Walking Machine

The B-man is a walking machine lately. He officially walks more than he crawls now, which is a a fun adjustment for us. This video is a couple of weeks old, but you can see him walk at least.

Winter Wonderland

For those of you not blessed with the Winter Wonderland weather the last few days, here a couple of pictures to give you a glimpse of life in Manhappiness.

Our neighbor built a great snowman and fort over the weekend. I took this picture yesterday, 6 days after our snowstorm began!
And here's a picture of the middle of the snowstorm. I took this one last Tuesday afternoon walking out of my office.

We had about 8 inches of snow, but then the wind blew and it drifted all over the place. It made everything so pretty. Our back yard is still covered and it's great!

Rachael Ray-Southwest Chicken Bake

I tried a new Rachael Ray recipe last week and it turned out Yumm-O! Southwest Chicken Bake was fantastic. I think it was from the 365:No Repeats cookbook, but I could be wrong on that. Chicken, pasta, cheese, spice--what could be better than that combo?
Oh yes, vegetables are good, too. So we had a big salad to go with it. We've been on a big salad kick lately; trying to get more veggies into our diet.

What have you been eating lately? Anything new? Anything good?

Working with Dad

See, hanging out with Dad while he works. Fortunately Dad is multi-talented, so he can conduct a post-game show while entertaining the B-man!

Radio Star in the Making?

The B-man got to check out Dad's headset at the women's game the other night.
He didn't know quite what to make of it, but he enjoyed hanging out with Dad. He's been on a big Dad kick lately, especially at the games. He would much rather walk over to Dad and bother him instead of hanging out with mom.

2nd Annual Winter Runderland

Mom got to finally run in her first organized race post-baby!!! Yeah, I realize that should have happened a long time ago, but hey, better late than never, right?

So, I ran in the 2nd annual Winter Runderland hosted by my very favorite friends at Manhattan Running Company. I did the 10K relay with my good buddy Shelby--she ran the first half and did the 2nd half. The first half was hillier, so Shelby got the short end of the stick with that one. But hey, she's way faster than me and can handle those hills. She joined me at about mile 4.5 and finished off the race with me.

It was a balmy 30 degrees when the race started and we enjoyed some nice snow/sleet moisture throughout the day. Here I am, just before the start of the race.
And afterwards, having survived the chilliness. Truth be told, I was plenty warm after the first 1/2 mile. I even had to shed a layer because I got too hot.

Does it make you want to go out and run??? It was actually pretty fun and several of us gals have decided that iced-over hair is our new style.

Christmas Tree

The B Smoller clan headed out for some Christmas Tree hunting the Saturday after Thanksgiving. WE stopped by a local tree farm and perused the selection of trees in some very nice and mild weather.

We found our tree rather quickly. Brady has quite the view of everything from Dad's shoulders.

We needed to make the tree so it could be cut down, but Brady much preferred to play with the container rather than put it on the tree.

Success! The tree is home and all decorated. A decorated picture will come later, but it's up and looks oh so pretty. Brady doesn't seem too obsessed with it yet, but we'll see if that lasts.

Laughter

Okay, so just ignore the view on the video, but turn up the volume and listen. Brady had a great laugh these days and I managed to get a few seconds of it, but only by tickling him with one hand and taping with the other. Needless to say, that was a bit tricky. So, turn up the volume and close your eyes!

Birthday pics

Finally getting up some pictures from the birthday festivities.

Brady found Lightning McQueen very quickly and hasn't ignored a day since his birthday! He likes the gas tank noise the most, closely followed by the radio playing. Mom and Dad think it's some kind of torture device (albeit a cute one).
All these gifts and he had to put on a sad face. Don't remember what brought this out.

More playing. Look at all that stuff! He won't need new toys for a long time.

All right. Down to business--eating cake! And getting messy!

He was a little cautious eating the cake at first, but once he figured out it was okay, he dug right in and got it everywhere. Cake eating was promptly followed by bath time!

The party was a huge success. We are so very blessed by all of our friends and family--thanks everybody!

Another baby is on the way!!!

But not one in this Family. Got you there, didn't I? Heehee.

Our good friends Brandon & Kelly are adding to their family sometime around June 14th next year. We are pretty darn excited for them and just wanted give them a big Congratulations, blog style.

I wonder if they'll need to change their blog to Yoderbabies instead of Yoderbaby?