Merry Christmas!

Here are some pics of our Christmas Eve and Christmas fun! 

Waiting around for her brother to wake up so we could open gifts!

Present time!!  Gia got her the Barbie horse she showed her at the store!!

Legos from Aunt Erin!!

Emily was so excited to have a clock!

More gifts

Will helping Pepa with a big one!

Little hands

Bracelet making!!

More presents!

This boy loves his trucks!

Thanks Aunt Lora and Uncle Bill!

Gotta have an Etch a Sketch!

What a perfect little elf

Thank you kisses for Aunt Jen!

She finally got a snow globe!  Thanks Aunt Jen!!

Yo ho ho, it's Jake!

 Lora and Bill

Silly boy

The tradition continues...

Happy Birthday Jesus!

YUM!

 

 

Family shot before church

Our tree after Santa came!

Wow!!

Gifts!!

Excited about gifts from Santa!

A boy and his pirate ship

Cool sled!

Helping Daddy

My Christmas Boys

Michael got me a new zoom lens for Christmas.  Eddie and Millie were the only ones willing to come outside with me so I could play with it!!

Millie Dog

Handsome Brother

Go, Millie, Go!!

Bea's first Christmas

Beautiful family

Sit, smile, and be happy...then we'll open gifts!!  

Cousins

Bea found her first gift!

Santa's little helper

 Will wanted to dress up too!

Christmas Fun!

Matching socks!!

How many helpers does Bea need?

Pirate boy

More gifts for Bea

Cool Cars!  Thanks Aunt Carrie, Uncle Eddie, and Bea!

Santa Picture!

Holilday Fun!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted, but creating holiday magic is hard work!  We went up to Boston for Thanksgiving and had a great day at Ed and Carrie's.  Emily and Will love being big cousins and cannot get enough Bea time!  We even got to see Erin, Jamie, and the baby bump one more time before she arrives in January.  We were busy all December preparing for Christmas and enjoying holiday activities.  You'll hear more about those along with pictures and possibly in other posts!  The kids actually talked to and sat on Santa's lap this year and were super excited about Christmas.  William is asking for another one already!  Sorry buddy, it's gonna be awhile.  We have an amazing family and enjoyed many celebrations together.  Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!!

Thanksgiving night...Christmas Jammie time!!!

On the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree.

Emily says this is it!

So let's pose for a picture.

Mommy wants in too!

Watching Daddy cut it down.

Walking with her prized possession from the tree farm!

Mommy and Emily putting up the lights

 My little helper wanted to do it all!

Time to decorate the tree!

We had a couple of snow storms this December.  William loves it this year!

Snow girl

Our tree!!!

My little ballerina.

This was all I got when I wanted a pic of both kids!!

Breakfast time!

Helping Daddy with pancakes is the best thing ever!!!

More posts with Christmas fun to come!

Emily Dancing

Pizza Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwvAFmQgyp8

Feliz Navidad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdNjOIT1UpM

Fun in the Leaves!

Some pics from our leaf raking fun last weekend!!!

Halloween

We finally had a "normal" Halloween.  William's first in our house!  Rapunzel and the Dragon had a great time celebrating.  We had a lunch playdate with the MOMS Club, went to the library for story time and a parade, then went trick or treating in our neighborhood.  They had a great time and I think Emily could have gone all night!  William wanted to ring the doorbell at every house and didn't quite get the idea that you are only supposed to take one candy at each house, but was good for the most part.  They now have a ton of candy and pretty much no interest in it at all.  After dinner I have been offering them a treat and instead of their candy they are asking for ice pops!  I'll take it!!  Here are some pics of my little cuties...

Trying to get a pic after the town parade.

Making a gingerbread spooky house with Grammie.

Silly boy with Gia

Working on the house.

William loved the purple gumdrops and definitely ate more than he put on the house!

The dragon and Rapunzel

Dance class party

Gymnastics Party

Dance party # 2

Enjoying a Halloween treat

No candy for us...we read on Halloween!

Off they go...

Look what we got!

Trick or Treat

Checking out her stash!

She had just gotten the scarf Aunt Erin had made, so she wore it Trick or Treating the entire time!

William ~ 2 1/2 Years

William officially turned 2 1/2 on October 22.  It seems like he is constantly growing and he is definitely all BOY!!  He is wearing size 3T clothes and size 9 shoes.  His feet are huge!!  We have been potty training for the last couple of months and William has been doing really well.  I would say he is peeing on the potty around 90% of the time and more like 50% with pooping.  Although, the last few days have been pretty good!!  He likes wearing his big boy underwear, so hopefully things will continue to go well.

We had pizza for dinner tonight, and I was reminded of William's word for pizza crust.  He is very particular about how his pizza is cut and who cuts it (MOMMY!!).  He calls the crust the tail.  I have no idea where he came up with that, but he says it every time we have pizza!  He wants the pizza tail cut off.

William may be turning into my rough and tough little boy, but he still has time for his Mommy snuggles.  Today he insisted on laying on the couch with me at nap time and he did actually fall asleep.  I can't say no to that!

William's favorite color is red.  He loves watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (A spinoff of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood for those of you not in the toddler tv mode right now!!).  He also still loves Mickey Mouse, Thomas, and Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  

We are having fun, and definitely have our moments (Yes, I have been telling him a lot lately that he reminds me a lot of his Uncle Eddie when he was little) but overall things are going well and we are having fun watching him grow and become his own little person...William!  If you call him anything else, he will correct you and tell you his name is William.

Here is a pic of my 2 1/2 year old enjoying his half birthday ice cream!