Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 This was our first year to be at home by ourselves for Christmas.  We were super sick, so it was probably better not to be traveling.  Christmas Eve trips to urgent care are just easier when you're at home.  Because we were sick, we just stayed home for most of the time.  I really enjoyed our time at home.  It was fun to have our Daddy home so much and to only do what we wanted to do.

Unfortunately, I hardly took any Christmas pictures.  Aargh! Here are a few, though.

 

Christmas Eve Pajamas

 

 

Christmas morning 

 

Christmas afternoon

A few days later

 



And New Years!  We drank our special martinelli's at dinner and had cake.  Notice how blue it is?  Camden wanted blue cake and it turned out really really blue!  And cute Nate could hardly reach the end of the tall glass, but he wanted to hold it that way in the worst way.  Funny boy!

I can not figure out how to erase all the extra spaces between pictures and words!  They don't show up until the post is published.  Any ideas?

Introducing.....

The double long toddler loft bed!

Featuring:
~Removable sides for taking it apart--though it certainly isn't a quick task!
~Ladder rungs that are too far apart for Nate to climb (yet), meaning a safe haven for Camden.
~Camden-chosen blue paint. It looks a tad bit purple, but it really is a deep blue. 

This is going to be how we can fit three kids into one bedroom. 

Incredible job, Brian! 

Merry Christmas, Camden!

Special thanks to:
~Our friend, Ryan, for letting Brian use his tools
~Our downstairs neighbor, Jana, for being patient with the drilling/sanding
~Our Honda Civic Truck for hauling wood from Home Depot
~Mom and Dad's bedroom for being a wood shop/storage area
~Home Depot cashier for reminding Brian to get screws

Picture update

So now that we have a camera AND the cord, we got a new computer, so I am trying to figure it all out again.  But, here are some pictures from the last too many months.  I tried to include lots of pictures and not too many words so the post isn't too long. 

Here's my little climber.

Some fall leaves

 

Nate's cheesy smile--we can't get enough of it!

Camden trying out the new head flashlight we got.

He's actually under a fort back behind the tunnel.  

 

 

Our first (and only, so far) snowfall.  Camden LOVES playing in the snow.  Nate is happy unless he gets snow in his face or if his gloves fall off. 

 Brian teaching the boys how to make a snow fort.

 

Christmas at Temple Square

 

And this one is just funny.  We were driving home the 7-10 minutes from Costco when we realized both boys had fallen asleep.  Brian carried Camden in and took off shoes and his coat, and Camden just crawled onto the carpet and fell asleep again.  It was just so cute!

 

And, our annual photo shoot for the boys in their Christmas clothes.  Note it only took about 5 minutes.  That's all I can muster between their uncooperativeness and my short patience.  I always think it will be so fun to get the boys dressed up and take their pictures.  Then the actual event is more like asking, then begging kids to come back and hold still for 5 seconds.  Then, it turns the boys squishing, pulling, grabbing, and wrestling each other.  Still, if I can get one good picture, it's all worth it.  I especially like the first and last pictures.  

Merry Christmas!