A bit more Christmas...

On Sunday we had the Canadian Greers over for one more Christmas get-together. We all had a nice lunch and the kids each got a few more gifts...

Like usual, Lola slept through the gift opening...

Here we all are...

Our anniversary...

Wow, this December has been full of milestones! My 30th birthday, Lola's first Christmas and our 5th anniversary! For our anniversary this year we ended up staying home with the kids all day and we re-decorated their room. It was way past due and we are very pleased with the results. While we decorated, we had a pot of meatballs simmering away on the stove, and that evening we had our first candlelight dinner with the kids. The menu had to be toddler friendly, so we had spaghetti and meatballs and bananas foster with homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert. Yummy! Milo loved everything except for the bananas foster, which was surprising, but he ate his weight in plain ice cream instead.
Here are a few pics of their sweet new bedroom...

Christmas...

On Sunday we had Christmas at grandma & grandpa's house...
Milo and Lola got a new kitchen. Milo loved it...

But Lola slept through the gift opening...

Milo was a good helper and helped everyone with their presents...

Lola woke up and gave mommy some kisses...

Meanwhile, Milo made some coffee (aka coff) in the kitchen...

He shared it with grandpa...

and Ryan...

The boys had some whipped cream at their coffee party...

Lola finally got a turn to open her gifts...

On Christmas morning we stayed in our jammies to unwrap our gifts...

Lola was so excited for her first Christmas that she got a bad case of the crazy legs...

Milo got some blocks that can also be used as a nifty drum set...

And he got his first camera...


Mommy's wild new diaper bag...

More unwrapping...

Lola got a doll. But I think she wished that she would have gotten a camera too...

Milo being inducted into the Greer Cicarelli Camera Club. Now he is super cool like mommy and daddy...

A gift for daddy...

Lola started warming up to her doll a little bit...

after she found out what a wonderful tickler she is...

In the afternoon great-grandma came over for lunch. Her lap was the best place to sit while having some fruit...

Great-grandma is also the best at playing cars...

But Lola wasn't buying it...

Before bed, Milo decided to give the Santa hat one last go...

Merry Christmas everybody!!!

The tree...

On Saturday morning we put up our tree! We had been meaning to put it up the first week of December, but, 4 cases of stomach flu, 2 colds, and 2 particularly nasty vaccinations later, we finally got it done. Everyone is eating and sleeping like normal again (or not sleeping if you're Lola), and we all have our old happy faces back.
This is what the kids were doing while Jason finished assembling our tree. Yes, we have a fake tree. But I really don't like the idea of vacuuming needles out of the carpet until June. Besides, we already have this one, and I would feel wasteful to not use it. Maybe one day...
Milo loved digging for decorations...

But I'm not sure what Lola thought of the singing snowman...

Wow, what a difference a year makes! Milo was such a big helper this year...

My little angel with the angel...

Yippy! The tree is ready!

We have the best little presents under our tree, now don't we?