Baby Ella!

We finally had a chance to meet Ella Dawson over Thanksgiving!  As you can see, she's a beautiful baby!  She and Alyssa hit things off...

Alyssa sharing her doll with Ella...


Heather, Alyssa, Amanda, and Ella...


Amanda and Ella...


Mom and Alyssa...


Pretty bow!


Sweet smiles!


The Dawson Family...

Thanksgiving at Nana's!

Joshua had a very Happy Thanksgiving at Nana's.  Good food, good company, and plenty of time to hang out with his new best friend, Boulder!  Here are some photos...

Playing fetch with...


Aunt Mary's socks!


Great throw, Joshua!  I'm sure you make your Uncle Mike proud!


Tearing down a tree with his bare hands...


Fortunately, that's not sweat... Joshua just had a run-in with a cup of water...


Dogs like it when you grab their tongues, right?


Joshua and Boulder...


Buddies...


Cooling off...

Coloring in the Kitchen

Here are some photos of Alyssa and Joshua spending some time coloring in the kitchen...

Looks like a van Gogh to me!


Nice work, Picasso!

Eating All By Herself...

October/November is pretty much the height of activity in the Naumann household.  We have three birthdays and Halloween!!  This is the first of many posts over that 4 week period... enjoy!

Now that Alyssa is 1 year old, we figured it was time for her to start using the spoon by herself.  Here's the end result!

This is great!


Turns out yogurt is good for more than eating!


You say Joshua was able to use a spoon by this age?


Care to come a little closer and say that again?!

The Morning After...

While everyone was recovering from the previous day's festivities, we were up early opening the rest of those presents!  Here are some pictures of Joshua opening his remaining gifts...

What a way to start the day... with a NEW CAR!!


Farmyard UNO!


Profile picture...


Superman!


Alyssa and Joshua opening gifts...


This was Joshua's actual birthday... November 6, 2011...


Dad and Joshua...


Mom and Joshua...


One more go at the candle...


Our three-year old :)

More Presents?!

Alyssa didn't quite make it through all her gifts during the party.  Here are some photos from the morning after...

Alyssa and Uncle Thomas...


Lookin' good in those polka dot pants!


Ba-by!


Wiping off baby's face...


Found me some more paper!


I love my baby!


Joshua and Alyssa opening gifts...


Another baby!


I could get into this gift thing!


Awww... taking a little rest...


Birthday girl!


This is how she usually gives her dolls a hug... I'm thinking she must have dropped it...


My very own George!!


Ladybug pillow, George, and a very serious Alyssa...

Birthday Presents for Joshua!!

Joshua is just now starting to take an interest in presents.  Here are some pictures of him opening some of his many, many gifts...

Thank you for the blue remote control car, Julia!


Cool tattoo, Joshua!


Cars?!  I love them!


How did you know?!


What could this be?


Why, it's more cars!!


Mom and Joshua...