Post Christmas photos...

So the date is messed up on my camera...need to fix that...here's Reece sporting a new outfit and using her new easel. I am excited that her hair is finally getting long...even long enough that we started using real kid shampoo (as opposed to baby wash). It's a little wild and crazy but it's getting there...by this summer it will hopefully be close to one length.


Reece wanted to hang out under the "jungle gym" like old times...only this time she's got a play mate.


Reecey and Rylee...they love playing together....we are a little jealous of Rylee's beautiful hair. Someday...

Reece got this little farm set...we were cracking up when we saw what she did with the two pigs there...hopefully that was just coincidence.

Christmas photos...

It has been a nutty month in our home. We have pretty much every kind of sickness all at different times...so we haven't gotten out much and haven't gotten much sleep as someone has always been sick. In a one week period at the beginning of December each one of us had the stomach flu. Sorry if I have mentioned this before...but too exhausted to remember and too busy to look back. After the stomach flu, Reece had a growth spurt which lasted several days...non stop eating and not much sleeping...she polished off a box of goldfish in about a day and a 1/2. Brody had a growth spurt last week in which he ate about a dozen times in one day but then slept all night - FINALLY (my favorite Christmas present). We have also all have had colds, fevers etc. Brock had it the week before Christmas and Reece woke up around 12:30am on Christmas Eve with a fever and was sick on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I was extremely exhausted as I was up with at least one child most of the night. But we still managed to have an excellent Christmas filled with family, friends, and gifts. And let us not forget why we were celebrating - the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Reecey has learned to say "Jesus" and it is too cute. Now that Reecey is feeling better, she is enjoying her new toys. Here are some pictures...

Daddy got Reecey and Brody a truck like his. I am sure this will be destroyed before Brody has a chance to use it.
Don't you love the bed head?

Reecey got to be a real pro at opening this year...

Here's the new vacuum...which actually turns on and sucks up dirt - a real plus for mommy (minus the noise)

Bo and Reece. Aunt Jill made Reece this cute apron for her kitchen

Reecey and grami and all her presents...

My Christmas Presents...

Here are two of my favorite Christmas presents...we are so blessed with two happy children (I said happy, not healthy...that's a whole other story).


Of course, you can't get them both smiling in one picture, so here's one of B smiling.

Some Christmas photos...

Possibly a future Santa...he sure enjoys his milk and cookies...



Friday night we went to Grami and Pa-pas for dinner and some pictures for their possible Christmas card. Here are some pictures we took...

From left to right - Kennedy, Grami, Bo, Reece, Pa-pa, Brody


Pa-pa and the boys...

Bo, Pa-pa, Brody, Kennedy, Grami, Reece

Brody, Mommy, Daddy, Reece...

Brody's 2 month appointment

We finally made it to Brody's 2 month appointment. It was suppose to be last Wednesday but Reece got the stomach flu on Sunday the 7th, I got it on Tuesday, Brock got it on Thursday, and Brody got it on Saturday....we were a mess around here. Anyways, doc says he's a healthy little boy. He is 22 and 1/4 inches which is 25% so he has short little legs - the fact that he is still wearing newborn pants should have been my first clue. He is 11 lbs 14 ounces which is 50% and his head is 16.5 inches which is the 90th %...no surprise there. We go back in February...hopefully by then he will be sleeping through the night...ugh.

Same Santa...different kids...here's last year's photo with Santa.



Santa really needs to learn how to hold these kids...look at Brody's poor pants. It was difficult to get both kids looking at the camera. The one where Brody is looking, Reece is pouting. Oh well...maybe next year.


Reece wearing my high heels...she is such a shoe girl which is kind of scary...and she does really well in my heels which is even scarier.

Reece loves Harley right now. They play all day long which is nice for me. While Harley was eating dinner the other night she covered him up with her favorite blankie.

New Tricks

My happy guy...I know all these pictures probably look the same to you but every time he smiles I just think it's the greatest!

Brody's new trick - blowing bubbles...I don't know why but every evening he gets kind of ticked and puckers his lips and all these bubbles start coming out. Reecey sure likes it and yells "bubbles" and points.

Reecey's new trick...um...I'll let you take a guess at what she is doing...Brock thought I was joking but tonight he caught her walking around the house like this...it's a little lower than how I do it but she gets the idea.

A smiley face...


A serious face...


Reece got to have her first bowl of cereal all on her own...she was so proud.

Well, I thought "swaddle man" was getting rid of the swaddle because he seems to be fighting it lately, but this is the only time he has fallen asleep not swaddled. This was 2 nights ago so I tried to put him down not swaddled and he cried for a 1/2 hour and then was up an hour later. I swaddled him and then he slept until 3:30am (going 8 hours without a feeding)...YEA!


Sunday, I put Reece in her snow suit and winter coat and we went out to check out the snow. She screamed with joy at first until she realized it was cold. Then she didn't want to touch it. She says "snow" but then points to her nose....gets confused since I guess the words sound similar to her. It was funny to see her all bundled up...she fell and couldn't get up and it reminded me of the kid from the movie "A Christmas Story"...I was laughing and she was crying saying "mommy, mommy"...

Brody likes the swing...