Smiles and Deliruim...

Contrary to popular belief, Benjamin does smile.
Isn't he sweet?

This is Maggie before shopping....

This is AFTER. haha.

No, what really happened was that she didn't know I took the first picture... when she realized I was taking pictures she said:

"Ok Mommy, take a picture of me...."

And that is the face she made. She thought she was pretty funny. It's kind of fun to see her silly personality come out. She definitely gets it from David.

Christmas Preparations!

Here is our lovely Advent wreath, this year it is being lit by candles that our beautiful niece Natalie made.

Here is our Gingerbread house, Maggie decorated it. I did the frosting but she put every piece of candy on.

It was a messy project but we had tons of fun doing it. The Advent season is so much more fun with kids around!

"Oh, Christmas Tree..."

Here is our lovely Christmas tree. Maggie is really into preparing for Christmas this year.
She was really excited to decorate the tree and diligently helped make it beautiful.

Here are this years Christmas PJ's. Anything that twirls is perfect for Maggie, so I couldn't resist these cute PJ's.

Here is Ben with Maggie, he is also wearing his Christmas pj's. He is my little elf. :)

Sydney Turns 3!

Sydney had her 3rd birthday party at the Whatcom Children's Museum. It was SO FUN!


They had a photo booth set up where you could dress up and take goofy pictures. As you can see these pictures came out blurry... I was laughing too hard to take a good picture.

it was such a fun party, they had all sorts of activities for the kids.

They had yummy cupcakes.

Here is our Maggie enjoying her cupcake.

Spin art.
It's pretty cool and easy.

Getting ready to spin...

And Voila! The masterpiece.

Benjamin pt. 2

Benjamin just LOVES his sister. Every morning when they get up, Maggie comes up and says "Good morning Benny!" and he answers her with a huge grin and a gurgle or coo.
Maggie was keeping him entertained while I cleaned the bathroom....

Here he is in the kitchen sink... though he is already too big to be bathed there.

Benjamin is growing so quickly!!! He has already grown 5 inches since he was born.
He had his two month appointment and measured 24.5 inches and weighed 13.9lbs.

He is such a doll. So smiley and loving, we are all in love with our little boy!

Playing Catch Up

Our most recent family picture taken on Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful day with the Marshall side. We have so much to be thankful for. Here are some more fun PICTURES of our fun day.

Here is Maggie on Halloween pretending to play the cello like her Auntie Amanda... on her ukulele.

Trick or Treating with Sydney... er um, Rapunzel.

Benjamin as cute as a button.

Dressed like a little man, ready for Mass.

This picture is OLD. I just couldn't resist posting it. It was taken almost a whole year ago when the Alexander bunch came up to visit! Can you believe how much Maggie has grown in one year!?!

This was taken July 2011, 4 generations. Aren't my momma and abuelita beautiful?

Benjamin

Born: 9/16/11
weight: 6lbs 11oz
length: 19.5 inches

He was 3 weeks early... but ready to go!