Oh yeah, how could I forget...

to update you all on the most important stuff. As of Christmas day, I am 11 months old. We'll be celebrating the big #1 this time next month! Also, did I mention that I'm walking now? Yep. I'm big time now. My mom & dad are very excited for me. I'm discovering new things every day. I had no idea how many rooms there were to be discovered. It's a lot of fun!



(I got a talking "Donkey" from Shrek for Christmas and I love it!!!

All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth.

(In this picture I'm letting Santa know that I'm going to steal his Christmas ball of candy if I don't get something good under the tree.)

I definitely got my wish for Christmas, I still only have my 2 bottom teeth. I have a feeling that there will be more popping in soon. Well, I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas. I had the best Christmas ever. I have included some pictures here, but there are more to come as soon as the battery to mom's new camera (thanks Dougie!)finishes charging. Mom got a new camera and I am now blind from the hundreds of pictures mom took of me while trying to figure out how it works. My Christmas holiday started off with a weekend of being home and spending lots of time with my mom and dad. On Saturday night I had my first friend spend the night. My friend Preston (10 months old)came over and spent the night while his parents went out to celebrate his dad's birthday. We had a great time together and mom realized that she might not be ready for twins anytime sooon!

(Pictured here is my friend Preston, with his daddy Jason. Happy Birthday Jason!)

On Christmas eve we headed to Horton to see all of my mom's family, including my aunts, uncle, cousins, great-grandma Shirley and my grandpa Don. We celebrated my cousins birthday. Her birthday is on Christmas Eve. She got to unwrap even more presents for her birthday. We went to the Christmas Eve candlelight service with everyone and it was awesome. We made the special trip to Horton because this is the first Christmas with Grandma Sharon in heaven. My grandma Sharon loved the candlelight service. We all wanted to be there to say hello to Grandma and let her know that we missed her this holiday. My grandma Sharon was so special. She had special presents made for me and my cousins before she passed away, so we unwrapped them on Christmas Eve. It was very special.


(Happy Birthday to my cousin Christal Eve, whose birthday is on Christmas Eve.)


(Hanging with my cousin Makayla.)


(My cousins- Brad, Makayla and Courtney.)


(Here is me, my mom & my great-grandma Shirley. She was really happy to see us.)

We then headed back to Lawrence where we went to Grandma Linda's house for a little Christmas Eve fun.

(Grandma Linda has some special presents for me on Christmas Eve.)


(I love the KU bear Grandma Linda got me.

Finally, Christmas day was here! I woke up early and walked/crawled to the living room to find presents! Yeah!!! I had been a good boy this year. Who would've thought?! I was happy that Santa found our house.

(Christmas morning looking in my stocking for the goodies left.)


(Dad helped me unwrap my gifts. He was as excited as I was.)


(I got a fishing pole and I'm going to start practicing now so I'll be ready to go with my daddy.)


(Duce had a pretty good Christmas too.)

We opened presents then went to Grandma Linda's to find even more treasures and spent the whole day with daddy's family. (Pictures still to come b/c they are still stuck in mom's camera.) Fun, fun, fun. Mommy and I spent a little time today saying a little prayer and discussing what the Christmas holiday was all about. I can tell you, I was blown away to hear the whole story. What a special day! I hope that you all had a wonderful day full of joy, happiness and love. I send my love to everyone reading this. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Viva Las Vegas!

So, here are some pics from the Las Vegas trip that we took at the end of November. We had a great time and even made a little $ while we were out there. I'm so glad that we went and we are so very thankful for Grandma Linda and Aunt Jen who took care of Manning while we were away. It made the trip even more enjoyable knowing that the little man was back home being taken care of.


First night in Vegas at Margaritaville starting the trip off with a tower of margaritas.


Macray keeping Makenzie company while she waits to race her night race. It was a very late race and it was very cold.

Busy, busy, busy

Ok, so going back to Thanksgiving we went to St.Louis for the holiday. My great-grandma Juanita passed away a couple days before the holiday, so after turkey day we headed on the road northeast for Springfield Illinois to attend the visitation/funeral services. After that we went back through St.Louis to pickup Grandma Linda and we headed back to Lawrence. As soon as we got back to Lawrence Daddy turned around and went to the big KU vs. Missouri football game, which was disappointing and not worthy of a post. 3 days later my mommy and daddy headed out to Las Vegas for the Quarter Midget Winter Nationals. My cousins Makenzie and Macray both raced and did very well. While my mom and dad where away in Vegas for 5 days my Aunt Jen and Grandma Linda took care of me and completely spoiled me with lots of love. It's been very hectic getting back into a routine again after all of that. So, that's the summary of what's been going on for the past 23 days since you've heard from us. Whew! It's a lot easier to keep you all updated day by day instead of trying to do weeks at a time. More to come. Stay tuned!

So, what have I been busy doing?

Helping my mom and dad decorate my first Christmas tree.



Learning how to do laundry.




Consoling my friend Preston after his daddy and my daddy gave him his first buzz cut while we were playing at my house.


Playing my new favorite bathtime game where I put this cap in my mouth and make silly sounds. Doesn't sound very fun, but I'm telling you that everyone should give this one a try.

Hey, we've missed you too!

Ok, we've heard from several people as to why my mom has not posted anything in 24 days. 24 days!!! Don't worry, we missed you too. We've been very busy and my mom apolgizes. Santa finally mailed her a letter the other day that said if she didn't get back to updating soon she was going to get a lump of coal for Christmas and she didn't want that so...we're back! We've definitely got a lot to update everyone on.