Christmas Festivities

Sorry for the delay in posting the Christmas pictures...but here they are! My friend Christina and her Mom, Michelle, make the stockings that we have. They sent ours out a few years ago, our names are on them too. This year they sent the snowmen this year for the kids. They are so adorable!!Dean and Spencer in the morning after a really early wake up by Spencer. Dean usually takes the "morning shift" with the kids since I still get up with them at night when they need help finding their pacifiers. They were just too cute cuddled together and then he smiled right when I snapped the picture! Dean doing what he loves to do...play games on his computer...Aubrey doesn't feel the same about it! It worked to put her to sleep though!Spencer opening his first Christmas present...he still didn't have an idea of what he was supposed to do. Give him any other piece of paper though and he will have it shredded! Aubrey fell asleep right when we started to open presents. Spencer opening more presents. He is sitting on his new quilt that Dean's mom made him. Aubrey got one too, but hers is pink...very special!Presents were opened, he got dressed for church and then fell asleep with his Grandpa Curt!Aubrey with Uncle Eric chewing on a present that was yet to be opened!Sitting with Grandpa in the new jammies from Pat! Nana and Grandpa with Spencer and Aubrey....the matching jammies were just too cute! I will probably do that every year from now on!And the fighting begins and the present isn't even opened yet! They fought back and forth for possession of the tube for a while before we finally broke it up.That one present lasted a long time before it finally got all the way opened! Finally playing with bath squirters that were inside the tube...Uncle Eric also gave them a handful of balloons from his work. They love to play with them...the simplest things amuse them for the longest time!This was the first present that she took after all by herself....she just kept ripping a little at a time until it was opened!Dean was taking pictures of the two of them and this one just made me laugh! I love her face!!Christmas morning at our house. We got them bean bags...they sit in them pretty good, just have to watch Spencer on his dismount. He isn't really graceful and hasn't crawled yet, so he just kind of falls out!Both bean bags, although they are in each others bags....Spencer playing with his favorite toy...the plastic bowl that we put the rings in. He loves to put it on his head like a hat!Spencer and I opening his present from his Wisconsin Aunties.Dean and Aubrey opening her Wisconsin Aunties present!Mom with the babies reading one of their new books to them. Spencer is really listening to her.Uncle Eric playing with the babies after all the excitement of Christmas day.Add Dean to the picture. Spencer is sitting in his chair and saw I was taking the picture...he is going through a phase where he gives me the cutest smile with his nose all scrunched up. He went from fussing to his smile when he saw the camera. He is with my niece Italy.Uncle Eric and Aubrey.Spencer is not pleased with the ribbon on his head.Aubrey went under the tree and was watching the train go by her...I happened to snap the picture just in time for this shot! We had a wonderful time with family over the holidays. It was such a joy to watch the babies enjoy their first Christmas. Now we have a 1st birthday to plan and celebrate their first year!!!