Monday, December 31, 2007

A New Year's Eve Milestone!

Trevor has taken his first "real" steps! Yippee Bear!
I say "real" steps because he had taken many small sets of steps this past month...but they were all the ~super encouraged, come to me, here's a toy, "my head is so heavy that my feet must follow" ~sorts of steps. In order to qualify for a milestone in my book, it must be the real thing. Not encouraged by outside rewards, but by self desire. ;)
So, I was sitting on one couch, Emma on the other, and Trevor was crawling all around playing. We were just sort of relaxing mid morning. Trevor crawled over to me to "talk". He turned around to see the room. Then, without any encouragement, he *walked* to the middle of the room, flopped to his bottom, and began to play with a toy. I looked at Emma, and she looked at me. I asked her, "Emma, did Bear just walk all by himself?" and she replied, "Yep, Mommy, I think he did!" LOL We had a good giggle, then both went to him to give him lots of claps and hugs.
So, my little man can officially say that he was born and learned to walk all in the same year! Not many kiddos can say that! ;)
Talk about getting it in under the wire! Yay for you little Bear!

Friday, December 28, 2007

Christmas Day 2007

Christmas morning came early in our home...Trevor did not sleep in as I had wished for, and we were up around 7am. Blech...we let Emma sleep in a bit, but she woke up at around a 7:45...then the festivities began! The worst part about having a video camera? We've got video and only a few pictures. :( Boo hoo...
These sock monkeys were a huge hit! A friend of mine made these for Emma and Trevor, and they are already super loved!


I'm pretty sure this is a crochet oreo cookie Trevor is chewing on...he's teething, so everything is for chewing on. (Nope...I just looked again, and it's a wooden burger patty! lol)



Emma's getting pretty serious about opening packages!


See? This one is for chewing too! lol


Emma trying out her new doll bed...looks comfy!


After bedtime...this is not all of it either! Wow...these are some lucky kiddos, huh?


Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas Eve 2007

This was Trevor's first Christmas Eve, and Emma showed him the ropes. As this is her 3rd go at it...she's quite the expert! ;)



Having two children this year ~ who are both in toddlerhood ~ proved to be full of lessons for me too. :)






  1. There will be *too* many presents. lol



  2. Taking pictures of both kids smiling at one time-not gonna happen. :)



  3. Watching them is a joy I can't even set to words.



So, here are some snap shots of the evening....they both had a blast!











Saturday, December 22, 2007

Ho Ho Ho!


Merry Christmas! We went to see Santa yesterday, and neither Emma nor Trevor were too sure about the man in red. See the candy cane in Emma's hand? It was a bribe to smile! lol