Sure is getting cold out there

Checking out the toy adds.

Ripping apart the toy adds.

Basically covered in drool.

Playing the air guitar.

Or... "Fat guy in a little sweatshirt" (it's actually size 12 months). I couldn't decide which caption I liked best :)

Brrr... is it cold or what?!?!! This weekend was nice; we stayed inside in the cozy warmth of our house. Gus and I cuddled a lot this weekend. Saturday got long, as Josh was at YMCA obligations from 7 am to 12:00 am, but Gus and I survived. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the Hawkeye game on TV, but we heard it was a good one.

We are all feeling better and back to normal, health-wise. Hopefully that will be the only round of sickness we all get this flu season. Each of us had slightly different symptoms, but we all got a version of the stomach flu.

Gus has his first professional pictures on Thursday, which is also his 6 month birthday. I can hardly believe that I have a six month old. Life has gone by so quickly over the last year.

We are considering going home to Iowa this weekend, since Josh has weekends off until the middle of January. We are just a little restless and miss our families very much. We also want everyone to see how big Gus is getting; he is just growing and growing.

The six month summary: He loves to laugh, grab for anything within his body's radius, chew on whatever he can fit in his mouth, and is still a big fan of squash. He wears mostly 12 month clothes now and is a very happy little man. He sleeps through most nights, but does like to get up a little bit earlier than mom and dad like to :)

Oh and the big news around here is that he seems to be getting a tooth. Daddy thinks mommy is crazy, but if you look very closely at his top front teeth, you can see a tiny itty bitty little white speck. I don't remember it being there before and I check his teeth all the time (especially since he has been a little bit more drooly and fussy than normal over the last few weeks).

Well, that's what we've been up to. Be in touch soon ~