Christmas time

We got to spend this Christmas with my family. With tough travel conditions nationwide and airports closing down in the Midwest the days just prior to Christmas, our family had many challenges getting into town. But everyone eventually made it in safe and sound and we got to enjoy a great weekend.

Dylan enjoyed his first Christmas and of course enjoyed the wrapping paper nearly as much as his new presents. All of a sudden Dylan has become much, much more vocal and picks up on what's going on around him in public. It's really fun to see the changes and growth in him. It was also really great that a lot of this happened right around Christmas so family could see the changes (especially since Thanksgiving). Dylan became an eater of new fruits and vegetables around Christmas and starting mastering the ability to sit up on his own like a big boy. He's quite the little dude!

Here are some photos from Christmas weekend.

my new chair!

enjoying a good book on Christmas

my "Elmer Fudd" hat

playing with more wrapping paper with Grandma
playing with Uncle Jason
trying to eat Mom's Luna Bar

rolling and reaching for more presents
the wrapping paper is the best part of all the presents
with Dad on Christmas morning
Uncle Gregg teaching Dylan to use his feet to play with Ranger

having a good time in his new shirt from Uncle Jason

playing his new guitar in his new personalized chair

Dylan putting his feet up on the coffee table during a long period of rolling around and entertaining everyone

and a nice nap the morning after while everyone else was still in bed

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: