Christmas Part 2

If I were better at remembering to take pictures I would have captured even more special moments, but I am grateful of these pictures because a New Year has already begun, we are back in school and our routine in Champaign, and I already miss our time in Green Bay. Sorry Mom, no pictures of the snowman. I guess no one took one :(

A Very Merry Christmas

After a wonderful Christmas I put Weston to bed at night and he told me "Since we didn't see Santa today maybe he will come tonight and put presents under the tree again and we will see him tomorrow."

Oh if only it worked that way. We had a wonderful Christmas, but not getting to see Santa was no great loss and the presents are the least of it. Although we have been spoiled by our families, we have also been enjoying our time here with them, and missing our family in Utah. We love you.

We've also had some fun playing in the snow...

And we have enjoyed hanging around the house...

Wes eating Christmas Even dinner next to his cousin Gabrielle

and playing with his cousin Sage

Catherine was hanging with her Dad and David in the game room while they played the Wii, they noticed it was quiet for just a little while and found Catherine hiding behind the couch eating the chocolate she had unwrapped herself.

This is the "no Catherine. Don't touch my new toy" face.

Uncle David winning her over.

And a very happy Christmas break :)

This video of Wes is because he is just so darned cute. Wes is social and engaging, but does not always act like his talkative self around anyone but his mom and dad. This video is just to show how he goes on at home. He talks like this ALLLL day, and we love him for it, and sometimes despite it.

Oh, and it's important to note that he did not know I was recording him. If he had thought I was he would have laid on the ground like a dog and rolled around acting shy.

Thanksgiving

I'm going to post about Thanksgiving but change my wallpaper to a Christmas theme. I can't help it...it's allowed after Thanksgiving and I love Christmas.

What a week we had! Melissa and Mark came and we wanted them to have a great time and ended up getting both of them sick. :( We're sorry! Or I'm sorry, since I was sick first. So Thanksgiving Day was marred for them by a nasty bug but hopefully the week made up for it, a little. My parents and sister Shauna came for Thanksgiving Day and we loved having our family in our home to share this Holiday. Thank you for visiting us it really makes us all so happy.

Melissa took all of these beautiful pictures of the kids and since that's what this blog is all about I'm going to post lots of them. (lots of Catherine because 9 month olds are very picture worthy)

standing up on her own!

Facetime (video chatting) with David, Dan, Myra and family.

her "tail" as Wes calls it