. I even learned a valuable lesson...Michael can fill up the car from now on :)

New Daycare

Well. We have been making some big decisions at our house. We realized we are paying an insane amount of money for daycare each week so we started to explore our options. Luckily we found a gal that is great and Grady (Finnean's Best Pal) goes there too! I am nervous of course and worried about the timing with the transition. He just is so aware of his surroundings but I know he is resilient-it is just a little scary. So stay tuned...that adventure starts on February 1st.

13 months...

It is so hard to believe another month has past (I am a little late blogging about it) but it has and Finnean is becoming such a big boy. He is walking, walking, walking...he hardly crawls because he is getting so fast! He is really talking and blabbing all the time. He is continues to make us laugh...he will do things to make you laugh or smile really big to get your attention. He still loves to read and loves dance! I know he started doing so many more new things...but I just can't remember them right now! I hope to keep you posted of our new adventures more frequently!

Carter turns FOUR!

Cousin Carter turned 4 on January 9th. We all headed out Pizza Ranch and had a great time. After the party we all went swimming! Finnean wasn't quite sure what to think of all the splashing but he had fun snuggling with Poppa Richard while Dad went down the slides!!

Dad, Finnean and Poppa Richard
We continue to be amazed how much these three look alike!

SO tired after the big party!

He is getting so big! His shirt AND jeans are 12 MONTHS in size. We have been struggling to get him into 12 month clothes because he is so little!!! He is approaching the 20 pound mark!!

Silly boy!!

What a stinker!!!

Vrooom!! Finnean loves to drive his trucks!

He eats meat! Finnean has not been a fan meat since he started eating solids. He wouldn't even eat it all pureed. We gave him a chicken finger and he ate it!! We couldn't believe it!! Hopefully he won't only like chicken nuggets for the rest of his life!

Relaxing!

Lounging with Dad.
Doesn't Finnean look so old here? These new pjs make him look SO big! He is really starting to turn into a little boy!!
1.5.10

Finnean LOVES to pick things up. It seems he has incredible strength for such a little man. He amazes us at what he can lift.

Finnean is learning to pull his little dog around. This is one of his favorite toys right now!

Jerry is just a little bit spoiled at our house. He loves lounging on the couch-it looks like Michael interrupted his nap with this picture!

A big UPDATE!

I had so many things to post...we hope you enjoy the blog as much as we do keeping it up to date! Please be sure to click on the "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page-as there are even more pictures for your viewing pleasure! We have had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a pretty relaxing weekend after watching the Cyclones in their bowl game tomorrow night and game-filled New Year's Eve with some friends.

Cute Finnean Moment AKA Proud Momma Moment:

Finnean can pretend to talk to the phone. He got a Chatter Phone for Christmas and I answered the phone and said it was Finnean and Grandma wanted to talk to him. I handed him the phone and it put it up to his ear and in his tiny little voice he said something that sounded a lot like "Hello!" and then just kept gabbing into the phone! We are trying to capture it on video to share with you...he seriously just melts my heart!

Splish Splash!!!

Bath time will never be the same!

Just a quick note...if you catch what I said at the beginning of the video..."What will we do when we have two?" We are not expecting another baby...I was just wondering!! Just to clarify! :)

Finnean, Patrick and a Lollipop

Finnean had his first haircut on 12.30.09. We went to Patrick's and the Lollipop! It is this little old place that has been there forever that does it up right for little kids, Michael even got his haircut there. Patrick was great with Finnean and we got the cutest little certificate to complete the deal! I hope to get a video posted soon...

Before...looking a little unsure!

Wow...his hair is very untidy!!

Everyone gets a yummy Lollipop to suck on during the haircut! Dad had to help but Finnean loved it. He had a bubblegum flavored dum-dum!

Look at that long hair!!!

Patrick said this is the first chair they had in the shop. It has had been repaired many times because so many haircuts have been given in it!!

Big mo-hawk....

Little mo-hawk!

Yum!

Checking himself out!

Where's my Lollipop!!

Getting buzzed up at the end. Finnean wasn't even scared of the buzzy thing! It was the blo-dryer that scared him!

AHH! That's scary!!

All done! Looking so BIG!!! Finnean did a great job!!!

The back view---a perfect cut!

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I was more emotional about getting his hair cut than I was about him turning one! How silly is that! I know it is only hair but I knew it would take away that little baby look. He is now OFFICALLY a big boy!!!

Just a few more photos from our Bloomfield trip!

Getting ready to go home and getting a few more minutes of playing in before we headed back to Ankeny!

Relaxing in Poppa Richard's big chair!

Grandma Lisa reading Finnean a bedtime story about the state of Iowa, he got this book for Christmas! Thanks Grandma Lisa and Poppa Richard!

The Waglers-2009

Looking Sharp....

Finnean was well rested after a big nap, we got dressed and headed over to Nathan and Nikki's for dinner with the Thordarson side. It was great to catch up and here are a few photos from our time there...

This is Finnean pretending to talk on the "phone" AKA night vision goggles!

Christmas Morning!

Finnean finding his presents from Santa and his stuff stocking!!!

Dad helping Finnean get open his Santa presents. He didn't want to put the horse down!

We all got 2 cyclone candy canes in our stockings. Finnean LOVED holding on to them while he opened his presents!

Finnean's new sled made the perfect seat for unwrapping presents!!

Finnean really loved the photo frames filled with pictures from his family from Aunt Maddy and Uncle Adam...thanks! He loves to look at them now that we are home!!

Finnean making sure that Dad is getting all of the twistys un-twisted!!! Echo the dog (Finnean's favorite friend) is supervising as well!!

Getting sleepy...after all that yummy breakfast and opening presents, Mr. Finnean went down for a big nap before our next Christmas celebration at Nathan and Nikki's!

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we always open presents from Aunt Vicki and Uncle Randy (Grandma Lisa's sister and brother in law) and then the little kids go to bed and all of the big kids play games. We had so much fun playing games and just hanging out!

Finnean working hard to open Aunt Vicki and Uncle Randy's (who live in Minnesota and now loves Brett Farve)present...it was VIKINGS stocking hat! YUCK! We are still trying to decide what to do with it ;) He won't put it on without crying...hopefully we will get a picture of that soon! He also got super cute pjs-thanks Vicki and Randy!!

This is Finnean opening up his new Christmas pjs from Momma and Dad. We started a tradition last year that Finnean will get pjs on Christmas Eve to wear to bed that night!