Christmas Morning

Checking out what is in their stockings

Ty and I with his stocking.

Ty hanging out while we open presents

The boys showing what Ty got for Christmas

Opening presents wore Ty out :D

Christmas Eve

I love Ty's little face!

Tucker hanging the Magic Key on the door so Santa can get in(because we don't have a chimney)

Ready for bed and ready for Santa to come!

Ty's 1st Christmas

It was a little different having such a young baby at Christmas time. Tucker was almost a year and Trey was 6 months, so they both were sort of into to the Christmas festivities. Ty just hung out and slept most of the time..Tucker and Trey opened all of Ty's presents for him..it was still a lot of fun and Ty looked super cute in his festive Christmas outfit..(thanks mom!)

Christmas Cookies

Every year I make Christmas cookies(using my Grandma's recipe), just like my mom did and her mom did too. Then we have fun decorating them. The boys did a great job this year and man I love these cookies.

Ty 6 weeks old

Ty is 6 weeks old already! Last week he started smiling when we talk to him! It is so cute and I cannot wait to hear him laugh for the first time. He is still sleeping very good at night..he usually falls asleep around 9:30 and sleeps until 4:30 or 5am! So that is pretty amazing for me...too bad I usually can't fall asleep until 11pm and I have tried keeping Ty up longer, which doesn't work and then I have tried waking Ty up at 11 when I go to sleep, but I can mess with him and change his diaper and everything and he still stays asleep. The boys are still loving on him and he is growing so fast!

Daddy making Ty smile

Last Minute Shopping

We were at the mall the day before Christmas Eve doing a little last minute shopping Christmas shopping and decided to let the boys try something new...They have been wanting to try and climb the wall for a long time now, so we thought why not! Tucker had no hesitation about climbing up there and climbed up there really fast, using the hand and foot things. Trey really wanted to climb it, but was a little bit hesitant at first, but then didn't have a problem once on the wall. He didn't quite get the use of the hand and foot things at first, but once we told him to use those to climb, he did a great job and got all the way to the top!

Tucker on the wall

Trey on the wall

One of our friends made a gingerbread house and the boys thought it was the coolest thing, so we decided to make one our own. So we got the kit from Target and had a ton of fun making our own...I think this will have to be one of our new Christmas tradition :D

Busy, Busy,BUSY!!!

I haven't been posting as much as usual, but we have been busy getting ready for Christmas! You know all the fun stuff: decorating, shopping, wrapping, Christmas cards, and baking! My mom always made (and still does make) a ton of delicious goodies every year at Christmas and I have carried on that tradition..using all of her recipes. This year I am going to try to make 10 different sweets: Dark chocolate fudge, chocolate covered cherries, peppermint bark, chex mix, a sweeter fudge, carmel corn, kiss cookies, peanut butter cup cookies, Christmas wreaths, and sugar cookies...so far I have made the first 4. Hopefully I will get the rest done in the next few days...I better because I am quickly running out of time. I will try and be better about keeping things up to date..but now it is time for me to go to bed!

Trey helping me break up the candy canes for peppermint bark!

Early Christmas Presents

We (as in Vinny and I) got an early Christmas present from the boys. The boys made them at school and they couldn't wait for us to open them..well we didn't even get to open them, the boys opened the presents themselves. We love the gift and it is something we will treasure forever!

They wrapped the gifts themselves :D

Tucker with his plaque.

Trey with his plaque..his smile is killin' me :P

Living Nativity

Last weekend at the boy's preschool, they had a Living Nativity. It was a lot of fun. The older kids from Sunday School, play Mary and Joseph and all the preschool kids (minus my two shy boys) were dressed up as Angels or Shepperd's. Tucker and Trey decided that they just did not want to dress up and wanted to stay with me instead. I have to admit I was a little bit sad they didn't want to participate, but they can get very shy at times...and I have no idea where they get this shyness from.....wait who and I kidding...I have always been shy, I am getting a little better now, but they definitely get it from me... But we enjoyed watching the little program, it was a great way to get into the real Christmas Spirit. After the program of Jesus' birth, they had a lot of fun activities for the kids. I put Ty in the front pack and he slept the entire time we were there! It was a nice way to spend a Saturday!

Tucker doing the cake walk.

Trey doing the cake walk.

Trey's plate of goodies he won from the cake walk.

Decorating cookies.

Making an ornament.

Trey riding the donkey.

Tucker riding the donkey.

The boys and their teacher riding the camel.