Bartlett Christmas Re-cap

You know what, I've changed my mind about the whole picture thing...(I'm the author, I can do that.) Based off the number of comments I average, hardly anyone reads this thing anyway, so I am just gonna post however many pictures I want. :) Hazah!!

Some of my favorite pictures of our week-long Bartlett Christmas: playing games into all hours of the night, the food., my 26th Birthday- dinner at La Colterra & hotel- thanks Derek!!, watching Asher and Collin on Christmas morning, decorating the "tacky" tree, decorating cookies...

(sorry these are all out of order!)

Clegg Christmas Re-cap

I'm trying to be a bit more selective in the pictures that I post on the blog- it's so hard! Some of my favorite memories of our "Christmas" (Dec 19th) with the Cleggs: games with Rob & Melynee, baking cookies, acting out the Nativity story, & gift exchange. Here are some favorite shots:

Sleep in Heavenly Peace

a new kind of ad for orthodontia

Like mother,

Like son...

*teeth compliments of Scout, the family dog

they really do LOVE each other

I feel grateful that Asher remains mostly indifferent to Collin, because I've heard horror stories of how some toddlers react to new(er) siblings...I know that when Collin is a bit older, they'll be the best of buds. I know because I walked in on this today...

morning ritual

After morning juice & cuddles with mommy and daddy in bed, Nate starts getting ready for work and my job begins too...

It's about 8:15am. I plop Asher down in front of the Tv & put Collin in his chair with a toy. They are quiet and occupied which means that I can make breakfast, check emails, clean up a bit & do whatever else I can fit into the 30 minutes that Elmo or the Little Einsteins have alloted me.

I was laughing while downloading pictures from my camera this morning...check this out- 2 different mornings this week, but same pajamas, same mesmerized expressions, same toy. Talk about a morning ritual!

Day 1

Day 2

Day 1

Day 2

Who's the man??

This guy (next to Asher). My wonderful little brother. Congratulations Derek, you are gonna make an AWESOME missionary. We're so proud of you!

We're all kinds of JOLLY around here

Picking out a tree...

Decorating to the nostalgic tunes of Mannheim Steamroller...

Stockings hung by the "we don't have a chimney so this will have to work" ...

This will be our first year spending Christmas just our little family...I think we'll be a bit lonely for family and it might be a little too quiet around here, but I'm also excited and looking forward to watching Asher open his presents! Speaking of Asher, does anyone have any ideas for toddler-friendly Christmas projects?

Oh, and Collin says "hi!"