Phone/pod backup pics #1

First time on an airplane!

I think this is Thanksgiving 2010

Airports make me sleepy

There's a baby in that hat somewhere

Mr. Pants is my name and I’d like to say hi
Give me a call we’ll hang out some time
I’m Mr. Pants!
I’m the roughtest toughest kitty n the land
My name is Mr. Pants
I’m the kitty cat man
Nobody’s gonna stop me from having my way
My name is Mr. Pants and have a nice day…
Mr. Pants!

Like most members of the subfamily, the golden hamster has expandable cheek pouches, which extend from its cheeks to its shoulders. In the wild, hamsters are larder hoarders; they use their cheek pouches to transport food to their burrows. Their name in the local Arabic dialect where they were found translates to "mister saddlebags" (Arabic: أبو جراب) due to the amount of storage space in their cheek pouches.

Bread!

In a horse buggy downtown

Funny faces at a restaurant

I think we found that scarf in a parking lot!

Leahy mall at night during X-mas

Andy and Xander

You can't see it but Sarah is standing on my shoulders!

Nap time for Molly (and X)

This sock monkey was just walking down the street

Happy New Year!

Xander has had a busy week!  One week ago, we celebrated the new year at the Xoo, complete with a noon countdown and beach ball drop.  On Tuesday, we went to Lincoln for a playdate at X's aunt Kiki's, where he wore himself out playing with the twins.  X had a doctor appointment on Wednesday and received his last shots until he's four years old!  The doctor said he is super healthy and doing well.  We don't have to go back for 6 more months.  Xander is talking more than ever, now enjoying the words house, water, fishy (he says "sishy" and signs fish with one hand), down, and of course Andy.  He loves to run around at the furniture mart, climb the ramp at Legend Comics, play with every toy at the library, and flirt with all the girls that walk by him at the mall.  We are having a blast!

Here are some pictures of X playing with blocks, doing his favorite yoga move (down dog), and drinking his favorite drink (water):

Xander plays with Blocks!

Xander LOVES blocks!