Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Crossons!! Here is the first picture with Santa...believe it or not only Aubrey cried! Spencer looked very cautiously at Santa, but never cried! They didn't smile for the picture but they didn't cry either...so a successful trip I think! Enjoy your holidays!! We love you all!

My birthday and the hayride

Here is the birthday cake that Julie, Dean's sister, made for me. Dean baked the cake and Julie decorated it. She makes the BEST frosting and is one of the most talented decorators I know. Spencer is holding my card from Dean's family....it was cute...and I really could use a time out too...although I'll take mine without the drink or it will just turn into a nap! Spencer wanted to feed himself, so Dean gave him the spoon and he did a pretty good job of getting it to his mouth! I was impressed!He didn't want to wait for his Dad to reload the spoon though...This is Dean with his niece Brittany. We got to spend some time with her and her sister Bethany and loved every minute of it! Bethany is the one standing and then Aubrey and Spencer are on the floor. Dean's mom's house looked like a tornado hit, but they had fun playing with their cousins! Another view of the cousins playing on the floor...I have been pulling Aubrey's hair up in pony tails lately! She looks so cute with her hair up! It is getting so long on top and gets in her eyes, but I don't want to cut it yet, so this works! Our church had a hayride through the Keizer lights, so we took the kids with us too. (Keizer has a neighbor hood that goes all out with the Christmas lights and most of the houses are all lit up.) It was a lot of fun to ride through looking at the lights from the back of a trailer! We took our two and Dean's two nieces and had such a great time! The babies did great, even though it was literally freezing out! We had blankets and snuggled up close! This is Dean's mom Cheryl, his sister Julie who is holding Bethany, and me with Aubrey. Me and my little girl enjoying the lights!

Dean with Spencer having fun too!

Hello!

It has been a while since I have updated...sorry about that! These are some pictures from November and the day after Thanksgiving...better late than never! The first one is of Aubrey after an incredibly messy diaper that required a total stripping, so Dean put a blanket around her and wrapped it like a towel...too cute! They love to eat whatever we eat, so Mom fed them some of the soup she made...they LOVED it!! Good eaters!! He also LOVED the pumpkin pie for dessert! :) He just woke up from a nap that he really didn't think he needed, but we knew better! He woke up much happier and hungry for some pie!Here is Dean with Italy and Aubrey. Beautiful girls!!My sister Theresa with the kids. She was able to visit from Arizona for Thanksgiving...it was great to see her and spend some time with her! Dad and Spencer...you can really see the Krueger in him when they are together!

Amya and Aubrey with one of their barrettes in her hair....it didn't stay long though.

The big girls helping Aubrey walk....she would let them do anything as long as they were giving her attention! She loves her cousins

Happy Thanksgiving...and other pictures from November!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! Their first turkey day was pretty fun...we spent some time in the morning with my family and had our meal with Dean's family. They both ate everything we did and loved it! Here are some shots. This first one is her standing up with Spencer in the Jumperoo...not the sturdiest of places to try to stand, but she does it all the time!She was just crawling around on the floor the other night and was pulling up on the laundry basket and it looks like she is giving me the stink eye! Here she is standing up and proud of herself! She is quite the cutie when she wants to be!
He still isn't crawling yet...but he does a good job sitting there looking cute for me when I want to take a picture! :)We gave them some of our beets from the garden and they loved them!! Amazingly enough, I was able to get the stains out of both of their white shirts! Obviously I didn't really think that dinner choice through all the way!! It all worked out in the end! :)I made up some sweet potatoes for the kids to eat and Dean wanted to try them too so I gave him a bowl and he was swarmed with all three little ones in a matter of minutes! The other little boy is the little guy I babysit. They both did a great job of looking and smiling! A great shot!! :)She did a good job of smiling here too! Actually I think she does a good enough job of the smiling, but I am not always fast enough to get the shot at the right time!Here is my beautiful niece Megan and her oldest daughter, Amya with Aubrey on Thanksgiving day. Getting ready for their first taste of turkey and all the fixins! After dinner...they had a little bit of everything! Both were just as happy as can be!!

My sister Carla's Birthday Party

We surprised my sister Carla with a little party for her birthday on Thursday. Mom and Dad came up from Klamath Falls and we all got together for a wonderful dinner and cheesecake! It was nice to spend time with family. Here are some pictures from the day. This is my niece Amya with Aubrey.
Right when I took the picture he started to get fussy...then went into a total meltdown. I thought it was still cute with his party hat on.

After the fussing he was happy again...he did take his sister's pacifier and that may have been why he was happy again!

My sister Carla with Aubrey....two beautiful ladies! Spencer giving his Nana kisses. He kept leaning down toward her and kissed her over and over...it was sweet.
Aubrey and Nana talking about all kinds of important subjects!

Night with my nieces

We had a good day today with lots of playing and not that many meltdowns and some good time with my nieces Amya and Italy. Here are some pictures from today. Here is my beautiful little girl with wild hair and just a funny look on her face. She is a beautiful girl but she is going through an unfortunate picture stage lately. Still makes me laugh though! (She is wearing her shirt from Uncle Eric representing Texas!)
Here she is with her cute blue eyes open wide and a half smile. The hair is still wild, but that is more my fault than hers I guess! It is getting longer, but still too short to really do much with...I guess I will have to start playing with it and see what I can come up with.
Here is Spencer in his Texas shirt playing on the floor. He had a pretty good day today and is getting less and less fussy as each day goes by, so that is good. His sleep is getting better too, which I am so thankful for! My cutie giving me his famous look with eyebrows raised and head down just a little bit...too cute!Here is his smile. I tried to get him to sit up straight to get a good shot of his shirt, but he was too interested in playing with his buckle.Playing on the floor together. He just let go of a big handful of her hair and is still smiling from the grab. I ended up separating them by moving her to the other side of the circle.Miss Aubrey in the exersaucer kind of smiling at her Dad. She still goes in the toys, but prefers to be out and free.The girls playing with Spencer and Aubrey. Even though they live in Salem too, we really don't see them as often as I would like to with everything they are doing and school. When they asked if I could watch them, I said of course! They really are great girls and make me laugh!

Here is Amya with Aubrey. Amya is 7 and in the 2nd grade. She is just a great girl...unfortunately I didn't really get a good shot of her head on...maybe next time! The whole gang we had at the house tonight. It was fun to watch them all play!

Spencer with Amya. He loved just watching all the girls playing and moving everywhere.

This is Italy. She is 5 and in kindergarten. She is quite the character and makes me laugh! Just a joy to be around!