Little Tree Decorating

We have a big tree for the living room and a little tree for Joseph's room (he also insisted on a wreath!). Here Lena and Joseph decorate the little tree together.

My new cleaning crew.

Little Santa

Cake!

Baby shower cake for a friend. It was yummy.

Naptime

Daddy and Holden spend some quality time together.

Dance, Dance Revolutions

Lena gets excited about her first dance class!

Photo Preview

Go to http://blog.ccportraitdesign.com/?p=576 for a glimpse of our
latest photo session.

Thanksgiving!!

We went to see Joseph and Lena in their Thanksgiving program at
school. Everyone did a wonderful job of staying on the stage area and
keeping their costumes on (which are big tasks for a 2 and 4 year
old). Lena's class dressed up as turkeys, and Joseph's class dressed
up as Native Americans.

Little giant

Holden is officially a giant. His 2 month check-up was today. He
weighs 15 pounds (100th percentile) and is 25 inches long (99th
percentile).

Cake!

Blowing out the candles

Party!

We spent the morning celebrating Joseph's birthday. Happy birthday, Joseph!

Boo! Holden is a ghost!

Halloween Parade 2010

Lena and Joseph paraded proudly in their Halloween costumes at preschool. Who can guess what they are?

Daddy won the cardboard boat regatta race using the boat his trusty Lts designed and built! Next vehicle: airplane home...

Lena's 2nd Birthday Party

We had a little party to celebrate Lena's 2nd birthday today. She had
a wonderful time. Here she is blowing out the candles on her Hello
Kitty cake.

Preview

For a glimpse of Holden's first picture session, see
http://blog.ccportraitdesign.com/?p=499

2 week check-up

Holden had his 2 week check-up on Friday. He's doing great. He
gained over a pound and now weighs 10 pounds and 5 ounces. The nurse
thought he was a month old at first. He'll probably be the size of a
six month old at his two month check-up.

Just his size.

Joseph found a police car at the mall that was just his size. It
matched his police vest and hat perfectly.

Got you!

Joseph and Lena helped Grandad wash the car and their sand table
Sunday morning. Lena was in charge of the hose. When she sprayed
Joseph and he screamed for her to stop, she just laughed.

Joseph's briefcase

Grandad sent back one of his old briefcases with Nana so that Joseph
would have something to put all his pencils, papers, and envelopes in.
Joseph very carefully organized everything. He's been carrying
around his writing supplies so he can write notes to the police. I'm
sure the mailman has appreciated all the unaddressed envelopes we've
been leaving in the box.

Another creation

Lena works very hard on her latest play-doh creation. She'll point to
the play-doh containers in the closet and ask for "play."

Officer Joseph

Joseph has moved on from being a firefighter and is now a policeman.
He loves to wear his police vest and hat and go around in his cozy
coup car making a siren noise. He even happened to see an officer at
the library today who gave him a badge sticker that he is very proud
of.

Joseph's art

Joseph made a few things as well, but he wasn't as outgoing when
displaying them.

More of Lena's artwork

Summer Camp

Joseph and Lena went to camp last week at their preschool. It was
just the second time that Lena got to go to the classes. She came
home everyday with a load of artwork. Her teacher said that she would
complete 2-4 of everything instead of just one. Here are some of her
masterpieces.

Swim Lessons

Joseph has completed two sessions of swim lessons so far this summer.
He is doing a lot better about getting into the water, but he is still
convinced that he will sink if he lets go of the instructor.

"In my pants"

I asked Joseph how his underwear was doing to find out if he was wet
or not. Joseph took the question a bit more literally than I
intended. He responded, "It's in my pants." I'm glad he knows what
order to use when putting his clothes on.

Playhouse 2

Playhouse

Joseph and Lena both appreciated the swinging doors on one of the playhouses.

Playhouses and forts at the Botanical Garden

We spent the morning at the Botanical Garden to see the new
playhouses and forts display. There were activities for the kids
scattered throughout the gardens, which Joseph and Lena loved. They
created a painting together and picked out their favorite playhouses.

Pink Cadillac

Boys vs. Girls

Joseph is still working on the differences between him and Lena. At
bathtime, he explained that "boys have penises and girls have
tushies." Now I know.

Sunday afternoon washing the cars 4.

Sunday afternoon washing the cars 3.

Might as well make sure the house is clean.

Sunday afternoon washing the cars 2.

Joseph and Lena wanted to make sure their cars were clean too.

Sunday afternoon washing the cars.

End of the year sing-a-long

Joseph's school had its end of the year "show" today. As you can see, Lena was much more into it than Joseph.

Morning at the zoo's tot beach 3

Lena was on a mission: move as much sand off the beach and into the
water as possible.

Morning at the zoo's tot beach 2

Joseph jumped right on the tortoise statue, but Lena was a bit nervous
that it was real.

Morning at the zoo's tot beach

Where did Dad's plane go?

More Jubilee pics...face painting

More Jubilee pics...the box maze

Jubilee Fun

Joseph's school had its annual Jubilee fundraiser today. Both kids
had a wonderful time.

Baby #3 Wishlist

We set up a small wishlist for Baby #3 at nickisdiapers.com You can
visit it at http://nickisdiapers.com/registry.php?rgid=4837&rguser=hlhayd00

More fiesta pics.

More fiesta pics.

More fiesta pics.

Lena and Joseph march in the Fiesta Parade

Joseph's school had a Fiesta Parade yesterday. Robert and Lena helped
Joseph make his float last week; he was very proud of it. Lena had to
jump into the parade fun too.

Hanging out on the potty

Going back to finish #2!

Lena Officially a Big Girl!

Lena peepee'd in the potty all by herself... though she started out naked :-)!

Baby Boy Peanut!

Click to Play

Looks like the ultrasound has spoken... let the naming begin!

Utility Guy

Utility Guy
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Joseph prepares for a trip to the fire station by donning hardhat, work gloves and tape measures. Of course, he wouldn't wear a damn thing at Halloween.

I Want to Die!

I Want to Die!
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What's better than one stool? Three stacked on each other!

Silly Kitten!

Silly Kitten!
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The Kitten returns!

The Saddest Little Kitten

The Saddest Little Kitten
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Lena is the saddest little kitten.

Baby Peanut

Baby Peanut
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Baby #3 ultrasound. We're pretty sure (s)he has all the necessary nubs...

Hooray!

Hooray!
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The fastest one to post a message gets to see the first set of ultrasound pictures before anyone else!