Bunky's First Christmas! (photos!)

Hello, all. Sorry for the long delay in posting. I have tons of photos, just no time to post them. I have been going to bed when Fin does, because he's been staying up until 10pm most nights -- and sleeping in late, which is great for us, except that I am usually so exhausted by the time the day ends that I can't stay up much past him. Between having no time to myself and moving and juggling work and Christmas, it's been quite a challenge!

Enough excuses, here is the update you've all been waiting for. And what better revival than some photos of Mr. Bunkles' first Christmas? So here goes... and don't worry, this is just one post in a forthcoming series of posts. (If I get to it!)

Trains have been a tradition around Omi's tree for... ever.
This train takes Christmas tree trains to the next level.


Fin and his step-cousins Robert and Philip.
Moments before the chair toppled over on Fin's leg and Mommy, in my fast-thinking, fast-action reaction, tossed his orange fleece jacket on the candle on the table and set it a-smokin' (and a-meltin')... Ooops!


Omi Love!


What train? I got my own hockey stick! (and gloves! not pictured)


Let me show you how to eat turkey, Papa!


Nose... ears... teeth...
Bean was a trooper with Finny.


Papa Love.


The spoiled hockey player takes his personal train to the tournament...


Bean-dawg gets her own present.


Putting corks in a cup, one by one...


This is just too cute for words!

A "Shiny" First Christmas Party

Bunky made it to his first Christmas party last weekend... Mark's company party. It was on a little cruise boat on the harbor. Mommy learned to play craps (and got really into it! ... with faux money of course) and Daddy spent a lot of time "babysitting" as a result.



Fin had his first "Santa Claus" experience, as Mr. Kringle brought gift bags full of fun stuff for all the babies & mid-kids. Fin looks a little... curious? hahah



Fin and I danced to good 80s music and a few carols. At one point (I wish I had thought to take a video of it) Fin was standing on the bench and dancing by himself. The dance floor was a little distracting because Fin was enthralled with the flashing, colorful lights.



Fin's gift bag was full of cool stuff, until he ripped it trying to get some of it out, and then I ended up chasing bits of bag around the deck. Here he's mad because he can't get to the toy inside. Once he got it he was happy as a reindeer in a cornfield.



Maja and Anton - now a lot bigger than the last time we saw him - hung out with us. Or should I say, we hung out with them. Anton is a little cutie, and his creamy soft fuzz was soooo tempting to just pet pet pet. Maja looks great, you'd never guess she had a baby!



Finny and Daddy hang out on the top deck (that's Anton's delicious fuzz in the foreground...). Note that Fin's sweater has a hockey-playing bear on it!!!

On another note, Mark signed all the loan docs today, and we're 4 days from close of escrow on our new home. Yay!

Bunky Eats Abelskievers

Only in America do (pseudo)Danes eat abelskievers. And only in America do Americans butcher the spelling of them. They are like little spherical pancakes, or when I make them, little flying saucer pancakes. Grandma CynDee made these on Thanksgiving morning, and Bunky loved them. (He had his without jam and powdered sugar, though. They were still good.)

Look, it's yummy!


MMMMMM Soooo gooooood


Can I have another, pleeeeease?


Yummmm mmm mmm sooo mmgooodmm


Hehe, I'm full! (and cute!)


Shhh, don't tell Mom!

Finally! Some Thanksgiving Photos

Well, my camera finally arrived and we have tons of fun new photos. Of course, not all of them are worthy of showing off here, and many aren't even of Fin (ETHAN!! TOMMY!!!), but at least now I can do some updates. It's not easy to update when Fin is awake because he REALLY loves to get into my keyboard drawer and eat all the little screws that come out from his wrestling with the drawer and he loves to eat the mouse because it's optical and has the red light.


This is my dad's side of the family... so many kids!!!


Here Tommy deviously shows Fin how to eat turkey...


There was only one ham at this feast...


Fin shows Grandma how good he looks in his "throne" :)


Grandpa starts to snooze while Fin munches & crunches.

Small Packages

Boxes are the new rave.

Since I still don't have my camera to post Thanksgiving photos, here are some other, less interesting ones. :) I hope this satisfies everyone's baby pic fix for a few more days...


Who needs toys? This box makes a nifty airplane.


See, all kitties like boxes.


Peeper can read. Upside down. (No this isn't posed.)

More soon!!!

what pictures?

I know I know, "Where are the photos?" you are asking.

I knew I'd forget something in Red Bluff... who'da thunk it would be MY CAMERA!!!

So I'm waiting for it to arrive in the mail :)

Love y'all!
Ing

Bunky Went to New York!!! (again)

Ingrid's been too busy (lazy) recently to update, so I'm helping out on this entry. We went to NY at the start of OCtober to pick apples, then I went off to Churchill to take pictures of Polar Bears, and then we did another trip to NY in early November so Ingrid could attend the Machinima Awards (the Mackies). Ingrid got to travel to some of the less scenic bits of NY not normally on any tours - through Long Island City and the Queensbridge housing projects, then through Astoria to the American Museum of the Moving Image where the awards were held. She got practiced at travelling by gypsy cab and calling and negotiating rates with the mostly non-english speaking drivers.

We also took this opportunity to take Bunky around to do proper city stuff so that he has a hope of being a real New Yorker someday. :) Which is to say we took him for his first ride on the subway (into Manhattan), a quick walk crosstown to the Central Park Zoo, and then a ride in a yellow cab downtown to the Village for a pizza lunch. After that, it was a quick trek up to the Strand and the Forbidden Planet, then to Union Square for another ride on the subway (uptown this time), and finally over the East River on the Tramway to get home just in time to pack and leave for the airport.

-Mark


Bunky slept on the tramway, didn't enjoy the view.


Bunky's first subway ride.


Bunky's first yellow cab ride.


Bunky gets face to face with a water kitty (aka sea lion).


Dad wanted to pose in front of Forbidden Planet.


Wheeee!


Bunky at the Strand (bookstore).

Sunday in the park with Nun

Since all anyone wants to see is photos, here are a few you might enjoy.



Fintan enjoys some lunch at Nun's (our Thai mini-restaurant).



Dad helps Fin use the chopsticks. (He's still a little clumsy - don't want to be having any poked eyeballs or anything!)



He loves his auntie Nun and uncle ... Dad (we never can remember his name, not even after five years...we just call him "dad").

Intolerable Cuteness Montage

Why do a cuteness montage? Because I'm the mom, that's why.

Okay, paparazzi, that's enough for today.

Lately he's got this thing about making freakyface at the camera. He sees the camera and has to "ham it up." So here are a few "outtakes" from my photo collection.

Halloween part 2

Okay, well, no photos yet so I took these quickies of him in his costume tonight... sorry, they're a bit blurry...


The youngling uses his Jedi mind control trick.


JEDI...


...JEDI MASTER.