Gonzalez Family Journal

Archive for January, 2009

Ok, so most people probably don’t make a big deal out of the first dental appointment for a cleaning but … with a Grandma who is a dental hygenist, we definitely make a big deal out of it in our house – as well as brushing our teeth twice a day when we don’t even have teeth yet!  Anyway, today was his first cleaning and here are some snapshots of his visit.

Anson getting his toothbrush and goody bad of floss and toothpaste.

Daddy sat in the chair with Anson to help him feel more comfortable.

Anson is checking out the mirror before the hygenist puts it in his mouth.

She is so sweet – tickling him with the toothbrush to show him that it won’t hurt him.

Getting some water.

Brush, brush, brush!

More water – seems like he got that water thing down pat pretty quick!

All done and getting a prize for being good – a nice bouncy ball!

Giving Ms. Jackie a hug!

Anson with Dr. Keller

Anson seemed to do well with his cleaning – no crying and no fighting … of course, it was difficult to get him to open his mouth which is quite funny since he loves to at home when we brush his teeth.

So I’m caught up on the blog – let’s see how I can do to keep that up!  Hugs to all!!!!

So I took Anson to get his first haircut.  Not much was taken off – just enough to shape it and help it grow in a little thicker.  She was even able to cut it with him in the stroller which he finished his snack.

Such a handsome little boy!

Ok, so I probably went overboard with pictures on Christmas morning – and I probably also went overboard on picking which ones to post but … here they are – and there’s a ton of them!

Christmas Eve after all the gifts have been brought out.

Christmas morning … and look, Santa wrapped his gifts, too!

You can always tell when someone has small children.  Don’t you love how the bottom half of the tree has very few to no ornaments on it???

A few pictures of Aidan’s reaction to the presents under the tree.

And a closer inspection of all of it….

A few shots of Anson and his reaction to all the presents under the tree!

The boys opened their stockings while Anson chowed down on a waffle.  He can’t wait until everyone is done with presents – he needs to eat!!!

Anson with his stocking stuff.  Looks like Santa did good!

Some pictures of Austin opening his gifts.  He seemed to be pretty happy about the stuff he got.  And Santa seemed to take the prize on best gift this year – an Ipod Shuffle … which Austin has LOVED!!!!

Aidan opening his presents.  He liked opening his stuff – but got tired of the process pretty quickly and decided he didn’t care too much for taking the paper off … he just wanted to open the gifts once the paper was off and play with them.  Santa got him a Dyson vacuum – which he was thrilled with and would let NO ONE touch for a few days!

Anson didn’t really care for opening his presents much either.  Daddy helped him with a lot of his.

Anson with his shopping cart from Santa.  He did love that though!

Anson playing with some of the toys after they were all opened and working. 

The boys seemed to have a great Christmas.  Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

We went to visit Grandpa, Linda, Grandma and David on Christmas afternoon.

Aidan looking through the presents – and telling me to stop telling him not yet!

Ricky & David playing Guitar Hero.

Cute little Anson….

More Guitar Hero – David and Vicki playing.

Aidan was so happy it was finally time to open presents.

Anson is digging into his, too.

Oh look, Lincoln Logs – a time honored classic.

Anson climbing in the bag trying to find the stuff in it.

Austin & Anson opening presents.

More pictures of the boys opening their gifts.  WOW – they sure did get a lot of stuff….

Grandma helping Anson open his Melissa & Doug pizza from Grandpa.

Oh wow – Tinker Toys!  Another classic!!!

More of Anson & Austin

Aidan asking for help to open something.

Anson checking out some of his stuff.

Aidan taking a picture with his new camera!  Too cute!

Here are LOTS of pictures from our Christmas with some family.  We had a blast and there are tons of pictures – this is actually just a sampling of them if you can believe that….

Aidan & Anson rode the rocking horse when we first got there.

Anson & Aidan playing before lunch.

There’s Austin….

…and Elizabeth!

Elizabeth opening her present from us.

Austin opened his DS game from Mark & Angie.

Elizabeth seems to like her puppy in the purse and Matt seems excited about his Diego Rescue Pack.

Aidan with his toy from Mark & Angie.

Matt trying to dig into his Rescue Pack.  I guess since he figured no one was helping him he would find a way into the box himself.

Elizabeth is checking out her purse.  She LOVES purses these days.

My sweet little Anson!!!

Elizabeth and her puppy in the purse.  She seemed to really like it and all the kids seemed to have fun!