Here are a few home movies of Freddy! Enjoy!
Fred gettin ready for bed
Let me hear you roar!!!!!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Baptism
On January 23, 2011 Freddy was baptized at Our Lady of Peace by Father Paul Tracy. His godparents are Pat and Peg Eiden.
The weekend of January 21 worked out great for Freddy's baptism because Lisa's sister Kim and her daughter Alexa scheduled a visit to Minnesota the same weekend. They must be the only people from North Carolina that have ever vacationed in Minnesota in the middle of January! It was a fun and busy weekend with non-stop action. Saturday Kim and Alexa arrived in Minnesota and Dave and Jonelle came up to the cities. Everyone came over our house to hang out and the ladies went to get their nails done.
Lisa and Alexa had a good time playing in the snow.
Sunday was Baptism day. Both of our immediate families and Freddy's Godparents and their two kids were there. It was a very nice celebration and Freddy did great up on the alter.
After the ceremony we hosted a small reception at Cafe Levin in Minneapolis. It worked out great because we basically had thee entire restaurant to ourselves. It was the first time Freddy was able to be with all his cousins at once.
The weekend of January 21 worked out great for Freddy's baptism because Lisa's sister Kim and her daughter Alexa scheduled a visit to Minnesota the same weekend. They must be the only people from North Carolina that have ever vacationed in Minnesota in the middle of January! It was a fun and busy weekend with non-stop action. Saturday Kim and Alexa arrived in Minnesota and Dave and Jonelle came up to the cities. Everyone came over our house to hang out and the ladies went to get their nails done.
Lisa and Alexa had a good time playing in the snow.
Sunday was Baptism day. Both of our immediate families and Freddy's Godparents and their two kids were there. It was a very nice celebration and Freddy did great up on the alter.
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| Hey everyone look at me. |
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| Normally this is done in the bath tub! |
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| Jonelle, Dave, Lisa, Joe, Freddy, JoAnn, Joe |
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| The Cousins and Oliver and Hazel |
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| The McCullough Boys are not to excited about taking a picture. |
The New Year
I our house we skip right over New Years Eve and look forward to the biggest and best day in January, which of course is January 4, Lisa's Birthday! We celebrated by having Chocolate cake and ice cream. A birthday is just not a birthday without cake and ice cream! I guess that could be said for just about any occasion. The Eiden's came over to celebrate with us and enjoy a piece of cake.
Things did not slow down at all in 2011. Lisa had to go back to work. Boo! At first it was pretty tough having to leave Fred at daycare a few days during the week, but after sometime it got a lot easier. Fred is goes to Polly's house (a friend and neighbor of ours) three days a week. It is great because she has a little boy named Roman that is about the same age as Freddy. They really enjoy playing together and Polly is great with Fred.
We thought it would be a good idea to get Freddy involved in a few activities over the winter. It is real hard when we can't get outside to move around a bit, so we decided to sign up for a gym class and swim lessons. The gym class is at a place called The Little Gym http://www.thelittlegym.com/Pages/default.aspx. Fred gets to run around and play on balance beams, pads and a bunch of other things for an hour a week. He really has a great time doing at the gym and I think he is starting to fill out a bit from his works outs -
The swimming classes we signed him up for were at the Richfield Middle School swimming pool. It was a five week swim class ever Saturday morning. Being the first time in the pool for him he actually did pretty well. He really likes splashing around and floating on the noodle. We would sing songs, practice front and back floats and blow bubbles. All great swimmers have to start somewhere.
In January we took Fred to his first Wild hockey game. We actually had some pretty good seats down on the first deck, which was real nice. Fred really enjoyed all the lights and noise that the Xcel Center had to offer.
The winter was pretty busy. With both of us working our weeks really flew by. Wake up, work, Fred, dogs, eat, sleep. That seems to be the routine during the week. There were a few breaks were Fred had some play dates with a friend, Nona, Grandpa and Jonelle. Otherwise we got into a pretty nice routine. We are finding time for ourselves as well. Fred had his first sleep over at Nona and Pops house so we could spend the night at Mardi Gras at Our Lady of Peace. We had a real good time hanging out with each other and our friends and we even danced - yes both Lisa and Joe. We also lined up a sitter for Fred one night so we could go out to dinner and grab some drinks with another couple. We went to a place called La Chaya in Minneapolis. It was very good and we recommend it. Check out their menu http://www.lachaya.com/. It was good to get out for a few nights.
