Ski Trip to Gatlinburg

This year Joseph decided to give the whole fam an awesome Christmas present. Rather than buying us each a gift he got us a ski trip to Gatinburg. We stayed in an awesome chalet and had an unbelievable time together. Brady was getting over a virus so he was no quit himself and a little grouchy, but he still had fun. He did ski, but it was such a process just to get on the snow, that he was only out there for a little bit and he was ready to take all of his "gear" off. I probably overdressed him, but we really didn't know what to expect. Anyway, the skiing was fun for everyone and definitely something we will do again. But after Brady was done skiing he got to ride the carousel and hang out at the ski lodge. It was a really neat place. We also had a lot of fun just hanging out at night playing Catch Phrase and just acting crazy. We finished the trip with a little shopping, overall a great trip! Thanks Joe, Joe for the great gift! Can't wait for next year!

Random Christmas

These are some random pics of us before Christmas. Emma is so darn cute in her Santa hat that Papaw bought her. She is at such a cute age and getting into everything. She is cruising around the house holding on to the furniture and yes, taking many falls, some of which are often caused by her brother. She'll be nine months next week and still no teeth, but she babbles all the time and I think she'll be walking soon.

Playing in the Snow

Brady and Emma were playing in the snow with Jessi at Nana and Pops house on one of our snow days.

Breakfast with Santa

I can't believe that it's already Christmas time. This year is going to be even more fun for us because Brady is already so excited and we have Emma to be thankful for as well. Brady loves the lights and seeing Santa and of course he already has a very long list of things that he wants. Last year he asked for candy and this year he is asking for much more expensive gifts that are harder to find. He wants "stinky the garbage truck," "big foot the monster," dinosaurs, cars, and many others things. Basically anything that he sees in a store, on tv or in a magazine, he wants. I can't wait to see what Santa brings him and see the look on his face Christmas morning.
We took the kids to see Santa a few weeks ago for breakfast with Santa. They were both very good and Brady told Santa everything that he wanted. Now, when he tells me he wants something and I tell him I doubt he'll get that, he'll say, "Oh, Santa will bring me it."
We look forward to the holidays and time together. We are so very blessed and have so much to be thankful for.

Emma's First Haircut

I can't believe that Emma already got her first haircut. Since she was born Emma has had quite a bit of hair, but lately it has gotten so long that unless I have it in a ponytail it's in her eyes. So, two weeks ago we decided to have Cindy give Emma her first haircut. These are some before and after pics. She didn't take too much off, just enough to keep it out of her eyes. She's such a little cutie!

Happy Birthday Reed

We went to Brady's buddy, Reed Mouser's, 3rd birthday party today. They had a really cool huge slide that the kids loved. Brady had a great time on the slide, playing with the trucks and cars and running around with his friends. It was a great birthday party. I can't believe how fast our boys are growing.

Green beans and a Shiner

Well, we had some exciting happenings this week. On Tuesday night Brady went to the Dugout with his dad while I went to the grocery. When I came to pick him up I was a little upset to see his first black eye. Of course it was a complete accident. Jason was holding a bat and Brady was running full speed and ran right into the end of it. Jason said he only cried for a minute, but of course he wanted sympathy from me as soon as I got there. Poor guy!

On a better note, that same night, Emma finally ate some baby food. We have been trying for weeks to get Emma to eat cereal or baby food or anything other then milk without gagging or throwing up. She has not liked any fruits and I tried a few veggies, but I hadn't tried green beans, because what baby prefers green beans. Well, wouldn't you know she loved them. She didn't gag at all and she ate the whole jar. Since then she is now eating bananas as well. Yah!