One Horse Open Sleigh

 

For some reason Will recalls the line “one horse open sleigh” from the song Jingle Bells!  It’s really adorable, where do they get this stuff!  Our Christmas time was absolutely wonderful this year, but it sure does go by too fast.  To catch up on stats for the boys:

Will: 2 yrs, 3 feet tall, 27 pounds

Loves anything construction and anything train related.  He’s talking up a storm, and very well I might add too.  Gotta watch what you say nowadays!  He climbs everything and is always testing the limits, like any 2 year old, throwing a tantrum in there every once in a while.  He’s crazy about Christmas, loves the lights and trees and just figuring out Santa. We started the Elf on the Shelf this year, and each morning he has a blast trying to find him, he’s always conveniently “up high”!

Max: 10 months, 30 inches tall, 24.5 pounds

That’s right, only 2.5 pounds lighter than Will.  Max is our little sweet pea!  He’s such a laid back kiddo.  Just goes with the flow, which works well since Will runs the show most of the time.  Max is crawling everywhere, just started out of nowhere really.  He’s pulling up to his knees, but we suspect it won’t be long till he’s trailing the furniture.  He loves any attention you give him, and such a smiley boy!  He’s going everywhere in his walker.  He’s finally sleeping through then night all the time now.  He’s just now starting to babble and say “mama” and “dada”, and he’s quite the little Daddy’s boy, which makes Dada beam with joy!

  

We journeyed to the Missouri Botanical Gardens for they’re annual Christmas Train exhibit.  Will loved it and it was beautiful as always!

Santa brought a train table this year and both boys LOVE it!  Will is usually on top of it pulling all the trains around.  Max loves to steal Will trains…little brothers!

We had a wonderful Christmas.  We really enjoyed being home on Christmas morning.  The boys played and played, both took morning naps and still had more to open after that!  Mama’s family was there to celebrate too.  We loved having a house full.  Dada was off the entire week between the holidays.  We went to the zoo, had friends come to town, went shopping, had lunch, and played A LOT!  Countdown is on to next Christmas!

Will’s 2nd Birthday–Construction Party

 

Wow!  2 years have gone by so fast.  Our little Will is growing up!  He’s into dump trucks, traffic cones and just about anything else construction.  He truly enjoyed his party and it was a beautiful December day, and all the kiddos got to play outside!  We so enjoyed having everyone join us for the party, and he got so many wonderful gifts, which he’ll enjoy every one of them.

What a curious little fellow!  Checking out all of the goodies before the party started, even took a bite out of a chocolate donut (a.k.a. spare tires).

Dada and Will greeted his guests outside.

Will definitely knows he is “2”.  But holds up one finger on each hand to show you.  One day he’ll get it right, but for now it’s just too cute!

He almost didn’t know what to do with everyone singing to him!  We’ll call it a successful party that he didn’t stick his fingers in the cake before we cut into it!

His favorite gift from the party was this little back hoe ride on toy.  He calls it his “digger”.  Cousin Courtney picked out a great one!

Grandmother and Papa sprang for a new bike!  He loves it, he even got the helmet to boot.

‘Nough said!

Max even enjoyed some cake too!  Though some did end up on the wall…thanks Papa!