Holidays 2009

So I'm finally posting pictures from Christmas and New Years. Christmas was so fun with Nic home and it is the first year that we've stayed home. We had so much fun with our kids. We got a Wii for Christmas and Nic and I both got really good at tennis. haha We would invite people over and challenge them to tennis without telling them how good we are. We would crush them for our own ego's. We're mean and pathetic :) It was all in good fun. Taelynn got her coveted Ariel doll from the little mermaid and now bathes and sleeps with her. Max doesn't care at all. Nothing we got him interested him but the wrapping paper. New Years was weird because Nic was already back in Iraq. We were all a little sick so we ended up staying home but it worked out great because Nic was able to call me on the web cam. So Tae, Nic, and I all rang New Yrs. in together. I hope the holiday's were as kind to everyone else as they were to us. (well they weren't kind to my waistline)

Taelynn's New Year's banging pots and pan's

Max's New Years sleeping blissfully unaware.
Once again, Taelynn's New Yrs screaming and throwing confetti.
Max's New Yrs. cute little boy in dream land.

Christmas Eve at Nic's parents house.

I love kissing his chubby cheeks, I'll be so sad when they're gone!
I love how he is staring at me thinking "you don't have to do that Mom"
1st Christmas
Ok so not the best picture but when you are working with 2 yr olds you improvise.
Daddy and his munchkins on Christmas Eve
Christmas sunday
I LOVE this one! So sweet.
haha this is how Daddy does Tae's hair.
Look at Nic's face, he's so proud of his work on her hair.
Our gingerbread house.
It's a family event..........ok I took over!
This is Tae's contribution to building the house, eating it!
Yes I'm crazy, I didn't even realize I was elbowing her out of the way.
Nic's a little scary with that knife :S
Well at least it started well. She was excited at first.