A day out with Thomas

We went to see Thomas!
It was so much fun. The boys had a blast! It was in Baldwin City at Midland Railway. There was Thomas of course that you could ride his frieght cars, meet Sir Topham Hat, play train table, get thomas tattoos, bounce houses, a magician, music, movies, food, a gift shop, and a small petting zoo. It was  an awesome afternoon! I'm so glad that we finally got to do and that both boys just loved it!

Beckett is 18 months

I can't believe that my baby...(sniff sniff) is 18 months old. He had his doctors visit and well ...
here's his stats:
He's 26 lbs 11oz= 85% (chubs)
and only 32 inches tall=30% (shorty)
so Justin is recommending that we hang him from the gutters :)
Poor little guy.
Also he's still not talking very much- he can say Mama, Dada, yeah, hiya, quack, bath, (tries to say thank you, love you, dog- they don't really sound like it, but he's trying)
But he loves to play play play and copy EVERYTHING that brother does- it's actually pretty cute to watch.
He's very much a boys boy. Loves to be rough, play hard, doesn't care if he falls down. His fav toys right now are his stacking cups (he loves to build towers and knock them over) and his kitchen with food and grocery cart. Outside he loves to swing, go down the slide, ride in his car buggy, and go for walk so he can scream when he sees a bird or bunny- that boy is obsessed! I'm surprised he can't say bird or bunny yet. :)
So Justin totally has his running buddies- they LOVE it!
His fave TV show is Mickey Mouse and he's been getting into Thomas lately thanks to brother. We are planning another trip t Disneyland in Sept - hopefully he'll will enjoy it even more than last year since he's a whole year older :) (and LOVES Mickey!)
B sleeps theu the night - goes to bed at 8 and wakes at 7.
naps at 1:15 until 3:30-5 (crazy sleeper)
He's a  great eater, but still on soy milk, due to a sensative tooshie.
And lastly he loves his mama :) He is totally a mamas boy- if I'm around he only wants me!

First time riding

Camden got a bike from Santa, and well with the weather he hasn't been able to ride it yet.
Finally a nice day and he got to ride it for the first time! It was super cute- he looks so grown up now :(
He hasn't quite got the brake thing down yet- so it's still a little hard for him, but hey for his first time- he did great!

Get ready to ride for the first time

He's going! yay!

Riding along, Sarah is pushing Beckett in his

new car that he got from Santa-

He looks a little jealous of Cams bike :)

Ok but he likes his car-

so cute!

sledding buddies

My favoritest boys!

This was Beckett's first time in the snow and

leave it to big bro Camden to make him love it too!

Christmas

What a great time of year, love, love, and more love.
My parents came up to stay with us, so on Xmas Eve we did our traditional Mexican food and opened some presents. Camden of course just loved to open presents, Beckett...not so interested. Luckily Cam was willing to help B open his too. Then Cam wanted to help everyone open presents- haha!

ready, set, go!

My little family...love!

Nene and Papa with the kiddos

Cam is so excited to open his presents

...ok all/everyones presents

 

Christmas Day we hosted at our house- My parents, The Weigels, John, Cyndi,  Grandma Margaret, and the Bethmans all came over to eat the wonderful food that Justin prepared. He fried a turkey (which was delicious) as he always does.
After quality Family time and eating, then we were off to opening presents again ;)
Camden helped to pass them out, but he thought any gift that had his name on the package (even if it was in the from spot) that it was for him. Then again he wanted to help everyone open their presents. Very sweet and caring that other people got gifts too and he wanted to make sure that they liked their gifts as well.

Santa brought Camden the bike he asked for

And B this little car to drive

He's got a lot of learning to do :)

Me and my adorable little chubs

My favorite people in the world!

Nene and Papa

The moms

Cali just being Cali

Tutu and Pepa

Justin frying his turkey

(it was delicious)

Celebrating Jesus's Birthday

(baby jesus according to Cam)

Great Grandma Margaret

Aunt Linda and Uncle Donnie

So glad that they all could join us this year!

 

Elfie....we will miss you

The woman who created Elf on the Shelf
is brilliant!
Elfie is our Elf and Camden just loves him soo much!
We had a great month of December (i'm thinking it was due to Elfie watching over him) On Elfie's last day he wrote the boys a note that said Santa would take away his magic for a few minutes so that he could hug, kiss, and play with him. It was absolutely adorable!

He was a little shy to touch him at first

But then soo happy

Hugs for Elfie

Sweet kisses

And a few times of flying in the sky

He was sad for a few days following,

but now it's all good and he'll look forward

to him next year!

Calendar

I am such a softie for my childrens artwork. I absolutely love things made with their hands and feet. So I decided to make a calendar of their handprints and footprints. I wanted one and I also made one for each Grandma and for Sarah (our Nanny). It was a lot of hard work- took me a few months (but I didn't work on it all the time, but again very time consuming).

I think the calendar speaks for itself

Sorry some of the pics turned sideways...

I'll try to figure it out