Christmas in San Jose

Here are pictures of our Christmas in San Jose. We had a little Christmas tree that Soren and I (Mike) bought at Target. Soren was in the Bjorn carrier and I slung the tree over my shoulder. It was a very precarious walk back to the car! We gave Soren a xylophone and maracas for Christmas. It was all nice. The last picture is Soren modeling his new exercise suit he got from Grandma & Grandpa in Minnesota.

Second part of Christmas Trip (in Texas)

On Sunday we flew out of Minneapolis to Houston with a layover in Chicago. Even though the weather was snowy in both Minneapolis and Chicago we made it all the way to Houston without a problem. We spent the rest of our trip at Steven's sister's house.

Once again, Soren was the center of attention and loved playing with his cousins (Dylan and Madison), aunt, uncle and grandpa.

The day after Christmas we flew back to San Francisco and drove home to San Jose. Soren went to bed early that night and slept 14 hours. Clearly he was tired from all the playing and traveling!!!

First part of Christmas Trip (in Minnesota)

We had a busy Christmas. First we flew from San Francisco to Minneapolis and then drove to Mike's sister's house. The next morning we drove the rest of the way to Mike's parents' lakeshore house near Clitherall, MN.
Soren loved all the attention from his cousins (Andrew, Ryan, Hallie and Logan), aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandmother. On Saturday night we drove back to the Minneapolis metro area in minus 5 degree weather and icy roads. Early Sunday morning we drove to the airport with our fingers crossed that the weather wouldn't affect the next leg of our trip.

Carrots are even better than cereal

Hoodies are fashionable for both dads and sons

Thankful for cereal

Soren was especially thankful at Thanksgiving since that weekend is when he started eating cereal. And he loved it! He was just way too excited over Barley - we felt a bit sorry for him. We just went to his 6 month check up and he is now 22 pounds 4 oz. and 28 inches long. Whew! No teeth yet, but the doctor said that all of his gums are swollen and he'll probably get a bunch when they do come in. In the meantime, lots of drool and chomping. Soren is laughing more and more - Maggie (the cat) and Charlie (the dog) chasing each other, Steven barking like a dog, and Ruby talking (a Macaw at the local pet store) are things he finds especially funny.