Testing, Testing, 123, Testing!

I think I am finally figuring out how to download my pictures onto the computer! Now I'm just trying to figure out *where* the pics all go once they are *on* the computer. For some reason, it is putting pics in lots of different folders.

These are my attempts at some up close shots of Kyle. I have so much to learn, but already, I love this camera. I can see their faces with so much more clarity!

A chilly Noah driving in his little car

These were probably taken about 3 to 4 weeks ago. I love how handsome Kyle looks here. He looks so big to me here. It's crazy how fast the second one grows. He's already up on all fours (hands and knees) and rocking. He'll probably start crawling soon. He's not even 6 months old yet. I don't think Noah crawled til 7 or 8 months. Kyle is just dying to keep up with Noah. He gets so excited when he sees him playing, or running, or dancing.

This is just the beginning of all the pics I've been taking recently. I'm going to stop here with the pics so I can go try to really figure this out, but I was dying to get some pics from the new camera up!

Last weekend and this weekend we went to a place called The Big Tree Plantation. It's a really neat outdoorsy place where you can actually chop down your own Christmas tree. Another thing you'd never find in California where it's 80 degrees at Christmas time! Score one for Ohio! I don't miss looking for my tree in one of those parking lot Christmas tree lots. This place was really close to where we live, but out in the country on acres and acres of land. We got to take a tractor/hayride out to the trees and go searching for the tree we wanted. We also saw Santa (a bit creepy if you ask Noah), and the real reindeer that pull Santa's sleigh. In fact, Noah was quite sure that the two we saw were Blitzen and Wudolph. He said to Chris, "Dad! Come see!!" it was really quite adorable. We went on to go into the little shop where they had a million things Noah shouldn't touch, but they also had an eating area to have free hot cocoa. We ate funnel cake, drank hot cocoa, and watched the little train they had set up. It really was a good time, and Kyle enjoyed himself as well. You really can take that baby anywhere.

Well, check back again in the next few days if you'd like to see more pics. I'm going to be updating the blog a lot over the next week or so.

Hope you all are cozy this chilly night!

Next time Noah will get more air time!