Four Generations

While we were up in Montana we had to take some "four generations" pictures. Here are some of those. We also had to get some pictures with Great Grandma! She was so much fun to watch. I even told her, "Grandma, it's so much fun to watch you with John. I've never seen you with little ones before." Too which she replied, "I was there with you." Thanks Grams!! :o)
We also happened to capture some pictures of him "talking" and moving his hands. Isn't he cute in his Pooh Bear outfit! Thanks Mrs. Salisbury!

1st Snow (October 6th/7th)

So after the party Thursday night, the weather got mighty cold, and in the morning we woke up to snow. It had already snowed some as there was a good inch on the ground, and it was still snowing. Murphy's Law! 1.) It was Montana State University's homecoming and 2.) We were traveling that day. Since all my family from Helena decided to go out of town for the weekend, except for my Aunt Anna Marie, we decided to meet her and her kids in Townsend (halfway-thankfully we had no mountain passes to traverse!) We were to meet her at 12, so of course, my dad decided we needed to be out the door to eat breakfast at 8. Mom & I had to get some pictures of John in his first snow before we went. He didn't like it. Not sure if it was the wind blowing in his face, causing him to lose his breath, or the cold drops falling on his face! Unfortunately the pictures turned out a bit blurry. Probably cuz we took them when snow was actually falling!! :o)
The time visiting with my aunt and her two boys was great, albeit too short. It has been since my junior year in High School since I've seen her. Ian was only a few months old, (now he's 12) and I had never met Michael their second son. They were such sweet boys, and both were excited to hold John & to give him their gift. John loved the giggling turtle, and cried at the Precious Moment Bear that prayed. My aunt told him he had to learn to like prayer!!
The next day after church we had to get some pictures "sitting" in the snow.
Here are a few pictures from that weekend:

Come Meet John Party (Oct 4)

The first couple of days after we arrived in Montana, we spent mostly resting. We did make it up to MSU to check out the bookstore and did a little shopping around town on Wednesday. I think John needed to acclamate to the Montana altitude, b/c he spent the majority of the first 3 days sleeping. Thankfully, by day four he was back to normal. It was a good thing, b/c the ladies of the church threw a get together, so friends who knew me, could come meet John, and catch up with me. It was so precious. We were very blessed. Here are some pictures of that night. The ladies loved getting their hands on him, and John stayed awake and was fairly unfussy the whole two hours!!! The best part of the night, was watching my former elementary school teacher, Mrs. Kauffman with him. She happened to get him when he had a bubble, so she laid him over her lap, and patted him on his bottom. He promptly began sucking on her hand.














I also had to include some pictures from the first three days. John enjoyed helping his grandma sew his diapers, playing on great-grandma's lap, and talking to grandma & grandpa!!
Sorry about the out of order posting. I really wanted to get the autumn pictures up today (October 10), but still have some pictures needing to be posted, so the next few posts will have happened before the Autumn Fun post.

Some Autumn Fun

So, today we decided to dress John up, and go out and take pictures in the leaves. Also included are some other pictures of him, all dressed up.