Great-Grandpa Amaro

Last week we lost my Grandpa Amaro, Oscar's great-grandpa. He was 89 years old and passed away peacefully at home. He loved his family more than anything else in the world and was so happy to meet the newest addition. Oscar's middle name is Thomas, after his great-grandpa. I hope that everyone will help us to share with Oscar the memories we have of him, so that Oscar can know what a wonderful great-grandfather he had. I know he thought Oscar was a pretty special little "wootsie". I am thankful that Oscar and Grandpa had the chance to get to know each other over the last year. We will all miss him.

Thank you Grandpa Amaro for teaching us about the important things in life: family, taking care of each other and craftsmanship.

meeting each other for the first time

summer visit
Thanksgiving '09Good bye Grandpa, we love you.Thomas Americo Amaro

June 14, 1920 - December 13, 2009

December blizzard

watching Daddy shovel

Last week we got our first big snow fall of the year. About 6+"!!! We got Oscar bundled in his new snow suit and went to check it out. We were only outside for about 5minutes and he didn't particularly enjoy it. It was extremely cold so who could blame him?!

standing in the snow

happy to be back inside

Flickr Update

I got a little behind... but finally October and November pics are up! Just click on the slide show on the right.

boys and trucks

"I'm excited and I don't even know what it is!"

Oscar got 2 trucks for Christmas (while we were in St. Louis) that he can ride and push. At first he wasn't exactly sure what to do with it. The walking while pushing seemed a bit confusing... but he caught on pretty quickly. His legs aren't quite long enough to scoot along himself, but one of the trucks has a push handle for adults. All and all they were a big hit!



We visited Oscar's friend Jaxon (Michele and Nick too) while we were in town... and what do ya' know, Jaxon has a push truck too! Oscar was very excited and knew exactly what to do with it. He even took Jaxon for a little ride. Cute!

After a long ride back home Oscar was happy to be home and out of the car. He had a bit of diaper rash from all the sitting in the car. So we gave him a little naked time and let him play with his new toys. He seemed pleased.

"... oh, wait is that dog food I see??"

NAKED TRUCK TIME

Thanksgiving x3

We got to enjoy 3, yes 3, Thanksgivings this year!

A few weekends ago we had Matt's side of the family over for a pre-Thanksgiving day meal. It was really just an excuse to start celebrating early and to have some leftovers. Even though it was early we still went all out.



We spent the actual Thanksgiving day holiday in St. Louis celebrating with that side of the family. It was also our early Christmas celebration as well. Everyone was very generous and Oscar was truly spoiled! He really enjoyed seeing everyone again. He really loves having family around and wastes no time getting comfortable and friendly with everyone. He happily joined in on the turkey day feasts.

"O my, all these toys for me?!"

"Yea!"
New truck

Hanging out with Grandpa

Checking out my new toys!My Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt from Lisa.

Thanks to everyone for a great Thanksgiving!

new teeth

Oscar will be getting 20 teeth before he turns 2. I hope they all go a little easier then these upper central incisors. He started to seem irritated by them at the beginning of September and two and a half months later they finally erupted! We are trying to get him used to teeth brushing. He has quickly adjusted to his new teeth and is happy to show them off with one of his big grins.

O's

Last weekend Claire, Sam and Olive came over with a yummy enchilada dinner! After dinner, Olive helped with Oscar's bath and getting ready for bed. She even read him a few bedtime stories!