Christmas in St. Joe

Yet another Christmas celebration - Audrey was spoiled once again. Here she is playing with Aunt Emily's jewelry. She is just like her aunt because she loves shoes, purses and jewelry! Audrey also had fun playing matching cards with Uncle Rod. She now can identify all the numbers and suites. Thanks to Uncle Rod she is ready for Vegas!!

More Holiday Photos

Aunt Megan & Sawyer

That's a lot O meat, hurt so good

Hanging spoons from our noses - stay classy!

Christmas Morning

These are some of Audrey's things from Santa. It was hard for Santa to top Grandma and Papa but as you can see she was pretty happy with her giant princess tent. It came in a very small box so Santa and Mrs. Santa were very surprised too see how huge it was when it was assembled. Play-Dough is always a favorite. She is now learning not to eat or lick it, I know the smell is tempting. She also really enjoys her Cinderella and Winnie the Pooh figurines. I know Daddy wishes they were Star Wars or GI Joe but that will have to wait a few years until Sawyer is bigger. There aren't any pics of him because he pretty much slept through the whole thing. Newborns are soooo much fun!

Christmas Eve

This was just the beginning of our Christmas celebrations. Audrey got a crib for her Bitty Baby from Grandma and Papa. She has enjoyed it a lot. Bitty Baby doesn't usually get to go in the crib though because her beloved Doggy is always in it. She was also very excited about her clock that talks to her. As many of you know, she is very intrigued by clocks. I try not to encourage her but Grandma and Papa don't care.

Audrey is always ready to give "Baby Budder" a hug. I think he is getting used to it. The pic in their pj's is just before bed on Christmas Eve. Audrey said she saw Santa and heard Rudolph on Christmas Eve. Christmas is a ton of fun with a 2 year old!

The Great One

My grandpa, otherwise known as "The Great One," flew in from Florida for Christmas. We are so happy he came to MI to meet his great grandson. You would never know he's 81, we think he has more energy than we do!

He got to hold both of his great grandkids and have a tea party with Audrey. We only wish he got to do this more often but we can't say we blame him for spending his retirement in FL where he can golf year round!

Cookies...The New Addition to the Food Pyramid

Audrey has enjoyed making many batches of cookies throughout the month of December. She has also learned the joy of eating cookie dough! She has become quite the little artist while decorating, very abstract. I think she has eaten more cookies in the past few days than anything else. She will be sad when it's back to fruit and veggies!

Snow Storm

Just thought we's post some pictures of Audrey and Daddy going out to play in the snow. We have about 8 inches but there are drift that are about 15 inches. Zoe gets lost in the snow when she goes outside but I don't think she really minds. It is very windy but Audrey enjoyed her time outside. I thought it would traumatize her and that she would never want to go outside in the snow again but she said it was fun and she built a fort. The wind is about 30 mph but I guess that doesn't bother a hyper toddler!

Ho-Ho-Ho

We are very lucky to live in an awsome neighborhood with great families who all have little kids. Our neighbors had a Santa Party. As you can see Santa came to our party! Very exciting if you're 2 1/2 and very entertaining for all the parents to watch. Audrey showed Santa her shuffle kicks from dance class and her cut on her hand. She was not shy at all! This year she's discovered that Santa is a cool guy.

Santa had a special present for each kid. Audrey got a Magna-Doodle. How did Santa know she wanted that??

How does Anne Geddes do it?

I think the answer to the question is Photo Shop. Here are four of our fifty attempts to take a picture of three kids aged 2 1/2, 15 months and 5 weeks. As you can see it is impossible to have them all looking at the camera at the same time. It was entertaining though.

Audrey and Sawyer celebrated Christmas with Aunt Brandy, Uncle Brad and Tyler on Friday night. Audrey has thouroughly enjoyed her new toys. She loves playing with her doctors kit and styling daddy's afro.

If you are wondering, Tyler is trying to do a sommersault for the camera in the third picture and yes, Sawyer is screaming bloody murder!

Sawyer's First Smile and First Christmas Present

First Smile:Well, the pictures isn't that great but it's hard to try to make him smile and try to take a picture at the same time. Over the past couple days we have been getting some smiles out of him but it does take a lot of effort.
First Christmas Present: We celebrated with the Ward's last night and the bought Sawyer his first Christmas present. He'll have to wait a few months to play with it but we know he will love it when he gets bigger. It has a big mirror, lots of lights, buttons and music - what more could a 1 month old want????

Tiny Dancers!

Saturday was Audrey's first dance recital. It was worth every penny for the dance classes just to get to see the recital. She got to dance on the big stage at the high school. Pictured with Audrey is her friend Abby who lives down the street. I have to say, they are definetly the cutest two in the class! Audrey was a little apprehensive at first but once she got on the stage she didn't want to leave. She ran back out for an encore performance! After her class was escorted off the stage the bigger girls came on for their routine. Audrey thought it would be fun to come running back on the stage. Her teacher had to walk out and get her. I guess she is like her dad and loves to be the center of attention! We can't wait until her next recital in May to see what she will do.

Bath Time and Who's Who

Here are our identical babies. Can you tell which one is which??? Look below for the answer.
The top picture is Sawyer getting his first real bath at 3 weeks old. It is much easier giving the first bath to the second kid, when you actually know what you are doing. There is no where near as much crying involved. The bottom picture is Audrey when she was 6 weeks old. We can't believe how much the look alike!