Christmas maham

Presents.... here are some fun photos of me on Christmas Eve learning the "art of present opening" from the best of them!




not only did I get spoiled rotten with presents, but I also got to play with all my cousins presents too (thanks Bubba and Avery for sharing!)

and fun sharing mine with everybody too! (my favorite was playing inside my new tent... I even convinced Mommy and Daddy to come inside.



Christmas morning Santa brought me two presents....

a shake and crash car (very cool)

and some new books (I LOVE books)

THANKS SANTA

MT hospitality

Ok, so nobody told me how much I was missing out on by having all these great cousins in Montana! I had an unbelievable week of fun, giggles, high-energy play with all my cousins. Not to mention all the love and hugs and snuggles I got as well. We got to introduce my sister to them all too and they just LOVED her. Most common phrases of the week:

1. "Can I hold her"?
2. "Can I sit next to Noah?"
3. "She's so cute"

Here's some proof of the love we recieved from everybody! (and boy oh boy did I LOVE it :-)

Journies Mercies...

As to not overwhelm our faithful readers/viewers, I will try to break up these blog entries - we have a lot to share from the past week! Last Friday we geared up to heat to MT for Christmas! Let me preface this blog entry by saying that mommy and daddy have been saying "this may be our last flight ever" in preparation for this trip - anticipating the travels in airplanes with 2 seats and 4 people.
So, last Friday we packed up the car, bundled up, unloaded at the airport and got in line. That's as far as we got :-) Our flight was CANCELLED! After much effort by the airline agent we were booked out the next day (on a different airlines) from a different city...but we were still going! So we invaded Auntie Teresa and Uncle John John and stayed overnight with them and got to the airport the next morning at 5:15 AM (EARLY!)
Upon our arrival we were greeted with LINES of people (which we foolishly thought we'd avoid leaving so early in the morning, on one of the busiest travel days of the year). Panic set in - we're not going to make it. But, quickly God's angels were at work and an airline worker told us to step right up to the Agent because we had a paper ticket.... this was the first of our Christmas blessings. Not only did we get help (fairly quickly) we also found out we would be flying in FIRST CLASS! As we boarded the plane, anticipating to sit separately, a kind soul switched seats with mommy and we got to sit in the FRONT ROW (extra leg room)... and as we were taking off I looked up at daddy and gave him the "I'm so sleepy eyes" and snuggled in for the REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT!

(as did Hannah)

(Mommy had to ask the nice flight lady to take a picture as proof of this unbelievable "luck")

Do we dare say "relatively stress free travels?" (stay-tuned for episodes on our return flight)

I woke up on descent, and had fun looking out the window, playing with my buddy Boz, and flirting with the flight attendants.

Thank you Jesus for safe flights and happy kiddos!

Hannah is one month old!

My little sister isn't as little anymore...she's already one whole month old! I'm starting to get more used to her being the center of mommy's attention at times during the day (i.e. nursing), but still really love the times Noni comes to play with me too. Hannah loves to have her here too...



Yesterday morning we took a little time to just "lounge around" - what is mommy talking about, having to chase me around.... do I look high maintenance?

(don't be fooled - I'm still a handful, but most the time mommy loves my charm)

showing her the ropes

While Hannah was napping one day last week I helped Noni put this little gym together for her. Then, when she woke up, I couldn't wait to show her how it's done...


I really think she likes it.... or maybe she just liked spending time with her big brother - that could be too ;-)

Now she goes in there every day, and I "supervise" (and mommy supervises me!)

Our "first Christmas" of 2007

This weekend we got together with family and celebrated Christmas early, before we head out to Montana (this weekend :-). My cousin Drew and I had fun

This year we actually have the concept of what presents are... our parents actually thought we'd take a good nap right after the excitement of opening all of them (silly!)

Especially after opening up this present from Papa and Noni!

THANKS EVERYBODY !

new friends

This weekend I got to meet a new friend....she is the sweetest little friend! Hannah and Anya are going to grow up being special friends too... just like our mommy's and daddy's.

My mommy couldn't get over how beautiful Anya's big blue eyes are....

And of course I had to give her my famous kisses! There will be a time when my mommy and daddy start to worry about my kissing obsession -but for now I think they think I'm adorable :-)

Daddy days....

I agree with mommy... if daddy could just stay home all the time life would be that much better. We love having daddy home. All is right in the world when we're all together...

Little Hannah loves her baths - I think she likes to listen to the running water. She's all soft and cozy afterwards too!

"Snow" Much Fun!

This snow stuff is a blast! So far we've gotten over 15-inches of snow in the first week of December - that's half of me!

I don't know what to tell you about these darn mittens though - I can't access my thumb, they get all twisted and in the way....

Noni took me to Shopko yesterday and got me a little shovel so I can help daddy outside.

Yep, even in the cold and the snow I have fun just hangin' out with my daddy.

Mema and Papa

After almost a week of Grandma Bev and Papa Ike visiting and I almost have a version of "grandma" down... it's more of a "mema" or something, but it's getting closer. Of the many fun things we've done this week, getting our house ready for Christmas is one of them. Here are some pics of our unearthing of Christmas bins...as well as the rest of our week together . Man I'm going to be sad when they leave.