Christmas 2007 Caught on Tape

So, we just uploaded a bunch of videos taken on Christmas this year.  Just click on over to our videos page and view gems such as Nick's reaction to the loot from Santa, the boys opening and playing with a few gifts, and Nick falling asleep at the dinner table after a hard day of playing (wow- we had to capture that on film to believe that it could ever have happened!).  Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Hope that all of our readers had a great Christmas!  We had a lovely Christmas here in Maine, although we wish we could have spent the time on the west coast too.  The boys fared very well and seemed to have a great time opening gifts and playing with new toys.  I think that Nick is really starting to get it this year. He was excited but seemed somewhat unsure as to what might possibly happen.  Once Christmas morning came, he started getting more and more excited as the morning went on.  Next year should be a blast! :)

Setting out cookies for Santa:


Tim opening his stocking:


Some new trucks for Nick:


Nick unwrapping gifts:


Tim enjoying a ride in the wagon:


Tim getting into the unwrapping too:


The boys cooking up a little something in the kitchenette that Santa brought:



The boys playing with Tim's new Busy Zoo:



Tim just being himself (cute):



Tim doing the splits:



Ready to go for a ride:

A little pre-christmas cheer

Merry Christmas to friends and family near and far!

So, this post was meant to get out a few days ago... Anyhow, we've been busy preparing for the holidays. Nick has been a fabulous help and was getting very excited for Christmas. Here are a few new pictures of Nick and Tim preparing for Xmas.
Ho ho ho:



Tim's new tricks: in plank position, and holding his own bottle:



Ready for Christmas!:



Tim reading:


Nick baking cookies:



Check out the new videos too: Dr. Nicholas, Jingle Bells and making cookies.

More new photos here:

December 2007

'Tis the season

Greetings from the winter wonderland that is Maine these days!


We had another 8 or so inches of snow yesterday followed by some freezing rain, resulting in a sparkly landscape this morning. It was quite beautiful, especially since we didn't need to travel anywhere. The boys have enjoyed playing in the snow,



although they get cold pretty quickly with the temperatures that we've been having. Nick's favorite snow activity is shoveling

....now if I can only keep that up until he's 12 or so!

Not much new here lately. The boys have both been battling a winter cold so we've been keeping a pretty low profile.


Lots of green slugs and coughing - not lots of fun. Hopefully, they're on the tail end of that adventure and with luck, mom and dad will manage to avoid this one (knock on wood).

I think that Tim may have taken his first crawling step forward today. He only did it once so I can't be sure, but he's got to be moving forward some time soon. His latest trick has been to get from laying on his belly up to sitting. That's pretty fun! He's also still rocking



and scooting backwards (especially under the couch).



For the first time ever, we're ready for Christmas early.



Nick helped us set up and decorate the tree.


We've been baking cookies, with lots of help from Nick too!



Some more photos from December:

December 2007

Slide show and undocumented features

So for those of you who've tried the new slide show stuff and noticed that the link to 'Tim!' didn't work, I've fixed the glitch (please, 'bug' is such a harsh word...). It should now work. Let me know at greg@stpierrefamily.org if you notice anything else.

You'll also have a much better viewing experience using Firefox. Internet Explorer (another high quality product from the folks in Redmond) seems to have some problems with the CSS I'm using to format things. I'll look into fixing that for braindead browsers, but for now stick to Firefox if you can.

9-month update

So, Tim is 9 months and just had his checkup today. Besides a clean bill of health and complements from the doctor on how cute he is (hey, I know she probably says that to everyone, but its still nice to hear), here are the stats: 20 lbs 5 oz (50th percentile), 29" (75th percentile) and 47.5cm head circumference (95th percentile).  So, it looks like our big boy is not that big after all, just average but has caught up to his big brother when it comes to brain size. Sounds like another smart cookie! :)

Toothy McTootherson

Yep, Tim "the Tooth" St. Pierre has been at it again.  His two upper front teeth are starting to come in nicely (although Greg still says he looks a little like Sponge Bob...), and so I thought, the coast must be clear for a little while. But no.  Tim not only sprouted a new tooth on Friday (2nd tooth from the center on his left side on the bottom - not sure what number that is but I'm sure that you dental professionals in the audience can help out with that one!) but also sprouted another new one (2nd tooth from the center on his left side on the top) today, Sunday!   Wow! So maybe that's what all of the screaming was about last night at 1am? (It makes me feel better to attribute it to something specific rather than just Tim's idea of fun ;) )

Besides sprouting chompers left and right, Tim is just about ready to crawl. I know, ok, we keep saying that, but really, it could happen any day now.  He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth a lot. He also just figured out how to go into the crawl position from sitting (although he still gets his foot stuck a bit) and has started crawling his way forward with his hands to try and reach toys (usually Nick's, of course).  Things are certainly going to get interesting once Tim is completely mobile! (he already scoots forward on his bottom, and backward on his belly, in addition to rolling across the room with lightning speed)

As a baby, there are new very obvious and notable milestones that are reached seemingly all of the time. Once you're 3, its much more subtle.   Lately, we've been working on expressing feelings (esp. anger and frustration) with words and Nick has been doing really well.  I feel like it's a huge milestone , maybe the turning point between toddler and little kid.  The other day we were out playing in the snow (we got a decent sized storm - 18+ inches at the beginning of last week) and Nick growled/yelled at the snow. I asked what was up and he told me he did it because he was angry with the snow.  I asked why and he said because it got in the way (18+inches is really pretty deep when you're only a little over 3 feet tall!).  Having him be able (and willing) to tell me what was bothering him and why he was upset was wonderful!

Nick is doing well all around.  His teachers at preschool always comment on what a bright kiddo he is.  He's getting pretty good at helping Mom and following directions (when he wants to) as well.  In addition, big brother Nick is making great strides with sharing toys with his brother, a very difficult concept to master (heck, a lot of adults still aren't there).

Ok, can't think of any other news to report at this time.  Sorry no pictures right now (I'l try to get some up later this week) because Greg is in using the computer where we keep the pictures. He is currently giving our website a much-needed facelift (woo hooo!!!)   - check it out - it looks pretty slick!