Pauly! Pauly! Pauly!

Boy this kid is getting HUGE! We weighed him when we were at Mimi and Papa's and we weight Macarti too. Pauly weighed 18 lbs and Macarti weighed 19lbs. Oh, did I mention Macarti is 3 months older than he is. He likes his food! Pauly the past few weeks has grown even more by leaps and bounds. Looking more and more like his father of course. Here are a few pictures I got of him.

Look he is almost grown out of this car seat. Ben and I are dreading not having the convenience of this car seat we'll have to start packing this BIG KID!
I got these two right before a bath time when he was playing in his crib with all his friends

Clean! Clean! Clean!

Surprise Mimi and Papa!

After leaving Missoula (in the middle of the night - I was driving and there was lots of snow, lots of elk, lots of deer and I was scared) Ben and I decided it would be fun to drop off Pauly and I in Howe and surprise Mimi and Papa! Casi and Macarti came over too and we had a wonderful time. Below are just some funny pictures I took when we were playing around.

Christmas in Montana!

I know, I know, Christmas is long over with but! it took me forever to get my photos sorted out to put on my blog. We spent Christmas in Montana this last year and it was wonderful. Ben's sister Kerry and her husband Chad were the hosts. We all had a wonderful time. Kerry cooked yummy meals and we all played fun games and spent a lot of time together. Granny and Grandad were there as well as Bruce and Holly came with their kids, Kaylena and Ryan from North Dakota. We all really missed the Alaska crew (which is Ben's middle sister Kelly with her husband David and their kids, Jesse, LeaAnn and Nathan) BUT we did get to converse with them over a web cam and they were even watching up open our presents on Christmas and they were also there when we got to have little Jacob's birthday party.

Pauly spent lots of time watching his cousins Jacob, Joey and Ryan playing and we could all tell he was ready to jump up and run around with them. He also enjoyed being watched by his sissy Kaylena. She was a wonderful help to me! Santa brought Pauly lots of goodies! He got 2 new soft blankets, a few new outfits, hats and gloves, toys and the best thing a book wrote by his very own Granny called 'Because We Are Family'. It is so special. Pauly got to have a special bath time with Granny which he enjoyed very much.

He also got read books by his favorite Auntie Holly. And of course lots and lots of Quality Time with his favorite Auntie Roo!

Congratulations Cody and Lisa!

Little Jessalyn is here and adorable as ever! Jessalyn Ann Stauffer was born at 1:42 a.m. on Sunday morning, January 13th! She weighed 7lb 9oz and was 19 inches long. She is precious. Another little princess to the Bill and Pattie Stauffer crew! This is Cody and Lisa's first and Uncle Mark and Aunt Lyn's 3rd grand daughter and Grandma and Grandpa Great's 5th one within the last year. She is #8 of the great grand kids so far! We're so blessed she is here safe and healthy. She's beautiful Cody and Lisa! Congratulations!