On St Patricks Day we kept our tradition alive by going to Cecil's, a Jewish Deli - yes a Jewish Deli - for a corned beef sandwich. They make a great sandwich.
There was an addition to the family. Luke McCullough was born on March 22, 2011. Lerah and Luke are healthy and happy. Freddy has another cousin and is excited that he now is not the baby of the family. No picutres yet. Hopefully soon.
Fred has really grown since we got back from Colombia in November. One day he decided to open the closet door, and we both looked at each other and said "he can open doors?" So we went and bought some of those childproof door know things. He is also starting to say a lot of words - apple, chair, clock, door, bed, boots, cookie, cracker, juice, light, door, outside, thank you, hi and by, elmo, elbow, eyes, cheek,toes, knee, sock, teeth, garbage, blue, momma, dadda, chichi, a form of Mario, Pops, Nona (a form of), Bops (Grandpa), Ollie, Oscar, and I am sure there are many more I am missing. He also is very good at pointing out body parts - head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, cheeks, shoulder, elbow, hands, belly button, knee, toes. Lets not forget that he is doing a great job with his animal noises.
It is now April 2, and I think we can say winter is over. It sure was a long one. We still have snow on the ground, but I have a feeling it should be gone in a week. We are looking forward to the spring and summer - it will be busy, but fun!
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| The Cake + Lisa and Fred - Happy Birthday Mommy! |
We thought it would be a good idea to get Freddy involved in a few activities over the winter. It is real hard when we can't get outside to move around a bit, so we decided to sign up for a gym class and swim lessons. The gym class is at a place called The Little Gym http://www.thelittlegym.com/Pages/default.aspx. Fred gets to run around and play on balance beams, pads and a bunch of other things for an hour a week. He really has a great time doing at the gym and I think he is starting to fill out a bit from his works outs -
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| Where is the weight room? |
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| Daddy and Freddy |
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| Kick, kick, kick , kick |
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| Dad and Freddy at the Wild Game |
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| Mom and Freddy at the Wild Game |
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| Freddy running around at the Xcel Center |
On St Patricks Day we kept our tradition alive by going to Cecil's, a Jewish Deli - yes a Jewish Deli - for a corned beef sandwich. They make a great sandwich.
There was an addition to the family. Luke McCullough was born on March 22, 2011. Lerah and Luke are healthy and happy. Freddy has another cousin and is excited that he now is not the baby of the family. No picutres yet. Hopefully soon.
Fred has really grown since we got back from Colombia in November. One day he decided to open the closet door, and we both looked at each other and said "he can open doors?" So we went and bought some of those childproof door know things. He is also starting to say a lot of words - apple, chair, clock, door, bed, boots, cookie, cracker, juice, light, door, outside, thank you, hi and by, elmo, elbow, eyes, cheek,toes, knee, sock, teeth, garbage, blue, momma, dadda, chichi, a form of Mario, Pops, Nona (a form of), Bops (Grandpa), Ollie, Oscar, and I am sure there are many more I am missing. He also is very good at pointing out body parts - head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, cheeks, shoulder, elbow, hands, belly button, knee, toes. Lets not forget that he is doing a great job with his animal noises.
It is now April 2, and I think we can say winter is over. It sure was a long one. We still have snow on the ground, but I have a feeling it should be gone in a week. We are looking forward to the spring and summer - it will be busy, but fun!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
The McCullough Boys
One snowy Saturday morning all the McCullough Boys went out for donuts. It was fun to get together and catch up and watch Freddy and Brennan run around the donut shop chasing the owners little black dog around the shop. Maybe what was more fun was watching my Dad's reaction when the little dog kept on jumping on his lap for protection from the two little boys!
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| I will take one of each. |
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| I said I wanted a donut! |
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| The little McCullough Boys |
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| Fred and Pops |
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| Where is that little dog? |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Inaugrual Post
We had the idea of setting up a blog for our family back in November. It is now March and we are just getting to making this blog official. I guess you could say we have been a bit more busy than usual over the past few months.
I am going to rewind to November 13, 2010. That was a big day in our lives. Our family of three arrived in Minneapolis around 9:00pm after a long day of traveling.
It was a day we were waiting for for a very long time. We made it through the long journey and we were all finally home. What a homecoming it was. A lot of our family and friends were waiting for us at the airport. What made this act of gratitude impressive was that it was a snowy evening and day in the Twin Cities. In fact a large portion of the Cities did not have power because of the snow storm. Low and behold our house was part of that large portion of the Cities that did not have power! Nothing like coming home to a dark (well there were flashlights set up around our house courtesy of Joe and Joann) and cold house. Welcome to America Fred! We all bundled up and tried to get some sleep hoping that at some point in the night the power would come back on. It did not. But it did come on around 1:00 in the afternoon! What joy. Since this small little bump in the road of life everything has been great at the McCullough household.
