Saturday, December 26, 2009

3 months old, Merry Christmas!!

Aside from being sick with croup earlier this week, Ruston has been a fairly happy baby for Christmas.  He's sporting the onesie Erica bought for him... and it suits him well. :)
I thought this was a cute picture... with his little turtle friend in the swing.  He was falling asleep, so he looks a bit sad in the picture.
This is Christmas morning... in his bouncer that was his "Christmas" gift from his Grammie and Papa Boo (my parents), although he's been using it for a couple of months.  In front you can see "the loot" still wrapped up.
And here's the unwrapped loot.
Daddy and Ruston on Christmas morning... I think daddy was more excited than Ruston was, mostly because he never got to celebrate Christmas growing up.
Ruston also had his bear picture on Christmas day since he turned 3 months old.  Here are a few attempts at a good picture where you can read his shirt and everything.

The bear is wearing a hat that Erica sent.  It has a face on it and reindeer antlers, but was a bit tight on Ruston.  I finally took a picture of it on Ruston this morning, but it's still on my camera, so I'll have to post it later because it's funny.
Then there's a couple more cute pictures of Ruston in his pj's.  Yes, the second picture has TONS on slobber... that seems to be his new thing.  He also enjoys chewing on his hands, and this morning figured out how to pull one of his toys to his mouth and chew on it. :)

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sleepover...

A couple nights ago, Brooklyn got to come to our house and spend the night... a VERY last minute request, but since Jason had the night off and didn't have to work until 1:30pm the next day, we decided it was now or never (seemingly).  
Jason and Brook got a lot of Wii playtime in.  They were going to go hunting the next morning, but with the cold and rain, Jason decided to NOT get Brook sick, so they played more Wii. :)  Here's a little video of them boxing each other... Brook beat up on Jason pretty good!!
(Sorry the video is so dark... it's darker than it was when I took it, but you can see both of them... and at the end, Brook beat him!)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Thanksgiving

I'm playing a bit of catch up.  For Thanksgiving, we went to Cindy's house where LOTS of family was... more family than has been in the same room in a long time, apparently.  I didn't take too many pictures because Ruston was a pill that day... I think he was overstimulated and overtired, but couldn't get himself to calm down to sleep.  As soon as we left, he was OUT in the car.  Anyway... here Ruston is with his Uncle Jacob.
Then Brooklyn wanted to serenade us with her flute skills...
And Jason decided he needed to try it... but first, he had to figure out how to hold it.  Every time he picked it up, he was holding it wrong!
Jeanie (Cindy's stepdaughter) was attempting to show Jason how to hold the flute, as well as play it, since she used to play it too.
Jason ALMOST has his hands in the right spot, and after MUCH trying, he eventually did get a sound out of it, although not a very good one. :)
That was some good entertainment for us. ;)

Saturday, December 5, 2009

New Trick

Here is Ruston's latest trick:

He did this about 5 or 6 times before I finally got the camera... he was pretty proud of himself too.  10 weeks old yesterday...