Friday, December 29, 2006

Hanging Out with Uncle Scott

Quentin had a really good time with his Uncle Scott. Hopefully they will get to see each other again soon.



Early Birthday Celebration



We had a small early birthday party for Quentin



The Grinch tried to steal his birthday...
...but didn't succeed.

Christmas Day






Christmas Eve at Grandma Cindi's


Quentin loves his Grinch!


Playing with cousin Joseph

The Train Again

Winter Wonderland

Christmas Eve

At Grandma and Grandpa's House


Quentin's new favorite thing.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Merry Christmas!


We're off to Denver on Saturday (assuming they open up I-70 again). As it turns out, Quentin's first Christmas is going to be white!

A few things Quentin enjoys...

Swings!

Slides!

Spaghetti!

Bath time!*
* Quentin sometimes really enjoys his bath and other times doesn't particularly care for it.

First Steps!!!



Quentin took his first steps on his own today!

He took about 4 steps. We don't have any pictures of the actual event, but here are a few pictures from the last week of him walking behind things.

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Kicking off the Holiday Season


Today we got bundled up and went downtown to watch the Christmas parade (which consists primarily of horses). We didn't get there early enough to get a god spot up close, but Quentin enjoyed the view from Daddy's shoulders.

Back at home, Sufi was getting in the spirit too!

Saturday, November 25, 2006

At the Zoo

Today we went to the Topeka Zoo. This was Quentin's third trip to the zoo (we took him to the Topeka Zoo when he was about four months old and the Denver Zoo when he was seven months), but the first since he really "discovered" animals. It was a lot of fun to watch him react to the animals this time. He was fascinated with the fish and would happily have continued to watch them indefinitely. He also seemed to be quite impressed by the lions and giraffes. Later on, he was contentedly examining a sheep when the creature let out a noise that sounded something like "bleeeeh!" (I guess it was just a normal sheep sound, but it sounded like it was ready to be sick). Quentin was startled, but quickly recovered. We soon discovered that imitating the sheep sound for him was about the funniest thing in the world. Whenever I made the sound, he would start giggling almost uncontrollably. I don't think I've ever seen him laugh quite so much. Hopefully we'll get to take him again in the spring--I imagine it will be completely different once again. I just hope he has as much fun as he did today!

The Great Outdoors




Yesterday we took advantage of the beautiful weather by going to a park and letting Quentin play outdoors. He had a great time playing in the leaves and dirt. Once again we were reminded of how useful the pacifier can be for keeping his hands out of his mouth!

Thanksgiving


Quentin enjoyed his first Thanksgiving dinner, including some foods we already knew he liked(broccoli and sweet potatoes) as well as some new favorites (turkey and cranberry sauce). This picture is actually from earlier in the day on Thanksgiving.

Other than eating, Quentin's favorite activity on Thanksgiving was looking at books. He has been really interested in books lately, especially board books (it's easier to turn the page and they're just the right size for him). He will choose them out of a pile of toys and carry them around, stopping several times in various places to look at the pages. It made it much easier to get Thanksgiving dinner together while he was busy looking at books.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Some Favorite Activities


Eating Broccoli
Playing
Showing off new teeth

Sharing toys with Spike

Fun with static electricity (OK, so maybe this one isn't exactly a favorite)