Dear Boys,

I love you! You are both my little rays of sunshine and the lights of my life. I couldn't imagine my life without you two. Bryant, you are the best big brother to Casey. He loves you so much. A huge smile and glowing eyes appear on his face every time you come near. Seeing you two together just melts my heart. A mother could never ask for more. You are both the sweetest most loving boys in the world and I'm excited to see what each new day holds. Your daddy and I are truly blessed to have you both in our lives. I hope you will always remember and know how much you are loved!

Love,
Momma

New Things

Now for a little update of new things that are going on around here.

Casey:
*now 9 months old
*weighs 16lbs 15oz (yep 0-5 percentile...who knew)
*height is 27 3/4 in (25-50%)
*army crawling still since Thanksgiving...but he sure knows how to get around and FAST
*has gotten up on hands and knees and crawled a few "steps"
*claps
*babbles up a storm
*eats some table foods
*loves baths
*is a pretty happy baby who loves his mommy ALOT :)

Bryant:
*still 3
*weighs 39lbs
*just got another ear infection which means we are in the process of scheduling another set of tubes :(
*has really come out of his shell...He runs around and plays like a true boy. He also warms up to people a little quicker than he used to.
*still loves his little brother and loves to play with him

The boys are growing so fast and changing so much every day. I love them so much! They put big smiles on my face (and the occasional grimace :)

Oh yeah, Chad and I had our first night alone in forever Friday night. The boys spent the night with Ashley and Holly. I survived Casey's first night away and so did he. It was great!

Christmas came and went

Wow, Christmas was a very busy time!! We made our usual trips to Breckenridge followed by our trip to Alabama. Santa was good to the boys this year. He must not have paid attention ALL year :) Casey got yet another ear infection Christmas Eve and we also discovered that he is not a very good traveler. But we all survived and had a good time! So here's to a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Here are the boys with Santa. They both did a great job!

Bryant and Noora made "graham cracker" houses. They were so cute!

Casey got into Noora's house and sure did enjoy it :)

Bryant rolling out cookies to make for Santa.

The boys ready for Santa.

Casey did the usual eating of the paper. It was his favorite part of the whole day.

Casey on his new rocking horse.

Bryant got a new Handy Manny talking tool box from Santa. He LOVES it!!

Casey got a cool table from Santa. He loves to make it play music. He's not too good at standing at it by himself just yet but he's getting there.

Handy Manny Bryant in his new jacket with his new tool box.

The boys opening presents at Grandma and Grandpa's in Alabama.

The gang with Grandpa!

Casey being cute and eating keys (his actual favorite toy).

Grandma and Bryant trying to stay warm with the windows down.

Happy New Year from Casey!

Happy New Year from Bryant!

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

Bryant's Parent's Day Out put on a cute little Christmas program his last week before break. It was so cute. Bryant was a precious little donkey (fitting, huh?). He sang some and starred at us some! He did great overall and we were very proud of our little donkey!!

Where's Bryant?

He's the one yawning...They missed nap time :)

Look at the donkey will ya!

Some holiday cheer for to get ya in the spirit!

Choo Choo

This was a really cool Holiday Express train that came through Wylie.

This was a model in one of the cars. It looks like the real train.

You're never really too old to sit on Santa's lap!

Casey's not too sure about that Elf, and I don't think Bryant is either.

Just turn yourself sideways and this is us in front of the train. We only waited outside in the cold for an hour and a half or so :)

HO! HO! HO!

I know these are a little late since lots of you already received you Christmas card, but here are some adorable pics we took of the boys the 1st of December to get a good card worthy photo!!

Bryant helped me decorate the tree and this is him looking into an ornament :)

Naughty or Nice

Casey loves his Santa book.

So happy and too darn cute!

Look how much Casey loves his big brother.

SANTA!!

Nice!

Creeping and Scootin

OK, I am finally updating with a few more pics from Thanksgiving and a creeping and scootin video of Casey. Bryant, Casey, Nana, Ashley, and I got to go to New Mexico for a few days before Thanksgiving. We had a great time. We got to meet baby Alyssa and show off baby Casey. Casey did his first attempts of crawling and he's just scootin around more and more each day. I think we may be in trouble when he does start crawling. That boy likes to get into EVERYTHING! It was the first time in a while that we've all been there together. Then we went back to Breck to have our usual Thanksgiving with Aunt Joyce (which is where we discovered the toothy). He is also starting to get another little tooth. My little gummy toothless baby is about to have that little toothy smile :) Kinda bittersweet. Overall, we've had a pretty good November!

Scootin Casey