Merry Christmas!

Christmas was great.....especially watching Jake enjoy it! We had dinner with the DeMichiel/Schafer crew and then Christmas Day with everyone! Jake's favorite new toys were definitely the tool bench and blender.




Brotherly competition never goes away....no matter how old they are!

So many tools, so little time!

there's the "cheese" face again

Cousins :)

I LOVE my cousin!

Sitting on Santa's Lap

Well, no child's photo album would be complete without the traditional "screaming on Santa's lap" picture, right? This was Jake's year to complete the task! As you can see by the picture, he was NOT happy. As soon as he hopped down off of Santa's lap, we asked him to give Santa a candy cane and with a huge smile, he proceeded to "help" Santa and hand him no less than a dozen candy canes from the basket.

Whistler/Seattle Trip

We just returned from Seattle and Whistler.....BRRRRR!!!! We were visiting the Darlington/Wallace crew in Seattle and then all of us drove up to Whistler to meet up with the Bedford family! We were pleasantly surprised that we survived the 5.5 hour car trip (each way!) with 3 kids and 4 adults in the car......we brought lots of junk food to keep us distracted!! The temperature was below zero, which is just TOOO cold! It's truly amazing that Jake's drool didn't freeze right on his chin! In Seattle, we went to the Boeing museum (Brian was in heaven), the Pike Place Market to watch some fish get tossed around, and the most fun was probably decorating cookies at Kathy's house. Jake even frosted a few and ate his weight equivalent in sprinkles! It was great visiting with our friends who we don't get to see very often.....we miss you guys already!

Jake's going to be a BIG BROTHER!

It's official....Jake's going to be a big brother! We are expecting baby #2 in early June. Can't wait!!!!!!