Christmas Eve

We had Bernie and Martha over for Christmas Eve tonight. I made chili and cornbread muffins for dinner (perfect for a cold night!) and we exchanged Christmas presents. David and I gave Bernie and Martha gifts through Oxfam: a cooking stove for a family in need (in Bernie's honor) and a school meal program for a child in need (in Martha's honor). They gave us a great Blu-Ray player with Wi-fi and a year's subscription to Netflix--you can create a list online that automatically pulls up on the Blu-Ray player to watch on TV. How cool is that?! Perfect for the parents of 2 little ones who don't get out much :)

Some of Leah's gifts: a soft little teddy bear, a Glow Worm,

and car seat toys (along with 3 new sleepers)

Joshua got his very own basketball goal that adjusts
as he gets taller (both in height and the diameter of the rim)

And a second basketball ("Rameses ball")

Joshua loved this Cars storybook with a pull-out

playmat of Radiator Springs and all the character cars

so he can act out the story (this was a big hit!)

How cool is this Radio-Flyer 2-in-1 tricycle?

When he gets bigger, it transforms into a

big-wheel style cruiser...I can already picture

him flying down the street in front of the house

on this thing!

What a fun night with family! :)

Like mother, like daughter

We've had a number of people ask us who Leah favors, since Joshua is so obviously a mini-David. I asked my dad to scan this picture for me from home (we refer to it as my frog picture), and I'll let the images speak for themselves :)

Baby picture of Erin (1981)

Picture of Leah-bug (2010)

I think this should take care of any questions! :)

Loungin' around

More pictures of Baby Leah being entertained by her big brother :)

Leah's very interested in Joshua's crazy hair

My two sweet babies :)

Bouncy, bouncy!

When Joshua was little, he was in LOVE with the doorway jumper. As Leah has gotten more active and loves being upright to look around, we thought we'd try her out in it as well...with a blanket stuffed around her to help her stay up since she doesn't quite fill it out yet :)

I promise this is not a look of terror related

to being in the jumper...she's watching Joshua

dance around me while I take the picture :)

Look at those big pretty eyes!

More watching Joshua :)
She seems to like it so far--no jumping, but
she'll spin around on one foot or the other
and she likes when Joshua pushes it like a swing.



Getting her to look right at the camera is next
to impossible...but I'll forgive her because she
is just so cute!

Just because she's so cute!

This little gal has a special place in my dad's heart. I can't talk to him on the phone without him asking, "Why haven't you put up new pictures of Leah?" So even though I was running late for our Relief Society Christmas Dinner tonight, I had to stop and take a few pictures of this little cutie pie all dressed up and ready to go :)

And she obviously takes after her brother in her interest in the camera and lack of interest in smiling...but I still think she's precious!

A Nativity for Joshie

David's parents came over to spend time with our little family last night and we had such a great time! Bernie made pot roast and homemade bread (and pecan pie for desert), so dinner was obviously delicious. Martha brought Joshua this Fisher Price Little People Nativity set:

There is Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the 3 wisemen,

a camel, a cow, a sheep, and a donkey, along with

an angel, the stable and scenery.

Joshua loves him! He can play with all the figures
and he likes to tell us who everyone is (and
what noises the animals make, of course).


There's my handsome boy!

Apparently I said something hillarious :)

I love that this lets my favorite little guy

learn the story of the Savior's birth hands-on!

And here's a cute picture of Leah just because :)