Christmas 2009

We had a fun Christmas Break this year. Here are a few photos of Christmas and our trip to Chicago!

Dr. Lily listening to Kane's heart-she even lifted his shirt to get a good listen. What a riot!

Kane playing teacher-a noble profession!

Kane and Maddie at Family Grounds-an awesome coffee shop/play place!

Mom, Dad, and Kane the day after Christmas

Kane on Christmas morning

Kane listening to Aunt Donna read the Night Before Christmas

Kane's Cozy Coupe-as you can see, the first outing in his new vehicle did not end well

Kane on Christmas Eve sporting his Santa Hat

Happy Halloween!!!

A Star Wars Halloween

We had a fun time at Aunt MJ and Uncle Paul's house on Friday night and at Michael and Amanda's house on Saturday. We didn't trick-or-treat this year-but Kane had fun greeting kids at the door and watching Aunt Amanda hand out candy!

We're baaaack!

Watching Elmo with Maddie
Visiting with Hayden and Mia in Kansas City

With Daddy on the beach in Destin

Crawling around in the sand

School has started, and my free time is no more. Here are some fun pics from the end of the summer, including our vacation in Destin.

Family Pictures

With Aunt MJ-and her shirt

Grandma and Grandpa Manuel

Grandpa Hill and Linda

Grandma and Grandpa Meyer

Aunt Jessica and Brodie

(Brodie's 2nd time holding the baby-he's doing a good job) :)

All I can say is that I predict large dental bills-he just won't take that thumb out of his mouth!

Kane's Baptism

With Mom and Dad in the lobby

Aunt, Uncle, and God Parents

The Pastor, Stephanie, was great with Kane and delivered a compelling sermon about relationships and expectations

Standing for the baptism

Sleeping Angel

Last night Kane was baptized at Manchester United Methodist Church. Uncle Michael and Aunt Amanda stood with us as his God Parents. Our little Angel slept through the service until it was time for the "show." He wore a darling, white jumper and made sure to pass a lot of really smelly gas while Michael held him in the pew. Yep, you read that right-passing gas in the house of the lord.

We lucked out when we found that Saturday night is ice cream social night at the church so we all enjoyed some Ted Drewes after the service, including Kane-he threw a fit when it was gone. Yesterday was a great day and a beautiful evening-good job Dad with organizing Kane's Baptism! Thanks to all our family for attending!

Kane's 1st Birthday

Kane refusing to eat his cake...

...but he loves Gus's Pretzels-A true Hill!!!!

Riding one of his fun new toys

Opening presents

All the presents-we have a lot of toys in our house!

Kane's very own cake

With Mom and Dad

Kane celebrated a wonderful first birthday party surrounded by his family yesterday. He got a LOT of presents and has had fun playing with all his new toys today (our living room looks like a Fisher Price toy store :). He'll also be quite stylin' in Florida next week thanks to some snazzy new beach wear.

Even though he had his very own cake to plow his face into, he couldn't get over how the icing was sticking to his fingers and kept trying to shake it off. I don't think he even took one bite of that cake. Fine with Dad and I-we have plenty left over to eat for ourselves.

A big thanks to Great Aunt Mary Jane and Great Uncle Paul for hosting Kane's first party and to everyone who brought food and gifts! It was a memorable day-Kane is one lucky little boy!

Our Little Daredevil

He's getting smarter than we are.