New hats

The kids picked out some new hats this weekend. Much to our surprise, they wear them longer than we ever anticipated.

Austin's 1st Haircut

The infamous first haircut...went as expected. Austin was NOT happy about it.

It seemed to only take a balloon and a slide to make him forget the horrible experience and smile again.



In the words of Grandma Jan, "He looks like a little boy now instead of a baby." Amazing what a little trim can do!

And speaking of hair - as CRAZY as Lilly's hair is at this stage, I'm trying my hardest to just leave it alone and let it grow. Some days it's out of control...but it makes for some great pictures. :o)

Say "Cheese!"

Or just frown...

The joys of new toys

Oh the joys of having too many toys in the house for the kids to play with.

They both decided they wanted to try to fit in the baby doll pack n play...I guess it worked.


The joys of playing with other kids' toys...


Lilly and Austin each got a fun shaped tent. They love climbing in and out of them. The only problem is...they take up so much space! We'll see how long it takes before they let us fold them up for a little while. :o)

Christmas Morning ~ Lilly

Lil had just enough time in between presents to shove her entire half of the banana in her mouth.


I think its safe to say she LOVES her baby doll and stroller.


Lilly was very into opening gifts this year, including making sure the paper got into the trash bag. She made sure she took each little piece she tore off over to the trash bag before she continued with that present.

Loves her new baby...

Christmas Morning ~ Austin

Austin loves their new kitchen set complete with a grill that lights up and makes grilling sounds. He grilled hamburgers all morning Christmas day.


He also attempted quite a few shots on his new basketball goal.

And then went back to grilling.

They also got battery powered four wheelers. (We haven't snapped many pictures of those yet. There's only so much room in the house to ride them.) :o)

The kids both seemed to genuinely like every gift they received this year (with the exception of clothes) from their new shoes to books to toys.

I'd call it a successful 2nd Christmas! :o)

Ready for presents!

Lilly's ready to get to Grandma Jan's for some presents...

Austin had a blast opening presents and helping Grandma Jan pass them out...

Hangin Out

Playin the Wii with cousin Kaden...

"Dear Santa..."

"You scare me!"

Toys, toys, toys

The kids are at a fun age...they actually like to play with their toys.

They recently discovered some large legos they inherited from cousins Kenzie and Shelbie.



They also love any type of ball.



And they really like taking the drawers out of their plastic storage containers and climbing in them.