Best Friends!

Here's a few photos of Grace and her friend Laelie (daughter of Dave and Julie with whom we bought the duplex). I tucked their shirts into their big girl panties and pull-up :) Their two year-old knock-knees are very cute!

Tinker Toy Helicopter

Here's a helicopter Weston and I built out of Tinker Toys one day. We followed the photo on the canister to make our creation. Weston wanted to build the helicopter as my brother, Kyle, flies them in South Korea (although he flies the Chinook which is a lot bigger than this).

Crazy Girl!

Here's a few photos of Elsie doing her squishy face on the pack 'n play mesh. She thinks she is so funny when we laugh at her.

Official Christmas Photo Outtakes!

This was our very last photo taken after two nights of trying to get a nice Christmas photo for our Christmas cards. Mike and I are behind the camera but we had the same look on our faces as Elsie has on hers. This experience was a unique kind of torture ;)

The expression on all their faces is hilarious. You would think they were about to die from their suffering.

This is what Elsie kept trying to do when we wanted her to sit in one place. Weston and Grace weren't helping us out!

Elsie's expression is saying, "Why are you doing this to me? How could you be so cruel?"

Elsie likes to talk to her food when she eats so we told Weston and Grace to pretend they were Elsie talking to her pizza.

Meltdown!

Little Monkey!

This is the end of the first night's photo shoot. Can you believe we actually tried it again!?!

Lowe's and Birthday

This is Weston with his basketball hoop he built at Lowe's on Saturday in Bend. Lowe's and Home Depot both have children's workshops they host once or twice a month where you can go in and build a project together (It's even free!) So far Weston's built an art caddy, a turkey recipe holder and a basketball hoop. Both Mike and my dad took Weston on Saturday. I think it was a very manly thing to do together :)

My mom's birthday is December 18th so we had a little party to celebrate early. Weston and Grace took turns decorating her crown and I made her a cake. We managed to stuff the cake in, even after all that pie ;)

Thanksgiving Feast

Here's a photo of us sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner. We had a wonderful meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, rolls, carrots, several kinds of salads, a puff pastry yam dish, and cream cheese grapes. For dessert we had grasshopper pie, pumpkin pie and pecan pie. We had so many leftovers that we all ate very heartily the rest of the weekend and still had some left!

Mt. Hood Snow

On the way home from Bend we stopped to play in the snow for awhile. It was about 26 degrees out so Mommy and Elsie stayed in the car most of the time. The kids had a great time, but whined quite a bit once they got in the van and realized how cold they were. I bundled Elsie up and strapped her into the driver's seat while I took a few photos. She couldn't move in her big coat so I didn't have to worry about her wiggling out.

All Cracked Up!

My mom thinks Elsie's bum is so funny. She does have a pretty high crack for a baby :)

Elsie and Her Pear

Here's a photo of Elsie tonight. This is the first bow I've put in her hair and it's barely staying in. I'll post a couple more of her romping on the sofa.

This is where she ended up after her couch romp. As you can tell she was pretty tempted by the remote control which is a "no, no" at our house. She fell off the couch before she could actually grab it, but don't worry, I caught her ;)

3 Million Cheeses

Here's a post that shows how hard it is to get 3 kids all looking at the camera (with normal expressions) at the same time. You say "cheese" about 3 million times in about 3 minutes. This photo was taken on Thanksgiving at my parents' house in Bend.