If he knew what a sugar plum was, it might dance in his head.

Whoa. It's almost Christmas now. Time is just jumping right by us. Right now we are in the midst of a big snow storm. Today is Sunday and we have been covered in ice for a couple days and the weather forecasters are telling us that it might stay this way for the rest of the week. We have been staying warm by invading Grandma & Grandpa Burns for some warm weather and food.

Anyways, how have we been doing? Good. A resounding good. Atom rolled over for the first time the other day. The sad part was that we didn't see him do it. I was at work and Darbie left Atom on his stomach for a minute and when she came back he was on his back. Well the other night when we first came over to the Burns' we tried to get him to do it again. He did it twice! It's funny though that it's not just a gentle roll-over, he drops his arm in on one side and shifts his weight and FLOP! Then he is on his back, which defiantly makes him happier. Atom's teeth have come out and then gone back in, but now he has one and it's a sharp little bugger.

I think that's about it. Well now I've got what you have been waiting for. Pictures. Included are some pictures of Atom in the snow. So here we go:


"Hey Atom, you wanna go play in the snow?"


"Papa, this is WAY too cold!"


Darbie wasn't having that so she took Atom away from me.


So I went stomping through the ice and snow.


Atom thought this was hilarious!

Thanks for reading. We hope you are all safe and warm during this holiday season. We look forward to seeing you all when we can!

Mikee

But what is the baby thankful for?

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was easy for us because we knew exactly what to be thankful for. We had a lot, as so much good stuff has happened to us this year, but we knew.

This weekend was spent with some of both families. Oh the joys of being a newly wed couple and having mulitple Thanksgivings. It worked out though as the two we went too were only about 5-10 mins away from eachother. I guess when I last posted I also failed to note that I had a birthday. This also went well.

In other news: My ipod died and the first time I sent it in for repairs, apple sent it back telling me they could find nothing wrong with it. Well now they are replacing it.

I think that's it for that kind of stuff. We took Atom to see Santa and he did really good. I know when I first saw him I cried and then pooped. Anyways, here are some pictures from this long weekend:

This is Atom in his first thanksgiving outfit. At our first stop this outfit lasted about... 30 seconds before he had a blowout and needed to be changed.

We had just woke atom up for a picture in front of this tree. The right side of his face had lines on it from sleeping in the sling.


Atom and Santa! This picture is hard to tell but Atom is wearing a reindeer outfit, which right now is still a little too big for him. We took the hood off and this was the best picture.


This is a funny little hat that Grandma found for Atom, it has little matchin mittens too. I think it's supposed to be a reindeer?

So there was a little photo journey through our weekend. Now we are gearing up into getting back home and back into the grind. Thanks for reading!

~Mikee

where sleeping babies lay

Hey! How is everyone doing? Our little family is doing great. Atom has been getting bigger every day. He is now into putting everything he can in his mouth, also he is drooling on everything, and has a jaw stronger than I would have expected from a baby. I have actually said ow a couple times when he has gotten ahold of my thumb.

Other than his teething, things are good. I can't really think of anything that really jumps out in my mind of being huge or needing of note. We are mostly gearing up for holidays. I'm not sure Atom is quite prepared for all the people, but I'm sure he will love it.

I guess the one big other point I can make is that Atom seems to really love being at home. We tend to have a really quiet house and he always relaxes a little easier when at home. When we are driving and he is crying, as soon as he is back in the house, he will calm down.

So I guess that's really about it, Darbie is off to get our family photo stuff arranged Monday. I can also assure you that we will have some fun pictures coming from the holidays... hint hint.

Family photo.

Hello!

Not a lot of news. Atom is becoming more aware. Loud noises startle him now, he also enjoys being in a quiet area later at night. He is also smiling more and plays. The best is that he has started holding things and most of what he holds goes in his mouth... Oh and he drools non-stop.

As for Darbie and I. I just got a new phone... same number, just a new phone, exciting!

but I think that's about it... so I will leave you with the cream of the crop. This is our favorite out of the family pictures we took, ready? GO!


(this is a proof, that is why it's low resolution and has a water mark across it.)

Toil is stupid.

I'll start this off with saying that we haven't updated in a while because of lack of good coffee shops in Salem to post at. We are unfortunately back where we started... but it works I guess. So here's some pictures!


Atom hangs out with dad.



Atom at the beach house in his new sweater


Here Atom shows that we can hold leaves with his toes.


As much as we tried to keep him from, Atom slept straight through Halloween. But we are happy to note that he is now a beautiful butterfly.

Things have been going well for us. We have both been pretty busy. We had a great weekend at the beach a while back. Also you can be sure we are eating regularly as the gal who works at the pizzeria we purchase our food from recognized me without the baby and asked how he was doing... in fact she asked me how the baby was and I almost said what baby, because I was in fact not holding the baby. It was a funny moment. Anyways we want to get home, so off we go!

Loves!

The Smile Brigade!

Hey there. It's time for more pictures of your favorite baby! Atom! This week's post is just some fun from us being out and about and a couple from visiting grandparents in West Linn. Next week we will have some fun Halloween themed pictures in a post from the beach, permitting that we are able to find a coffee shop that offers internet. So without further ado... pictures!


"Hey grandma, where did that camera come from?"


"Are you going to let me have some of that food?"


"Come on, tell me you don't think I'm the cutest baby, I dare ya!"

So, things are going well for us. We are preparing for our trip to the beach next weekend. We are looking forward to some good fun relaxation! Anyways, that's all, thanks for reading!

Oh wait, I forgot!

I forgot to note something funny that happened on Saturday.

Darbie and I were out to breakfast and while we were sitting waiting for our breakfast I was holding the baby in the sling so that Darbie could read the paper and drink her coffee. I had no paper. But I had no paper, so I was working on a project, which was sewing. I just had to laugh. There was quite a bit of role reversal going on. Darbie got a kick out of it as well.