We LOVE Santa

Christmas came and went so fast this year. Matthew came to visit for a couple of days and got to spend some time with us. He is such an awesome brother and I miss him so much. While he was we went to a Cleveland Browns game a froze our butts off. We went with my older brother Nick and his fiance Lindsay. Even the with the wind chill at -22 we had so much fun! Can't wait for him to come back.

Christmas Eve was at our house and Brent's parents came over to have Christmas with us. I spent the day cooking all sorts of yummy food. We always do appetizers on Christmas Eve. Here are some fun pictures from that night.

Christmas morning was all that we expected and more. The kids had so much fun. I think I had more fun by watching them. Emily was so cute to watch. Every gift was her favorite. The pictures speak for them selfes.

Emily opened up her Princess dress trunk and just had to put them on! Daddy loves them ;) She also got matching princess dress up shoes. Too stinkin cute!

And Emily's favorite gift of all.... ELMO LIVE!!!!

My Little Heavy Weight

Mason had his 9 month appointment last Tuesday. He is doing great! And boy is he BIG!!! 24 lbs 14 oz 29 1/2 inches long. He is the size of a 1 year old. He was teesing Brent that we will have to order him a special helmet for football because he is so big.

We went and got our pictures taken....Mason did great. Emily is a different story. 2 1/2 is a really interesting age. She did not want to take ANY pictures! One second she is my sweet little princess the next she is this "that toddler" everyone is starring at. She had a rough couple of weeks but is gradually getting back to her old self.

Dad & Sally's Visit

We have had a very busy house lately. Dad and Sally came and visited last weekend. It was so nice seeing them. I was glad they got to spend some time with the kids too. Emily had a fun time playing with Lollie and Mason did to. Dad is funny with them. He likes holding them but really dosen't get in the floor and play like Lollie. Thats ok though he still gets to enjoy them.

My brother Brad and his wife Kelly have twin boys that are 6 months younger then Emily. She loves Finn & Aydin!!! They play so sweet together and I love that they are so close in age. We celebrated their 2nd birthdays last week. We had so much fun. They are such neat little boys.

The Elf Family

I just love this silly thing.



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