Monday, December 28, 2009

Christmas '09

Christmas Eve at church:


Cookies with Santa after service:


Opening presents at Nana's Christmas Eve:


Very unhappy present opener:


Christmas morning at our house:









Christmas Day at Auntie Kristina's parent's house:



Avery trying out Miles' new rocket launcher (I know this picture is
probably completely inappropriate, but just couldn't resist):



Monday, December 21, 2009

St. Thomas Christmas Pageant

St. Thomas Aquinas, one of Miles' preschools, had their Christmas pageant this morning. Miles' class had the girls dressing up as stars and the boys as manger animals (wishing Miles was a girl for this one). The fabric store had cow fabric on sale, so Miles was a cow. He looks out of place in the pictures, but there really were other animals/cows there. Much like the Thanksgiving Prayer Service, he didn't sing a lot, but seemed to have a lot of fun smiling and waving at us in the audience.

Getting lined up to go in


Spotted Daddy taking pictures


All of the pre-k classes


Miles as a cow:




All done and heading back to class. From here, we picked him up, got him changed and raced over to the other school for PJ day with cookies and hot cocoa. They also had the gift exchange and were watching Polar Express, Miles' favorite xmas movie. This time of the year is so busy now that we have kids. I find myself always feeling like I am forgetting to do something, bring something, buy something etc. The other morning Miles was late for school because I forgot to decorate his ornament with him the night before and with 5 minutes to get to school, I was sprinkling glitter on it and applying stickers......oh well. Hopefully my kids will miss out on my tardy/forgetful gene!!!


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Happy Birthday Nana......


..........and many more!
Much love - Chris, Christine, Miles and Avery


Friday, December 18, 2009

Big Hands



Avery has just started grabbing at things. The blanket and bunny are a gift from our friends in Colorado. She has been very fond of the bunny since she found out she could grab a hold of it. It's the little things that make her supremely happy!!

Monday, December 14, 2009

3 Months Old

Avery turned 3 months on Wed. and besides the Xmas photos, this is the only pic I've taken of her recently. She got a Bumbo seat today and she really seemed to like sitting up for the first time.


She loves her fingers.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Cookies With Santa

St. Thomas had cookies with Santa yesterday so I took the kids down for their annual Santa picture. Miles has been incredibly stubborn lately when it comes to having his photo taken, so I decided to skip the mall Santa this year and be thankful we got at least one.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Thanksgiving Visit


Chris' parents, his sister and her boyfriend came to visit for Thanksgiving. Here are some pictures from the week:


Lola and baby Avery


Auntie Steff passes on her baby blanket to Avery


Auntie Steff, Dave and Avery


Baby Avery and her Lolo


Miles was Student of the Month for November, so we got to go to a
special presentation where he received a certificate and gift bag.


Lolo and Miles


Auntie Steff and Avery


That is quite the forehead. Hope there is something smart brewing in there!


Miles and Lolo


Lola with Miles and Avery


Getting ready to eat


Tough day!


Lola, Nana and Avery


A fattening experience


Miles and Auntie Steff


Avery has started drooling profusely, so a bib is now necessary.

Thanks for the great visit everyone. We had a wonderful
time. Look forward to seeing you all again soon.