Well, I totally missed the post on thanksgiving so I am just going to run right into getting ready for christmas. I wanted to start a tradition this year of doing one thing about christmas everyday up to Christmas. As crazy as life has been these past weeks I am thankful we have a tree up! The girls were just so excited to see the "most beautiful christmas tree" go up. I'm hoping that next week I will be able to start whats left of my new Christmas tradition. By the way, is it me or is Christmas coming much faster then it ever has. It will be here and gone before we know it!



By the way here is the proof I have been wanting to post...He does smile!!!

Who's Ya Daddy?

Well if this little man doesn't look like his Daddy I don't know who would. Christian has been smiling and meaning to smile this past weekend. While he was having a little smiling contest with me I grabbed my camera to try and get some shots...of course by the time I got back to get a picture he was done. In the meantime I got this picture and holy cow does he look like his daddy. Stew's brother has one that is the spitting image of him and well I guess it was Stewart's turn. Ooh gotta love it! At least we know he will be cute when he grows up! (Not that he isn't darling already...but hey I'm the biased mama)!

Crackers for Breakfast???

This morning Miss Ryleigh kept coming in, way too early, to get us up for breakfast. After the third attempt to get us out of bed she gave up. Stew and I both thought she went back to bed, but after a few minutes went by we heard the rustling of something plastic, so of course any parent would jump up to see what was going on. To our surprise Ryleigh had gotten in the pantry and decided to help herself to a little breakfast...poor starving baby! She sure was happy though!

Halloween Finally!

After many many comments that life must be hectic with the now three children, because I hadn't been posting as often as I used to, hehehe, I am finally sitting down and writing about some of the past events. Well, as every parent knows if you get the outfit just right Halloween will be a huge success, and thank goodness it was! After many hours of preparation of costumes and hair and makeup we had the perfect "Elina Rainbow & Island Princess". It was a lot of fun to see how much they got into Halloween this year with them having aged a year. Even little Christian got into the festivities, but got a little worn out with all the high pitched fairy excitement.

Favorite Spot

Christian's favorite place at the end of the day is perched up on Aunt Kamarie's shoulder. He is just so content with her...she is a seasoned pro. I have bets on when we will see little Reeds & Kamaries running around.

Princess?

Well as grateful as I am that my two girls are artistic this is not one of the happier moments, but one of the cutest. I can not believe that they colored all over their craft table but when Ashlyn so proudly showed me her "beautiful princess" I could not help but share this darling picture!

Mr. Mellow

Some days I dont know what to do about this baby! He is so chill! My two little girls were Lil' Miss Drama the day they came out. This little guy is so content. This is a picture of him just kickin' it in the sun on the sofa. I love his "I just ate the biggest thanksgiving dinner" look.

Havasupai

Ok, so I promised Stewart that I would post the Havasupai pictures, but since the baby has come as every parent knows, you work on getting a routine for a while, so we are using a picture from one of Stewy's buddies. Thanks Jeremy for sending these over for me to see! It looked like tons of fun! These are the guys and hopefully you can see the hilarious "facial growth" that was mandatory for this trip. You gotta love Tyler's! (its my favorite, I was hoping Margot would let him do it! ;) ) Oh by the way, this was taken after a quick dip swimming in one of the gorgeous "natural pools."

After the rough weeks we have had with Christian's jaundice it finally seems as though he is doing better. He is finally keeping his eyes open longer than and hour a day. He still struggles with the light at times but is more than happy to open them up and look at the new world he is in.

True Love

Everyone has been asking how the girls have been with Christian, here is a taste of how it really is. The girls have been so loving and nurturing. Ashlyn feels very close to him, as you can tell and Ryleigh is very protective of him. Honestly we have been so blessed this year and it feels so good to have a little piece of heaven with us.