Sunday, December 25, 2011

A Merry Christmas to All!

We love Christmas! Here is how we celebrated today:
Opening stockings

Enjoying our "fire in the fireplace"

Cinnamon rolls for breakfast

Thanking one another for gifts

Then we went to church, came home, and Skyped with all of our grandparents. That tired Josh right out.

Eating Christmas dinner

Decorating our rocketship and castle while watching The Forgotten Carols


Getting ready for bed with our new pajamas

And then Larkin played with Josh.


We had a wonderful, quiet Christmas! How was yours?

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Using a Pacifier . . . Without the Pacifier

We know other babies do this too, but we think it is incredibly adorable/entertaining to watch Josh self-soothe using his imaginary pacifier. He is SUCH a cute kid!


Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Why Our Kids Are the Greatest

This is not a post to brag about how great we are as parents. If there is one thing parenthood has taught me and Larkin, it is that these kids came to us with their own personalities. We simply recognize that we have been entrusted with the three most amazing kids ever.

Recent examples of the kids' awesomeness:
1. Will and Larkin were breaking the wishbone from a chicken on Saturday. William grabbed his side, said "I wish our family can be together forever!", and YANKED that bone before Larkin could react. When he saw that he had won, sweet William started jumping up and down saying, "I won! We can be together forever!"

2. Anna was writing/coloring her letter to Santa last night. We heard Will say, "Your dollhouse is pink." I said, "Anna, you got a dollhouse last year. You don't need one this year." Anna replied, "I'm telling Santa thank you for my dollhouse!" All on her own, this thoughtful girl was using her letter to Santa as a thank you card.

3. Will couldn't decide what to ask Santa for this year. He came to me and Larkin and said, "He can just give me whatever he wants to give me, and I'll be happy with it." What other four-year-old is so easy-going when it comes to getting gifts from Santa?!

4. Joshua set his own sleep schedule at two months old that includes sleeping 8+ hours at night. He loves us so much! He also regales us with songs and giggles and smiles all the time.


Again, we have the three best kids ever. Ever.