Doing Important Work at Daddy's Office

Pajama Jam

For their holiday party at school, Matt and Ben had a pajama jam where they got to wear their pj's to school and make gingerbread houses!







Yes, that's Ben licking the icing off of the knife!

Christmas Highlights

They loved going to see the trains with Gammie at the Duke Energy Center.





Getting cookies and milk ready for Santa!




Christmas morning! Thanks Santa for the trains and cars and treats.

Christmas Cookies

Halloween

A little late in getting this posted, but here they are - our pumpkin and ghost! Matt was sure to tell everyone that he was a HAPPY ghost, not a scary one.



They made it through our whole neighborhood this year! Here they are going through all of their candy. Matt wasted no time eating his. In this video he's already on his second piece. Ben, on the other hand, laid all of his out on the floor and 20 min later, after careful examination, chose his first piece to eat.

Sweet Baby Jake

Love how he likes to sleep with his little arm or hand curled up by his face!

Catchin' Up on Some Fall Fun

We missed a few posts back in the fall, so in the spirit of "better late than never" thought we'd get them up.

In October we went to Burger Farms with friends for their fall festival and to visit the pumpkin patch.

Going through the straw maze with Allie...


It takes talent to get a picture where not one of the 4 children are looking at the camera!


I'm just trying to turn this Dad...


Yeah, I got this one-handed.

Happy 1 Month B-day Jake!

Jake in His Crib

Jake in His Crib, originally uploaded by wetzel9.

Checking out his new digs.

He seems to be a little more wide eyed and interested than Matt and Ben were when they first hung out in their crib.

Relaxing in the Fortress of Solitude.

Relaxing in the Fortress of Solitude., originally uploaded by wetzel9.

This is Why I Have Very Few Pictures of the Boys Posing in Front of Things

Trying to get the boys' picture., originally uploaded by wetzel9.

I accidentally had the camera in video mode while I was trying to take the boys picture in front of a train display. This is basically why I don't have any pictures of the boys posing in front of things.

Going Home!

First Family Picture with Jake

The Countdown has Ended!

In the last couple weeks before Jake was born, Matt and Ben kept a countdown of how many more days until the baby gets here. Their teachers at school even made a countdown chart for the class which was really cute!

When they came to visit Jake for the first time, they liked getting to see and hold his little hands and toes.



They also gave Jake the lion they picked out for him that is just like their Giraffey and Monkey.

Nothing's Better than Grandma's and Grandpa's