First Birthday

We FINALLY were able to have the kids birthday party! Dean, unfortunately, was sick and stayed in the bedroom, but we made it!! Everything worked out just great and we had a pretty big gathering of family! We are truly blessed to have so much family around us! Here we are waiting to open presents...Aubrey had some trouble staying in her bag!Spencer waits patiently...Aubrey has to be held down! :)Here we are opening presents. I did most of the opening and they just played with the toys...it was fun to watch them react to all the new toys!Some of the party-goers...I think at this point most of the opening has taken place and been cleaned up. Spencer is doing what most little guys do...playing with the boxes!More fun toys that make all kinds of noise!Aubrey got a baby doll and loved it...Spencer loved her eyes that blinked! Aubrey trying to walk with help with the new popper!Miss Aubrey with her party hat on all cleaned up after birthday cupcakes! Here is the birthday cake. Dean's sister Julie made it. It turned out so good!! Perfectly boy and perfectly girl!! We are so lucky to have such talent in the family!Waiting for the treats that they hope are coming! Spencer was really happy to be turning one...he just hides his excitement well!They started out very timid and not really sure of what to do. I put a little princess toy on her cupcake and a toy truck on Spencer's to entice them in to touching the cupcakes. She used the one finger approach...very dainty and ladylike.He used the full hand approach...why mess around was his thought!He got the job done with no problems!! He was in heaven eating the sweet treat!!This is about the messiest she got. At some point she reached over to Spencer's tray and "gave" him half her cupcake...which he ate faster than fast just in case someone was going to take it away from him!

You should always wash down your cupcake with a nice drink! :) So...all in all we had a great time watching them enjoy being the center of attention again! We missed all the family that was far away and couldn't come to celebrate with us.

Random Photos

Since it has been a while, here are some random photos of our life out in Oregon! This first one is the new sign Dad made for us. I love it....it turned out so nice! Here is Aubrey going for a little walk with her Nana...she was so thrilled with herself to be able to walk and only hold a finger! She has progressed to taking a few steps on her own before she gets so tickled and falls down. She is getting too big for her own good.

I made them blueberry pancakes with frozen blueberries...they loved them, but it did make quite a mess!

This is their favorite place to play. They play hide and seek in the curtain and bang on the window! It gets really loud when Buster is on the other side waiting to come in!

First Birthday Weekend

I just wanted to give a quick update on why there are still no pictures from their big birthday weekend. Long story short, I woke up Friday morning running a fever and went to the doctor and was told that I have the flu. So, needless to say any plans we had were quickly cancelled and postponed until the 30th when my parents will be up this way again. Saturday morning we woke up to Spencer having a red rash over most of his body and of course we freaked. He ended up having an allergic reaction to something, we still aren't 100% sure what. He is looking MUCH better now and was never really bothered by it, which is good. I am finally feeling better and will probably pull through! Stay tuned though, birthday festivities are coming!!


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Blowing Kisses

I managed to get Spencer blowing kisses to Dean...and then he noticed me with the camera and gave me his cheesy grin. He officially crawled too...forward even! My goal this week is to get a video of him crawling!



Here is a photo of Aubrey drinking out of her sippy cup. Both of the kids drink with the cup upside down...don't really know why!

As hard as it is to believe, they will be one in just under a week! I can't imagine that it was a year ago! It went WAY too fast!!

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!!!

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!