So Big!

Charlie loves to do "So Big" now, as well as clap his hands, walk behind his little walking toy, and climb the stairs - boy he's keeping us busy!

See below for several new posts now that we were able to upload pictures again. Happy New Year!

Christmas 2010

Sam was incredibly excited to ask Santa for a space ship - until it was our turn (after waiting in line for an hour and a half). Then he decided he didn't want to talk to Santa. He did at least pose for a family picture - Charlie was less than enthused.

Below are pictures from FIVE different Christmas parties we went to in the last few weeks and also Christmas morning at our house - and yes, the boys are wearing the same matching sweaters at all of the parties. We definitely got our money's worth out of those!

The boys with Great-Grandma Helen and Great-Grandpa Kenny

What a smile:)

Christmas Eve - We hosted at our house for the first time for my parents and my brother. My sisters were both out of town with their husbands - and they were all incredibly missed. Sam chose three Russian teacakes for Santa, two candy cane cookies for the reindeer, and an M&M monster cookie for Santa Mouse. He was very particular about this.

Oscar must have helped Santa put gifts under the tree.

We woke up at our own house on Christmas morning for the very first time, which was wonderful! Sam had a difficult time waiting until the end for his big present (space ships, complete with astronauts and aliens, from Santa). It was definitely a lesson in patience. Charlie was pretty happy-go-lucky for his first Christmas - though I think we could have just given him boxes and wrapping paper, and he would have been just as content.

Santa gave Sam a toy shaving set in his stocking. He now feels his face every morning and announces that he "needs to shave". The boys with their cousins on Peter's side - Will, Wyatt, and Juliet

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Thanksgiving

We had two Thanksgiving celebrations this year. The first was at our house with Peter's parents and our niece, Juliet. Our first turkey was a success (we think?!). We also celebrated at my parents' house too. Charlie loves to eat - and he indulged in both Thanksgiving dinners and ate more than Sam each time.

Grandma Kim with Josie and Charlie

Charlie - enjoying his very first Thanksgiving!

Josie trying pears for the first time!

Sam enjoying a visit with Grandma Peach, Juliet, and Grandpa Gary.

This and That

I think it's for you!

He finally got those two teeth in that we've been waiting for - you can see them below - so cute:)

Sam and Mommy's Gingerbread Train

Charlie crawls on all fours now, except in the kitchen. I think it hurts his knees because he cries and does this...

Snow

Sam enjoying the first snowfall of the season - now the snow keeps coming and coming - and we have lots of winter to go yet!

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! A BIG thank you goes to my husband for spending countless hours (including 35 minutes on hold with Toshiba today) trying to fix our computer so I can upload pictures again. More pictures and posts to come!!!

We're still here...

...after almost a week with no internet access, we finally got it back up and running (by we, I mean my husband). Unfortunately, "we" are still working on fixing the USB port so that we can download pics once again. Instead, I thought I'd pull out a picture of Sam's first Christmas - one of my all time favorites.Sam is SO excited for Christmas. Though we waited in line for an hour and a half to have Charlie start screaming and Sam decide NOT to talk to Santa, he still tells everyone that he asked Santa for a black space ship. He also wants Santa to bring Charlie a "small cuddle dinosaur". Hopefully Santa delivers:) He also likes to say that Christmas is "Jeezeeus" birthday.

Though Charlie doesn't quite understand Christmas yet, he DOES understand that pulling ornaments off the tree is a lot of fun and gets a rise out of Mom. Several times I have found him crawling across the floor, with a big grin on his face, and an ornament in each hand. He is 11 months old now, and he is crawling on all fours, walks forward if you hold both of his hands, eats everything you put in front of him, pulls himself up to everything, and wrestles with his big brother. I kid you not. They wrestle - and giggle - and truly enjoy each other. Once the camera is working again, I'll put a video up!

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas holiday!