Merry Christmas from the Lee's

We are lucky enough to be able to spend this Christmas weekend with family and hope our friends and family are all able to do the same.

Merry Christmas to all!

Here are some photos of Dylan from a photo shoot we did with him.

Getting ready for Christmas

Last weekend we did a lot of things as a family, all centered around getting ready for Christmas this Friday and being able to relax and spend our time with family.

We took Dylan to see Santa, finished up our shopping, attended a Music Together class as a family, checked out a local toy store, took Ranger to a bath-your-own shop (Dylan thought watching Ranger get bathed has hysterical), bathed Dylan and of course found time to bath ourselves.

Melissa had a night out with the girls on Sunday (five other moms taking a break and leaving the kiddos with the dads) which encompassed a visit to St. Julien for Happy Hour and dinner at the Med. Dad and Dylan were happy to spend the night together, eating food with our bibs on, making a mess on the counter, rolling around on the floor playing with toys and listening to football.

We had a really great meal with our friends Luke and Christie on Tuesday. They whipped up a major meal and we got to enjoy great food, great company and of course great wine.

I got to attend the Nuggets game on Wednesday night. We had AMAZING seats - thanks to Sean - at half court, second row right behind the announcer. We could talk to the players as they entered the game and we even talked smack to the visiting team as they checked in the game - and they heard us, looked and laughed. Good times all around. It was our annual festivus for those of us in Colorado for the holidays. Just a fun, fun night with the fellas.

Now we are getting ready for church and waiting for Dylan to wake up so we can meet up with family.

We hope everyone has safe travels and a great Christmas weekend.
-The Lee's


Here are some photos from the past week with Santa and a Reindeer waiting outside for Santa.




And of course when you are Dylan's age, everything you touch goes in your mouth just prior to trying to shake it (to see if it makes a sound) or bang it against something (again, to see what kind of sound it makes). Dylan's getting little Popeye forearms now as well... he's quite a guy!

This had to hurt!

I briefly turned on a Texas A&M vs. Washington game Tuesday night. With 5 seconds of watching the game they had a stop in play due to a player injury. The amazing part was how long they showed this player prior to realizing he had a pretty major injury. See if you notice something wrong with his leg.

This is what they showed:

My little "monster"...

I guess you can say life's been busy since Thanksgiving. Dylan has been growing so fast and keeping his mom and dad busy in the interim.

Here are some fun photos from the past two weeks.

His mom and dad both love him so much as he's such a sweet little guy. It's just amazing to see what a little dude he's becoming each and every day.

Enjoy!

chasing bubbles....

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! We spent the long weekend with my parents and brothers and had a very nice time. Dylan got to eat his first taste of sweet potatoes and his Grandma volunteered for some babysitting while Mom and Dad went to a football game.

Dylan also got to spend some quality time with his Uncle Gregg and Uncle Jason.

It's been a busy, busy month of November and December doesn't look like it will slow down until after Christmas. What a great time of year!!

Enjoy the photos!

Ever wonder how Pumpkin Pies are made?

Melissa and I were talking about pies and Thanksgiving tonight as neither of us are huge pumpkin pie fans -so she is looking to bake some kind of pie in the next week. She loves Cherry pie and I love Pecan pie. I know, exciting, huh?!

Anyway, in case you ever wondered how a pumpkin pie is made this picture is worth a thousand words. Too funny!!

First weekend of November

We had a really nice weekend. Melissa and I saw Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Boulder Dinner Theatre on Friday night. Our friends watched Dylan and we took their two kids. Not a bad trade off!

On Saturday we fed Dylan rice cereal for the first time - and no, he does not feed himself. He did pretty well overall with the rice cereal, a big improvement from when we tried it two days earlier.

We then spent a sunny afternoon at Folsom Field watching the Buffs win a dramatic game 35-34 over Texas A&M. It was a great victory and the Buffs finally showed some signs of enthusiasm and talent. Dylan should feel pretty lucky as the Buffs are 2-1 in the games he's attended. Not too bad for a team that has only won 3 games in 9 tries!

first day of eating cereal

at the CU game with Nick

little dude was really focused on the game!

hanging in his boppy this afternoon

Halloween, a week late!

Dylan had a great first Halloween! He dressed up as the 'Bird-man' (aka Chris Andersen) of the Nuggets. With his natural mohawk and blond hair it was a natural choice for Halloween.

Here are a few photos of Halloween weekend:

Dylan with Chip - CU's mascot - during a kids parade on Pearl Street mall Halloween weekend

Dylan as a pumpkin and all his buddies Halloween night

Dylan in the snow during the big storm a few weeks back

Ranger enjoying the snow with me and Dylan hanging out in the background

We did it!

Moving in with someone can be interesting. I have several friends that have moved in with someone very special over the past few months. Of course, this deserves some further discussion.

And today I was thinking about what my old Indian friend use to give me in terms of love life advise: He would always say Let me tell you a story about "never". Well, it turns out that wise man was not quite accurate when it comes to relationship advise for others. Never is not the way to go so more power to those taking the plunge.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride....

Nate's tipping one back for you!

So, I have heard some interesting tidbits about things to keep in mind when you move in with someone for the first time. Of course I wrote something similar to this last year (and at this point my dad has probably thrown something at his computer and will be calling me for pictures of his grandson - but I digress) so it got me thinking.

Here are some things to keep in mind:
- Evidently you should keep an extra role of TP hidden somewhere in the house.
- Hide your "stash" of personal items you had while single.
- Keep the toilet seat down.
- Don't jump in bushes or moon pizza parlors (actually, maybe this works on second thought)

- Be careful what kind of underwear you wear around the house.

- Be careful where you fall sleep

- And, most importantly, when you step in dog poop make sure not to wear your shoes into the house. Like I nearly did today.

I'm not sure there is any secret to it or if this advise was really worth dispensing. But I will say life is fun and always finds ways to keep you on your toes. Best of luck, congrats and remember to enjoy everyday!!

And if necessary... go back to New York and play Beirut on Star's rooftop. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Playing in the bumbo

Here's a couple videos of Dylan playing in his bumbo with a toy. He's getting pretty good at sitting up for extended periods in this thing.

Snow day!

So Colorado is currently under a bit of a storm... within the past 24 hours we have had 16+ inches of snow in Boulder and the entire front range of Colorado from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs pretty much shut down for most of today. Of course with snow coming down nonstop at a rate of 2 inches per hour the area is suppose to get another 12-24 inches in the next 24 hours so we'll see if we are home bound much longer.

They think it will be in the 50's by Halloween so the kids will have nice trick-or-treat weather!

I came home a bit early from work today and here are a few photos of our house and all the snow. These photos are from around 4pm and looking out the window right now it looks like I never shoveled!

the branches on this tree around 6+ feet above the ground so I can walk under them. They are now touching the ground!

And of course of photo of Dylan from the weekend. At a young age he really seems to understand the importance of reading!

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great time at Cottonwood Farm on Saturday. Dylan went through his first corn maze and was really taking it all in...between the farm animals and kids pulling around the wagons of pumpkins there was a lot of commotion! Can't wait to roast the seeds and get the pumpkin carved this week.