Christmas 2009 come and gone.

Well another year has come and gone. I can't believe how fast time went by.  We had a great Christmas and I believe everyone is happy with what they got.  The boys got a good variety of stuff, from games, to craft stuff, to toys.  Unfortunately I didn't do a very good job at taking many pictures and what I got didn't capture the best moments and good times had by all.  But here you go anyway. We spent Christmas Eve with Justin's family this year, were we went to a church nativity program and then had dinner.  It was quite a good program.  Then we did our traditional stay at home on  Christmas day and baked a turkey.  Then we just relaxed and played with all of our games and toys.  It was a break well needed.  The boys are getting so big and it was fun to watch them get excited for Santa to come.  Unfortunately that meant up at 6:30 am, but they were in pretty good spirits the rest of the day.  Zayne enjoyed the paper and tried to get at anything and everything he could.  He is now crawling normal and walking with help.  He is now 9 months old and growing fast.

New pics of the family

Here is our family photo that was taken just before Halloween by a friend of ours.  Obviously I was pleased enough with the photos that there are quite a few here taken by her.  Also, check out the photos to the right.  I have a new picture of Justin and the boys and the boys and I.  I love the way they turned out.  This family shot was actually one of the last ones taken of our family and amazingly enough we still have some fairly happy boys.  Not our best faces, but they work.

The second picture is actually one of my most favorites, but Justin liked the first one more.  So we used it as our main family photo that everyone got. 

Yep, I finally got a picture of just Justin and I.  Unfortuantely I was wearing a sweat shirt which isn't very flattering, but it still turned out well. 

This was a really cute one of Zayne that we loved.  Such a cute look on his face as his parents check him out as he checks out the camera.  Can you tell he loves attention?

Another fun one of the whole family checking Zayne out as he attacks his brothers hair.  He loves to pull hair and scratch faces.  He thinks it's really funny even when it hurts us.   He is learning to be a tease fast.

 

Here is Quentin's school photo.  It turned out so great.  I was so pleased to have him come home with a photo of a true smile.  He is known for doing his fake cheesers.  What a cute boy.  He is truly loving first grade and excelling well.  We are so proud of him.  Quentin was so determined to have spiky hair this day, so I am so glad they stayed.  But it's funny he never asks for them any more.

 

This was a great one of Cyrus.  He is still so photogenic.  We finally got him potty trained as well.  It was quite the process since he is so care free.  Unfortunately we still have accidents, but we are definitely there now.  Cyrus is so fun to have around and loves his one on one with mom.  He is learning and growing so fast. 

Last but not least is Zayne.  He is now army crawling and doing everything he can to get to his brothers stuff.  He loves to attack their block towers, steel their toys, and get a hold of anything that his brothers have.  He has been so much fun to watch.  He wants so much to run with his brothers and I fear he will be doing this sooner then later. 

Halloween 2009

For Halloween we did our traditional carving of pumpkins, but as you can see, the boys only wanted to color them this year. We were able to plant pumpkins in our garden this year and were blessed with plenty to pick from. The boys had fun. As you can also see, they really got into their designs.

This is what Zayne did during the carving process and he was all smiles for the attention. However, he had no idea that the camera was on him, or he wouldn't have been smiling. Daddy is taking the pictures while Mommy is acting like she is going to get him. What great smiles.

The boys were great troopers for Halloween. We had a much busier day then we wanted, especially since the boys woke up with runny noses and coughs. But we made it. We visited both sets of grandparents and then ended up out trick or treating for an hour and a half. Longer then planned, but we got to see those who wanted to see us. Needless to say, we were all ready for bed that night and looked forward to the extra hour of sleep in the morning. Not that the kids know what that means. But we tried.

For Halloween Cyrus chose to be the Bumblebee Transformer. He has never seen the movie and has no idea what a transformer really is. But he really liked the costume and it was yellow. That was all that mattered to him.

Here is the Quentin designed/mommy pieced together costume. Quentin was playing his game SPORE and designed this creature (alien with lots of arms). He printed it out and told me that is what he wanted to be for Halloween. It took work and creativity, but he wore it and enjoyed it. I'm just glad the costume survived the whole holiday.

Front view of the costume. The arms had to be reattached a few times, but other then that, all went well.

Here is Zayne as a frog. He wasn't sure what was going on and didn't really want to be bundled up like this. But he was a great trooper.

October fun!

So I was getting pics of Zayne on his belly, one of my favorite positions for pics, and I caught him trying to get on his knees in the crawling position. See below. I can't believe my baby is that old yet. He also loves solids and is making time away easier if it is meal time.

This weekend we laid sod under our swing set. Finally! I was getting tired of the mud and dirt being brought in after play. Justin did a great job. Thanks love, you are awesome. It looks great and the rain after wards worked out great.

Before. Of course with Quentin's poses.

After most of the way.

Cyrus loves to push Zayne in the laundry basket and thankfully Zayne loves the ride. I couldn't get Zayne laughing like he was. He seems to shy away when the camera comes out.