Decorating for Christmas

We decorated the day after Thanksgiving, and boy did it wear us out. Mostly because we went out shopping that morning (not at the crack of dawn though, because Garett decided to sleep through the night for the 1st time!)

Here is Ben and Garett all tuckered out.

And Grace in one of the Christmas Bins. She's just fake sleeping and thinks she's hilarious.
And here are the results!
(notice our Nativity on the bookshelf? It's the one we brought home from Singapore!)

The Second Christmas tree. (This one was actually the original until we upgraded)

And the stockings hung with care. Garett even has one!

I just love having my house decorated for Christmas!

Grace trying to dress Herself again....

This time in my sweaters. One on top and one on bottom.

Her waist it through the neck and one of the legs is in an arm. She couldn't figure out why there was room for one more leg.

Thanksgiving and New Family Pics

Our Holiday weekend started on Wednesday with Ben taking the day off. We slept in and did a little shopping and then Ben so graciously watched the kids while I went and saw Twilight with Jenny. It was okay, but I'm nitpicky and didn't love Edward, or Bella very much. After the movie we went over to the Lynes for some yummy dinner and lots of fun!

We had such a fun Thanksgiving. We went to Ben's Parent's house for a yummy dinner and games that mostly came from the xbox. Scene It and Rock Band sure are fun!

Friday I was going to wake up early after Garett ate and head out shopping, but to my surprise he decided to sleep through the night for the first time! (it hasn't happened again since) So I was out shopping by 8 instead of 5. I got some good deals and had a nice time shopping by myself while Ben braved Target and Walmart with 2 kids! What a guy! I met up with him at Walmart and then we went to the Wingshack for some lunch. We then went home and decorated! I love Christmas decorations and it is so fun to have them all up.

Saturday we got to see my sister Michelle! We haven't seen her since July and I was excited! We met up at my brother Rob's house for some games and dinner. While she was here she took some pictures of our family. Thanks Shell!

We had a great Holiday weekend and it was sure hard to get up with an alarm again on Monday. Oh well, only 3 more weeks till Christmas and lots more family time!

2 months Old!

Here he is 2 whole months old and his first set of shots. He was a brave little guy even though I forgot to give him some Tylenol. His legs were sure sore the rest of the day and he just wanted to be held. Here are the stats on our big boy.

Height- 24 1/4 inches 93%

Weight- 14 lbs 90%

Head- 16 inches 66%

Grace really loves him so much. The other day she said, "Mommy, Garett is my best best friend!" That made my heart melt, and then of course she realized I loved it so much she said it about 100 time the rest of the day. But still... you gotta love it.
Grace's smile is so sweet in this picture. And she really is sweet some times. In fact the other night I laid Garett on a blanket to play while I made dinner and Grace brought over her library books and read to him instead of jumping over him and squishing him like she usually does. She really is a good big sister and is slowly getting a little more obedient. Now, if I could only make her voice about 10 notches quieter!

What's wrong Grace?

You can't move because your legs are in the same pant leg and your panties are on your head? Life is hard when you are learning to dress yourself!

(Her panties really were on her head, but the picture wasn't quite apporpriate with her little bum hanging out.)

Twins

So Ben's been on this diet for the past few weeks. (he's finally finished with the strictest part, hooray!) Anyway, I was making him an Egg White Omelet one night and look what a found....

Two yolks in one egg! I've never seen that before and wanted to share.
I wonder what would have happend if the egg would have matured into a baby chick....

Garett is Smiling!

So he officially smiled at me on Nov. 6th and 4:00 in the morning while I was changing his diaper. That sure made waking up in the middle of the night worth it! He has the cutest little smile and almost always gives me one as a big thank you when he's done eating. I love to see his little face light up. He's also started cooing. It's so fun to leave him laying somewhere to play and then all of a sudden he says something just to remind you he's there. He is so fun I just love him!