Friday, February 29, 2008

i promised to "ketchup"! (part one)

so FINALLY i am posting christmas pics. at this point, it's more to relieve my sense of guilt than for anyone else...except you mom...maybe this will give you something to do as you recover today!

here is the first glimpse of what awaits....

xander could hardly wait for anyone!
we convinced him to let hadley walk ahead of him, since she's littler. they are clearly excited! so is their daddy!

you can see we were up pretty early...we've never seen THIS before! sunrise? what's that?


this is after all the spoils and destruction, but you can see, christmas got a "double thumbs up"

hadley was feeling pretty fabulous in her snow white costume!

alexander was the most excited by his "deep sea book" -- here he is looking at it with alan.

who knew a plastic astronaut stocking stuffer could be so exciting?

hadley in her own little world...i think it's "princesslittlepetshopdolly world" to be exact. she visits there often.

the triumph of getting the ONE item he wanted the most!

who knew pez could be so exciting?

by far alan's favorite toy and a bathtime favorite all around. the shark rig!

the first thing hadley noticed was her kitchen. she played with it for over a half an hour before she even LOOKED at anything else. i love the expression on her face here!

the "marble roller" which has filled many a saturday and sunday (and my dining room). a favorite dad/kid activity.

there are more updates below, mom, so keep scrolling. i never said they were recent updates, but at least i'm all caught up!

4 comments:

Chiemi said...

How fun! I have been checking back every once in a while to see if you have updated. This was a pleasant surprise. Your holiday parties looked fun! The christmas pictures are great! I love seeing pictures like that.

Lindsey said...

Wow, finally! Glad you can have fun without us on the holidays, maybe next year??

mindi said...

three things:
is littler a word?
love the pictures of the kids.
i found out on shaylynn's 2nd birthday that pez can be one of the most exciting presents EVER!

Rebekah said...

it's about time, son!