Big Boy

Noah is a huge boy. He loves Annalise's Cozy Coupe and really wishes he knew how to drive. I can't believe how giant his face and body look in these pictures. He weighs more than Annalise and wears 18 month clothing and is ALL smiles.

Buddies

Here is Annalise and Noah looking cute after a bath. They get along so well. I am excited for them to be able to play together more and more as he gets older.

And, here is Annalise with Grayson. She calls Grayson her "Best-a-Buddy" and they have loads of fun together. She needed blue PJs like Grayson so in this picture, she is sporting some of Noah's PJs. Good thing they are the same size!

Mischief!

I left Noah unattended in our bathroom for less that 5 minutes yesterday. When I came back in, he had climbed up on the step in front of the tub and turned on the water! He was quite proud of himself.

First Haircut

Today Annalise got her first haircut! I was getting tired of her stringy hair! As expected, she was NOT happy to be at the salon but warmed up after about 20 minutes. Now it is nice and straight across the back. Corree had a Santa nutcracker out that Annalise insisted on holding and looking at the entire time. All of the Christmas decorations were excellent distractions.

SNOW!

Thanksgiving Fun

I just can't seem to keep up with blogging lately! I am hoping that my next post won't be in three weeks.

We had a really fun time at Thanksgiving in spite of the fact that Annalise, Noah, and I all had pink eye and Annalise and I both also had sinus infections. I got medicine before we left and we ended up taking Annalise to the CVS Minute Clinic (which I highly recommend, everyone was so nice!).

Noah is just growing like a weed and can stand up while holding onto things. He has the sweetest smile.

Annalise was a big helper in the kitchen! Some of the highlights were:

GINGERBREAD HOUSES

Here is the finished product. Please notice the bite that got taken out of the snowman's head-

This is what the finished product was supposed to look like-

Work in progress-

She can't smile here because her mouth is full of candy-

PIE MAKING

Annalise helped peel and core the apples-

These were the prettiest pies I've ever made!

TURKEY COOKING

Annalise ate off of real china and used a crystal goblet for the big meal at what she called "The Fancy Table."

Here is Noah at Thanksgiving dinner. He LOVES to eat and polished off everything on that green plate.

Annalise at the "Fancy Table"

Using her fancy cup-

We helped with some Christmas decorations and went on lots of wagon rides to see all of the beautiful lights that are completely amazing for Annalise.

Untwisting lights with Bubba-

Hanging ornaments on the tree-

Wagon rides to see lights-

We praise God for our wonderful kids and that He has given us SO much to be thankful for!

Birthday Weekend

My Mom and I have the same birthday. This year she and my Dad came up to Fort Worth to celebrate. We went to ICE at the Gaylord Hotel. It was amazing! Annalise thought it was so magical! Thomas and Amy met us there. It is 9 degrees inside and is very cold but they loan you a stylish parka. Noah rode in the baby carrier in front of me so he stayed nice and toasty but is VERY heavy!

Here we are before going in-

They had lots of fun decorations Annalise got to play in while we were waiting-

Family of four inside-

The whole family inside-

That same weekend we also had Noah's baby dedication at church. The pictures aren't the best because I dropped the camera when we went to ICE. :(