The first Lauer family Christmas party...
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1)The first family photo in a long time. Obviously there have been a couple great additions to the family... Kelli and AJ. The two handsome baby boys are pretty good additions also. HA!
2)A meeting of the minds or miniature Rock-em Sock-em robots?
3)Uncle Matt is my hero!!!
4)Presents, presents, presents!!! I think I have this whole Christmas thing figured out now.
5)Grandpa and Alvin surfing the web for investment tips, YouTube videos and diaper sales.

The first Baughman family Christmas party...
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1) Nicole was very happy to meet the little guy and help out with the feeding duties.
2)"Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat!" (That's right... a Bullwinkle reference)
3)Showing off for Grandma and Great Grandma.
4)Aunt Barb hasn't missed a beat when it comes to having fun with the kids... she even has the shoulder drool spot to prove it.
5)Kim helped out with present opening and she was a natural with Alvin... again. (check out the towel over the shoulder for no specific reason - very nice)
6)...already picking on Brett. Take it easy on him son, the winter canoe trip is only 18 years away and you might need his help when the time comes.
7)Brett didn't appreciate the heckling...
8)In the end he let it slide and all is well again.

We had our first family Christmas party of the year last weekend. It was great to see everyone and show off how much AJ has grown. As predicted (by Andy), Kerry got ahold of him quickly and helped out with gift opening process. He made the rounds, showed off his conversation skills and maybe found a mentor (your turn to be the role model Brandon...).

More pictures from his first family Christmas party. As you can see, AJ is a big fan of Great Grandma Addis (and whatever that dollnis eating... where's mine?)

We haven't done a lot of decorating around the house but the tree is up and AJ is doing his best impression of a Christmas present... "Hey, shouldn't there be a bunch colorful boxes with ribbons and tags that say To AJ around here"?

I know we have posted some other pictures like this but I never get tired of seeing the little guy hanging out with Grandpa...

AJ's first Christmas present arrived and we couldn't wait until the 25th to open it.

Once again... sorry for the lengthy delay in posting. As many of you know, Jen has been back to work for a few weeks now and I have recently taken a new job so we have been a little busy. In order to make up for that we will be posting a bunch of pictures today starting with a couple from Thanksgiving. AJ's big cousin Aaron came over to play (and so did Grandpa).