As mentioned we arrived home right before thanksgiving. It was great getting home and being able to introduce Freddy to most of his family. He was lucky enough to get to spend some time with Nona, Pops, Grandpa and Jonelle down in Bogota. He also briefly met his Uncle John, Aunt Lerah, Aunt Karen and cousins Joleh and Brennan at the airport. Thanks giving gave everyone the opportunity to spend some quality time with him and us, right we are important as well? We had a lot of family time over Thanksgiving weekend. On Turkey Day we went down to Rochester and spent time with Lisa's family. Yes, Freddy was the star of the show. Then the Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to Joe's parents house in St Paul. Freddy and Uncle Bob had a eating contest and I think Freddy won. Uncle Bob put in a good effort, but he just could not keep up with the little Freddy Monster. It was the first time that Freddy was able to hang with all of his Minnesota cousins. It was fun watching them all play together and watch Freddy check everyone out.
The day of Thanksgiving we and the Eiden's got up early in the morning and ran the Turkey Trot in downtown Minneapolis. It was a good day for run - a balmy 8 degrees!
So we ate a lot, watched football and spent time with family over Thanksgiving weekend and now we could just sit back and relax until Christmas. For some reason our schedule filled up pretty quick, which was great because we had fun. There were a lot of play dates....for Fred. We took him to the Macy's Christmas display.
We celebrated Brennan's 2nd Birthday over Aunt Lerah's and Uncle John's house.
We took Fred to the zoo.
Picked out a Christmas Tree
Played in the snow.
Otherwise we just kicked it as a family! Fred did have his first doctor's appointment in the States, obviously not fun. They had to take blood and it was not a pleasent experience for the little guy. Surprisingly after it was all done he was as good as new. He is a champ!
December was one snowy month. We had 17 inches one day.
Before we move on to Christmas we did one more real fun and exciting thing. We went to the 5-8 Club (http://www.5-8club.com/minneapolis.html). Fred did not eat a burger, but he did enjoy the fries. They sure do make a good burger.
Christmas and Christmas Eve was filled with spending time with Family and Friends and of course enjoying lots of good food. It was a real special Christmas for us this year. Having a little one around really makes Christmas so much more exciting. Fred really did not get what was going on with all the presents, decorations and cookies, but he sure did enjoy playing with the wrapping paper and ribbons.
On Christmas Eve the Eiden's came over for brunch and a present exchange. We had a real good time eating and watching the kids play.
After brunch Fred hit the sack for an afternoon nap and we spend the afternoon getting things ready for the evening. We went to Christmas Eve mass at OLP with the family and the Eidens. Fred did a great job. He had a good time getting passed around to everyone and he enjoyed watching the choir.
After Mass Lisa's Dad, Karen and Jonelle came over for dinner. A few years back we started making homemade periogies and kielbasa (not homemade). The periogies are sure labor intensive, but in the end they are worth it! Fred got a big bean-bag chair for Karen. We are not sure who likes it more, Fred or Roman?
Christmas morning we got up and opened gifts. It was fun watching Freddy play with the paper and ribbons. He would say "Ohhhh" when looking at his gifts! It was real cute. We can't forgot to mention that he was wearing his Christmas PJ's.
We had a fun relaxing morning just hanging out with eachother. It was real nice just hanging with the fam. Later that afternoon we went over to Joe's parents place for dinner and gifts. Christmas afternoon we piled up the car and headed over to Joe's parents house for the afternoon. It was a good time having all the cousins there to play with eachother. The food was great like always and we had a good time hanging out for the evening. Just as we have a food tradition on Christmas Eve (pierogies and kielbasa) we also have one on Christmas Day. We are proud to say that Papa and Grandma passed the tradition of serving Italian Sausage on Christmas Day. It really does add something special to any meal!
Time sure did fly by after we came home from Bogota. We really did enjoy spending so much time with Freddy, family and friends. It made it such a special Christmas Season.
I am going to rewind to November 13, 2010. That was a big day in our lives. Our family of three arrived in Minneapolis around 9:00pm after a long day of traveling.
