Trains, planes, & automobiles

Jack has turned into such a boy and loves trains & cars.  He got a very small train set & lots of new cars for Christmas & he has had so much fun carrying them around & "vrooming" all over the place.

While we were in Texas we took a few fun field trips. 

The first was the trains at Northpark.  This was Jack's first year to see them & he LOVED them.  He just stared & pointed & often tried to grab the trains as they went by.

After the trains we did a little bit of shopping & as we left Nordstrom's the Scrooge was out!  Even though we lived in Tennessee growing up, my childhood memories always include all the holiday stuff at Northpark particularly the Scrooge & the 12 days of Christmas.  Jack wasn't so sure about him, but I loved that he got to see it.

One day after Christmas we visited the Perot Museum of Nature & Science and it was packed!  We didn't walk the entire thing, but Jack had lots of fun in the Children's musuem on the bottom floor.  He organized & delivered produce, played in the water, & loved the "Dallas" playground.

Our Family Pics & Vote for Jack!

A few months after we had moved to Nashville & we had gotten settled in I decided it was time for some professional pictures of Jack & the family (we had not done any family pictures ever!).

 

Lucky for us we bought our house from an extremely talented photographer so I didn't have to look very far for someone to take them.  At this time, Jack hadn't started walking so he just wanted to crawl away when she was shooting him, but she did such a great job.  I hadn't shared too many of them because I wasn't sure if we were going to use them on Christmas cards.

 

Here are a some of my favorites:

 

 

Misty has nominated the below picture of Jack for her best of 2012 contest.

Can you help us out and vote for our cutie Jack?  Just follow the steps below.

1.   Leave a comment on the below blog voting for Jack #3!!!http://tronephotography.com/blog/?p=1658

2. Like his picture on Facebook. Go to Trone Photography facebook page & click on Jack's picture, then "like" it:

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or you can also find it linked to my facebook page

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You guys are the best!  Thank you!

If anyone's looking for a photographer in Nashville, her website is www.tronephotography.com.

Meet the Babies

 We are back from Texas and back to reality.

We had such a great holiday with family & were lucky enough to get to see lots of friends, too.

Tyler went back to work on the 28th but Jack and I stayed through the 2nd and did lots of resting & relaxation after we both came down with the holiday cold, cough, & congestion (Jack's 2 for 2 on getting sick during Christmas).

We have lots of great pictures from the holidays that will be coming in the next week and I will get caught up on my lack of blogging during the last month!

 

Before the sickness set in, Jack and I loved getting to see some of my best college girl friends and all the new babies added to the family (and a baby still in the belly).  I couldn't believe we were able to time it where we were all available and in town during the craziness of the holidays.  Thank you so much Ashley for hosting & cooking brunch!

 

 

Mr. Ryder Neff made an appearance all the way from Colorado. 



Jack wasn't sure what baby Caroline & Ryder were doing under that thing.

The best I could do getting all four kiddos in the picture without Jack crying. 
Jack, Caroline, Ryder, & James
 

Why is the toddler crying?!

Me & Jack, Ashley & Caroline, Brittany & Ryder, Kathleen & James, Emily & baby boy Mundt

Jack was pretty grumpy that day with all the new faces & in a new house, but he cheered up enough to give Holly a good high five on the way out.

Love all you girls and it was so great catching up and meeting all the adorable new additions!