Jed took Kate out to build a snowman several weeks ago. She had insisted on a carrot nose and button eyes (Jed convinced her rocks would work). She would check on it everyday out the back door until it melted :(.
Loves her silky blanket
Has the cutest giggle
Loves his sister - always looking around for her
Eating rice cereal
Reaching for toys
Still has no hair!
And as a comparison...
I was able to go on Kate's field trip this week. It was fun to hear her and Zoie chatting in the back of the car about the most random things, but sounding like they were having an adult conversation, and interacting with their teachers and classmates. We went to the air force museum and it made me think of my dad. He went on the last field trip to the pumpkin patch and we had so much fun. I knew he would have loved this trip and telling Kate all about the airplanes. You may not know this, but he actually had his pilot license at one time. In fact some of the first dates he took my mom on, they went flying. He had a few friends that would take him on trips in all sorts of airplanes and let him fly - he absolutely loved it.
My Dad's headstone is finished and in. The Jeep on the back is actually engraved from a photo of his CJ-6 on one of the trails a few years ago. He sure loved that Jeep and going on the trails with us. I think the trip this year will be pretty hard without him, we're still missing him every day.
What better gift to open on Christmas Eve than new 'snugglie' pajamas. Kate was pretty excited that Paige's matched hers. Kate had asked Santa for GeoTracks and spent all day playing with them and her new marble game.
We missed my Dad, knowing he would have loved setting up the toys and watching Cars 2 with us. It's an odd feeling to not have him around when he's supposed to be here. It was nice spending time with our family and just lazing around all Christmas day. I hope you all had a great Christmas with your family.
This was my dad's favorite photo of himself. I think it's a great photo and so him. We had it blown up to put near the casket at the funeral - it was just perfect. No one in our family took this photo, someone gave it to us years ago. Does anyone remember taking it?
