Christmas was a big deal for Keenan meeting so many of his family members. He slept through the night for the very first time (7 hours) on Christmas Eve. It was a great trip and we were all sad to leave!

Santa Baby!!!

Keenan's first Christmas!!! We are excited to spend the holidays in South Bend with Ben's family. He did so well on the 8 hour car ride which we split up into two days. He enjoyed partying with the Fisher/Brittons/Thielkings and he attended his first annual Nace party with all the babies. He got to meet the kids...Anna Rose, Audrey, Jack and Riley - all for the first time(his extended family). More pictures to come...

Dec. 6th Video

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Keenan meeting some of his role models for the first time.

It was a good day for Keenan to be able to meet his uncle LJ, uncle Wagon, uncle Nace and uncle Ferrett - someday down the road maybe he can join them for the 'guys weekend'

Baby photoshoot with dad ~

Ben had a good time taking pictures of Keenan this week. He was giving him so many cute facial expressions, he couldn't resist.

Video and Pictures of Keenan

We have enjoyed working with McNeal Video for our wedding and were glad to know that Amanda had started her own 'baby videos' We just had to do this for Keenan as we knew that all of our family except Grandpa Dave, Grandma Susie and Grandpa John would be away for the birth and first few weeks. Therefore, we needed a way to capture the moments for everyone else. She put together a wonderful memory for us and we are so glad to have this for years to come. I can already imagine he and his own children watching this together someday. Don't worry, there are no major labor shots!!! :)


Here's the link to their blog which has the link to our video -- once you get to the video page on blip tv - you have to let the video upload for about 5 minutes for it to play straight through. (turn your music up) check it out when you have a chance.
http://mcnealvideo.squarespace.com/

We also had Joey and Amy take professional pictures of Keenan so we wouldn't ever forget that very first newborn look. You can view them online at http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventthumbs?event=0QOL0010

McNeal Video, Amanda Smith Productions and Lifetime Portraits are our favorite folks! If you ever need anyone to document your special occasions in life - we can say firsthand how wonderful they all are! They will be a part of our growing family for many years to come!

Aunt Kathy and Cousin Andrew Visiting!

Keenan had more visitors this week when his aunt Kathy and cousin Andrew came to visit. It was a big trip for them being that Andrew is 9 and hasn't had the chance to fly often (especially with just his mom, which was special). Kathy has visited Nashville twice and Andrew once for our wedding - therefore we couldn't of been more excited and thrilled to have had them here!!! We wish they could have stayed forever. It is always nice to have family around. As much as we love Nashville, it makes it hard to know both sides are so far away. Keenan will have fun looking back at video and pictures of his first introduction to his aunt and older cousin. We are hoping Andrew will teach Keenan to skate board someday when he is older. He is such a good skater and really has a strong passion for learning all his new skills. If only we could all focus our energy into one single thing as well as he does! We definitely missed his other cousin Aden and Uncle Mike. We all think that Keenan has similar looks to Aden at this age. It will be interesting to see if they resemble each other as he grows. Aden and Mike had a 'boys week' at home - so I am sure they had a ball. We can't wait to hopefully introduce them sometime very soon.

Here are a few pictures -