Merry!

Merry Christmas to everyone! What a wonderful year. We have so much to be thankful for.

This month has been packed with holiday fun - long walks to see "Big Eyes Frosty," playing with good friends and neighbors, baking cookies, singing songs, eating too much, relaxing and watching our all-time favorite Christmas movies.

The Christmas Eve church service was memorable this year...memorable and short. We couldn't contain Henry, who decided to play hide-n-seek and peek-a-boo between the pews. He and Cohen were talking up a storm as loudly as possible. Cohen kept asking if "Baby Jesus comin' on now? On the TV?" (the big screen in the church). We tried to keep them quiet with candy canes, but that only bought us a few extra minutes before we decided that it was a good attempt and quietly snuck out the back.

Melt my heart. My boys. I think Cohen is hugging his little brother.

Cohen and I wrote a letter to Santa. He asked me to write, "Please weave lots of pwesents."

Santa didn't mind that Cohen ate a cookie or two off his plate before heading to bed.

The boys went to bed so quickly and easily. They couldn't wait to wake up in the morning.

Santa brought Henry the last of the five Gabba friends - Plex. His set is now complete! Henry carries his Gabba friends around everywhere.

Two happy boys

Hooray! It was spectacular.

We are excited to see our family and friends in Jacksonville later this week!

"Fwee!"

Cohen is "fwee" today! He loves showing three fingers when he says it too.

How in the world is our sweet boy already three-years-old? I have vivid memories of bonding with him as a teeny baby. Now he is a little man, full of life and sweet to the core.

Cohen is my everything. He makes each day fun and filled with laughter. I can't wait to see what this year holds for this amazing boy of ours.

Happy birthday, "Stinka!"

Bobby

This little guy arrived on our doorstep yesterday. Santa sent one of his elves to spend the holidays with us! Cohen is so excited to have "Bobby" (this is what Cohen named him) in our house. Fingers crossed that Cohen and Henry are on their best behavior this month so Bobby can give a good report to Santa!

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

We have had a weekend filled with holiday cheer! Friday morning, we met David Uptown to see the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra (aka, the "singing bears"). Cohen and Henry ran all over Founders Hall, ate Chick-fil-A and danced to the Christmas tunes. Saturday morning, we ate breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts then headed to the Christmas tree lot. The boys could have played hide-n-seek there all afternoon.

Sitting in Santa's sleigh - It is impossible to get a picture with both smiling and looking at me.

Cohen was such a good tree decorator! He loved hanging is favorite ornaments.

Cohen cracks me up. He had to do a "crazy face" next to the tree. Check out his decorating skills - he might have set a record for the number of ornaments hanging from the same branch. And look at that apron. He keeps begging me to bake Christmas cookies with him. He calls the apron "cookies."

Saturday night, we had a Santa spotting in Plaza-Midwood! He was in town for the Annual Holiday Central. Sunday morning, Cohen and I went back to the tree lot for another round of hide-n-seek.

This holiday season is off to a fantastic start!