The fun never ends :)

Miles is 10 months old

Wow...another month has gone by. His official ten month birthday was the day after Christmas, so we captured this shot just a few days late. It is getting much more difficult to capture him sitting in one spot on the chair :)

Christmas in Cincy

Thanks to Aunt Kathy for sending me some great pics from a fun Christmas day. I'm a little delayed, but at least it is before next Christmas :)

Christmas Eve Morning

We had our Christmas in three waves this year. The morning of the 21st at home, the morning of the 24th in Grosse Pointe, and the afternoon of the 25th in Cincy. Will really got into Santa and all of the festivities this year. He was also very upset that we didn't get to sing "Happy Birthday" to baby Jesus at church. We had to do that in the car on the way home! In Grosse Pointe, I captured Will's amazement of all the ashes (or mess as he called it) that Santa left after coming down the chimney. Lots of wonderful memories!

Papa's Office

We had a great surprise visit with Papa when we stopped at his office. Will and Miles loved seeing the boats, big buildings, Papa's desk, and Will's favorite, Papa's coffee mug.

Christmas at Home

We were very lucky to have three wonderful Christmases this year. First we wrote Santa a note and asked him to come to our house on the night of the 20th. Then we had Santa on Christmas Eve in Grosse Pointe and Christmas evening in Cincinnati. We have two very lucky little boys!!! Some of our favorite memories are:

1. Will saying "Look at all of these presents" over and over as he stood in front of our tree

2. Miles loving all of the wrapping paper, boxes, and bags much more than the presents

3. Will learning about the chimney and how Santa loves cookies and milk and Rudolph loving his carrots.

4. Learning that Santa leaves a mess of ashes when he comes down the chimney. This happened in Grosse Pointe :)

5. How much more enjoyable, exciting, and special Christmas is when you have two sweet little boys to celebrate with.

Creekside Holiday Lights

In our community, there is a fun little area called Creekside. For the second year, they decorated this area with tons of lights, they had little houses for kids to play in, some "fake ice" to skate on, and a beautiful Christmas tree all decorated. Sunday was super mild, so we decided to take the boys up there for a look around. Will had a blast acting like he worked in the post office (no surprise there) and at the bank.