Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Christmas in Houston

We drove to Houston to spend Aaron's first Christmas with my family.


Opening gifts with Uncle Mick:

First Christmas Santa hat and p.j.'s:

Sitting with Papa:

Oma ready to open gifts:
Oma (The second) and Papa with Aaron:

Uncle Bill and Tantsi at Christmas dinner:

A little too much excitement:

Friday, December 26, 2008

Best Family Christmas Reunion

Our first stop in Texas was in Abilene and Tuscola to see Cooper's family. It was really cold for Texas, but the kids still had a lot of fun playing outside. Next year, Aaron will be able to join them. These are pictures of a few of the many family members that Aaron got to meet.

The kids opening presents:

Mamaw feeding Aaron:


Aunt Kristin:

Uncle Rody:


Uncle Jason and Aunt Darcy:
Aunt 'Mimi' Brenda:
Uncle Bobby:

Papa Best:

Thursday, December 11, 2008

December...

Aaron's Grandpa Best flew in from Texas for a visit. We had a relaxing weekend in Golden.


Cooper and I took Aaron to get his picture taken with Santa on Wednesday night.

These are just some random pics from the past couple of weeks:

Aaron got a new 'Bumbo' chair. He is still a bit 'unsteady' in it.


Hanging out with Deron...

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Thankgiving in the Mountains

We spent Thanksgiving up in the Leadville area. We stayed in a client's condo and cooked a non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner. We skied at Copper Mountain on Thanksgiving Day and cross country skied around Turquoise Lake on Friday. Aaron got to test out his new cross country set up on his Chariot. It worked very well and he was easy to tow (Even for Mom!) We decided to come back a little early and Cooper, Deron, and Kramer built a snowman in the yard since we got about 4 inches of snow here in Golden.

Aaron has started smiling at us. It is difficult to catch on film, but we tried to capture a few good ones.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

November Traveling

Aaron and I spent several days traveling with Cooper for work in Western Colorado. Aaron decided that he really liked the Double Tree in Grand Junction.


When we got back it was cold, so Aaron had to put on his snow suit to go on a walk.


On Sunday, we took Aaron on a hike up North Table Mountain in Golden.

All of that hiking made him tired.
And finally a bath by Mom to finish off the day.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

First Ski Day 2008 @ Copper Mountain

We went to Copper to ski on Wednesday with one of Cooper's clients and his wife. Aaron went along and hung out in the lodge while Mom and Dad took turns making some turns on the November Icy Ribbon of Death. He had a good time and did very well. As soon as he is able to walk he will have skis of his own and will be out-skiing Mom in no time!



And after a long day at the slopes...

Monday, November 10, 2008

Chloe clearly thinks that Aaron's new gym is for cats.


And, Zela thinks that the Boppy pillow is his.


Hanging out at the motel in Glenwood Springs over the weekend...