Hanging of the greens

Hanging of the Greens 

Every year after Thanks-giving we have Hanging of the Greens at the Hoehamer's.  We put all the the ornaments up on the tree open our advent gifts and get a new ornament for our tree.  This year we weren't able to celebrate with Claire & Brock, but we were able to Skype with them, and we will see them for theirs in December. 

Arya's 1st ornament!! Of course she needed to taste it! 

Arya got 2 Christmas books for her gifts! She was excited about them too! 

When Matt & Claire were little Tom and Lynne made a wooden block nativity for them to play with.  Lynne got it out for Arya to play with this year. She LOVED it!! 

 Arya even got to help grandpa put the angel on the tree. 

Daddy's 1st ornament, and Arya helping him put it on the tree. Of course Dad, was so stoked :) 

Cousin Photo shoot!

This year we wanted to take photos for grand-pa and grand-ma for Christmas.  So Arya & Nate got to have a mini photo shoot.  It was fun, they had a blast together. 

Hawk-eye fun 

Christmas scarfs, thanks Aunt Cassie for making them! 

Playing trains & tractors 

We even got a god-parent photo in as well. 

Thanksgiving

ARYA'S 1st THANKS-GIVING!! 

She got to read with her cousin Nate. 

Hang out with great-grandpa Hawbaker 

Give some LOVE to Great Pop-Pop. 

She was even able to meet a couple of Matt's friends from high school, Gabe & Mike. 

She had a great first Thanksgiving!! 

Hospital with Mom

 On Saturday morning @ 5:00 am, mom had some major pain in my right side.  We ended up having to go to the hospital.  Dad had to get me up @ 5:00am to get ready to go to the hospital.  Turned out mom had to have emergency appendectomy!! 

Baby Food: Green beans

We started BABY FOOD!! We started with green beans, her first reaction was not too impressed with them, but I think she started to warm up to them.  Hopefully, she will like them like her mommy! 

Shadow wanted some for herself. 

6 months

HAPPY 6 MONTHS BABY GIRL!!!! 

Arya missed her Daddy

For my Des Moines conference, Arya and I were gone from Saturday-Wednesday.  That was the first time that she had been gone from one of us that long.  When we got home Wednesday afternoon, she showed Daddy how much she missed him.  She just loved on him!  She kept rubbing her face on his facial hair, like she had missed it, because that's what she associates with her Daddy.   It was really sweet to see her realize that she was back home with her Daddy! 

These are by far my favorite photos of the two of my loves! 

Aunt, cousin & more!

While I was in Des Moines for my school conference, my sister watched Arya.  Arya had such a great time hanging out with her aunt Cassie & cousin Nate. 

She got to read books 

Play with Nate 

And learned how to play with a new toy, that aunt Cassie let us borrow.  Nate helped get it all cleaned and ready to go for Arya to use.    

Thanks Nate she loves it!!

 

Grandma even stopped by to see her granddaughter! 

It was a great trip to Des Moines!! 

Grandma LOVE 

Des Moines Trip

Arya and I took our first road trip together to Des Moines, just the 2 of us.  I had a conference, and so took some time to see family & friends with Arya. 

Saturday night I we were able to get together with Katie & Xander.  It was great being able to catch up and see how much Xander is growing!! 

He had such a fun time playing with Arya, and Arya loved watching  him play! 

Sunday we went to my home church in Valley Junction.  We were able to see my cousin Shawn & her son Ben.  Arya got to meet them for the first time, it was really great to be able to see them both! 

2nd cousins 

Also on Sunday we were able to go see Great Pop-pop.  He was so excited to see her again, and wanted to hold her.  What a precious moment. 

Dedication

10.13.13 

Sunday October 13, 2013, our daughter Arya R. Hoehamer was dedicated at the New Hope church in Orange City, IA. So many family members supported and prayed for her today, both here, Des Moines and in Springfield!.  We are so blessed to have such a godly family and we look forward to raising Arya in the same godly families we were raised in.