Sleep over time!

We have started a tradition where we invite our nieces and nephews over for a sleepover. We try and do this at least once a month. This month Regan and Cooper were able to make it. It started off with dinner at Jason's Deli. After dinner it was off to Target to get last minute cooking supplies to make holiday sugar cookies. We got home and went to work. Regan and Cooper loved using the electric mixer to make the dough, so much they fought over it. While we waited for the dough to chill we played our most favorite gave, Ticket to Ride. We stopped part way through to roll out the dough and cut some cookies. We had so much fun. I think we had a total of 4 nice and neatly cut out trees and gingerbread men. All the others had a little touch of Cooper and Regan all over them. Finally with all the cookies baked it was time to decorate! We leaned something new, the actual amount of sprinkles that can fit on a single cookie. Finally at 11:30 it was off to bed. In the morning we had waffles. We definately took our time getting ready and of course finding time to play with Spencer. It finally came time to take Regan and Cooper back home. We were very sad but knew they would be back next month. 

I'm not sure I would want Cooper to make me anything other then sugar cookies.

We love Reagan so much. She is so animal minded she can't help but have it show through anytime you want to take a picture of her.

The morning after. What is better then waffles on a Sunday morning?

One last photo before heading home.

Suprise Grand Dad!

Spencer is great at keeping secrets. Spencer has known for months about this trip and he did not tell one soul. We told him if he did not tell anyone he would be able to go on an airplane. He earned it! A few days before we found out he had an ear infection. Both mom and dad were very concerned. Come to find out it did not effect him at all. He took a bottle just before taking off and then fell asleep for the rest of the 2 hour flight. He woke up when we landed. Score! After a brief stop at Grandma Leslie's house it was off to surprise Grand Dad for his 50 birthday. We made it Libby with some time to spare. We stopped off to see Grandma Karen at work. Then it was finally time to surprise Grand Dad. We went to Rosauer's and come to find out, no Grand Dad. What? This surprise sucks! We found out Grand Dad went home early because now that he's 50, it's harder for him to work a full day without something aching in his body. So back in the car to go home and surprise him there. Sure enough he was there. We snuck inside the kitchen and waited. Grand Dad came around the corner and we got him good! Too bad he was on the phone with his parents and then we had to wait for them to finish their conversation. After he hung up we let the party begin. We were lucky enough to have almost the whole family there; Grand Dad, Grandma Karen, Aunt Riki, Uncle Levi, Aunt Amber, Cousin Steve, Uncle Josh, Ryanne, Casey and Spencer. Unfortunately Aunt Cassie, Uncle Chad, Cousin Justin, Cousin Jessica, Cousin Caleb and the other Uncle Chad were not able to be there. Here are a few photos of what took place. . . .

 Spencer is ready for this!

 Spencer got hooked up with a sweet winter suit to keep warm all winter long.

Ready to take a ride with Grand Dad on the 4 wheeler.

Trying to figure out what is all over Uncle Josh's face.

Taking a breather from all his moving around with Aunt Riki. 

Spencer and Great Grandpa Holder

Great Grandma Holder and Spencer.

Spencer's first wrestling match. It was also the first night Grand Dad refereed a match.

Spencer's wrestling stance. Watch out Uncle Josh.

Grand Dad declared Spencer the winner!

Making a quick trip to Post Falls, ID

On our way up to Libby, MT we flew into Spokane, WA and then made our way over to Post Falls, ID to visit Ryanne's mom Leslie. We had a great time there. Spencer was able to visit his Great grandparents. Spencer also was able to open his first Christmas present. It was the first time he meet his cousin Steve (Amber's dog). Spencer and Steve had a rough go at the beginning where Steve wanted nothing to do with Spencer and Spencer wanted everything to do with Steve. Then it turned into Steve wanting to lick Spencer's ear whenever he could. Finally they were able to be in the same room with each other and both be okay.

Spencer and Great Grandpa Foder 

Ryanne, Spencer, Great Grandma Foder, Grandma Leslie

Both Steve and Spencer trying to figure things out.

Spencer's first unwrapping of a gift. Watch out Christmas morning, he's ready!

Spencer and Grandma Leslie

Spencer, Aunt Amber, Grandma Leslie and Mom

I'll do it all by myself

We started Spencer on some solid foods and he has loved it. His first introduction was to sweet potatoes. After a few days this is how his feedings ended up. . . .

Snow Time

We got home from our trip to Arizona and woke up to snow all over. Thanks goodness it fell after we got home. Ryanne got Spencer all dressed up to enjoy the snow. Here is what happened:

Here is what happened after Ryanne brought Spencer back inside:

Thanksgiving with the cousins

After spending time in Tempe watching our friend John Emmett finish his first Ironman and then spending time with our friend Jason Mathew Fuller down in Tempe, AZ we headed up to Snowflake, AZ to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with Ryanne's sister Cassie and her family. We were able to spend almost a whole week with them. We had a great time relaxing and having time for Spencer to play with  his cousins. They had so much fun together. It was nice for Casey and Ryanne because Spencer's cousins Justin and Jessica played with him so much that we got some time off. Here are some photos of what we did:

The first time eating carrots

The boys (Justin, Caleb and Spencer)

Thanksgiving dinner

There was snow on the ground Thanksgiving morning, Justin and Jessica made sure to get outside and have some fun.

 Justin having some great fun with Spencer.

The cousins

Our little Indian ready to attack

Ironman Arizona

I (Casey) have to take a moment and congratulate a good friend of mine, John Emmett. John recently completed his first Ironman in Arizona. For those of you that know me, I love triathlons. If it wasn't for John, I would never have gotten into triathlons. It was a couple of years ago that John asked me if I would go with him down to St. George and do a triathlon with him. I found out later he asked me because he didn't want to do it by himself. I'm glad he did. We were able to go over to Arizona and cheer him on. It was so much fun. I ended up signing up to do my second Ironman next year in Arizona.

Great job John!

While we were cheering on John, Spencer was staying busy as well.

In the end, Spencer had just too much fun and tuckered himself out.

 

6 month photos

 We took Spencer in to get some photos taken for his 6 month mark. As first time parents we did not realize how hard this was going to be. During the shoot Spencer did a great job, that would make our job harder later. When it came time to review his photos we had the hardest time deciding which photos to buy. If we had it our way we would have bought every single one. After going back and forth many times we finally decided on the following photos. Hopefully when we go and get his 1 year old photos it will be a lot easier.