Last Post of 2011

Well… sadly, Cole’s hair playing tendency turned into a extremely tight hair twirling habit.  So tight that he was pulling out his hair, and it was getting thin.  We were afraid he was going to make a bald spot so we decided our only choice was to cut his hair short.  We decided to have a hair-cutting party with some of our best buddies here to make it more exciting.  Cole was pumped and so proud of his “big boy” haircut!

Cleaning all that hair off!

He looks so different but is still such a cutie!

Sweet friends already!  Jordan and Andee are so cute together!

Jordan is getting better at walking around her play table.  She is very proud.  Also, Cole has invented a baby rollercoaster for Jordan… don’t think she is going to be afraid of much by the looks of this!  She loves it every time.  So silly!

This weekend we are celebrating the New Year with Mimi!  She came to visit, and we are LOVING it!  She and Cole are having a blast and the weather has even been nice enough for some play time outside.  Mims is wonderful, and we love her so much!

2011 has been a year to remember that is for sure!  Two of the top things for me have been watching Cole grow up so much and adding Jordan to our family.  2012 is going to be full of changes too, but we are looking forward to what God has in store for our family and making many more wonderful memories together!  Praying God’s richest blessings on you and yours!

Over the River & Through the Woods…

To Grandmothers’ houses we go!  We headed to TN to celebrate Christmas with both sides of the family.  It was wonderful to get to be with everyone this year. 

First up was Poppy & Nonny’s house…  We had a great Christmas Eve dinner and had fun exchanging one two presents!  The kids were so sweet and in such happy moods. 

After the gift exchange, out came the gingerbread houses… this was pretty hilarious to watch.  Everyone was proud of their house- whether they should have been or not.  Haha.

Christmas morning waiting to go see what Santa brought.

Her first ring!

Love it!

That night my mom’s side of the family all came over to celebrate.  It was so nice to get to see everybody and show off our cute kids. 

Dad making momma laugh… After 30+ years, he’s still got it. 

The next morning we were off to Huntingdon…

We started off at Mimi & PopPop’s house.  Cole was so excited about all his presents, but the mask/cape and tent were by far the favorites.  The fact that Easton also had a mask and cape and came up with all sorts of fun games to play in the tent might have had something to do with it. 

That night we went to Murray’s Grandma Sara’s.  He was the only “bigger” kid there so he was center of attention, and he took advantage!

Jordan got a little attention too though- don’t worry!

Sunday morning we went to church and of course had a family photo shoot…

This one CRACKS me up!  Looks like Cole is about to attack Jordan.

That night we headed to Murray’s Grandma Marilyn and Granddaddy Howard’s… our last Christmas celebration!  Jordan wore her party dress! 

If you can’t tell, we celebrated Christmas to the fullest.  We also came home with WAY too much stuff.  Haha.  Seriously though, the best part of the holiday was getting to spend time with family that we love so much.  What a blessing!  Hope everyone else had a very merry Christmas too!