someone has a new word

and oh my goodness, when saywer tells us, "no!" it makes me laugh every time. i'm sure it's going to get old soon, but for now, i love hearing him say no. also, please to disregard his crazy after-bath hair and the food he's still chewing on. he's a mess, this one.

wordless wednesday: playing in the leaves

shooting rockets

Christmas Eve, after all the morning festivities, we stepped outside to shoot a rocket. we'd purchased the rocket for my father-in-law last Christmas and missed the initial shoot-off at Thanksgiving. so it was fun to be there for the second shooting and for the boys to get to play with it. true, Sawyer couldn't have cared less, but Cayden was very into it. he even got to push the button once (maybe twice?). and yes, i'm wearing short sleeves. it was in the 70s that day. yeah, in december. but other than the confusing weather, it was good fun!

and then sometimes? you run across a couple of shots of your baby that make your heart melt. sheesh, kid. stop being so cute, ok?

our Christmas Eve

we spend Christmas Eve with Jeremy's family. just a few snapshots from our morning fun. we had a wonderful breakfast. (can you tell that we're breakfast people? i mean, i could eat breakfast food for every meal... but that's another post for another day. ending tangent now...) then we opened gifts and we were all spoiled. so much fun for our little guys and us!

i've also realized how much fun Christmas lights add to photographs. all of our photos for the rest of the year are going to be so boring, what with their boring non-bokeh backgrounds. sigh. such problems i have. ha!

our Christmas morning

we wondered how discovering Santa would go this year. Cayden's up at the crack of dawn. he usually runs into our room, announces that he needs to go potty, goes to the potty and then runs back to his room. Santa left the tree lights on so all the gifts could be seen and we thought that Cayden would for sure get distracted by the tree and gifts either on his way to our room, or on his way back to his. little man is a creature of habit though; not one glance at the tree either way. Jeremy and i kind of shrugged it off and went back to sleep for a little bit longer.

Cayden did eventually wake up and run out to the tree. he seemed a little cautious of what was going on. he was thrilled that Santa had eaten his cookies and drank some milk. Santa didn't eat all of his cookies though and that bothered Cayden just a bit. after a quick reassurance that Santa has a lot of cookies to eat in one night, Cayden seemed all good with it.

the boys got mostly everything that they had asked for. well, Sawyer didn't actually ask for anything, so Santa guessed what he needed most. From Santa, Cayden received a bicycle (that he's currently afraid of), a skateboard (which i'm currently afraid of) and helmet. From mama & daddy he got a shirt, slippers, another dinosaur train track and Madagascar 3. From Sawyer, he got some Avengers characters to play with.

Sawyer got a beanbag (he can finally quit stealing big brothers!), a guitar and a tricycle (it might be big brother's old one that got a new paint job) from Santa. From mama & daddy, he got a shirt, slippers, a Buzz Lightyear toy and How To Train A Dragon. Big brother gave him a fun alligator pull toy that everyone loves playing with.

both boys were spoiled with lots of fun goodies in their stockings. little flashlights and toys for the bath seemed to be the big hit. Madagascar 3 was put on while i cooked french toast and bacon for our boys. and for a new tradition to us, we headed to a local chinese restaurant and chowed down on some really good food for lunch. we rounded out the day at my parents house for a feast of breakfast for dinner. (and of course i have no photos of that fun. boo.)

how was your Christmas? any new traditions started?