Xmas Vacation 2012

We had a great Christmas and new years this year with family and friends.  I took a two weeks off of work, which is always fun with babies at home, because instead of getting to see them in little 2 hour snapshots at night, I get to spend more time watching them grow up every day.   Lily went from speaking a word here and there to combining words together, most often "Get it." or "Open it"  Now she gotten in the habit of pointing at whatever I'm eating and yelling "Bite!" as if all my food is hers. 


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On to the pictures!

Auntie and Uncle were nice enough to host the annual Chang/Daws/Walters/Virnig/Rogers Christmas get together at their house, which was great for us since it's only a few minutes away!

Lily's Christmas party dress.

Helping auntie get ready for the party.

Table dancing

Aunite Erica and Gus

Matt posing in his GranDan shirt

Grandma trying to get a cute picture with Lily, but the Mutt got involved.

Auntie set up the basement with a bunch of toys, which was great for the little kids to have a place to play.

 Complete with ball pit! (yes, they did wind up throw all over the basement)

Uncle Terry's present to GranDan arrived just in time for the party.

 Terrible picture of the baby girl.  I'm saving this one for blackmail when she starts dating.

Christmas morning, trying to keep the kids out of the presents until the family arrived was about like herding cats.

Mommy waiting for breakfast.

Our two elves, "Helping" GranDan

Matt and the Thingamajigger!

Both Matt and Lily play with the cars on the wall a ton.

Baby loves.

 Pushinf Dolly in the new stroller.

After Christmas we laid low for a few days then headed to the Cabin.

Too much excitement, couldn't make it to the top before a nap was needed.

Watching Tv with Auntie

"ooooohhhhhhh!"

Going sledding

Daredevil baby

Haning with grandma

Trying to push the sleds up the hill is hard work.

Let's go snowmobiling instead.

That's my feet in this picture.  I was actually running pretty good to keep up with her.  No fear at all in that kid.

It's getting cold!

Check out Grandma's curlers

 Climbing the driveway is hard work with little legs.

 Baby girl passing out after a ride with GranDan

 Taking Lil for a truck ride

 Hanging with Auntie and Uncle

Matt and I took a ride up to the ridge one day.  Too cloudy to see much though.

Matt and GranDan off to get some new years fireworks.

Bonfire at the Craigs for new years

Watching fireworks

Mommy warming up by the fire.

Matt was in a goofy mood, I manged to get a good series of pictures for once.

Constipation?

"Hmmm.. I wonder what I could do to get another sucker?"

"Maybe if I'm cute they'll give me another!"

"Here's a fun game, How many oranges can I fit in my mouth?"

"I'm not really sure."

  

"Not as many as I thought."

Being sweet

Lost in thought

That's not nice uncle.

What a nut.

 He did this on his own.  How he managed not to tip it over and kill himself I'm not sure.

 

Headed home, watching some 'Finding Nemo'

 

Mommy needed some time to clean up when we got home, so I took the kids outside to run a bit.  Lily has taken Matt's toy and is making a break for it!  This is pretty common around here now.

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

-Jake

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!  As my Christmas present to you all I'm updating the blog with some new pictures.  Hopefully things slow down enough after the holidays that I can get back to at least once a month.

 Lily and Dolly, just hanging out.

 A little stink face because I interrupted cartoons.

They don't often play together well yet, but when they do, it's awfully cute.

 Lily in her cold weather gear.  I call this Army Smurf.

Only a month or so past Halloween, but still rocking the pumpkin hat.  Keeps him warm anyway.

Our little daredevil.  She's only fallen off twice.

Matt trying on his new fancy clothes.  I had pictures that turned out better, but his expression in this one just makes him look so grown up I had to post it.

Rotting their little brains....

 "Smile!"

Cuddling with Grandma at her Birthday party.

 Where's Lily?

 "Right here!"

It's pretty dark by the time I get home this time of year.  The other night Matt wanted to go Jeeping with Lily, so I duct tapped 2 flashlights to the front and let them go for it. (Oh, the spots are the flash hitting the rain, it was POURING, not that they cared)

One Saturday we went to the local swap meet, and wound up at the Western History Museum next door.  This place is awesome, and super kid friendly.  We will be going back. 

Driving tractors

Happy girl.

What a clown

The head of the museum talked to us for a bit, and took us for a buggy ride around the parking lot.  Jamie wimped out, but the kids and I had a good time.

Matt, making rope on a rope maker from 1908.

Peddling the  tractor with a toy power take off attached.

 Grinding corn

 Running the trains

We went to the Christmas Tree farm with Grandma, Grandpa and Anne again.

Grandpa teaching Lily the difference between the tree species.

Leading Mommy through the Trees

Trying to locate the ideal tree.

 Matt, going through the tree baler.  He really wasn't sure what was happening, and to be honest I thought the guy was just gonna let him crawl through the barrel....

At the Tree Farm we go to they have a Santa, and it's not to expensive to have the kids picture taken, so we use this as our "Picture with Santa" opportunity.  Lil had missed her nap, and wasn't too happy to start with.  Being dropped on a random fat guys lap did not go well.

Celebrating Lil's B-day with my family a few months late.  Not like she cared.

 Party Hat!

 Santa's making dinner?

Lily doesn't tolerate the hat as well, but she likes to take it off and on.  Had to be quick to get this one.

I scored a bike for Matt with Training Wheels for $5, so Matt's been working on his pedaling skills.  He'll be two wheeling it soon I'm sure.

Climbing Smurf!

 

 1) Matt is Cat in the Hat obsessed.  2) Jamie has started Wool Felting.  Result?  Awesome felted wool Cat in the Hat toys!

Matt, when prompted to smile at the Garden D'lights display.

Thanks for the Monkey blanket Auntie Ann!

Lily is now big enough to join Matt in the tub.  She is Tub Crazy.  Every time I change her diaper, she starts getting excited, screeching "Tub, Tubba, Tubby!"  Same response anytime I walk into the guest bath, and when I get home from work.

Big girl with her water bottle (which she cans say now!)  So nice when they learn to ask for what they want!

 Matt's stacking tower.

Lily climbs to the top of the stairs on her own now, then stands back from the edge and screams "Hep! Hep! Hep!" Until someone comes to get her.

Matt and Jamie went to a play, so Lily got the tub to herself one night.  It was a challenge to extract her.

She crawled into the ottoman herself the other night.  Usually Matt throws her in there.

Christmas Tree making.  Matt decided it made a good Elf hat.

"HAIR!" (What Lily was screaming as she pulled.)

Kisses make it better.

Merry Christmas Everyone!