weekend at Nana's

This weekend, Mommy and Daddy went to Petit Jean State Park with some friends, so I got to stay with Nana and Grandpa.

While Mommy and Daddy were hiking and looking at trees and rocks,

I was having lots of fun.

I got into stuff I shouldn't...

Ate crackers...

got into some more stuff I shouldn't...

Then, we went for a wagon ride.

I'm a bit of a backseat driver....

Cheese!

Then, I helped Grandpa sweep the back deck.

Nose.

Nose.

I wonder what's out here?

While Mommy and Daddy were watching the sunset...

I was fussing at Aunt Michelle!

It was about time for me to go to bed.

It was lots of fun! We should do things like this more often!

As of 4:20am, Chris and I are an aunt and uncle and Dillon is a first cousin to this guy...

Welcome to the world, Elijah Michael.  We love you!

First Haircut

Saturday started like any other day.

A nice breakfast of yogurt...

and bananas.

Then Mommy and Daddy took me to somewhere I haven't been before. There were lots of nice people to wave at and say "Hi" to, and give me suckers....

The sucker tasted pretty good. They put some kind of clothes on me and Mommy after I screamed that I didn't want to sit in the big chair by myself.

Then it started. The nice lady turned out to not be so nice after all.

First she sprayed water in my hair, then started combing it....

Then, she started doing something else, and my hair started falling off!

they gave Mommy a red button that talks and turned their tv's to a football game to try and calm me down, but it really didn't work.

I let them know I was not pleased with the way I was being treated.

I'm not sure I've ever screamed that much, or that long.


They even made me drop my sucker!

She just wouldn't stop!

Then another lady started in!


They finally quit after a while, though.

They must have quit because they couldn't get any more hair to fall.

I'm not sure I want to go back there again.

All I have to say is....

WWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO

PIG

SOOOIE!

By the way, I CAN tie this post to Dillon...

I have taught him how to do "Whoo pig sooie!" (he sticks one hand up when he does it and grins.)

Also, he watched the first half of the first half (got that? re-read it if needed) of the game before it was obviously time for bed.

long-overdue Christmas post (sorry)

Christmas Eve we all went to (Diane's) Uncle John's house for that side of the family's get-together.

Here's Dillon with Nan, not to be confused with Nana, who is Grandma Drilling. (the only one we've got a name for so far, tho she shares the name with a certain yellow fruit)

Dillon had fun going up and down the stairs. He kept forgetting that there were three stairs, not two, and fell a couple times.

He wasn't too impressed with the present-opening.

He did enjoy giving the wrapping paper to Cousin Andrew.

Christmas morning, he got Santa's present, a book set, and some presents from Mommy and Daddy. We didn't take any pictures, just video. We'll try to get that up as soon as possible.

After that, we went down to Benton to Great-Grandma's house for brunch.

Christmas day, we ate lunch at Nana and Grandpa's house, and opened presents there.

The next morning, we went to (Aunt) Karen's house for breakfast.

Family Photo!

(Aunt) Pam shared her bacon with Dillon. He seemed to like it. Like father, like son.

He and Sydney went just about everywhere together.

They had stairs too!

He had lots of fun chasing around their puppy, too.

Merry Christmas!

This is the family Christmas picture... pretty cute, huh?!

We hope you and your's have a wonderful Christmas this year!

We will share pictures from tomorrow when we have the chance.

Love,

Diane, Chris and Dillon

A visit with Santa

Last Sunday Santa visited St. Paul during our annual Christmas dinner. We weren't exactly sure what Dillon would think about Santa, but I think he handled it fairly well. :) It probably helps that Grandpa Drilling is the unofficial photographer for the church and took the picture. ;)



Afterwards, Dillon and Santa and Daddy had several conversations...


He looks like he was telling him what he wanted in this one. :)







Dillon was looking at one of Santa's toys in this one...




It was a great night for everyone. We all had lots and lots of fun! :)

Dillon performing

first haircut

Aunt Michelle was worried that Dillon's hair was getting a little long in the back, and her nephew just couldn't have a mullet.

He had fun playing with the toothbrushes and nail polish in Nana's front bathroom.


He wasn't overly cooperative, but didn't raise too much of a fuss.







tada!

They ended up trimming the very front, back and side edges, and he's still got most of his curls in the back.