Happy New Year!

Whew! Getting to January feels like finishing a marathon (as if I would know). We were busy busy, but enjoyed it all – Thanksgiving, the Pink Pig, Tyson’s first trip to a casino, seeing the lights at the botanical gardens, and of course lots of visits with family and friends. Tyson’s walking skills have been improving daily, which adds adventure to any event. It definitely impacted our decorating.  We decided it was easiest just to put a baby gate around the tree (for its own safety). We called it our “tree in captivity”. Opening presents was fun – his birthday was the trial run – now he’s a pro. We thought a great gift would be one of those remote controlled flying fish. Tyson loves balloons and Travis likes remote control thingies, so this was the perfect combo. Well it was much bigger and more complicated than we anticipated. Like many parents, we were up till midnight assembling (it required referencing a YouTube video and several glasses of spiked eggnog). The next morning Tyson was very suspicious of the giant orange fish staring at him. When we made it “swim” over his head – it was official – he was terrified. George (that’s what we named it) is now deflated in the garage, waiting for his comeback. I’d say his favorite new toy is his tent…he can break a sweat playing in that thing. The dogs like it too. Since it’s been so long since our last post, you know we’ve got a zillion pictures – enjoy!