MERRY CHRISTMAS

This year we were able to make arrangements with Santa to have Christmas a couple days early. Santa was in Seattle picking up a new shipment of Xbox 360 and games and such, and was able to drop by last night and leave presents and fill stockings for our family. Here's a photo summation of our good times and acquisitions.


We began the festivities by opening
some new Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve.





Christmas morning we got up and saw some great new toys that had been left by Santa.


Lizzy was the more excited of the children as she received a shiny new red tricycle. She ran over to it and started trying to ride it. Ervin got a nice Belly Boppy with some toys attached to it. He seems to like playing on his tummy, so it seems like something he'll like. The stockings had candy and movies from Santa as well as some little toys. Lizzy got a Lightning McQueen car that goes when you shake it (she's played with it more than any other toy so far), and a new Little Einsteins adventure movie. Ervin got a baby Cookie Monster who is wearing a diaper and holding a rubber 'teething cookie' and a 'Bob the Builder' movie. Mommy got the new Harry Potter movie and Star Dust. Daddy got Bourne Ultimatum, Simpsons Movie, and a Blue Man Group DVD.



Both the kids also got toys from mommy and daddy as well as grandmas, grandpas, aunt and uncles. Ervin gave his big sister a big can full of Lincoln Logs. Lizzy also got a kitchen set, rain coat, tricycle helmet, some games, books, and lots of clothes. Ervin received a new rattle from his sister and a baby monitor from mommy and daddy. Pretty much everyone else gave him some really great new clothes. The kids were even lucky enough to receive an autographed first edition of Mr. Beeson's new book.



Baby Ervin gave mommy a new pair of slippers to wear in the new house, and mommy gets to pick out a new set of kitchen knives from all of us.



Daddy got a shop-vac and a Maguires auto detailing set (incentive to finally clean the car), some bike parts, and a really great multi meter.

Uncle David gave the family a brand new receiver for our surround sound. We've already taken it to our new house and will hook it up as soon as we get moved in.

We went to our new house today for a little while. We took Lizzy's trike so she could ride it there. We also took a few other thing over in preparation for the big move that'll be happening Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We love our new place and are getting very excited to move. As soon as we're in and somewhat settled we'll take some pictures and post them.

Merry Christmas everyone, and thanks for all the support and love you've given us over the last while. We love you all and hope that you have a great Christmas season.

Happy Horsey Time

Tonight while we were watching Jeopardy, Julianne found a way to make Ervin laugh so hard that he didn't even notice daddy had the camera out.

Giggles

Here is a short video of Ervin kicking. He was laughing lots and lots but he doesn't like the camera with the same enthusiasm as his sister, so when he saw me trying to take a video he stopped laughing.

Here's another picture of Lizzy in her smock. Mommy usually just puts Lizzy in the smock then puts her in the chair. Daddy didn't know what he was doing so he put Lizzy in the chair then put the smock over both of them. It has plenty of room so Lizzy didn't mind. That's why there's a hump. . .

Update...

It's been a long time since we've written, and a lot has happened since we last wrote. Thanksgiving was... well, a learning experience, to say the least. Zak did a great job on the turkey but we realized that all that we did was just too much work to be worth the trouble to feed the two of us, as Lizzy didn't eat much. But now she seems to be turning a new leaf as she has eaten sourdough bread and about 10 slices of pepperoni this week.


Even after we learned our Thanksgiving lesson, we decided to make sugar cookie ornaments to decorate our Christmas tree. It was fun making a mess, but in the end, our cookies were just too heavy to stay on the tree. Lizzy is really excited about Christmastime. She loves talking about Christmas trees, snowmen, and Santa. She listens for those words on the radio or t.v. and promptly repeats them as loud and as excited as she can.



Lizzy, mommy, and Ervin keep busy during the day. We love to read stories, play with toys, paint/color, and watch t.v.






In these pictures Lizzy is wearing a temporary smock which is a very, very large shirt. When we put it on, she called herself a ghost and paraded around the room making ghostly sounds and movements.