Christmas 2010

We had a really nice Christmas this year.  We stayed extremely busy over the holiday, but we tried to make it as low key as possible.  Harry took 2 full weeks off of work, which was really nice.  I wish we could have spent some of that time relaxing and/or working on projects, but it seems like it was just spent running around after little ones!  I guess these are just the years for that, and when they are gone, we will miss them. 

Below, I snapped a cute shot of Benjamin while he watches "Home Alone."  He really thought it was funny and was his favorite movie over the holidays.  Although, he's been setting "traps" ever since......

Timothy.....well....just being Timothy!  He's playing and acting silly, as usual.  You gotta love this kid!

Lily -- on wrapping paper -- literally!  

Don't know why but I liked this shot of Timothy.  It's just so Timothy - peeking over the stairs to see if anything "more" interesting is going on downstairs.  He won't make up his mind where he is going until he checks things out first!  

Timothy, Benjamin Kaitlynn, and Connor - Our Christmas with the Courtrights!  Connor and Benjamin have been best buddies since starting at Creme 4 1/2 years ago.  Connor quit going soon after they turned 3 years, but we have regularly (almost weekly) playdates so the boys are still the best of friends.

Lauri Courtright - one of my best and dearest friends.  We are so thankful that our boys became such good buddies 4 years ago.  Here, Lauri poses with Lily.  We enjoyed having her and her husband, Jeff, over along with the kiddos.

Here, the boys pose in front of the Christmas Tree at church.  This is the second year we took them to the Kids Crazy Christmas Show, and it was a hit, as usual!  I'm not sure who enjoys it more - the boys or us!

Something new at our house - Timothy is potty training.  He turned 3 on December 20th and the potty training begin.  No more pull-ups!  He is doing GREAT, but he is the funniest little thing.  I loved this shot so much that I just had to share.  I'm sure, he will kill me one day for blogging about it!  Trust me, there were some I could NOT show!  

We took a day trip on 12/23 to Nacogdoches to have Christmas with my aunt/uncle/cousins.  Below, are my cousins kids.  From L-R:  Claire, Lily, Kaylin, Brandon, Timothy, Emery, & Benjamin.  The kids always have so much fun when we get together...as do the adults!  This time it was way too short, but we plan to go back at the end of January for a weekend so we will have more time to visit.

My mom, Nonna, poses with Lily.

My dad, Poppa, poses with Lily.

Lily LOVES the ceiling fans!

Santa brought The Polar Express - an electric train!  I can't tell you how much a hit this was - with the entire family!  Benjamin loved it so much, I thought he was going to pass out with excitement!  

Timothy shows off a new video from Santa!  And.....reindeer ears!  He loved the ones he got last year so much that they broke!  Santa brought new ones this year!

Santa also brought Timothy a potty watch - it has a timer that tells him when to go potty!  He's doing such a good job, we only needed to use this a few days.  He is already going regularly.

Such a sweet picture.  Both boys - tuckered out!

Timothy singing "Jingle Bells!"

Benjamin singing "Feliz Navidad" -- pretty funny!

My nieces and nephew:  Geory, Maecy, & Gia.  We so enjoyed having them for a couple of days before returning to California!

 Lily sleeps.  Whew.

This is probably one of my favorite pictures!  Benjamin is just sitting, calmly watching The Polar Express as it goes round and round the Christmas tree.  So sweet.  He loves that train so much! 

Technology!  Technology!  Technology!  Here, all of the kiddos are playing on either an itouch or an iphone.  Crazy! 

Not sure what started this - but it became a photo opportunity.  I never though something as simple as pigtails could make me feel 25 years younger, but it did! 

Timothy tries out Mommy's gift - a new Brookstone foot/leg massager!   



Lily gets lots of love from Nonna and MaMa.  

Lily is such a sweet girl. 

If it's one thing our kids do well - it's sleep.  Here, Benjamin is out!

Next to Benjamin is Timothy - out too! 

Until next year.......  Happy 2010! 

Hello 2011!