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| We are home! |
It was a day we were waiting for for a very long time. We made it through the long journey and we were all finally home. What a homecoming it was. A lot of our family and friends were waiting for us at the airport. What made this act of gratitude impressive was that it was a snowy evening and day in the Twin Cities. In fact a large portion of the Cities did not have power because of the snow storm. Low and behold our house was part of that large portion of the Cities that did not have power! Nothing like coming home to a dark (well there were flashlights set up around our house courtesy of Joe and Joann) and cold house. Welcome to America Fred! We all bundled up and tried to get some sleep hoping that at some point in the night the power would come back on. It did not. But it did come on around 1:00 in the afternoon! What joy. Since this small little bump in the road of life everything has been great at the McCullough household.
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| And why did you bring me to this ice cold place? |
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| Where is the heat? |
As mentioned we arrived home right before thanksgiving. It was great getting home and being able to introduce Freddy to most of his family. He was lucky enough to get to spend some time with Nona, Pops, Grandpa and Jonelle down in Bogota. He also briefly met his Uncle John, Aunt Lerah, Aunt Karen and cousins Joleh and Brennan at the airport. Thanks giving gave everyone the opportunity to spend some quality time with him and us, right we are important as well? We had a lot of family time over Thanksgiving weekend. On Turkey Day we went down to Rochester and spent time with Lisa's family. Yes, Freddy was the star of the show. Then the Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to Joe's parents house in St Paul. Freddy and Uncle Bob had a eating contest and I think Freddy won. Uncle Bob put in a good effort, but he just could not keep up with the little Freddy Monster. It was the first time that Freddy was able to hang with all of his Minnesota cousins. It was fun watching them all play together and watch Freddy check everyone out.
The day of Thanksgiving we and the Eiden's got up early in the morning and ran the Turkey Trot in downtown Minneapolis. It was a good day for run - a balmy 8 degrees!
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| Lets go runners! |
So we ate a lot, watched football and spent time with family over Thanksgiving weekend and now we could just sit back and relax until Christmas. For some reason our schedule filled up pretty quick, which was great because we had fun. There were a lot of play dates....for Fred. We took him to the Macy's Christmas display.
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| Dad and Fred getting a Gingerbread Man Cookie at Macy's |
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| Really guys? |
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| Freddy and his Momma at the Macy's Christmas Display |
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| Nonna, Freddy and Brennan enjoying story time |
Picked out a Christmas Tree
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| Yes, it fits in a small wagon. |
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| How about some presents? |
Played in the snow.
Otherwise we just kicked it as a family! Fred did have his first doctor's appointment in the States, obviously not fun. They had to take blood and it was not a pleasent experience for the little guy. Surprisingly after it was all done he was as good as new. He is a champ!
December was one snowy month. We had 17 inches one day.
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| Stop Snowing! |
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| I have my money on Roman. |
Christmas and Christmas Eve was filled with spending time with Family and Friends and of course enjoying lots of good food. It was a real special Christmas for us this year. Having a little one around really makes Christmas so much more exciting. Fred really did not get what was going on with all the presents, decorations and cookies, but he sure did enjoy playing with the wrapping paper and ribbons.
On Christmas Eve the Eiden's came over for brunch and a present exchange. We had a real good time eating and watching the kids play.
After Mass Lisa's Dad, Karen and Jonelle came over for dinner. A few years back we started making homemade periogies and kielbasa (not homemade). The periogies are sure labor intensive, but in the end they are worth it! Fred got a big bean-bag chair for Karen. We are not sure who likes it more, Fred or Roman?
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| This is real nice.... |
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| Merry Christmas from the Krygier side of the family |
Christmas morning we got up and opened gifts. It was fun watching Freddy play with the paper and ribbons. He would say "Ohhhh" when looking at his gifts! It was real cute. We can't forgot to mention that he was wearing his Christmas PJ's.
We had a fun relaxing morning just hanging out with eachother. It was real nice just hanging with the fam. Later that afternoon we went over to Joe's parents place for dinner and gifts. Christmas afternoon we piled up the car and headed over to Joe's parents house for the afternoon. It was a good time having all the cousins there to play with eachother. The food was great like always and we had a good time hanging out for the evening. Just as we have a food tradition on Christmas Eve (pierogies and kielbasa) we also have one on Christmas Day. We are proud to say that Papa and Grandma passed the tradition of serving Italian Sausage on Christmas Day. It really does add something special to any meal!
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| What do you have for me? |
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| Family Christmas Photo |
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| Cheese! |
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| The Holidays sure take a lot out of a guy! |
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