Snuggles

This is what everyone else was doing when I braved the cold to go to work this morning...

I was sooooo jealous!

Go Canes!

Not the Miami Hurricanes (boo), the Carolina Hurricanes! Long before these kids came along, we spent pretty much all the money we got as wedding presents on hockey tickets (playoff tickets the year the Canes won the Stanley Cup). Apparently it's more traditional to use those gifts to buy a house or whatever, but we have no regrets.

Anyway, Eric got to take the kids to hockey practice today. The little dude spent the evening "skating" around the house in his socks... which is about as dangerous as actually playing hockey. He agreed to talk to the camera about what he did today, and here is the result. Enjoy!

What?!?

The little guy was up late last night, up early this morning, and refused to nap today. Then he was fairly melodramatic at dinner. After he ate, he said "Now I want to go to bed!" So he went straight to bed... at 6:30pm! We had a ridiculously long evening, which meant we got to watch the season 2 finale of Sherlock. (It was AMAZING!!)

Naptime a few days ago...

Ahhh... Sunshine!

The weather on Saturday was amazingly perfect, so we went for a hike. The little dude walked the whole way-- more than 1.5 miles! I'm a total sucker for photos like this (I took a million of them):

The baby was pretty suspicious about the whole thing, but she fell asleep after a while.

Boy House

Despite our new pinkish background and the presence of our baby girl, we are still firmly living in boy-land (especially now that I'm gone more).

 I love it when tummy time becomes a family event!

Also, firefighter and policeman disappeared a few days ago, so we can now introduce their replacements our new friends Firefighter, Fire Chief, Black Boots, and Yellow Boots.

Excitement?

Since the older one didn't let me take his picture today, I spent some time trying to get the little one to smile for the camera. Usually by the time I take her picture, her huge gummy grin looks like this:

But I got this photo today, too!

Christmas in January?

The little girl fits her brother's Christmas hand-me-downs... so it still looks like Christmas at our house. I don't think she minds.

Ho Ho Ho!