Brandon's First Haircut!

Brandon got his first haircut today! He is so cute with his little mohawk. He is our little rockstar. He got MANY compliments at the hair salon. Also, he has 4 teeth now! There are the 2 bottom front teeth and now the 2 top teeth came in at the same time this weekend.

Worry-Free Weekend

On Saturday, I took Kristi and Brandon to the park since it was so nice out. There were a bunch of kids there and Kristi was so excited. She ran around with them and played school. It was very cute. Brandon and I mainly stayed around slides and swings.

Later on that evening both kids enjoyed a spaghetti dinner. Brandon loved squishing the noodles between his fingers and Kristi is like her mom and ate mostly the garlic bread.

New Years Eve

This year we had a very mellow New Years Eve. We met my parents at CB & Potts for a nice dinner. Kristi and Brandon liked playing the the blow horns that my mom and dad brought. After dinner we went home to put the kids to bed and have a couple of cocktails before we rang in the new year.

Christmas

On Christmas Eve, we took the kids downtown to see the Denver Zoo Lights. It was very chilly, but we had a wonderful time. On the way there, Kristi and Brandon both fell asleep in the car. However, they were both wide-eyed with excitement when they seen all the lights!

Trying to stay warm in all of the layers of clothes and blankets.

They had the zoo train running and decorated with lights so we had to take a ride.

The zoo had the elephant and giraffe indoor exhibits open so people could come inside and warm up.

Christmas morning finally arrived and the kids were so stoked to see all the presents that Santa left them. Kristi was especially excited to see how busy Santa was at our house.

Brandon did very well opening his presents. While he was fascinated with the wrapping paper he couldn't resist the urge to rip it.

Kristi was so excited to get the toy that she asked Santa for. Kota the Triceratops was number one on her wish list for Santa.

Brandon got this Learning Home that he LOVES. Kristi sets on one side of the door and he on the other and the play together for the longest time.

Christmas afternoon was spent first at Grandma and Papa's house. They had loads more presents there to tear into. Grandma Sherrie came over to our house later that afternoon. I unfortunately forgot to take pictures of the kids with Grandma Janet, Papa and Grandma Sherrie - Sorry Guys! Chad and I were very busy putting together a sea of toys so that the kids could play with them.

Enjoying the Season

Here are a couple of pictures of the kids enjoying our Christmas tree.

What is winter without a snowman? Kristi wanted to make a snowman that looks like daddy. So, we put spiky twigs on the snowman's head to make it look like Chad's hair.

Celebrating the Holidays at Preschool

This past month, Kristi's preschool has been teaching the kids about Christmas and Hanukkah. She learned songs about Christmas and Hanukkah for the holiday caroling performance. There were a lot of parents there, so I tried my best to get a picture and some videos of her singing. Kristi is wearing a black and white shirt and she is sitting on the right hand side.

Kristi also made a beautiful pine cone Christmas ornament in school.

Kristi's teacher, Mrs. Carbone gave her this book to read and enjoy.

She also wrote this on the inside...

Kristi even made us a present in school.


Kristi also got to make Reindeer food.

And of course, make a gingerbread man!

Standing Tall and Winter Fun

In these past few weeks Brandon has been more courageous with his efforts to walk. He now stands to play with his toys and most the time lets go to practice getting his balance. A handful of times he has even tried to move his feet while balancing on his own. As far as the crawling goes, he has no problem going backwards. He also loves to roll around to get from place to place.

On Thanksgiving weekend Kristi helped me decorate the house with all of our Christmas decorations. She LOVED going through all the Christmas things and putting them out. Here is a picture in front of our tree. Doesn't it look like Brandon is kissing her hand? :)

Here are some pictures of Kristi and Chad playing out in the snow. It was nice that they had father/daughter time together.

Kristi going snowmobling...

Snow angels...

Ha, Ha, Ha! They couldn't get me behind the glass door!