Happy New Year!!!!

Wow, what a year 2007 has been! I have the best little reminder from this year and am actually sad to say goodbye to 2007. I cannot believe that I will now be saying that my baby was born last year. Tonight is just for celebrating, but soon we will be starting the planning of Stone's 1st birthday.

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Now that Stone has mastered crawling and pulling up, let the adventures begin. After eating breakfast this morning while Mommy was cloroxing the high chair, Stone decided to set out on an adventure (with pumpkin still on his face). He found the toilet paper and unrolled the entire thing, Lovely!

My Christmas Loot!

Stone is definately one spoiled little boy! You should have seen his stack of presents at Grandma and Grandpa Young's house. A big thank you to Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Lindsey, Uncle Blake & Aunt Abby. Our house now looks like the baby section of Toys R Us!

Thank you Santa!!!

Stone was very excited to wake up and see the toys that Santa left! He loved his leap frog learning table and ball popper. Stone does not quite get the concept of the walker yet. He also got a cool sippy cup, tooth brush, and remote in his stocking.

Cookies for Santa!

We bought a special plate for Stone to leave Santa some cookies on Christmas Eve. With all the rush rush on Monday, Mommy forgot to bake some cookies. So we had to leave out some iced sugar cookies from Meier. Santa probably liked them better than if mommy had made them anyhow (she is not exactly Martha Stewart)!

Mommy and Daddy did let Stone open a present on Christmas Eve. He got some really cool jammies and slippers and the book Counting Christmas. Once we got all ready for bed, Daddy read Stone his book.

Christmas with the Hill's (a little early)

So we decided to celebrate Christmas a little early with my mom's side of the family. With everyone starting to have families of their own, it is much easier to celebrate the weekend before. Plus it gave Stone some practice at opening gifts! Stone got a really cool learning playground and 2 outfits from Aunt Sandi.

Wedding weekend part II...

Well, we got hit by an ice storm today and it affected the wedding. One of the groomsman got into a wreck on the way to the church, but thankfully he is alright and will get a new truck! Then we found out a guest got into another wreck on the way there and had to be taken to the hospital. Blake ripped his pants by falling on the ice at home before the ceremony, Mike fell after the ceremony hurting his bad knee, oh and another guest fell at the end of the reception and cut open his chin. Oh the joys of a December wedding!!!!

Stone was an absolute angel! He did not make a peep the entire ceremony and made it until 11:30 pm at the reception with only a 15 minute nap all day. He looked so darn handsome in his tux, but was not too fond of the tie. That came off as soon as he was done with pictures. Congrats to Blake and Abby, hope they enjoy their honeymoon in Mexico!

Wedding weekend!

Uncle Blake and Aunt Abby are getting married tomorrow! Tonight is the rehersal dinner and Stone made out like a bandit! He got 2 outfits and a toy. He did so good at the rehersal, never made a peep and just played with Allie the entire time. Then at the reheralal dinner he ate some mashed potatoes, green beans, and rolls. Yummy!
I have included some pics of his adorable suit! Aunt Lindsey got him this back at Easter time and it finally fits!

Stone's 1st Haircut

Well, I finally broke down and got Stone's haircut today. I figured Uncle Blake's ringbearer should not look like he belongs in a dress! We took him to BJ's Grand Salon and Spa and Alyssa worked wonders. Stone did so good and after checking her out and making sure she was alright, he let her cut away. He was very serious even when he was checking out the end results. Then we came home and decorated the tree!

Happy 8 month birthday!

Well, another month has passed by and we are on the fast track to our 1st birthday! Mommy and Daddy are truly enjoying every day, as it seems Stone learns something new all the time. We are now army crawling/crawling all over but he really just wants us to hold his hands and let him walk. We have started clapping and he still loves to tell us no. We have hit a few "growth spurts" and woke up at 2:30 in the mornings, but usually he still sleeps like the dream baby I wished for.

