Happy FIVE YEAR Anniversary!

For our FIVE YEAR (has it really been that long?) Anniversary, we decided to drink the bottle of wine that we had saved from our wedding on New Years Even 2002.
We were excited to see how our wine tasted after aging for five years. This was just one of the yummy wines we had specifically selected from our favorite wineries in the finger lakes of New York state.
Oops!
I guess when the wine-people say that you shouldn't store your wine in a hot truck on a cross country trip from California to Maryland, they are right.
Thankfully we had some Chandon sparkling wine to pop open and put the celebrating back on track! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Here's to better wine storage in the next five years of our marriage!

Other December Visits

Rock enjoyed meeting all the Mothership guys that came to town for Uncle Jason's wedding. Here he is hugging Isaac.
Rock also loved meeting Megan and Ted -- our friends from WSC. Rock cannot wait until Baby "Bad News" Beglin is born in April, as she is sure to be a cutie pie!

BAPTISM ROCKS!

The Sunday after Uncle Jason and Aunt Heather's wedding was a very exciting day for us. Rock Daniel Fix was baptized! Although he was asleep when Mike took him from my arms, he didn't cry and was back asleep by the time Mike gave him back to me.
We are so grateful to God for this beautiful gift and so glad that he is now baptized as a covenant child.
It was especially nice to have so many friends and family in town to share this big day with us. We had these dear ones over for lunch after the service. Rock (still in his baptism outfit from Grandma Cokie) and Caleb entertained the adults by kicking and playing on the floor.

Jason and Heather's Wonderful Wedding

On December 29th, Heather Tinsley and Jason Fix became one! YAY HOORAY! We've been waiting for this day for a long time.
Here's a shot of the boys in their kilts. I made the kilts for Rock and his cousin Caleb.
Again, because I didn't take any pictures, I don't have more of Rock, but here's another shot of Caleb. Doesn't he look cute?! Uncle Jason gave the boys two of his bowties to wear. Adorable!
Caleb dancing with Aunt Susi. She looked breath-takingly gorgeous!
Uncle Joseph, Cousin Caleb, Rock and Fix. It was one awesome night. I'm sorry I didn't document it better. I'll pass on any future pictures that I get.

Jason and Heather's Rehearsal

Okay so if you've been paying attention to what I've written on this blog in the past few days, you may have noticed a theme among my holiday pictures. The theme I went for this year was "lack of pictures" (except of course in terms of Rock portraits). At Jason and Heather's Rehearsal and Wedding I took this new theme to an extreme. The picture above is the ONLY picture I got of the rehearsal (if you squint you can see Heather and Jason at the front of the beautiful church). I did not take ONE PICTURE (That's right, NOT EVEN ONE SINGLE) of the entire wedding day. Thankfully, other people were not preoccupied with their babies and I was able to get some pictures from others to post...
No, Rock did not dye his hair red for the wedding, that is Caleb on Uncle Jason's lap -- this was taken at the Rehearsal Dinner.

First Christmas Glamour Shots

Okay so you only have your 1st Christmas once.
Thus, your parents have to take a million shots of just you!
Trust me there were MANY more than what you see here.
"No more pictures mom!!!"
"Oh, you didn't get a shot with my hands in my mouth yet? Happy to oblige!"

Fix Christmas

Here are some pictures from our Christmas celebration with the Fix family. Yes yes, I neglected to get a picture of Uncle Jason, (Aunt to be) Heather, Papa John, Nana Kerry, Aunt Susi, Uncle Joseph or myself. BUT I got pictures of the two cousins in their matching Christmas outfits.
We did not buy these outfits for Rock and Caleb to wear together. They were given by two different people to the two different boys. But how could we resist a matching outfit picture!
Cute Caleb

Sweet baby boy.
Okay so Rock and Caleb don't look so hot in this one but it's the best picture I got of the four of them.
Why does Aunt Elizabeth think it's funny for her son to push Rock around? And why does Rock's dad think it's funny too?
Someone is teething on his mom's face!