Please Pray for Cora Paige

This is a picture of my friend's niece, Cora Paige. She has recently been diagnosed with cancer and she is only 11 months old. This story is breaking my heart and I can't seem to stop thinking about her. I am only writing about this to ask you to please pray for them! Her family is trying to keep everyone updated with their blog. The website is http://themcclenahans.blogspot.com/.

Say Cheese!

This is what happens when I get the camera out to take a picture of Charlie. (I think I might take too many pictures!)

Charlie Finally Eats

We have been trying to get Charlie to eat anything besides formula for months. He absolutely will not open his mouth for me to put the food in. If I pry open his mouth with the spoon he enjoys the food, but he still will NOT open his mouth for the next bite. It really is quite frustrating. Well, the other night while we were out to eat with family we tried to get him to take a bite of the mashed potatoes. HE OPENED HIS MOUTH!! TOOK A BITE!! OPENED HIS MOUTH AGAIN!!! We were ecstatic! He hasn't done it again.

Fun in the Snow

Last year Tyson hated playing in the snow. We would spend 15 minutes getting him dressed for him to spend 3 minutes playing in the snow. Needless to say, I was not excited to do it again this year. But much to our surprise this year was the exact opposite. He loved it! So far he has gone sledding with his dad, made snow angels with Lisa and Wrigley in Perry, and convinced Grandma Baldus to build a snowman with him in Ames. Too bad all our snow melted while we were in Iowa!

Holiday Memories

December is a crazy month for us. Joel celebrated his 31st birthday on the 2nd. I followed close behind on the 19th. We also celebrated our 8th year of marriage on the 30th. And obviously we have the traditional holiday craziness with a lot of traveling. This year was especially fun because Tyson was really into everything and it was Charlie's first! Tyson was not a fan of Santa Claus and absolutely did not want that crazy man to come to his house while he was sleeping. As you can see in the pictures Santa came to Christmas and he would sit on a chair beside him but that was as close as he was going to get. Charlie on the other hand loved him. Here are some pictures of our holiday fun!

Packers Priceless by Joel

Dream Come True

I am going to let you all in on a secret. For all of my life I have been wanting to go to Green Bay, WI to see the Packers play at Lambeau. Most people have a place they dream about going before they die, Hawaii, Europe, Australia, etc. For me it was Lambeau. I have been asking Joel since 1994 to take me. Every year I ask Joel's friend Chris to take me on their guy weekend. I am on the Packer Fan mail list and once received an email on Monday morning about available tickets for the Monday Night game. I immediately called Joel and begged for him to take me, it didn't happen. Well, much to my surprise he planned a trip for two to Green Bay for the Packers/Bears game. We arrived at the airport and the lady says, "You're good through Green Bay." You probably could have knocked me over with a feather! My dream had come true! Here is some proof!

Joel and I with Vince Lombardi!

Our friend Chris, the guys, and me!