Some pictures

I realized recently that I have been super slack about taking any pictures. Especially of my own kids! I had lots of great ideas of pictures to do for Grey's second birthday and just totally don't have the energy to pull it off. :( I'm still waiting on that end of pregnancy-just before baby is born rally to hit.

But, the other day I decided I had been lazy enough and it was gorgeous outside, especially for January. So I took the kids out riding around until we found a spot by a construction zone with some wild grass growing. It was incredibly muddy and had a huge puddle in the middle that you couldn't see from the edge, but I got a few good ones!

I love how Skylar's hair is the same color as the weed here.

Grey spotted a plane in the sky shortly after we got there.

And he had to wave bye-bye as it left.

I absolutely love the color and the perfect sunlight in these pictures!

Totally not sure what they are doing here, but it looks fun!

And where did all of that drool come from? And why didn't I notice it until these pictures!

#badmom.

And today, we went out to the park by our house to play for a little while. Grey woke up with an amazing cowlick on both sides of his head and I couldn't get them back down, even with some water! This isn't the best picture (I mean, look at that face!) but it shows his hair in all its glorious detail. Remember- there is no wind here!

His hair makes him look like he has a halo on!

Skylar? When did you get so big!!

I tried to go for a posed shot of Skylar and this is what I got:

A jumping bean.

But then she gave me a good two seconds!

Anyone ever heard of a little book called, "Where the Wild Things Are"? I think my child might have emigrated from that book…

Wowza. Look at that hair… and then look at those eyes!!

Christmas!

Beware of long post with many pictures!

Christmas morning! The kiddos slept in until 9, so it was wonderful!

The stockings I made last year… I really like them, but they are pretty small and I would have to make another matching one for next year… so we might have all new ones next year??

Like father, like son. Hair-wise that is!

Grey wanted to show us everything out of his stocking.

We had to keep reminding him to look for more stuff because he was the king of distraction this year!

Have you ever seen someone so excited to get new undies!?!

Grey's favorite was the chocolate of course.

Skylar made sure that Toby and Sammy each had a stocking as well and they loved their new bones. They each grabbed one up and took off to hide and eat in peace.

Skylar wanted us to open the present she did for us (at school) first, so we opened that up. I loved getting artwork made by them!

Then it was time to open presents!

They both loved all of their presents! But Grey needed some extra convincing to keep opening up new presents since he just wanted to play with the ones he already opened. Perhaps that is a sign that we got them too much stuff??

He almost has it! He has been going around saying "cheese" and taking pictures of people.

He needed a quick recharge in the midst of opening presents!

After we opened presents, Dada helped them play with their new toys while Mama cooked breakfast and then we all got ready and headed over to Nana and Papa's house. We spent Christmas Eve with my family and I'm the doofus who forgot to take her camera. :*(

We got there and ate some lunch and Grey took a nap while Skylar watched cartoons… we waited for Bill and Kristen to get there before we dug into the presents.

Poor Emma got banished to the other room when Bill and Kristen brought their new dog Izzy.

Skylar and Grey were busy little beavers in the middle of all the adults. They were dancing around and throwing balls!

Skylar helped pick out all of the presents this year, including this beaver hat she got for G-pop. I'm taking bets now to see if he will ever wear it again!

We had a great Christmas and the kids are still loving their presents!