Quiet Christmas Moments

The best thing to do after taking a nice warm bath.....just sit by the Christmas tree and watch it glow!!!!

There's a little elf that lives in our house that seems to think two certain green ball ornaments are in need of each other's company; no matter how many times Mommy puts them back in place they seem to find each other again!!! Do you see the offending ornaments???

Pretty sure Owen just wanted to eat everything off of the tree....the few bits he could get his hands on seemed to taste alright to the lad! Although he did make quite a face after sampling the texture of a fake tree limb

"I will EAT you, you fake red berries you.....just a little closer...almost got it now......"

We're having so much fun getting ready for Christmas, it's the first year that things are really starting to click for Carter...she's was very excited to hear that Santa would be coming to put candy and prizes in our stockings...and even more presents for under the tree!!! After dipping into the already wrapped presents, she's got a pretty good idea of how fun it will be to open the rest on Christmas morning!!!

Princess Lint Licker

Can, I just say what a quirky little girl I have?!!! She loves to be girly and dress like a princess twirling and sashaying around the room....today's choice of alternate identity was Cinderella, although if you tried calling her that she emphatically reminded us that she was just Carter!

But then there are times when princesses seem foreign, and she runs and jumps on the couch and says "I'm Superman!" and does gross things....LIKE...........

Snuggle Daddy's stinky feet.....or WORSE yet.......

While counting Daddy's toes, eat every piece of sock lint from in between his toes that she could find.......She tried to be discreet, but obviously didn't clue in that Daddy's was not only watching but could feel her digging around for lost linty snacks!!! TOO GROSS....but TOO FUNNY!!! At least when she and Owen were bathing together the other night, she yelled and screamed about him pooping in the bath while he just tried to play with it....that sounds a little more gender appropriate!!!

With a tummy full of lint, Carter was ready for a snuggly photo opp with Dad and Owen(funny though, right before this picture Owen tried shoving her away...he wasn't about to share his Dad time with Big Sis!)

My Favorite Things.....

I love "The Sound of Music", my favorite part is during the thunder storm when Julie Andrews sings "My Favorite Things"....well she puts forth a pretty good list of "favorite things" but I would like to add 3 of my personal favorites that I've been sure grateful for lately (in no particular order!

#1: Christmas time! My favorite holiday, not because of the parties, gifts and food (although good food is one of my all time favorites!!!) but because I love the soft glow of pure white twinkling lights in my home, a beautifully decorated tree always brings a gentle bubbling energy, and a calming peace...I seem to be able to get SO much more done, and am able to spend beautiful priceless moments snuggling my babies, reading books by the glow of the tree!!!

#2 and #3 of my favorite things....my two bubbly beautiful children!!!!

I love this girls cheeser grin, her sweet little voice and mispronounced words (my favorite as of late being "pig-a-bonky" for piggy bank!) She's a stubborn little goofball full of sass and spirit, a princess in the heart, and frog loving superman(as she calls herself) in her play!!! Not a day goes by that I don't wonder at her intelligence and charm, she makes me smile, she makes me laugh and when everything is just going wrong, she makes it all right!!!Oh my little Owen boy, what a sweet and gentle little man!!! I love the elfin twinkle in his eyes and his bubbly soft "Mama's" and coo's, I love to nuzzle his bug fuzzy head....that just sends me to the moon!!! He has such a gentle spirit, and is happy to the core, he's such a handsome bugger I just love him more and more!!!As an 8 month old he sure has a silly streak in him too!!! I would have more pictures of Carter, but she really dislikes having to sit for a picture, so I really don't favor Owen over Carter, he's just a better photographic sport!!! Oh yes, and he now has both bottom teeth pearly and sharp!!!