Sunday, January 27, 2008

Grandma & Grandpa Morse's Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Morse visited us for a month. I'll post a few pictures to show the highlights. It was great having them here and seeing them enjoy Max. Max loved having extra playmates this month! 

Everyday we had Max give them kisses before his nap and bedtime. Today, after they left, I told him that it was nap time and that we needed to go get key-key (his monkey) and his pacifier. Max started making kissing noises while he looked for Grandma and Grandpa. So sweet. Mommy got a little teary-eyed over that one.

Getting his first "big boy" haircut (Max not Tim)


Building a Sandcastle with Grandpa (Noosa)


Viewpoint from Noosa National Park (we saw a koala in the wild there!)


But not this one...


Wombat at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane (I found that watching a wombat munch on grass is a bit like meditating...it definitely slows your mind...or maybe it's mindnumbing. Not sure. No offense, wally wombat, I really do like you)


Max discovers a love of milkshakes (especially in cups as large as his torso)



Feeding Daddy Ice Cream (Tim wore a "Hitler-esque" mustache after this shot)


Grandma and Max cuddling

I love pictures!  What did people do before they had cameras to document all of those precious moments in life?!  And then to have the instant gratification of the digital camera, to boot! Outstanding!




Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Christmas Day


Tim bought a Wollemi Pine for our Christmas Tree this year. It is a prehistoric tree native to Australia. It, like our Thanksgiving dinner, has a bit of a Charlie Brown look. Made it easy to decorate.


Max says, "toot toot" every time he sees a train. He's enamored.


Christmas Day was quiet. We had sticky buns and eggnog for breakfast (a Wonhof tradition). Max opened all of the presents. He seemed to know exactly what to do...we just couldn't get him to stop once he started.

A friend from my Mom's Group invited us over for Christmas dinner. We had a lovely turkey dinner. The boys were most excited by all of the airplanes flying overhead. Max learned to say "pay" that night. Now he points and says "pay" everytime he hears a loud noise outside. The evening ended with a game of chase around a pole: it was especially cute because the boys had never really played together before.

Happy New Year!