all things december...

december was a busy month... chris is busy and enjoying figuring out how to be a good business owner.  he's really enjoying it and working hard to do all he can to set things up just like he wants.  i have been busy being a mom to these 2 little guys... not crazy busy... good busy.  daniel really likes school and especially loves the bus.  i had parent teacher conference this month and he's doing well and is a good kid in class which is good to hear.  david is working hard at pushing out his first teeth.  he is a master at drooling and spitting and chewing his hands and my hands and anyone else who gets close enough.  here are a few things we did this month:

we went to our ward christmas party and i awesomely convinced chris to wear his ugly sweater with me... and put david in his elf pjs... it was a fun night with good food and little program... santa ended up being a bust as we (and most other kids under the age of 4) ended up being in the back of the line and it was taking too long so after 40 min daniel asked to leave... he didn't want to wait anymore... which was fine with me.  i felt bad since he was so excited to see him, but oh well :)

we went out to the motor speedway light show... you drive through in your car.  it was pretty fun.  this was my favorite driving through this tunnel...

we started off the month opening a present every night that was left under daniels tree in his room... they were all christmas books to read throughout the month... he really liked opening a present every night.. and still asks every once and a while for one before bed... haha 

daniel is still in love with all things legos... his creativity is amazing to me... the things he creates.  here is a train that can drive both directions and a school to go with his school bus.  

he also has this fascination with wearing my shoes lately... especially these boots... haha he also randomly came downstairs with my hair brush and started brushing my hair.  i was impressed with how gentle he was ... and how seriously random it was... the most girly thing he has ever done. haha

i love our time in the mornings while we wait for the bus... he usually wants to wait across the street in front of the neighbors where the bus stops... and he plays chase and tag with the neighbor boys.  its so cute to see this tiny boy climb on the bus.

daniel is generally always unclothed... he comes home from school and instantly undresses to his underwear.  so it shouldn't have been a total surprise to me when one afternoon while over at my mom's house i look out to see daniel and his favorite cousin axel completely naked jumping on the trampoline.  axel only gets naked when daniel is around so i have to take blame for this.... but the completely naked part was axels accidental fault... while he was undressing his diaper came off with his pants so then daniel had to join and take off his underwear as well...   these are the only shots i could post... hahaha love tiny boy bum...

we had amanda over one night to hang out and she brought this gingerbread house with her.  she and daniel had a good time decorating it... and daniel really enjoyed eating all the Chiclets off one side the next day... didn't want him to have a massive belly full of gum so i had to throw out the house... but glad they had fun decorating it. 

daniel reached a big milestone at church this month... he had his last sunday in nursery... the sunday school class for ages 18months to 3 years.... they change classes at the new year and daniel will be moving up into junior primary into the sunbeam class for those kids turning 4 in 2016.  he's so huge he really looks like he belongs in primary already... but yay!!! my boy is growing up!! 

david was teasing me one day and decided to hold his own bottle.. i was so excited and now he refuses to hold it... 

david and carmen had a fun little play date while my mom was babysitting her... we stopped by to say hi and they enjoyed watching each other jump.... 

this daddy is loving playing with his boys....

daniel is also getting better all the time at playing with his little brother...and david of course loves it! big smiles every time

he is also trying to hard to crawl... he spends half his time on the floor rocking like crazy and planking...

emily and greg blessed baby andrew this month so we all went to he ward... and grandma had a good time sitting with all her cute boys... 

i had a random accident while sweeping my house...  i was wearing socks and somehow my foot slipped off the step and landed face down and i hit the top of my foot really hard before the rest of me hit the floor... it hurt so bad.  daniel was hilarious...with a look of concern "mom! you fell! you ok?"  and then he went back to watching his show... the next week chris pulled out the broom to sweep and daniel told him "careful dad... dont fall".  its not broken but man... it was tough to wear any shoes and its still really tender 3 weeks later. 

little christmas elves...

my family has had 4 babies born within 5 months of each other... so my sister got these really cute little outfits for them and we decided to have a little photo shoot at my house and then give them to our parents for christmas... which i still owe a few parents copies... (sorry!)  it was truly hilarious trying to get a good picture of these 4 little babies... they all smile but never at the same time and non sit unsupported yet.... but we still got some really cute pics.... I feel like i'm getting better at my photography skills all the time... and my photoshop skills.  thankful for friends that have shown me how to shoot manual... :)

here are the group shots and the cards i made them into...

