Merry Christmas 2013!

  Merry Christmas ya filthy animal. One of my favorite movies of the Christmas season is home alone and that is where that quote is from.

We had a great day today. An all around great Christmas for the boys and ourselves. We have a lot of you to thank for that. Here is our pre-thank you (and our pre-Christmas card...that will be our New Years card as it stands now...) card to all of you.  Enjoy!

A Late Thanksgiving

Dad and Lucas

Sorry for the long delay in getting this to you, but better late than never they say.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Aaron's parents house. Dad came along too, and we all ate too much. The kids did great except they may have been a little over excited. I decided that day that it was neccesary to make Lucas a "My First Thanksgiving" shirt to celebrate. So I dug through my drawers and found one last sheet of iron on transfer paper, made a quick design (based completely off something I saw on line) and slapped that baby on the first all white shirt I could find in his drawer (ok, the ONLY white shirt I could find in his drawer). I got a couple quick pictures of him in it as soon as we got there, and I am glad that I didn't wait any longer because either the iron on was lousy or the paper was old (maybe a combo of the two) and the "decal" came off half-way through the night! HAHA.
The next night we went to Aaron's aunt and uncle's house in San Jose and had a little gathering (it's somewhat of a tradition).  Elijah found his new best friend Channell (Aaron's cousin) who played with him and kept him entertained for a good hour...and he still talks about her to this day!
I hope you enjoy these pictures, and sorry for the somewhat random babbling, I have both the kids tonight and its bathtime and and and! HAHA!

Hannah (David's little girl)

Elijah singing with Grandma

Elijah and his Channel!

Almost There!

Our little Lucas is getting closer to pulling himself up.  Let me tell you, we are ok with where he is at now. We don't need this nosey little boy to be walking anytime soon; his little army crawl is just the right pace right now (though that is quickly turning into a full on crawl). Still, it's fun to watch him start to hit milestones, and even more fun to get to share them with you.  Here is Lucas "half way"up.

Annual Christmas on First Street

Friday was the annual Christmas on First street in town. This is one of my favorite things to do this time of year and is becoming more fun now that we have lots and even more so now that Elijah is really starting to "get" Christmas.
Friday was a rainy dreary and cold night, the baby was sick with a double ear infection and an eye infection so Aaron opted to stay home with him while I picked up Elijah from daycare swung by dads house and picked him up then we scooted down to main street for the cold, but festive tree lighting. I think this was the first year I actually saw the tree lighting itself, usually we show up late and then walk the street for a couple hours talking to all the people we haven't seen in a year (or a day as it may well be hahaha). So this was extra special. Elijah loved it and we even ran in to some of the gang. The kids had a little dance party and then dad, Elijah and I took off and made a b-line for the car:) I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Eli looking dapper in daddy's Bernie and a. Borrowed Adidas jacket from Jackson

Clap, Clap, Clap your Hands!

  Somebody has learned how to clap. Can you imagine who it is? Well ok that was an easy guess. Do you know when he claps his hands? When he is really excited about something. Here is our little guy clapping, he started this on Monday, the 2nd and made us smile...and then try to get him to do it over and over to which he protested, thus why it has taken nearly a week to capture him in the act on video. Enjoy.