Farewell 2012

For my last post of this year I thought I would actually post something current. Here's our Christmas picture this year. I think it turned out quite well for being a very impromptu, auto capture photo. We had a great Christmas and a great year. I hope 2013 is just as good - or even better!

 

 

We wish you all a wonderful 2013!

 

Loves,

Karen, J, and Junior

Dancing King

Our little Junior is a dancing fool! He loves music and when the mood is right he will shake his hips and move to the groove. Here are a few videos showcasing his rhythmic talents. I like the last one best :)

I can't wait to see what this kid's going to do next! He is so funny and cute, he's just the best!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday. The annual Saluone Family Christmas photo will be posted soon!

Loves,

Karen

This Kid is Too Smart!

I know you all are probably getting sick of seeing my kid, but I'm not! He's growing so fast. This is a video of just how smart he's getting. Okay, this video is from the end of September so it shows how smart he was three months ago. I hope you like it as much as I do.

This was the first day he learned to do this and he actually didn't continue doing it until about two weeks ago when he would repeatedly do it whenever one of us was in the kitchen and he wanted to join us. So, we have now moved the gate to an area where there isn't a 6 inch gap beneath it. But I'm sure he'll quickly learn how to get around it in another way. That's the joy of parenthood, I guess. Isn't it wonderful?!

Loves,

Karen

One Year Pictures

I totally forgot to post Junior's One Year photos when I posted about his birthday. I think he is so cute and awesome and the girl at Kiddy Kandids was so good at getting him to smile.

I don't have to tell you that I think my kid is the cutest, do I? I just can't get enough of the kid and his silly antics, he's the best!

Loves,

Karen

Playing in the Toy Box

Not long after Junior could walk he learned to climb. When he figured out he could climb in and sit in the toy box he was so happy. He still does this sometimes. Now he's not usually content to sit in the box, but stand on the edges of it so he can reach stuff on the tv table.

I hope you enjoy a little over indulgence of videos.

I can't believe how fast this kid grows. He's so fun!

Loves,

Karen

My Little Construction Worker

In the summer our nephew, Cornelius Junior, did his Eagle Scout project which involved installing trees and fire hydrants at the local animal shelter for the dogs to "enjoy". Jonathan helped with the installation of everything and Junior and I went to visit them one night. Junior loved seeing daddy using the mini-ex so we let him sit inside it for a minute. He loved it, so many buttons and levers!

I can just tell he's going to follow in his daddy's footsteps and be very mechanically inclined. He's so fun!

Loves,

Karen

Helping Dad

A few months ago Jonathan agreed to indulge me and buy some desk furniture from IKEA. That meant that he had to put together the drawers. Junior just loved helping his Daddy and I couldn't resist taking a couple of shots of them "working" together.

 

 

 

I don't know what I would do without these two boys in my life. They are so wonderful and bring me such happiness.

 

Loves,

Karen

Water Table

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hope you did too. I'll post pictures of that eventually (you know me). Anyway, I'm still trying to catch up from the summer so here are a few photos of one day when it was nice and sunny and Junior was bored. I decided to set up his water table in the front yard and let him play while Daddy worked on building our new fence.

He was very entertained by this little toy. I think it was a good buy.

And I was able to get a couple pictures of our fence being built before my camera died. This year we did the east side of our property. Jonathan did get the whole thing done, except for the gate which may have to wait until spring. At least the dogs can't get out anymore!

Here are some videos of Junior playing in the water.

I know I'm biased, but I think he's such a cute boy!!!

Loves,

Karen

Junior's Birthday Video

I forgot to post this with the last post. It's a video from when we went to the Zoo. The Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake has a new part with seals and sea lions. You can watch them swim right by you, it's pretty cool. I think this was one of the things that he actually did see and take notice of.

Loves,

Karen

Junior's Actual Birthday

In my previous post I mentioned that we had Junior's birthday party before his birthday. Well, on his actual birthday his daddy was able to get off work early and we decided to make Junior's first trip to the zoo.

It was a beautiful day and he didn't sleep nearly long enough on the way up to Salt Lake, but he was still a pretty good kid.

We tried our best to get him to look at the actual animals, but sometimes he was more interested in the fences, the birds flying above us, or the insects crawling on the ground.

We learned that he's a bit larger than an infant gorilla.

Taking photos inside didn't yield the best results.

And he was very squirmy.

But isn't he the cutest kid you ever saw? I think so :)

He did like the elephants when they moved enough that he could tell they were alive.

The rhinos were harder for him to see, they blended in well.

He was sleepy, but of course he didn't take another nap, even though these next few picrures make you think he might have.

After the zoo we went to eat at a barbecue place in Salt Lake. It was really good, we all enjoyed it. I can't remember the name of the place now, I'll have to ask Jonathan what it was.

After dinner we went to the Westlake High School football game to see Terence Junior and Sampson play. Junior was really tired by this time, but he was pretty happy to just run around on the grass.

For Junior's birthday I made these two banners. One out of fabric for us to use for years to come.

And one with photos from Junior's first year. Sorry my pictures aren't closer up. Maybe I'll take some better ones in the future.

Here's a video we got from the zoo.

It was a long and fun day. I'm glad we have such a trooper of a boy, he does pretty well on long drives and to just go with us anywhere. We love him SO much!

Loves,

Karen