Fred

Fred is back from his extended vacation in Kearney... It's an adjustment always, but Reese loves having him around. Fred would much rather be left alone, but Reese insists on messing with him. In the bottom picture, Reese is putting George the monkey "night, night" with Fred... and here in the top picture they are chasing off the mailman, Fred's daily highlight I'm sure.

Christmas

Better late than never posting our Christmas memories... We had a great time celebrating here in Omaha as a family and then with each of our families in Kearney. Reese always has fun with his grandparents and cousins...

I guess one "bump in the road" would be that we forgot Reese's bag of clothes in Omaha. As we're lounging around waiting to go to church with my parents, I decide I better change Reese out of his "old man" hanes sweats and dirty t-shirt (from fast-food on the way). As we scramble back and forth from the car to the house - we are wondering how we actually forget our son's bag?? So with 15 minutes before church, we make a run for Target. Unfortunately, there was no time to change and he was the only child without a fancy red and black outfit. At least we had pj's for the night. Of course we arrived right as things were starting, so we were ushered right to the front row... Lovely. Another score for the parents - with our wonderful planning, we hadn't thought to feed the poor boy, so he was literally shoving "puffs" into his mouth the entire service. Thank goodness they're basically air with hardly any substance. Something gave me the foresight to buy puffs at Target - a snack he hasn't had since he was probably 8 mos old. Good memories...

Santa's delivery - Thomas the train

Horse ride from Uncle Tyson

Horse ride on "Brownie"

Excited for the gift - not so much for the family portrait!