Christmas Fun

I LOVE Christmas time!!!  The Spirit, the food, the parties, the music, the excitement...  I just love this time of year!  McKay is so happy and loving all the Christmas festivities.  He loves the Grinch and likes to pretend he's the Grinch with his stuffed animal puppy Max.  We love Christmas lights- after dinner every night McKay begs to go for a ride to look at lights.  And of course there's Santa- if you ask what Santa is going to bring McKay he'll say "a toy and batteries".  Pathetic I know but I am too cheap to replace all the batteries in his toys so he wants Santa to do it!  Logan is the happiest most easy-going little guy around.  He is just happy!  He is starting to eat real food now and thinks he is as big as McKay.  Here are a few of our Pre-Christmas pictures.

Santa came to our ward party.  McKay was a little concerned at first but then he warmed up and decided Santa was safe.  He was so excited!

 McKay so proud with his orange from Santa Claus.  He was all smiles!!

Every year we go with Matt's family to Temple Square to see the lights.  It was cold but not bitter cold so we could actually be outside.  It was packed with people and made us glad we don't live in a big city!  It was a fun night and a fun tradition to kick off the season remembering our Savior.

 Grandma and Grandpa with all the cousins

 McKay and his cousin Lizzy held hands all through Temple Square- it was the sweetest thing!

 Jingle Bell Rock Dancers!

I love these two pictures!  They are such sweet special boys- I am glad to be their mom (most days- they both happen to be asleep right now so life is good :-) !)

Merry Christmas!!

Rolling, Sitting, & More

Maybe someday I'll have a baby who is just content to be a baby, but so far both of mine have wanted to go from day one.  Logan is 3 1/2 months old now and getting pretty good at rolling and is almost mastered sitting up.  He can hold his own for a bit but is still so wobbly I don't dare walk away yet- plus McKay would love to tackle him if I gave him the oppurtunity!  It is fun to watch him grow and start to realize everything that is going on around him.  He LOVES McKay and watches his every move--I'm not quite sure if that is a good thing or not.  A wild crazy 2-year old boy isn't exactly an ideal role model sometimes...  McKay is as busy as ever and keeps me laughing (and sometimes frustrated) all day long.  He is so much fun right now and curious about everything.  He asks me questions all day long!

 Some days it can be dangerous to try to take a shower...Logan screams and McKay reaks havoc.  One morning, I come out of the bathroom to see McKay had emptied his bookcase on the table.  I tried not to get mad and asked what he was doing.  "I need to read these.  I didn't put them on the floor Mommy."  As if that was so much better!  I thought it was kind of cute at first that he needed to read them but now he thinks this is fun to do everytime Mommy showers- it got old fast!  But he does love to "read".  And since we read so much, he has some of his book basically memorized so he can "read"!

 Look at that baby belly!  He is a chunky little guy!

 Rolling off his blanket!

Happy Thanksgiving with the cousins

Sitting!!!!  Yes he is surrounded by pillows because he is so wobbly and topples very quickly but he is able to hold himself a little longer every day.  If I lay him flat he tries to sit up- he doesn't want to just lay and wiggle; he wants to be upright in the action.

Sitting under the Christmas tree

 We are in an art phase at our house.  We color every afternoon so I bought some play dough to try to brake it up- it was a hit!  I think Santa may need to bring us some more colors- ours is in high demand!

Snowy McKay & Smiley Logan

It's was the first real snowstorm and McKay was begging to build a snowman.  Matt finally gave in and McKay had a blast...

 Logan is 3 months old now and had his first haircut.  He really has needed one since he was born but I've been putting it off until someone told me what a cute girl I had...I cut it that night.  It's hard to cut a baby's hair since they don't really hold their head up or cooperate in anyway, but considering it all- he looks very handsome and boyish!  He is such a good baby...eats, sleeps, spits up, and smiles!  We love him and are so happy to have him in our family.  (a little blurry but it is such a great picture!)

Halloween

Happy Halloween! It was the year of the pirates at our house...

Pumpkin Logan

Pirate McKay

Sweet brothers out enjoying the fall leaves