Dec 2012 - Christmas time and all the colds and stomach bugs we could handle

December was a rough month for the Houston Sobczaks / Chows in Manvel, TX.    Everyone from the kids to the grandparents caught at least one type of cold or bug ,  and believe me there were a lot going around the Houston area that month.

Still we had enough energy to pose happily for the camera at Christmas, and on a good note as of this post everyone seems to be over whatever ailed them.



Mommy and Daddy dressed up nice for Dad's company Christmas party



Nothing says childhood like a makeshift couch fort (or in this case, tumbling ramp)

Fun with humidifiers

Setting out the snacks for Santa

Collin gets a jump on his animal books

Angry Birds in real life

Collin talks up his favorite Christmas house decoration

Swinging at the Bartsches on a mild Christmas Day

A jaunty accessory for Collin

Where Adam and/or the frog goes,  so does Collin

Arts & crafts at the elder Sobczaks' Victoria home

Steve and April are twinsies

Karyn gets down to Collin's level

Lara and Adam buddy up

Like moths to a flame

Somehow we all managed to color coordinate

Luke and Collin check out the 'old' radio

Drums: what every kid needs

Every kid (or boy at least) loves trains; but not every train is Papa Bob's decades-old Lionel train set

Nov 2012 Collin turns one!

Hi - a lot to catch up on , picture and video-wise.    Big event of note in November is, of course, Collin's birthday and the little guy celebrated his first with a lot of family and Adam's friends.

Adam gets to show little brother the fun of tunnel time

peek-a-boo

Collin's Birthday Party

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Side to side swing time,  a new pre-bedtime tradition

Hockey time with the boys



Collin is 1 year old, which means it's family portrait time
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