Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, as usual, the break has gone by quickly, but it was fun. We went to Rose Hill Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon. Of course Hobbs had a ton of fun. He helped Grandma by cleaning out her cupboards, played with Grandpa, and went on a nature walk (he loves the outdoors) where he saw the pond and found some pinecones to examine. Then we came home and Duke, Christy, McKenna, Rhett, and Grampy came to play. McKenna and Hobbs were so cute playing together, Hobbs had fun looking at Rhett, and Uncle Duke entertained the kids while trying to listen to the K-State game (no quiet alone time anymore!). Now our house is empty and we are sad that yet another holiday has come and gone, but we know we'll see everybody really soon! We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving as well!

Thanksgiving

This Turkey is Stuffed!

As you have seen on previous videos, McKenna loves to take care of Hobbs. Luckily for her, she found a way to do that and to get out of eating turkey! Hobbs came to the rescue-no wasting food, no matter how stuffed you are! :)

It's Official! :)

So, Hobbs finally said his first word. While he's obsessed with saying it all the time (he likes to point at things and say "ball") we're pretty sure he does know what it is. If you hand him another object he doesn't say "ball", but if you hand him a ball he knows it! Daddy's very proud of the first word. :)

Always Helpful

Hobbs has found a new way to be even more helpful when putting dishes away. He never could quite figure out how to get to the top rack, but he's used some problem-solving skills to help him out now. I swear the door of the diswasher is going to break off one of these days!

Newest Talents

Here are some of Hobbs's newest tricks to show off. He does something new every day it seems like! He's so much fun, but we really miss just sitting every once in a while. We constantly chase him, keep him out of the trash and cat food (both of which he's obsessed with), and he is in love with climbing the stairs, so we make several trips up throughout the course of a day. :) He is always doing something new...hope you enjoy the latest! :)

Barefoot in November

It's crazy how nice this weather has been! Not that we're complaining, it's just funny to me that Hobbs is barefoot in a big pile of leaves. Of course, his feet are too fat for shoes still, so I'm glad that the weather is still so nice! :) It's been a crazy couple of weeks for us. Our daycare provider gave 2 weeks notice 2 weeks ago to move on to a position with the state, so that has been a big change! She has taken care of Hobbs since he was 8 weeks old and so it was a sad time. There are no (good) daycares available in town and so luckily our wonderful friend Tawni has agreed to help us out until we find something permanant. Thank goodness for good friends! And of course Grandma is always ready and willing to head up when needed. Grampy also can help out if there is a time Tawni can't do it. We have a new babysitter lined up toward the end of January, so it luckily all worked out, but change is always hard for me. Hobbs doesn't seem to mind though and had a great day with Tawni and her boys today. Here are some pictures of the little ham outside in the leaves. He loved them and wanted to crawl all over and throw them around everywhere. He is so funny and always makes us laugh!

Hobbs the Halloween Punk Rocker