Best Christmas in Seattle

Wow! What a wonderful first Christmas with the boys. We woke up to find that Santa had paid us a visit and tore into our stockings.

Next, we enjoyed the gloriously sunny, mild Seattle day at Greenlake. What a treat!

Merry Christmas!

Helping with dishes is fun

Notice how Nolan does not like to touch his bare knees to the hardwoods when he is crawling.

Nolan cracking up

good nap spot?

Caleb seems to think so!

Our first visit with Santa!

it was a little scary :)

Our visit to the reindeer festival

One of santa's reindeer.

Boys with mommy.

Who knew santa also has tiger cubs?

Caleb having fun with daddy.

Caleb in Santa's sleigh. (If you click the photo, you can also see his 1st tooth!)

Check out the little santas!

Thanks Grandma O!

News, Tricks, and Skills

It seems that Nolan and Caleb are full of all kinds of surprises lately. Here is what has been happening around here:

:: 11/28 - Caleb has finally sprouted his first tooth! His lower left front tooth has surfaced. It looks like its next door neighbor is also working on making an appearance.

:: 11/30 - Both Nolan and Caleb are able to kneel now. Caleb likes to kick one of his legs out like a kick-stand.

:: 12/2 - Caleb stood on his own for several seconds. Not to be outdone, Nolan climbed all the way up the staircase.

Here the guys are with daddy. They are pretty tired out after such a busy day.

Nolan wasn't as in to Thanksgiving dinner as his brother, but he was reflective.

Caleb loved Thanksgiving dinner!

even the brussel sprouts as evidenced here.

We want turkey!

Caleb

Nolan

Yum...

dinner aerobics

Nolan getting things started.

Caleb joining in.

going bananas

Nolan

Caleb

Riding in our cardboard car; powered by DAD

High 5 Brother!

more smiles

Nolan - look at all those teeth. He's working on #6!

Caleb and his gummy smile - still no teeth for this guy!

some smiles

Caleb

Nolan

Not the safest place in the world, but that doesn't seem to bother Nolan & Caleb

Nolan in his tunnel box

happy, clappy Caleb

let the races begin...Caleb is now officially crawling

hanging with Ford on Halloween

Caleb, Ford Jones, Nolan

Ford

Happy Halloween

Bear Nolan, Monkey Caleb

Caleb trying on daddy's 60's wig.

Nolan trying on the wig.

RIP Cocoa

We'll miss you, little girl. Here's a pretty recent picture of her drinking water from the bathtub facet.

fun with dad

First trip to the zoo

Pumpkins lined the paths...so festive and some creative designs!

Caleb visiting with the orangutan.

Nolan had too much fun!

go broncos

fun with leaves

Caleb, Nolan

Nolan

Caleb

when you primarily move backwards, you end up in funny places

just 4 laughs

9 months old today!

They did great at the doc today too. They, of course, especially loved the paper. Updated stats are posted.

Caleb

Nolan

More pumpkin patch!

The fam

Mommy & Nolan

Daddy & Caleb

Pumpkin Patch!

Nolan, the horse

Caleb, the pig

Caleb can't believe that the pumpkin is 10 times bigger than he is.

Nolan picking out his 1st pumpkin

Chewing hay...ahh!