And the Winner Is...

Thanks to everyone who voted on their favorite pictures! The top three choices were B (6 votes), I (6 votes), and N (5 votes). It was a hard decision, but in the end we ended up going with B! Turns out there were over 300,000 submissions last year!! The contest is during the week of March 1st, so be sure to tune in!

Photo Contest - Submit Your Vote Today!

We think Josh is a pretty good lookin' kid! So we thought we would submit a picture of him to the LIVE! with Regis and Kelly Beautiful Baby Contest! And since we're having a hard time choosing a photo, we decided to let the blog viewers help. We've posted several photos to choose from below. They were all taken within the past month, which is one of the stipulations for the contest. Pick the THREE you like best and then cast your votes in the right hand column. We'll choose one to submit from the top three choices! The deadline for voting is Thursday, January 28th at 5PM Pacific Time. Vote now!!

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Playtime in Tucson!

Here are a few pictures of Joshua playing in the park and at Grandma and Grandpa's house...

What a great vacation!

Joshua with Grandma and Grandpa

Joshua the puppy dog with Grandma and Grandpa

Mom and Joshua feeding the ducks? No, that's Mom and Joshua feeding Joshua. Those poor ducks are still hungry!

Joshua sliding by himself!!

Joshua crawling in the jungle gym...

Joshua and his new ball in the park!!

Dad taking Joshua for a bike ride on the classic Schwinn with the classic baby seat. Little different than the seat back in Seattle! Seems that the safety standards have changed a bit over the past few decades!

Swimming in December?!

One of the perks to having family in Tucson is the opportunity to use the hot tube in the winter! We took advantage of this on several different occasions. Turns out it was one of Joshua's favorite activities! Here are some of the pictures...

Ready to head out to the jacuzzi!

Relaxing in the hot tub with Dad!

Mom and Joshua with Uncles Mike and Andy...

Mom and Joshua in the hot tub!

Playing with my cups in the hot tub! Look at all that sunshine!!

Streaking in the desert! And who said it wasn't going to be a white Christmas?!

Reid Park Zoo!

We visited the Reid Park Zoo one sunny afternoon in Tucson! Unlike the Seattle Zoo the habitats let you see the animals! Here are some pictures of what we saw!!

Joshua and some elephants...

Tiger! Hope those wires hold!

Tortuga! Turns out it's an animal and not just a place for Tex-Mex and margaritas!

Peacock!

This elephant looks happy...

Giraffe!

A rhinoceros with two big horns!

Two ostrich...

What's black and white and red all over?
A sunburned zebra!!

The King of the Jungle! Actually he kind of looks like Scar...

Joshua was able to feed a giraffe during our visit. Look at the size of that tongue!

Here'a another shot... Joshua actually did pretty well giving him that breadstick!

Family picture!

Black bear!

Christmas in Tucson!

Here are some pictures from Grandma and Grandpa Naumann's house during our stay in Tucson!

All set for Christmas Eve Mass! The last time I went to church I had a GREAT time!! I managed to throw a plastic toy at the priest who stopped mass to pick it up! He then brought it back to Dad and asked Dad if he had any pockets! Funny... we haven't been back to that church...

Family picture after Christmas Eve Mass...

Family picture with Chris' family and Grizzly Adams... oh wait, that's Uncle Andy! Didn't anyone bother to buy him some scissors and a razor after last year's Christmas photo?

Joshua panting and going to pet Gadget on the nose...

Mom and Joshua opening presents!

Hee, hee, hee... It's funny because it's true!

Uncle Mike getting ready to open his gift!

What's this?! No gift? Just a box with some tissue paper?

Ah ha! The gift was hidden under the bow! That Chris sure is clever!

Chris opening a (well?) wrapped gift from Mike and Andy!

Heather thanking her wonderful husband for the diamond pendant that is waiting for her in Seattle!

Grandma opening a gift...

Grandpa opening a gift with Joshua keeping an eye on things...

Bubbles!!

Family picture in front of a Graham Cracker House!