979 pictures for the month. First cut got it down to 61. Second cut down to the required 31 for December. Here we go…

2014-12-01 02:47 UTC – Alex shows that he knows how to use chopsticks.

2014-12-05 23:57 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Brandy installed a brand new sink!

2014-12-07 20:32 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Roscoe is pretty sure he is much smaller than he really is. He is the right size for a lap dog, right?

2014-12-07 20:38 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Of course, there was one person who noticed they were not in the picture, and they felt they needed to be. So we made room.

2014-12-08 00:30 UTC (posted earlier) – Alex celebrates the picking of the Christmas tree.

2014-12-08 16:51 – Alex watching Roscoe as Roscoe contemplates if he should get out while the getting is good.

2014-12-09 06:39 UTC – This IS what stockings are for, aren’t they?

2014-12-09 20:39 UTC (picture by my mom) – Sara posed by some of my mom’s Christmas decorations

2014-12-10 01:17 UTC – Alex kicking back in my home office.

2014-12-11 04:02 UTC – And in the lobby during one of Amy’s performances for school.

2014-12-12 06:09 UTC – A Lego creation by Alex.

2014-12-17 04:19 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Brandy took Alex to the bookstore. He got mad at her about something. He decided to sit at his own table. Then he fell asleep with his head down on the table.

2014-12-20 01:20 UTC – Alex in my office playing Minecraft… which in December was rapidly on the way to displacing Portal 2 and Trainz Driver for the “favorite computer game” crown.

2014-12-21 01:59 UTC (picture by my mom) – Sara and Alex playing at Grandma Ruth’s house.

2014-12-21 03:27 UTC – Alex gets into giggle fits when Sara licks him.

2014-12-24 05:49 UTC – Excitement builds! Christmas approaches!

2014-12-24 13:05 UTC – Regardless of the excitement, I’m not sure I would choose to sleep with my head by this part of the dog. But it was just fine for Alex!

2014-12-24 20:12 UTC (picture by my mom) – Sara got a new bed as an early Christmas present. She liked it!

2014-12-25 05:56 UTC – For the first time this year we put lights on the outside of the house!

2014-12-25 05:56 UTC – The lights were color shifting, so there were different colors and patterns every few seconds.

2014-12-25 08:11 UTC – As he prepares for bed on Christmas eve, Alex surveys the presents. In our family, everybody opens one present on Christmas eve. Here Alex has picked the one for me to open… one of his gifts for me of course. (It was candy.)

2014-12-25 15:55 UTC (posted earlier) – In the morning, not a creature was stirring, not even a dog…

2014-12-25 16:00 UTC – The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…

2014-12-25 18:49 UTC – In the hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there! (OK, some sort of photographic accident, but it could be St. Nick, right? :-) )

2014-12-25 18:49 UTC – Soon the presents were flowing. Here is Grandma Ruth in the wonderful vest Alex bought for her! I’m sure she’ll be wearing it all over town!

2014-12-25 19:18 UTC – Amy and Alex worked together opening some presents.

2014-12-25 19:20 UTC (picture by my mom) – I relax and observe the activities while Alex attacks Amy in the background.

2014-12-26 00:10 UTC – Christmas over, Alex was very insistent that we take a picture of this mutant potato chip.

2014-12-28 01:37 UTC – Then Brandy broke her phone.

2014-12-30 04:57 UTC (picture by Brandy) – We go out for the evening and Amy and Alex enjoy some pizza. Yes, Alex is wearing pants on his head. As he does.

2014-12-31 06:34 UTC – As New Year’s approached, time for one last snuggle on the couch to watch TV