Nicole's grandma was born in China. She sent Daniel this great outfit, so last week we got dressed up and celebrated the Chinese New Year!

Holidays 2008

2008 is over and 2009 has begun! We had a great time in Phoenix for the holidays and came back to cold weather and lots of snow. Unfortunately, coming home also means going back to work so this is the first chance I've had to update the blog.

Daniel has begun learning how to drink with cups and eat with spoons. He likes to try to help us with it.
Daniel loves his grandpa!
Daniel is all dressed up and ready for Christmas!

Daniel's first stocking.

He was fascinated with the wrapping paper. Why do we buy toys again?

We took Daniel on his first trip to the Phoenix Zoo while we were in town. We only had a couple of hours but it was a beautiful day.

Hope you all had a great holiday celebration with your families.

Fall Adventures

The snow has started and the weather has turned cold. While winter has not officially started, I would say that fall is over. Here are some pictures of the adventures Daniel had this fall.

To start with here is a picture of Daniel on the day he was dedicated at our church and a link to watch the video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XfNjVlw5U

One of our favorite places to take Daniel is the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.

Here are pictures of Daniel at Hilger's Market picking out his first pumpkin:

Here are some pictures from Daniel's (and our) first apple picking trip:

On Halloween Daniel helped Nicole pass out candy to kids in the neighborhood:

Of course basketball season has started so I've got Daniel watching games with me already:

And of course here are some recent cute pictures of Daniel:

During all of this Daniel got to go to the babysitter for the first time so that Nicole and I could celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary:

Next week we head home to Phoenix for Thanksgiving and some warm weather, yeah!

Daniel Earn's His Wings

As my mom was preparing to leave Fort Wayne we decided at the last minute to join her on a flight to Phoenix so that Daniel could meet the rest of the family.

We were very happy to have the chance to see everyone. We'll see you all at Thanksgiving!