Jacob's Goes to the Dentist

Today I took Jacob to the dentist for the first time. We went to Fishers Pediatric Dentist which is behind Super Target. He did a great job. I was surprised. He laid perfectly still while they cleaned and counted all of his teeth.After they finished cleaning his, he told me it was my turn. It was cute. He even let them take x-rays. Everything turned out great! No cavities so we will be going back in 6 months. I couldn't have asked for a better visit.

This looks bad...

Avrey has a new discovery of climbing on the chairs in the kitchen. She has been doing this for a few weeks now and usually makes it up okay. But tonight, she was not very lucky. This is what happened.....

My poor baby girl! Josh was getting ready to bring her upstairs for bath. All I hear is "Avrey, no!" "That's not going to be good." and then of course, Avrey screaming. I come downstairs and she has this huge goose egg between her eyes. Josh said that she fell off getting up onto the chair and then the chair fell on top of her. He couldn't make it in time to catch the chair. She cried for about 5 minutes, and I tried to put ice on it but she did not like that idea. Hopefully the swelling will go down tomorrow. This is probably one of the worse goose eggs I have ever seen. What do you think?

Christmas Day

Christmas morning was fun at our house. I greeted Jacob with a Merry Christmas! and he said "What?" Really?" Let's go open presents" It was so cute. He had forgotten over night that it was Christmas morning. We rushed to see what Santa had left. He even left some of his cookies. Jacob received Geo Trax trains and Avrey received a playhouse. Jacob was of course excited and Avrey could not figure out why we were opening more presents. We played with our toys for awhile and then it was off to my mom's to open gifts. Jacob received, you guessed it, more Geo Trax. Avrey received a tinkerbell fold out couch, and several more gifts. Then, on Friday we went to my dad's. Sorry no pictures from my dad's. I don't know what I was thinking.

Playing with Alphabet Train Puzzle
Enjoying Tinkerbell couch

Christmas Eve

We always celebrate Christmas Eve with Josh's Family. This year it was at Lisa's house. Everyone had a great time opening presents and playing with everything. Avrey recieved a cart and some food, some clothes and a baby doll. Jacob recieved a big wheel, which he loved, even though he does not know how to pedal. Maybe he can learn how before his birthday so we can get him a bike. We got home and put out our cookies for Santa and it was off to dream land for the kids.

First Christmas Party

Our first Christmas party was in Marion, Indiana on Saturday. We had a great time visiting with everyone. Avrey was of course being shy. So she followed me around most of the night. She liked the present part though. Jacob knew what he was supposed to do and was very patient while the presents were being passed out. Jacob received a railroad crossing bank which he loved, and Geo Trax train. Avrey received a counting Lily doll and a mu little pony that crawls. They were very excited about their presents. Jacob had to carry his Geo Trax train all the way home and he kept asking where our house was and why was it taking so long to get home. Too cute!

Polar Bear Express

On Friday night we took Jacob to the Polar Bear Express. He was looking forward to it all day. We had a great time. First, we listened to the Polar Express story. Then we got on the train and went to the "North Pole" (well, not really, Noblesville)to pick up Santa, Mrs. Claus and a Polar Bear. This was Jacob's first time talking to Santa and it went great. He even let us snap a picture of him with Santa.
Relaxing with daddy on train

Christmas Pictures

It is that time of year again. Time to get the Christmas cards out. We decided that we would take our own pictures this year to see if we could get a good shot of the kids. Here is a little sample of what happened. Every time I tried to snap the picture Avrey would try to run away. And when I finally got her to sit still, this would happen. It was funny.

Avrey and Jacob loved decorating the tree. We decided to use green and red this year. The ornaments are all glittery so they catch their little eyes. Avrey loves to touch them and try to take them off the tree. This is her enjoying the ornaments.