My pre-Christmas entry....

I got the best Christmas gift tonight that I could ever ask for! Anthony surprised me and took off work tonight and then got us Papa Johns Pizza for dinner!!! What a great treat! :)

So a few days ago, Anthony was putting Levi down for his nap. Almost everyday, its the same routine....he ends up telling him "Levi what happens if you get out of your bed? to which Levi will always respond, "I get a spankin'....well this time, Anthony asked the question and Levi quickly responded with..."if I get out of my bed, I get on the NAUGHTY LIST!" Think he's been watching one too many Christmas specials?!

His latest fascination....puzzles!

Colt eating some lazana ;)

Here's Levi with his bag of money. Last week, Anthony and I were discussing our finances and our voices were getting a little stressed, and Levi could tell. We were talking about wanting to take Levi shopping for him to pick out a gift for Colt. When I made the comment, "We don't have the money" Levi instantly chimed in and shouted, "I HAVE SOME MONEY!!!" Anthony and I both stopped and looked at him and asked, "What are you talking about Levi?" He said, " I DO have some money....in my piggy bank!" So long story short...we cleaned house in his piggy bank and he went shopping for Colt...he picked out the gift and paid the lady for it. I know he doesn't understand all of it yet....but he is growing up fast and we were proud of him!"

I don't know if Levi's gonna sleep tonight. He has been counting down the days till Christmas Eve, and he knows it's tomorrow. He also knows that he gets to open his gift from Colt tomorrow....he's been shaking it already trying to figure out what it is!

We are going to go to church tomorrow at 8:00....I guess my plan is to put Colt to bed at 6:00 like normal and just wake him back up! Poor kid....it'll be the middle of his night! We are looking forward to going to church as a family for the Christmas Eve service :)

I'll do my best to post some Christmas pictures as soon as I can...but for now, Im going to go enjoy the next few days with our family!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Never just one!

Anyone who knows me well, knows how much of a picture freak I am (thanks to my mother!)....which makes it so hard for me to choose just one pose to put on here, thus my reason for putting all of these pictures on here! I hope these little boys put a smile on your face today :) P.S. Colt is officially crawling!! And yes, my life has changed because of it...hence the reason I haven't been on here for the past few days!

In our church's family devotional for this week (I haven't read the entire thing yet) but the title has already captivated me....it reads...

BORN A CHILD, YET A KING

At first glance it just sounds like another fancy smancy saying you hear at Christmas time...that is until you really pause and think about the significance of it.....think about it.....Jesus was born a little baby....as so many other millions of babies have been born. HOWEVER, and that's a HUGE however.....when he was born, he was born a SAVIOR...a REDEEMER, and a KING!!! It gets me at the core. I cannot fathom looking at Jesus as a little precious baby child, knowing that one day he would be sent to Calvary to die upon a cross for ME. I pray that this Christmas, His name will be rejoiced and praised because HE IS WORTHY!

Camera Happy!

On days when I realize that my boys are 3 years old and almost 8 months old....it dawns on me that they are growing up way too fast. On these days, I break out my camera and start snapping!!!

Starting to play together....watching the race cars go round and round!

I couldn't resist these half naked pictures Colt!

Levi's imagination runs wild some nights....here he is driving Santa's sleigh! the white bag is "Santa's toy bag"

HO-HO-HO!

Peace Dude! I guess Anthony took these pictures because I just found them on the computer!

Santa Clause is Coming to Town!

This past Saturday, Santa came to Midway riding on a train....currently both are on Levi's list of favorite things! This was our first year going and it was really neat....here's some pictures of our day!

Levi and Kaden waiting for the train to arrive!

Colt waiting...poor kid gets drug along everywhere!

Here they come!

The train stopped right in front of where we were standing, and once they stopped they started singing Christmas carols.

He was happy :)

And very much in awe.

Once the train stopped, most families busted it inside the theatre to stand in line for Santa....but we just hung around outside.....and good thing we did because when Santa went from the train to the carriage, Levi and Kaden were standing right there and the elves asked them if they wanted to go for a ride around town!!!

So of course, you know what the answer was!

Once inside the theatre, they had all kinds of stuff for the kids to do....they could color, write a letter to Santa, get cookies, there was a minature train, and of course you could wait in line to talk to Santa. Here they are up on stage singing more carols. It was pretty neat!

Again....Levi was mesmorized with the train!

Waiting in line....

The boys with the elves :)

Sitting with Santa...Levi's telling him that he would like to have "Criss, Cross, Criss Cross Crash" for Christmas, while Colt tries to eat the top of Santa's hat.....

....then Colt moves onto Santa's beard, lol!

And this was the best shot we got!

Keeping in mind the real reason for the season, it's still fun to do some things like this and see the enjoyment in your child's face!