Little Drummer Boy

Uncle Josh showed me how to play his drums. He's a real drummer, so it's the real thing. Not bad, for my first try!




That was inspiring...I have big dreams. But for now, I'll keep practicing on something a little more my size.

Christmas!

We celebrated Christmas here in New York with Daddy's family. It was so much fun! Uncle Adam and Aunt Meghan came up from North Carolina, and Mom and Dad and I all went and stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's house (just across town) for three days. It felt like a real vacation! Here are just a few choice shots:

Aunt Sara

I love my Aunt Sara. She lives with us right now! But only for another month. Then she's moving out and getting married to Zach. Then he'll officially be Uncle Zach. That will be fun. I hope you all can come celebrate with us!

Christmas Greetings Baby Style

Here's just a short little something from the vault:

Hope your Christmas is awesome!

Pictures!

Thumbs up, right guys? Did I get some good pictures?

Cutting a Christmas Tree

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to Bob's with Grandma and Grandpa Clevenstine and Uncle Josh and Judy and chopped down a Christmas tree. There wasn't snow, but it was about as cold as hooey out there. Fortunately, I was all bundled up an a snowsuit and smooshed against Dad's chest. Being a baby is awesome. And so is cutting a Christmas tree.

My First Thanksgiving

We went to Buffalo on Thanksgiving, just like Mom has done for the past eight years (all except for last year, because she had an ultrasound of yours truly scheduled for the day before). It was really a lot of fun to meet that part of the family. It was especially cool to meet my first Great-Grandfather and his wife, Great-Hazel. Below is a mini-montage of my Thanksgiving weekend. In real life it was a lot more fun than these pictures might indicate.

My Six-Month Birthday Is Today!

The Littlest Player in the NFL

As promised, here is are a few photos of my Halloween costume.

Micah "Big Eyes" Clevenstine, QB, Womb State University.
Ready to throw the game-winning touchdown pass.
What's a good NFL player without a celebration after scoring?

Reading

I'm learning how to look at books. Great Uncle Doug and Great Aunt Jan sent me this AWESOME book called "Gallop." The pictures move. So far I touch the pages and put the corners in my mouth, but I'll learn how to read one of these day. Plus, sitting on Dad's lap rules.

Halloween

I just experienced my first Halloween ever. I was a NY Giants football player. Unfortunately, the pictures of my costume are on Grandma Clevenstine's computer. I'll try to get ahold of them for you. But carving pumpkins was cool. Actually, to be honest, I slept through all the festivities (except the Wii party). Mom's pumpkin is the little one on the left, and Dad's is the big one third from the left. Aunt Sara's is the smiley one in the front left and (almost) Uncle Zach's is on the very right. Pretty good artwork, huh?

Does This Hat Make My Head Look Small?

The Face

I'm teaching Mom how to make my signature face. She's having a hard time getting the mouth right, but her eye-popping skills are progressing nicely.

I Almost Forgot...

Grandma made me this sweet chair cover that I can take to restaurants or other people's houses or even use at home. I wasn't quite old enough back when she was here, but I'm growing into it quite well! Cool, huh?

A Few More Great Grandma Pictures

Great Grandpa made this cradle, so Great Grandma was really happy to see how much I like it.Great Grandma bought me a fish for the aquarium. It's a yellow tang. Mom and Dad let me name it, so it's name is "Waauugghhhh!" but they call him Guy Smiley, because it's easier for them to say and he looks like a smiley little guy.

A Few Portraits

Grandma and Grandpa Tschamler

We did do some other stuff while Grandma and Grandpa were visiting. I wore the awesome sweater that Grandma Tschamler made me. We played pinochle, which was fun for a few minutes.
Then it got boring.

Daddy and Me

Daddy can make me smile no matter what. I get REALLY excited and kick and squeal whenever and see him. And I watch his every move. Everything he does is AWESOME.

Camping With Grandma and Grandpa Tschamler

At about the same time Becky and Chris were out here, Grandma and Grandpa Tschamler AND Great Grandma Page all came out to see me! It was awesome to have so many people to play with! One fun thing that we did is camping at Lewey Lake. We went with BOTH sets of grandparents AND Great Grandma AND Aunt Sara and (almost) Uncle Zach. It was SO fun! I've put up a lot of pictures with Grandma and Grandpa Tschamler because I don't get to see them very much. Here...check it out.








How do you like this shot of me and Great Grandma? Pretty cute, eh? And then below we have a sweet little family photo.And here it is...the four-generation portrait. See if you can put us in order of age. It's harder than it seems, right?