Acer's First Tree

Happy Holidays Everyone! It's hard to believe that December is almost gone and Acer is 9 1/2 months old... He's still doing the "army crawl" to get places, but he does it with surprising speed! Right now he really loves to pull himself up onto things and stand. He still only has two teeth and a little bit of hair, but we expect more of both in the coming months.

This picture and the slideshow to your right is from our recent expedition into the woods to find ourselves a tree. It was a wonderful hike through thigh deep fresh powder! This picture was taken at the end of the trip while I was cutting the tree down. He had a great time up until we stopped for a while. He has the cutest little snowsuit (Thanks Mel!)

We will be sure to post pictures of Christmas as soon as we can. I think Acer will have a fantastic time with all the paper and boxes. Uncle Rob and Aunt Bunnie sent us a package in a fairly large box last week with some gifts and it turns out that Acer likes the box best of all! Easy for us :)

Much love,
Mish, Allan, and Acer

New Noises...

Not a terribly flattering picture, but oh so funny. This is a picture of Acer doing one of his new favorite things, making fart noises... For nicer pictures, check out the latest slideshow called November.

Great-Great Grandma Frannie!

Hello All...

Sorry once again for the delay in writing. We've had a very busy October and early November with visitors, a quick trip to Buffalo, a first Halloween, and an election! Whew... We saw the Carras who came up for the long Columbus Day weekend, Michelle and Christina, and Carriann with her two beautiful girls...

The Buffalo trip was a whirlwind of new people for Acer. We drove there with Suzy who was attending a workshop training all weekend. The drives were fantastic, lots of sleeping... We only stopped once each way! Acer met new aunts, uncles, cousins, and his great-great grandma Frannie. We stayed with his great grandma and had so much fun playing at her house.

So much is happening, so fast... Acer got his first tooth and then another a couple weeks later. He's just about to start crawling; he can inch himself forward if he really wants something. And, he's almost 20lbs at 8 months old. Hard to believe it's been 8 months already. We hope you enjoy the new slideshow pictures from October. We're trying to get some good pictures of his new tooth (teeth), but he won't sit still.

Take care and Happy November!
Mish, Allan, and Acer

Mish's Baby Pictures!

Allan's Baby Pictures!

Carrots!

Hello Blog Watchers!

It has been a while since we've written on here, sorry... A lot is happening here! Acer can now roll over and over and over. He rolls across the room VERY quickly. He can now sit up on his own as well! It's funny how he resisted for so long and then one day he stopped falling over. He still falls every once in a while, but his balance is impressive. He is also starting to eat some solid foods. So far he has tried avocado, squash, pumpkin, and carrots. It's great to have fresh food from the garden to start him on! As you can see, he wears more food than he eats right now! (Thanks to Gram for the bib. Go Sabres!)

Things are great here. The fall foliage is wonderful this year! We have been trying to spend as much time as possible outside before it gets too cold to be outside without a snowsuit! Acer really loves the leaves. Yesterday he spent an hour sitting and playing with them. Easy entertainment :)

Be sure to check out our latest slideshow of new pictures. Last weekend was Mish's 10 year high school reunion and Kendra came with her son Jonah! We had a really fun time and took lots of pictures!

Take care and enjoy the fall!
Mish, Allan, and Acer

It's Mish!

And you all think Acer looks like Allan... Thanks to Aunt Patti for giving us this picture from late 1980. Check out that TV!

Half Birthday!

Hooray! Today is Acer's half birthday! That's right folks... Acer is now 6 months old. Things sure are happening fast. Acer is rolling over all the time, and VERY quickly! His first teeth should be coming in soon (he's drooling like crazy and biting on everything he can get his hands on). He can almost stay sitting up without support. A couple more weeks for that one. We look forward to that day so he can play on the floor more easily.

We have been very busy here. The garden is producing more than we can keep up with. LOTS of beans, beets, carrots, and the best cherry tomatoes I've ever had (Sun Gold). We went to the Taylor camp up on the lake again for Labor Day and saw Marty and his family, Bo and Cal, Harry and Karen, Janet and her crew, Heidi and Nina, and the Lachtrupp family. What a time! Plus we went to a wedding this past weekend and had a fantastic time dancing and hanging out with new and old friends.

We hope that things are going well out there. We are looking forward to some fall visitors! Take care!

Love you,
Mish, Al, and Acer

p.s. We'll post some more baby pictures of Allan and Mish after the poll is over... Check it out.