Another Video

We wanted to share this video also from Christmas Eve. This one was taken after the first one I posted. The kids are yelling "Santa, Santa, Santa" and then Mikaiya says "I don't want Santa" followed by "He'll come back" a little bit later.

The best is when Nate tells them about how Santa only delivers toys when kids are snug in their beds. Just watch Rylie's reaction...it's pretty cute! Needless to say she was ready to go home not long after that!

Santa Has Jets!

This video is great. It's from Christmas Eve when the kids were outside putting out their reindeer food. Since it's kind of hard to understand toddlers when they're not yours, key comments of interest are:

At around 5 secs Rylie: "He went away. He went so fast!"
At around 10 secs Mikaiya: "There's another Santa!"
Right after that (Danny, Nate or Jeff): "Santa's got jets!"

Yep, you guessed it...the kids thought the planes flying overhead were in fact Santa. Gotta love it!

Santa Came!

Mikaiya was so excited to see that Santa came on Christmas morning. The look on her face was just a look of awe:

She had a great time opening presents and even got her number 1 request (Cinderella):

She even paused to take a cute picture with her baby sister:

And Braenna enjoyed her Christmas morning as well:

Christmas Eve Festivities

We had a very busy Christmas Eve here. We opened presents in the morning from us, Nana and Pop, and Uncle Johnny, Aunt Jen and Max.

That afternoon, we had a Christmas gathering with our Texas Family. The kids all had a great time and we even had a Santa Claus sighting in the front yard while they were putting down reindeer food.

School Party

The girls had their Christmas parties at school on December 19 (I'm a little behind on my posts!). Braenna got to get her picture taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus:

And she also got a cute hat from one of her little friends:

Mikaiya actually let Mrs. Claus get near her:

And enjoyed her snacks with all of her friends:

Christmas with Grammy and Grampa

We got to spend an early Christmas with Grammy and Grampa this year. It was very nice to have some family around during the holiday season. We all had a great time, especially the girls (and Grammy and Grampa of course!). It was a short but busy visit.

Grammy and Mikaiya made a gingerbread tree:

We had Christmas present opening:

We baked cookies, taught Grampa Wii, and played a lot. Oh, and of course, took lots of pictures!

Thank you Grammy and Grampa for taking time out of your busy schedules to come and visit us! We really enjoyed it!

Merry Christmas Eve

I had to share these pics of the girls today. I couldn't decide which I liked better, so I am posting them both. We hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas Eve and wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Braenna's Half Year Birthday

It is so hard to believe, but our little one is a whole 6 months old today! Time is just flying by. She is so cute and has such a little personality. She finally decided to learn to roll over (and repeat it willingly!) yesterday. It's about time. She still loves to chat and jabbers on and on to anyone who will listen. She loves the mirror and spends her days at school talking to the pretty baby on the other side. She's also been eating cereal now for about a month. She is still not really into it, but we keep working on it. She's up to 16.5-17 pounds now. Growing like crazy! She actually somewhat enjoys tummy time and has been working on figuring out how to move while she's there. She's been tucking her legs up under her and when they're not tucked, they're pushing on the ground to try and get moving. Here's a couple of pictures from today:

A Visit With Santa

We went to our work Christmas party on Friday night and the girls got to visit with Santa. Mikaiya cried at first, but did sit on his lap and we got almost a smile. She also claims she told him that she wants Cinderella for Christmas. Braenna did great, she's at that age where she doesn't care who holds her. Here's the pics I took, we should get the real ones in about a week:

November Pics

Wow, I cannot believe it is December! November just flew by so fast. It didn't seem like a super busy month, but looking back on all the pictures, I guess it was. Hope you enjoy the pictures from this month:

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