Monday, January 30, 2012

Amber and Baylen's Trip to Iowa

Last week Jake had to travel to Atlanta on business, so Baylen and I flew to Iowa to spend the week with at my parents' farm. Baylen did great on the plane ride, handled it like a pro. Here are some pictures to sum up our week. 

Grandma and Baylen read some stories together. During this one, Baylen fell fast asleep. 

Uncle Jason was also home because he took J-term off, so we got to spend lots of time with him too! Baylen and Jas even watched football together!

Soon to be Aunt Ali was also there! Baylen LOVES her!




And Grandpa came in early a couple afternoons to spend extra time with Baylen too!

He's starting to like tummy time more!

We went over to my Uncle Rob and Aunt Heather's house one night for prime rib. Uncle Rob is amazing at grilling/smoking meat, so it was such a treat! 

Kortney holding Baylen

Karlee holding Baylen

Grandpa and Baylen

Uncle Rob

The finished product...Uncle Rob is going to make prime rib for Jason and Ali's rehearsal dinner, so we got to do some taste testing. BEST. PRIME RIB. EVER.



Hanging out

More story time

He is big enough to go in the exersaucer now!

And he tried his hand at the piano

Love naps with my little bud.

Baylen got to meet Uncle Glen and Aunt Jan!


And we visiting Great Grandma Hofmeyer!

And we spent time at Grandpa and Grandma Kiel's house too!


Hanging out with Grandpa




By the end of the week, he certainly had the hang of it in there!

And finally we are back home with Daddy!

A photo after church yesterday.

Thanks to everyone in Iowa who made our trip such a JOY! 

Love,
Amber

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Baylen Goes Sledding!

Since we finally have a substantial amount of snow on the ground, this weekend was the perfect opportunity to introduce Baylen to a true midwest winter. We found a little infant sled and took him out for a ride yesterday. He enjoyed it for about ten minutes, then was ready to get back inside to warm up.

Our little man all ready to go!


No hands! 





And getting sick of it...

Time to get back inside, warm up, and watch football with Daddy!


Hope you are enjoying the winter weather! 

Friday, January 13, 2012

Happenings This Week

We've had a great week so far. After all the holiday festivities came to an end, it feels good to get back into a routine. 

Baylen is starting to like tummy time more and more and is even grabbing toys in front of him now.

Yesterday my good friend Marilyn stopped by for lunch. She is wonderful, and just like another mom to me. :)

Every night when Jake gets home from work Baylen gets so excited and happy.

More tummy time this morning. 

To see what else Mommy was up to today, click here

Have a great weekend! We're going to enjoy the five inches of snow we got yesterday and last night.

Love,
Amber

Monday, January 9, 2012

Baylen's Dedication

Yesterday Baylen got dedicated in church! He was a trooper and did great!

We chose Colossians 1:9-10 for the verse to pray over him.

"Fill Baylen with the knowledge of your will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that he may live a life worthy of you and may please you in every way: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of you, Lord."



After church we went to Jake's new favorite lunch spot, Jersey Mike's!

Our handsome little man!


One more picture with Daddy before putting on our Sunday afternoon comfys and taking a long family nap!