Saturday, June 19, 2010

New Reaches

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The Shoes...

sigh... I guess the comment for this is the same from the entry before. Xavier in shoes, sigh... He just turns into a little boy with these on!

The Shoes Make the Boy

In this picture I have put real shoes on Xavier for the first time. He didn't know what to think. In the end, I think he hated them. He looks so grown up with them!
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Xavier's Great Great Adventures

I've been wanting to post this since May and am just getting to it! It kind of goes along with the last post. Basically, in May Xavier and I spent about two weeks visiting my grandma in Minnesota. We really had a great time there and everyone got to meet Xavier. It was really nice. A couple of the people we were able to visit were my grandma's brother and sister, my great Aunt and Uncle. It is incredible to me to think that so many of my great aunts and uncles are still living. It has really been wonderful to me, and such a blessing for me to get to know them, even though I grew no where near them. And I LOVED introducing Xavier to them! Here are some pictures.

Xavier and his Great Grandma Stevens


Xavier and his Great Great Aunt Elfa

Xavier with his Great Great Uncle Gerhardt and me.

Great Things

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Dear little Xavier is at my great aunt Elfa's house rocking in a little rocking chair that originally belonged to my grandma's grandparents. (I think that is how it goes). So, this makes it Xavier's great great great grandparents. Could that really be right? It may be one more great. Anyway, I am just amazed thinking about what that chair must have seen.

It is of good construction! One can even see where the chair arms have been worn where, in the past, it had been turned upside down and pushed around as a walker.

Xavier looks like such a little man in this picture--complete with his 1920s hair!

The eighth month on pictures!

So... there are a few more than just one a day, but Xavier is SO SO cute that I just couldn't help myself!

Enjoy!

The seventh month

Sigh... I realize this has been a long time in coming! Thanks for your patience!