Santa's visit

Santa's Little Helpers are dressed and ready for bed. Karson was ready to go to bed so Santa would come visit. The went to bed early but sat around playing in bed. Unfortunately, we had to use a little force to get them to sleep!! Even bribing with Santa wouldn't work.

Ms. Jackie knew that Karson was worried about Santa getting into our house since we don't have a chimney so she bought him a Santa key. He hung it on the door as he set out the milk and cookies.

Santa supported John Deere way too much this year

Boys looking at their toys. Karson was up first after mom and woke up everyone. He looked at the presents and then said that Santa didn't eat the cookies. He was not happy!! Santa did eat one and took a bite out of the others. Maybe next year Santa will be hungrier!! OOPS!! Korbin was so sleepy he wasn't too sure about it but really liked it when daddy got the tractors out.

Still thinking about it all or wondering when can I get back to bed

Drag time

On the go

Making hay bales and loading them up to take to the cows. True farmers just like Grandpa

Kelton finally woke up to find his gifts. Tractors for all!!

December Happenings

Another month has come and gone. We look back at all the exciting memories we have made in 2008 and anxiously await the new year and all it has for us.
Bright eyes is happy ALL the time

Those boys!! Two of a kind share ice cream and give momma a hard time

Mr. Fireman will charm the girls one day with those eyes

Wiped out- Love how Kelton is sleeping so peacefully

These two have been really fighting naps and bedtime lately. They are driving us crazy. They play and toss and turn for up to 2 hours. It is just so hard for them to wind down and close their eyes. We have tried everything but will still take any suggestions. Tonight they finally fell asleep together. How Sweet!!

Karson still loves to play with his train track and today he built an awesome track totally by himself. I came back in the room and he had created this. He is quite the engineer like his daddy!

I cleaned out part of the boys toys and closet today knowing it would be full again after Christmas. Karson found a cash register I had bought at a garage sale and wanted to play with it. When I returned it was full of money. He had emptied the piggy bank to fill it up. Smart boy though, because he emptied Korbin's first and then his. Mom caught him doing his so it is still full. Later I found Korbin's and realized what had happened. Sneaky big brother!!

We found our toys and love to pull and tug at them. So happy!!

5 months old

Sweet Kelton is 5 months old. It is hard to believe how fast time has gone. He is the happiest and best baby. We are finally getting better at night and not having to sleep in mom's bed the entire time. She is also getting more sleep so everyone is happier. I am rolling all over the place and have nearly mastered sitting up. I need just limited support. Cereal is great especially mixed with apple juice. Life is great!!

Timber-Falling Tree

The cat (Karson's birthday present last month) loves to climb our tree. We have had the tree up for about a week with no ornaments and it climbed up it everyday. I was smart enough to know not to put glass ornaments on it this year. We finally got it decorated one night when Brent was home. The next morning we were sleeping in and heard Karson get up. He was in the living room and was shouting "NO, NO, No, NoKitty- Stop that!!" Then we hear BANG< CRASH. We go in there to find the following picture and screaming child. Do you see that splash of orange in the middle of the tree?? That is Karson's shirt. He is totally under the tree. The cat was in the tree and he was trying to get him out. Luckily, only one ornament was broken but I easily glued it back together.

Trimming the Tree

The boys helped us decorate the tree this year. I don't have a very elaborate tree so it was wonderful that they could help. I really am glad that I have been able to control my urges to rearrange the ornaments and make it look better. Several of the ornaments were on the same branch and most were towards the bottom. Karson did get a chair and we got more towards the top. Just looking at it reminds me of the boys and how special they are. These memories are way more important than a pretty tree!!

MeMe and PaPaw have been really busy with work, school, and fixing up their new house and didn't have their tree up yet. We finally called them and told them if they would put it out, we would help them decorate. They agreed and the boys helped decorate the tree. PaPaw was more paticular about where to put the ornaments than I was but the boys didn't mind and loved helping.

Korbin really had to stretch to put the ornaments on or so it seems!