Friday, January 2, 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS


We woke on Christmas morning to find that we'd all been good this year. 
Santa stopped by during the night & left us a whole bunch of stuff, woo hoo! 



Myles's ornament - a yellow Tonka cement mixer.
This has proven to be one of his favorite gifts.

Merry Christmas, Ollie!

Ooo, what is it?

A seacopter!

Myles helped Ollie open his gifts

Yet another truck for Myles

Those train passengers better beware the dinosaurs!
(Dinosaurs courtesy of Papa & GG, new train courtesy of Grandma)

Christmas breakfast

Ollie, Little Elf King

 Santa's big gift for the boys was an outdoor playset! Myles LOVES it & Ollie even swings a bit before deciding it's horrible. Within 2 days, Myles was climbing up & sliding down all by himself! As soon as I got out the camera to film, he decided that in fact, no he does NOT slide down by himself after all. Ahh, toddlers.










 We hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season!

The End

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

We Decorate the Tree, Visit Santa & Drive Down Candy Cane Lane

We spent our first Christmas in LA since Myles was born (& only our second since moving here in 2001!) Although we were sad we weren't with other family members on the east coast, it was great having Santa visit Myles in our home & seeing his face when he walked into the living room on Christmas morning!

To get things started, we decorated our tree. Myles loved this & with each ornament, Greg would ask him, "Where should we put this one?" to which Myles would always answer, "The tree!" 







Myles was very well behaved with the tree. Every morning he would walk to the tree to point out which ornaments he liked. His 2 favorites were a Beatles yellow submarine he called "Beatle" & a little guitar he aptly called "guitar."




Then we worked in a visit to see Santa. Always a hit. First, the long line, then crying on Santa's lap, then another long line to pay for a picture of crying on Santa's lap.

"Where the hell did that thing come from?"

Keeping happy while waiting...

(No caption needed.)

On Christmas Eve, we took a drive down Candy Cane Ln in the valley & as usual, it was busy, slow moving, but lots of fun!


Palm Tree Light Fail.
What does this look like to you?

Feliz Navidad, Y'all!


Zip-lining Santa


Myles really enjoyed all the lights. Ollie slept through the whole thing.



Wednesday, December 17, 2014

"Merry Christmas Y'all" Grandbabies, So Cooperative...

My mom sent Myles, Ollie & their cousin, Libby, matching shirts that read "Merry Christmas Y'all." Thought it would be great to snap a "cousin pic" while they don said attire. Baby wrangling while photographing is not an easy gig. Aunt Mollie & I were sweating by the end of it…and I'm pretty sure we didn't get a single "good pic", but rather, silly awesomeness (see below.) The pictures themselves seem to tell a tale. 

Off to a good start

Everybody look at me

Ollie, what's wrong?


Oh, we're losing him...


Planker


Outta here


Heehee, I'm back


 Ok, so maybe just an "Ollie & Libby" pic? They're too small to get away from us...

Tipsy

Hold me up.

Umm, you're kinda heavy

Your skin is baby soft, dude.

Leaning

Look at my bow. Look at it!

Ollie frowns, Libby seems to be ready to dance?

 Myles returned…briefly

Cheeeeks

Mayhem (this is my personal favorite pic)


Got rid of our professional backdrop 
(aka Couch Blanket)

Aaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Myles makes a photo shoot call for help
"Get me outta here."


 I tried again with just the boys, but as soon as we began, 
Ollie's shirt suffered a spit up mishap.




until finally...

My Sweet Boys

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Ollie, 3 Months



Our Ollie is 3 months old! 
15.4 lbs, woo! (or whew!) His head measure in the 50th percentile. When I told Dr. Jeremy that Greg was astonished to learn that 1/2 the babies Ollie's age have heads BIGGER than his, he answered, "Tell your husband we don't measure cheeks." :-) 

"I'm gonna eat this monkey!"





Coupla Hoods






 We finally saw Clayton's modeling for Purina One hit the shelves!