Finally Christmas 2011 pics

The highlight of Christmas 2011 was being able to be with Auntie Kari again. That was awesome. Collin loved her.

Again, you can see the love...

My brother brought his Rock Band to play. It was so fun. Liam is going to be a rockstar drummer someday.

He got so mad when we said he couldn't eat the drumsticks. Go figure.

The little kids table for Christmas Eve dinner was fun, despite Collin being the only boy.

Liam got to sit on this little attached booster to the bar. He was thinking... I AM SO COOL. Really....he loved this thing. And I actually got to eat somewhat in peace...

The elves came and we got to open fun presents.

Trucks....can't go wrong with trucks for Collin.

Painting and art is good for Sadee.

Liam, which is what I thought, liked playing with the wrapping paper best.

Yes, love that wrapping paper.

More just random pics

This fire engine truck from the elves...it made a lot of noise which was awesome for Liam, not for the rest of us :)

It was so fun to play with cousins.

Christmas Morning was also fun.

This is the fun book that Santa brought Liam.

Stockings are always one of my favorite parts of Christmas. Liam had fun opening his stocking with a LOT of help from Collin and Sadee and Ava.

Everyone takes turns, usually from youngest to oldest.

Santa brought Collin a tool workbench. He had lots of fun with it.

Liam especially liked to take parts off the tool bench and eat the parts. See a trend here?

Santa brought Liam a fun little wire toy that he likes to play with, especially if someone plays it with him.

Big trucks again

My sister-in-law Brianne MADE these nurse and doctor scrubs for Sadee and Ava. Big hit.

Family picture... of course, everyone's personalities showing through. Liam don't fence me in, and Collin, I just want to stare at you.

Supercape

Fun little noise maching for Liam.

Get a load of that hair!

Daddy helped Collin build this huge tower.

Sadee and Ava makign their fun frames.

Liam also got to go on his first swimming adventure at the Collette's pool.

Let's just say he LOVED it....way more than even Collin loves swimming, and that is saying something.

It was a wonderful Christmas!

Random Nov 2011 pictures

yes, I'm still playing catch up from the end of last year. We spent Thanksgiving at Ryan's Grandma's house. The little boy kid table was too funny.

Collin and Liam loved to play in the little closet of toys more than eat.

Fam picture...

Hanging out as a BYU cougar. Liam looks SO much like Collin did in this picture.

Before church.

Hanging out in the hallway....

Smiley.

This is one of the funniest pictures of Collin. He wanted to wear my super warm socks. The ladybug was a "guitar" and he was giving me a concert while I got dinner ready. It's too funny.... So, yes there was our November in a nutshell. Now, on to December.

Liam's first birthday celebration

Liam has been off and on sick the whole month of January...it is getting "ridiculous" as Collin says. That being said, we kept his first birthday low key. These pictures are actually from the day after his birthday (the 19th is his actual birthday), but he was super sick that day, so we celebrated the next day. This outfit is SOOO cute. This picture doesn't do it justice, but it's an outfit he got from his Auntie Kari. SO snuggly.

We got to see Liam eat cake.... which unlike Collin (who had NEVER even had sugar before his first birthday), Liam had actually already tried bits and pieces of cake.

So, I made cake pops to make it more interesting. He didn't eat a ton of them...

But that may have been because he was not feeling well.

Lately his favorite thing is to play with these curtains in our living room. He likes to run in between them, etc.

Collin of course wanted to "help" him open his presents.

He got some fun things like some fun blocks, a little boat, a car, and some noise making toys of course.

He has been walking for 2 months now, so no big milestone there. Trying to get off the nursing thing? That is still a work in progress. We have regressed in a big way since being sick. He LOVES nursing. He will have a hard adjustment I'm afraid...

Happy birthday Liam! We are SO glad you are in our family!

Halloween 2011

Yes, I love how I am getting around to finally posting about Halloween in the new year. Our ward has a neighborhood kid party for Halloween with little games and things. Collin was very excited to go. He was a dinosaur hatching out of an egg.
It especially looked cute to see him walking around with his little egg wobbling. Pictures don't do it justice.
Playing games was fun.
Liam was a pea in a pod. But, he didn't really want to stay still....more like crawl around everywhere.
The cupcake walk was a favorite.

As well as the donut eating. Yeah for Halloween!