a day in the life of george...

here are some random shots of george over the span of a few days. I find him doing the weirdest things and in the strangest places. to be a one year old and have every nook and cranny of your home be interesting to you! I wish I could know what he is thinking when I find him doing/trying out all these interesting things, but I guess that's only for him know.

 I wish he could do more then remove all our utensils from the drawer and whip me up something good to eat, because I stink when it comes to figuring out what to make, or what sounds good.

making a mess at grandma jill's

no need for me anymore, he successfully reached his food and fed himself. like a little bear pawing around for scraps. it's so handy to be super tall, (can't wait for him to do my bidding when he's older!!)

he loves to eat his snacks on the stool grandpa jay made him. but first he has to make himself comfortable,

when he's done with his snacks, he licks the bottom of the stool legs. it's gross. I don't know what he is thinking or how he doesn't get splinters.
discovering the world of color, I wish his artistic span had lasted longer then 5 mins.

 bowls always make better hats,

until you find an actual hat.

we love our generous hand me downs and couldn't resist this awesome reversible outfit! james dubbed it the Alcatraz sweat suit!

"bad breath,have you" for some reason yoda tastes really good. it's always yoda, and it always goes straight in george's mouth.

george doesn't nap, he rests. so through out the day I'll find him on the floor of some random room or sitting lazily on the couch, where he decided to take a quick breather and rejuvenate for the next umpteen hours of discovery.

the bathroom floor grossed me out just a little!

we haven't missed the snow and love to go on walks, (especially when mud and dirt are involved, sorry no pics of that fun mess)

but i like it best when he no longer smells like little boy sweat!

i think he likes his baths too!there is never a dull moment with george!

out with the old...in with the new!

i'll salute the end of the first week of 2012 with recapping all the fun we crammed into the last remaining moments of 2011... we did a lot! and i'm pretty sure george didn't have a clue what any of the hub bub was about.

i'll start with tradition. for, the second year running i bahumbug'd santa and had george yet again get cozy with every christmas tree we met. Christmas tree hunting is a lot easier on so many levels, for one, trees, unlike santa's don't stir the curious questions of why they all look different. two, trees can be fake and everyone, even a small child, is okay with this knowledge, third, there is no line or fee to snap a photo, and lastly, and again, unlike santa, trees glimmer and sparkle attracting children, while bearded men tend to make children wither and run (although i must admit those pictures can be classic).  however, while george was magnetically pulled to every tree we saw, its lure could not hold him still...

in no particular order, here are all the trees we found and rattling them off from upper right to left,
top row: kneeling by the winegar chirstmas party tree, freezing for a mere moment by aunt keri's more accessible tree, aunt marci's cute tree, our first tree of the season at park city.
second row, cool blue tree at temple square, if you squint your eyes and tilt your head while sticking your tongue out of the side of your mouth you'll see george with the haslam party tree (not, he wouldn't stay still!), our half naked george proof tree. 
thrid row: a tree we found in a provo resturaunt, grandma jane's pretty tree, uncle matt and aunt teri's sweet tree.
last but not least, the big professional tree picture at great aunt jill's taken courtesy of Luke Hansen! 

amongst our Christmas tree hunting we squeezed in other holiday festivities. the most popular was sledding!!! what's that you say? there wasn't any snow to sled down? yeah, that kind of put a little damper on my best gift plans for james, so we improvised a little...

yes, we felt so sorry that our flashy green machine never hit fresh powder, that james came up with a way to still make it feel awesome, take pictures while posing in the sleigh.... with all our bounteous Christmas loot. oh the wacky ideas i'm willing to partake...

yes, it was a traditional, wonderful, magical Christmas! we are grateful for the good food, the fun parties and the generous family and friends we got to share it with.

 we wrapped everything up, literally we moved the day after Christmas, and headed out to new adventures, that perhaps include snow for better pictures and fonder memories with the green machine! 
2011 was generous in blessings and opportunities, we are grateful for a great year! here's looking at you kid,

bring on 2012!!!! Happy new year!!!