Snow!

We finally got a little snow!  This morning, we bundled the kids up and went out for about fifteen minutes (not too smart since we've had a sickie) to throw snowballs and play.  Super fun!

Christmas Day

The Littles were so excited about Christmas morning so they could see what Santa brought for them.  Under the tree, they found gifts from us, their stockings full of fun stuff, slippers, books and a pretend cake from Santa.  Later, they found a note from Santa telling them that he couldn't fit all of their gifts under the tree and that he had put a couple of things in the playroom.  They followed a trail of ribbon to to find them.  Fun stuff!

 

 

We spent Christmas day playing and then went to my mom's house in the afternoon. It was great to see everyone!  I didn't get many pictures but here are a few! 

 Oh, and back to the whole Brecken-coughing-thing...I took him to the doctor the day after Christmas and it turned out to be pneumonia.  Great, huh?  That little man always gets sick--poor guy!  He was given a 10 day antibiotic and we were told to do about five breathing treatments a day with two different medicines.  He was up and down all night for about five nights and is just now starting to sleep better (as I write this on New Years Eve).  He is still coughing, but definitely not as bad and he is ornery as ever! :) 

 



Christmas Eve

Ava was an Angel in the children's Christmas Eve service again this year.  She went back and forth for a few days about whether or not she was going to do it because she was so nervous, but in the end, she decided to be brave.  I was very proud of her!   My parents and Erick's mom joined us at church, which was also very nice.  B-man did fairly well during the service, but was a little antsy and was starting to cough (more on that later). He really liked the live animals!
After church, we headed back to our house to have Christmas with Mimi (Erick's mom).  We had fantastic ribs that Erick made, and opened lots of presents.  I feel bad that I don't even have a picture of the kids with Mimi--I took a couple but they both ended up not so great.  B-man got a little more cranky as the night wore on and I started thinking...great, he's going to be sick over break.  Sigh. 

Had to get a few pictures of us before church! 

Love getting kisses from my babies!

The Littles and Big Daddy!

Our precious Angel

Caught her and her little nervous habit as she was walking up to the stage...pushing her lip into her mouth to chew on it. :)

This one is my FAVORITE!  I just loved watching her do this!

Mimi got the kids some play clothes!

Paging Dr. von Merveldt...

B and his karaoke machine...both of them got one so they can now sing duets!

New Jammies

I have a ton of pictures to share from break so I will try to break them up into different blogs.  These are a few random ones of the Littles in their new jammies that Nana and Papa gave them.  So cute! :)

More Santa!

The kids and I went to the RHCC with my parents this morning for the Santa Brunch.  The kids got to remind Santa what they want for Christmas and have some yummy food and desserts.