Christmas, and the forgotten photos...

Hello again, everyone! Good to have you back for the last of the archival postings taking care of all the pictures I neglected to post during the holidays. And today, there's even a special treat.

You see, long ago Tanya and her fiance Mark came to visit us in Three Hills. Tanya brought her camera and took some pictures and then emailed them to me for posting on the blog. And then I forgot about them. Completely. Until she reminded me of them with her comment on last week's posting. And so the first set of pictures is from all the way back in the lovely month of November. I present to you the Forgotten Photos.

First off, we have the amazing Theo Hendrix, learning to play the guitar with his teeth...

What a prodigy. "Hey, what are you looking at?"

..."Oh, you're taking pictures? Well then, here's a pose for you..."

Can he get any cuter?

Finally, the epic photograph that is now on my desktop, and likely soon will be on yours as well (it makes a really good desktop wallpaper, actually). Ladies and gentlemen, the flying baby...

That, I think, is the best photo ever taken. Because Tanya has a camera that actually takes pictures when you press the button (as opposed to ours that has some strange delay on it), she could actually get a mid-air shot. I love the look of unmitigated joy on his face (that's how I choose to interpret it, at least). Fun times.

Moving on, and getting back to somewhere closer to the present day, I thought I'd share with you our Christmas photos as well. As you know, this was Theo's first Christmas. Although he probably had no idea what was going on, we did, and we were excited for him. Took two videos (and I'm sorry in advance for the low lighting), but I won't put them together--breaking them up is more suspenseful, or something. Anyway, here's the first one for you.


Here's Theo and mommy looking at his new Knock-Knock Blocks...

He even got a new car. At first, he wasn't sure what to do with it...

...but eventually, he got the hang of it. I think there was a slow-moving vehicle in front of him in this shot...

Hand on the horn, tongue hanging out. Yeah, he's a Vancouver driver.

"Hey guys, check this bag out!"

"Mommy, what do I do with it?"

"Do I eat it?"

"Wait a minute, maybe there's something inside it..."

"...yes, I can see it down there..."

"...just a little bit closer..."

"Ah ha! Told you I'd find it!"

Here's the little man with Grandpa, all dressed up with a hand in his mouth...

And finally, the last half of the Christmas video...



Administrative note: as you may know, it's Theo's birthday next weekend (actually, it's on Monday, but we're celebrating on the weekend). I'm flying home on Friday evening, and we're all coming back here on Tuesday. That means that I'll have no new posting up next weekend, but please do look for one the weekend after that with all sorts of 2007 footage, as well as birthday party photos. See you then.