It must be Christmas

Daddy and Alexander

Such a sleepy boy....it was a busy day.
Uncle Grant teasing Isabella.

Auntie Beebs and Alexander

Mom-mom has a book just like the one she is reading to Isabella. Isabella LOVES this book and is talking about it all the time. So Mom-mom got her her own book for Christmas. It's from the 50's and full of children's poems and very enchanting illustrations.

Grandma reading to Isabella.

Poor Grandma....she wanted to hold both of her great-great grandbabies, but Isabella was just not interested.

The traditional yule-log. We do this every year before we eat dinner. The brothers go out and find the biggest log they can, and then the decorated it with wrapping paper. Uncle Jeffrey gives a speech of sorts (the same every year) and we all say "JOY JOY JOY" and then he splashed the log with wine and then we eat. I like this tradition, even though we always forget when our big line comes in.

Tio and Isabella. She loves her Tio.

Dragging the leaves away.

Helping Papi put the leaves on the tarp.

"When we're helping we're happy!"

Showing me the leaf on her broom.

With her new shopping cart, baby, and little people.

Alexander after having his breakfast....he was very full.

Christmas was just WONDERFUL!!! We started the day at home (with Papi and Isabella raking leaves after breakfast), and then we headed to Uncle Jeffrey's house for the traditional Christmas dinner. I absolutely LOVE Christmas time. We had a lovely day together.

grrrrrrrrrr......!!!

WHAT THE HECK!!!! SOMMER....come and help me, seriously! Blogger is being really mean and nasty and not letting me type anything with the pictures I put up....GRRRRR!!!! Talk about frustrating!

What I wanted to say in "I LOVE my family!":
Last Friday my brothers and sister came over so that I could take their pictures for Christmas gifts. We had a lovely time together. There was a little bit of silliness going on (pretty typical) and lots of smiling, laughing, and loving. I seriously LOVE my family and am very greatful to be a part of it, too.

By the way....we got a new camera (Nikon D40....woo hoo!)....isn't the picture quality just wonderful?! I'm in love.....I miss taking photos, and now I can use my "skills" and get back into it again. YAY!

I LOVE my family!

Gingerbread house

For some reason, Blogger isn't letting me write anywhere else but down here.....hmmmm....maybe it's just me. Anyways.....

We built a Gingerbread house together a couple of nights ago. Isabella just LOVED it! She especially liked licking the icing off of her fingers. We had a great time together, and built a masterpiece, if I can say so. It was nice to be able to spend time together as a family.

Two months too fast

My sweet little boy is 2 months old as of Thursday....it's just not fair. I wish that it all didn't go by so fast. But at the same time, I'm really happy that he's smiley now. So far, Alexander is nice and healthy. He weighed in at 13 lbs and is 23 inches long. He's definately nice and plump...just how I like my babies to be. He's not doing a lot of exciting things right now. Just eating (like crazy!), sleeping (great at night....like 6 hours straight for me.....YAY), cooing a little, and smiling when I talk to him (this is my favorite). I wonder if he's going to have a temper issue....sometimes when I take him off to burp him, he will get SO MAD. I'm just a mean ol' mami, not letting him finish his meal first. He's also starting "talking" to Isabella, which is so cute. She will show him her toys and give him big hugs and kisses and sometimes he talks to her. I just love it. I'm so greatful my little man has made it this far in life. I hope he continues to be nice and healthy.