New Year's Eve!

We got a great offer from MB & Kristi: They wanted to babysit Connor on New Year's Eve! Well that worked fine for us, as we had two parties to hit that night. The first was a bunch of our friends from high school, and that was a great time. We left there around 10:00 and went to a party thrown by one of the gals from Tanaz. She and her husband just build a new house and it's really geared toward throwing incredible parties. So we were there from 10:30 until maybe 2:00, which of course covered the big countdown at midnight. A couple photos from that party, and my two favorite women with me just after the ball dropped!

(Just kidding Holly... she's probably mortified!) ;-)

Random Christmas Photos.

I don't even need a reason!! Just some random shots from around the holidays... the boy loves his bear Timothy, and his spinning top (a gift from his great-grandma). And of course Connor still loves eating dirt!

Christmas at the Wilterinks!

On Christmas Day we go to Jerry (Jodi's Dad) & Wendy's house for a big breakfast and then gifts. This is my second year in a row going, and it gets better every year. It's really geared more toward all the grandkids, but we got a digital picture frame that we just love. Of course Connor did well as always, and the other kids too.

Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve came up really quickly it seems like. Unfortunately half of "my Dad & Tina" couldn't make it, as Tina had some health problems that thankfully were resolved with a good outcome. So we still had my brother & Kristi, Mom & Dad, Jodi, me, and of course our little superstar Connor. He was and continues to be the hit of every party or family gathering, that's for sure. He's not quite old enough to understand the meaning of Christmas, but he sure likes tearing off wrapping paper and beating and throwing things. Maybe next year we can explain about baby Jesus, immaculate conception, and that sort of thing.

As a side note, we had to put all our gifts up this year, because if they were under the tree they wouldn't last five minutes with the little man wandering around!

C to the D in the B!!

Connor's latest thing is trying see if he can fit into small spaces, like boxes or wicker baskets. Just one photo, but you get the idea. This was just before Christmas.

The Latest.

Not much to update, really. We've got our Christmas decorations up, and our cards are all sent. While I miss going to Long Island for Christmas, it's also nice to just be home with no stressful travel. I'm not going back to work until January 3, and we've got plenty of nice plans with family and friends for the holidays. Our lower level is almost finished, as we're just waiting on carpet now, so I'll put some photos of that up soon enough. We had a friend and her two year old daughter over yesterday, and she and Connor were running around like crazy people for about an hour... I mention it because we were reminded Yet Again why we're finishing that lower level space. Connor needs a play room, and we need our sanity--especially for when he has friends over, or better yet, a little brother or sister.

At any rate, some photos of the lake house project, and later, the two new rooms downstairs.

Progress!

The house is coming along all right. We are going to Holland tomorrow for a Hope basketball game, so we'll check things out in person I'm sure. I haven't been there in a month I think.