Working on the Computer with Daddy

Christmas Excitement

First, look around at everything going on.


Next, be very happy!

Christmas Morning Montage

(with a bit of Christmas Eve, Eve so I can show off the pony)

Christmas Eve in Phoenix

First, Theo eats.
The, everyone else eats. Note that this will serve as our obligatory stiffly posed timer holiday photo shoot.
Theo relaxing with Grandpa Joe.

Christmas Eve, Eve

All the snow delayed our trip to Phoenix until Christmas Eve, so we spent the night before at my folks. Theo showed off his Christmas elf costume, and got his first Christmas pony.


The Elf.


The Pony.


Yes, ponies are very cool.

The First Ski Trip

Our Christmas trip to Arizona was postponed from the Sunday before Christmas to Christmas Eve, due to Seattle's traditional total inability to cope with any sort of winter storm. Fortunately we found out our flight was canceled before leaving for the airport, so we were able to dig the skis out of the basement and head outside.

Here we begin in front of the tomato, which is not looking so red-hot.
I was happy, and Theo was... well, bundled up.
Sara was happy too. Finally, a snowy Christmas for her.
Even when we got back she just wanted to look out at the snow. This meant Theo was interested in looking out at the snow as well.
Here's the view they had. Looks cozy to me, too.

Theo's First Walk in the Snow

When we first got outside, Theo seemed ambivalent.


But he soon was back to his happy self.


We made it over to the closed part of Union Street, where Theo saw his first sledding party.

Theo Socializing

Sara and Theo went to a Mom & Baby yoga class up on Capitol Hill a couple weeks ago. They had been going regularly, but Sara's return to work threw a wrench into the schedule. Here he is sizing up Miles, whose mom Jessie was also in the class. They seem to be quite friendly. We can't tell if that's an enormous drop of drool dangling from Theo's chin or not.

Almost Crawling 2: Theo vs. the Round Animals

Theo Almost Crawling, with Some Bonus Eating

Just Can't Get Enough of Great-Nana Campbell.

Two views. The first, giggling and engaged.



The second, wistful and contemplative.

Thanksgiving At Pruss's

Theo with Pam, Stacey's sister-in-law.

Diana trying to teach Theo how to knock things down.

Stacey and Theo.

The Other Side of Theo

We've recently been featuring active pictures of Theo: smiling, moving, playing with people. But he's also still an infant & spends most of his time crashed out. It's not as interesting, though still
very cute.

More Time with Great-Nana

Theo loves her for her shiny things ^H^H^H^H sense of humor.




Hey, Dad, look who I found!

Happy About Eating

We had some concern for a while that the high chair was going to turn into a place of sadness for Theo. But after adjusting it, and learning that anything tastes good if it's mixed with banana, he seems to have come around.

Just Can't Get Enough of Great-Nana Campbell.

Two views. The first, giggling and engaged.



The second, wistful

Great-Nana!

Theo and Kieran meet Great-Nana Campbell for the first time. Theo wishes the camera would leave him alone. Kieran's just flirting as usual.
Nana remembers what it's like to hold on to squirming infants.

Theo vs Banana

Late for Trick-or-Treating

I don't think Theo's sure if he's been tricked or not. But Nana and Grandpa are happy to see him.

Phht

Sound makes this better.

Peanut

Our Halloween costume.

Feet!

Theo's found his feet. I can't capture it in a photo, but in the movie below you can see that he gets them all the way to his mouth.

Wrestling the Caterpillar

Sara's friend Lydia made Theo a totally rad caterpillar that's over twice his size. Theo can still muscle it around pretty well, though.

Teeth!

A two-fer, also. They erupted around September 25th, Theo's 4-month doctor's appointment, but it's been very difficult to get a picture of them. Also, it wasn't until today that hit bit Grandpa with them for the first time.

Self-Service Dining

On the way home from Westport, I started letting Theo hold the bottle himself. He only sort of got it.


But by this morning, he was doing a much better job. He even sometimes seems to realize that he can tip the bottle up to get more milk.

Happy Baby

What a happy kid! He's started to laugh as well--maybe we'll be able to catch that on video one of these days.

Surfing Trip #1

A typical northwest surf picture: boards and pine needles.


Theo hanging out on top of the van with Sara.

The beach scene; Theo's sleeping in his tent.
See? Totally racked...