Archives for the month of: December, 2011

Look deep into my eyes...

We drove to Ponte Vedra Beach for the day to join the rest of the Fazenbaker/Norenberg/Garcia clan (plus cousin Charlie) for Felix’s first Christmas. He was a little overwhelmed at times by all of the attention from his five cousins, but for the most part he had a fun day opening presents (a.k.a. crinkling paper) and being passed around. He also finally got to meet uncle Eric – the last immediate family member who hadn’t seen him yet. Merry Christmas!

Festive Christmas outfit

cousins

Center of attention

santa beard

Is that you santa?

The wrapping paper is the best part

sign

Checking out the sign his cousin Sarah made for him

Sittin' with aunt Steph and cousin Sarah...she sure is glad she's no longer the baby in the family!

Surrounded by even more cousins

grandkids

All of the grandkids with grandma and grandpa Fazenbaker

stroll

Post-Christmas dinner stroll

Felix has finally discovered his feet! Now he’ll grab onto them when he’s laying on his back – especially on the changing table. Sometimes he doesn’t seem to know where they went to when he has socks on, but they’re definitely up in the air if he’s got bare feet!

feet grabbin

Feeling me some Felix feet

There’s some feet grabbin’ in this video…but it’s mostly cute baby squealing:

Felix is just about too big for the infant tub.  It’s amazing to compare how much he’s grown since his first bath in it!

bath tub

I'm getting so big for my baby bath

towel

Help! I'm being eaten by the red towel monster!

Felix was kind enough to let us grab a beer and catch up with some friends at the local brewery after work one night. He likes to be in the carrier with dad and was very well behaved. Lots of shiny things to look at!

baby at brewery

Enjoying a little holiday cheer at Swamp Head Brewery

baby reaching

Felix is totally eyeing Jeff's beer...that's our boy!

spit up

Look out - this is what too much beer can do to you! haha (Greg likes this pic that happened to catch a big spit up right as it is exiting...as usual, Felix doesn't even seem to notice.)

A cute moment between Felix and Dexter, one of his buddies at daycare. There’s another boy there named Xavier – we call the three of them the X-men.

buddies

What kind of trouble should we get into today?

Felix is definitely loving the rice cereal! This video was taken on Felix’s 3rd try with solids…he is so much more excited compared to the first attempt. He is so funny, leaning over with his mouth wide open…he has figured out how that spoon works real quick.

happy baby eating

Rice cereal is AWESOME!

It’s hard to believe Felix is already half a year old!! He looks like such a big boy playing in his jumperoo. (We have to roll up a yoga mat under him so his feet touch the floor, but still…) We love you, our happy little Felix!

baby in jumperoo

Havin' fun in the jungle jumperoo

A mom I met through the hospital postpartum lunches (whose husband works for the same company as Greg, coincidentally) hosted a fun potluck baby holiday party. After lunch we got together for some chaotic group photos…moms first, then dads.

mom group picture

Of course, the best picture was the one where no one was looking at the camera!

dad group picture

Now it's dad time!

Catching a snooze on a Saturday

Arms and sleep flow like water