Christmas Cutie!

Mommy set up shop in our living room and snapped a few pics for our Christmas cards. Of course these are not the ones that you all will see on your cards, but they do show off my blue eyed tubby!

Stone meets Santa!

Stone got to meet Santa up in Schaumburg. He loved the visit and Santa told him that he has never had a little one so happy to sit on his lap. According to Santa, that means he gets whatever he wants this Christmas!

GTG time!

The time had finally came for our get together. It was so much fun watching all the babies interact with one another. I had so much fun chatting with all my mommy friends, words cannot even describe it. I did find out that Stone is a little bully. He would push babies over, take their toys, and turn around and play by himself. What a little stinker!

My City Boy!!!!

Mommy and Grandma took Stone to the city of Chicago November 16 and 17th. He loved it. His favorites were the bucket drummers on Michigan, the stuffed animals, and all the people and sounds. I think I have a city boy in the making here! He did so good, rode in his stroller for hours on end, endured a 4 hour trip up there in the car, and a 2 hour trip to the suburbs at rush hour.

Mommy's only complaint is that the stores on Michigan are not very stroller friendly. How are we supposed to spend money if we cannot get around the store.

Stone's Secret Santa arrived

My mommy board had a secret santa drawing and we received our gifts tonight. Stone was so excited to look at the wrapped package, but did not have any interest in opening it. So Mommy helped, Stone received a hanmade onesie from Tparty designs and another onesie stating that he is on Santa's nice list. That will be perfect for Stone meeting Santa! We send a big thank you out to Jackie and Taylor.

Copps Annual Hayride!

I was so excited to take Stone to his first Weiner Roast/Hayride. Especially since this was where I took Daddy on our 1st date 6 years ago. He fell asleep on the hayride which Kendall said was because it was not scary enough and bored him to sleep. Stone was mesmerized by the fire and loved all the attention he got from Grandma, Grandpa, Taylor, and Kendall!

Puffs????

Thanks to Aimee, Daniel, Brice, and Elizabeth for turning my boy into a puff addict! He loves them (except banana) yet he cannot figure out how to get them to his mouth. The funny thing is, he will grab my hand and bring it to his mouth, but not his. Too funny!!!!

Still lovin the Euro Tub!

Bath time is so much more enjoyable now that we have this new tub. Stone will sit in there until we make him get out! He kicks, splashes, and plays with all his little toys. Thanks to my girls that recommended this tub!

Trick or Treat!!!!

Stone got to go trick or treating 2 nights this year. So the 1st night he went out with Aunt Lindsey and was dressed as a Chicken. He got lots of candy that night! Then on Halloween, Mommy took the day off and we went all over and showed off my new Puppy. We topped off the bag that night! Good thing there are not any teeth that can turn rotten yet!

So long, nice clean nursery!

Yes, the days of having the "perfect" nursery are long gone. This is now Stone's favorite place to play, by himself! He prefers to be alone in his room with all of his toys. He starts spreading them out throughout the room and then rolls from toy to toy. Hey, whatever works, right?

These pics are what I walked in to today! He was having a good ole time taking the toys out of the toy bin.

Snapping up all this cuteness!

Sometimes I just have to take pictures when Stone is looking so cute! It would be a lot easier for Mommy not to shop if he did not look this cute in the outfits! Hope you enjoy these random pics as much as I do!

Happy 7 month birthday!!!

I cannot believe my baby is 7 months old! When did the time start flying by? It seems like I was just pregnant yesterday. Actually a year ago today I had my first ultrasound and found out that Stone was indeed a boy!

He has now started "talking" to us, he says bababa when he is hungry and dadada when he wants us to come to him. He is also a singer now, he will sit and just sing his little heart out. It is really cute!

Pumpkin Pics.....

Treva gave us the wonderful idea for Stone's halloween pictures. We love the way they turned out! Stone thought we were crazy at first, but he actually enjoyed getting "dirty."