here are the cute individual shots.... emily wanted hers of andrew under the christmas tree.. i think it turned out really cute 

here are the twins:

and these ones of david "loving" on andrew

6 months...

i somehow missed doing a post for david's 5 month... woops... i didnt even take any pics of him in his rocking chair... oh well!!  but here is his 6 month stats.....

weight: 15 pounds (13%)

height: 27 inches (73%)

head: dont remember the inches but 20%

he is just as tall and skinny as his brother... 

he is a very happy little guy.  he laughs easily especially at anything daniel does.  he can't quite sit alone yet but we are working on it.  he's not a huge fan of food but doesn't spit it out when he is fed.  he is waking once in the night between 2-5 am.  his hair is getting longer and fuller everyday and is blonde blonde blonde... in the sun it has a pretty golden/reddish hue to it...  he rolls all over in his bed.  you put him in one spot and he will end up on the opposite end in the opposite direction.  he is starting to plank and try to get up on his knees which also means he scoots backwards a lot.  we sure love this pale blue eyed little man.  he's been the perfect addition to the family.

so different from his brother... their coloring couldn't be more opposite... 

first office party...

chris officially purchased his new dental office beginning of november... its been scary and exciting and a lot of work.... the staff is wonderful and we decided to throw them a little party at our house.  we took all the furniture out of our family room to make room for tables and chairs... we had mimi's cafe cater with a nice turkey dinner and soups.  we also set up a really fun hot chocolate bar which i failed to take any pictures of!!! most everyone wore their ugly sweaters.. we also had little guess how many candies are in the jar games set up and a raffle.  it was really nice to sit around with everyone and chat and enjoy the food and hot coco... we are really looking forward to 2016 with this wonderful staff....

breakfast with charlie brown and santa...

daniel is now attending preschool at O'Roarke elementary school.... he loves it.  he gets to ride the bus to and from school, and i love it because they pick up and drop off right in front of my house.  he is such a smart boy... he excels at counting and alphabet and shapes and color... but his conversational speech is a little behind.  even that is already so much better since he started going.  last weekend the school was having a little activity and it sounded perfect for daniel we woke up nice and early saturday morning and headed to the school....  we started off eating cereal and watching the charlie brown christmas movie.  chris also enjoyed a nice hot chocolate.... and daniel enjoyed a bowl of whip cream (his favorite)

afterwords he and chris worked on this cute little craft of putting little stickers on this charlie brown christmas scene... daniel loves all things stickers.  he also got to go read with some of the sweetest dogs.... or really he sat and patted them while other kids read books.

he loved seeing santa... and it was perfect because there was no line... he walked right up and sat on his lap.  when santa asked "whats your name?" he pointed right to his chest and said "i'm daniel!"  we've been working on that forever and its so cute to see him actually answer the question when people ask.  he then sat there and smiled and laughed for a bit.  

the highlight of the morning was seeing charlie brown... he stood there and played with him forever!  high fives... stomping... hugs. and lots of laughing and jumping.  as we were leaving he said " i love the charlie brown!"

i would say it was totally worth going just for charlie brown.  fun saturday morning.... the only down side is we were home by 9 am and awake and ready for the day with no other plans... haha!

thanksgiving...

this was the first year in a long time that we have been able to have thanksgiving with my family and this was the first year in a very long time that everyone was there.  all my siblings and their kids and my mom and dad.  we had a nice relaxing buffet style thanksgiving with the usual fixing minus a giant turkey... we decided not to bother this year as no one really likes it that much anyway.  we didn't even bother to force the kids to sit and eat.  we let them play and run around while we enjoyed a nice dinner.  they mostly spent their time outside... despite it being very cold!!!

my mom found these giant beach balls and the boys were having a party (with uncle chris) jumping with them on the trampoline...

and playing soccer with them...

finally inside watching a little tv and warming up from the cold outside

emily also had me take some thanksgiving photos of andrew... this one is the post turkey coma