One of my favorite holiday memories growing up was the trip to NJ to see Grandma Bayly and the East Coast Baylys. We woke up and watched the Christmas Parade and made our Christmas lists, had Thanksgiving at Aunt Gail and Uncle Doug's (memories to share another day... almost all of them involve Greg setting something on fire at the kid's table) and then spent the day after Thanksgiving decorating Grandma Bayly's house for Christmas.

Grandma had porcelain letters that spelled NOEL and mysteriously got changed to spell LEON during the trip. She laughed and changed it back... and eventually she started leaving it spelling LEON instead.

I'm lucky to be married to a very sentimental man who continues our family traditions in as many ways as possible.... Guenther, the name of our first born, Bayly, the name of our daughter on the way... seems fitting that the newest member of our family would have a family name as well....

So, when our Elf on the Shelf arrived today, he was named Leon. Which G pronounces LEE-ON. The first place we found him sitting was next to our family NOEL... sneakily he changed it to LEON.

The most wonderful time of the year is here... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Priceless

Mike and Gunney went to the Braves vs. Mets game on Wednesday. The Braves won 14-6 and Gunney got this game ball...and Mike captured the moment perfectly.

Fun Cousin Time

It's been a while since we've updated... we aren't the best at blogging... but we've had a heck of a lot of fun!!!

Aloha!

Happy Birthday, Momma!!!!

Yes, we are late, that is the way we do things in the Guenther Family. :)

Mom... we LOVE you. Happy Happy Birthday to you! We are so very thankful for you and we love you VERY much!

Happy 99th Birthday, Poppa!

Happy 99th Birthday to the funniest man we know! If we're following Pop's lead... happy hour leads to a long life... We love you and your sense of humor! Cheers!

You can follow Boomp here...

Muno makes his debut!

I'll post more on the process later... but suffice it to say that lil' man love his Christmas present from his Momma... and I am pretty darn proud!

Fingerpainting

Gunney's newest pastime... fingerpainting! Of course he has more on his face than on the paper most of the time. He loves to see his completed artwork hanging in the kitchen. So much fun.

Go! Go!

Gunney absolutely LOVES Yo Gabba Gabba! When he wants to watch the show, he points to the tv and says Go! Go! He smiles and waves to DJ Lance Rock and claps for the characters. While it seems as the show may have been invented by someone who is a lil' off their rocker... the songs and messages are great and Gunney loves to get up and sing and dance along with the show.

Rachel is making him a character from this show for Christmas... stay tuned!

Gunney's 15 months

We took G to the doctor for his 15 (and a half) month doctor's appointment on Thursday. We waited an hour and 15 minutes past our appointment time to even see the doctor (read, we are not the most patient people and it was past him nap time = torture) The one awesome part about waiting so long... this picture. Isn't he just the cutest?

Gunney weighs 21 lbs 5 oz and is 31.5" tall

He is right on track, a little on the smaller side, but the doctor is not concerned. She attributes it to the fact that he never stops moving and she was happy with his diet (meat, fruit, veggies, eggs, bread).

Here are some updates on lil man:

He loves animal crackers- Costco has a giant container of organic animal crackers that he's now eaten 1.5 containers of...

He has a bottle at night and in the morning... just switched his morning bottle to a cup

His words: bat, ball, Mom, milk, Dad, meow, sit, stand, fan, spoon, done, down (he also says down when he means up), please (he says more, but he means please)

He is walking, when he wants to. He is so proud to show you that he can stand and walk a few steps.

He also climbs, a ridiculous amount.

He loves to play outside and has a crush on the neighbor girls, Sydney (12) and Paige (10)

We are growing even more in love with our little man every day. Mike is simply the best Dad you can imagine and he and Gunney are best friends.