More Bucks!! (Late Post)

This is a late post on Bow Hunting season, but I didn't want to rob these two successful hunts of making a post on the Kraker House Blog. That would be criminal. My brother, Chad, shot this nice six point in the Upper Macatawa Trails area just west of Vriesland. It was actually an earlier morning kill that he made just before he had to go in for work. Nice work on this one Chad!

My dad took his second buck of the year from, you guessed it, the lucky bank tree stand. I was actually about 80 yards away hunting in another tree stand when he shot this nice 5 pointer. I never even seen the buck come in. I heard the shot and then the sounds of a successful shot shortly afterwards. The deer ran about 60 yards and it was over. Nice shooting dad!

Baking with Mom

Winter is starting to drag at the Kraker house!

Snowmobiling Baby

Rogue had her first snowmobile ride this winter with grandpa Kraker. She really didn't seem to think it was that much fun, but on the other hand she didn't seem to hate it either. Just like many of her "firsts" she didn't show much expression at all. Maybe she will like it more next year.

Rogue also went down hill sledding for the first time this year. Unlike snowmobiling, she openly shared her feelings on this activitly. Lets just say she didn't care for it much. It probably didn't help that the hill consisted of fresh powder and when we went down it all blew up in her face. I'm guessing that didn't feel very nice.

All in all, I can say she is not a very big fan of snow yet. We will have to see what next year brings.

Christmas Past

Here it is middle of January and I haven't blogged about Christmas 2009. Our Christmas parties were a bit spread out this year starting the week before Christmas and ending in the beginning of January. Rogue did very well at all the parties considering some of them went way past bedtime. She constantly took ornaments off the tree so the top half of our Christmas tree was decorated and the bottom half not so much. Hopefully next year she pays less attention to the tree and we take a few more pictures.

Her Party

December 11 we celebrated Rogue's one year of life with friends and family. We had the party at my parents house in the basement so there were no Christmas decorations. Since her birthday is so close to Christmas I want to make a habit of not making her birthday too christmasy. Her party went off without a hitch. You never know with a crowd of 30 or so people and almost half of them being under 3. Fortunately Rogue was healthy and took a good nap that day. She was still going strong when we left around 9:00p.m. Needless to say she crashed on the way home. Thank you to all that came to celebrate Rogue's birthday. I can't believe that her birthday has come and gone already. Seems like just yesterday she was a tiny little eight pounder!

12 Month Well Child visit

Rogue had her 12 months well child doctors visit yesterday. All went well. There was a small concern when Dr. Lund looked at her right eye. Of course Rogue wouldn't hold still for the doctor to get a good look but it seems she has "something" Dr. Lund thinks a pediatric opthamologist should look at since they have better equipment. Dr. Lund thought it was probably just an enlarged blood vessel but better safe than sorry. So we are waiting to hear when the appointment for that is.

Her Stats:

weighed in at 22lbs in the 50th percentile
Measured 30 inches in the 75th percentile

I haven't downloaded any of her birthday party pictures yet but go HERE and you can get a preview of her 12 month pictures.

She's 1!

Today my dear child you turn one year old. I just can't believe it. This time last year we were still calling people from the hospital to tell them of your arrival. The past year has gone so fast. You have brought so much joy to our lives.

Here are a few of the things you have accomplished in the last year:

Smiling at 5 weeks

Rolling at 8 weeks

Sitting up at 5 months

Crawling at 6 months

Walking at 9 months

In the past month your vocabulary has exploded. You often say dada when you dad calls us from work, when you drop your sippy cup from the highchair and we say "uh-oh" you repeat the "oh", and most recently you say "hot" except it comes out HAAAAA, with quite the exaggerated face.

We keep telling you to stop growing up. The last few months have been so much fun with you. Here's to another year kid. I'm sure it will be even better than your first!!