We had a wonderful holiday break and two fabulous 4 day weekends together. Jared and Halle went to the Las Vegas bowl and cheered on the Utes...who did horribly. They got free tickets from someone at church and I'm glad Halle was able to get some time for herself and dad. She loved the Bellagio fountain and they stayed out until 1 AM!
We spent the night at my mom's house on Christmas Eve and Dustin and his family were in town. Someday they will move here, but their house has to sell first. Eli and Ainslee are 16 days apart.
Unfortunately Erin and her family couldn't be there, but it would have been especially fun to have Cameron in those pictures since he was born about 20 days before Ainslee. Someday we will all live closer than Alaska, Utah, and Texas and that will be a blast since our kids are all so close in age.
I held both of my baby boys on the recliner. Patch isn't a fan of crowds or kids (except ours).
The sweater hanging on the couch was the big winner the day before at my office's ugly sweater contest. Thanks, Mom!
Halle picked out these awesome sunglasses for Jared. What a hotty!
I believe on the inside it says Hot Lips or something like that. See the giant lips on the side?
Halle got a cookbook for Preschoolers that has pictures for the kids to follow instructions. We made green spaghetti (pesto).
I thought it was delicious, but I was the only one. We have also made blueberry pancakes (Halle also didn't like them, but loves blueberries and pancakes separately), and a banana chocolate shake (again, I was the only one that liked this). The rest of the recipes mostly include summer type fruits that are way too expensive now, so I think we'll have more fun in the summer.
The babies LOVED their Great Grandma Kline. There was just something about her that the second she held them they stopped crying and fell into a deep sleep.
We celebrated the new year by putting the kids to bed, me falling asleep on the couch, and Jared playing Star Craft. Fun, yes? I woke up as the clock was counting down at about the 30 second mark. Jared kissed me, I went upstairs and went to bed. So romantic.
Every year Jared gets Halle a fancy new dress for Christmas. I really love this year's dress and enjoyed doing Halle's hair so she was all gussied up.
Today Jared is in Florida golfing for work. Yes, for work. So I took some cute pictures of Eli to show off those chubby cheeks of his. Halle never had chubby cheeks. Eli is 2.5 months old. At his 2 month check up he was 11 lb 3 oz (50th percentile) and 23 inches (75th percentile). He's grown 5 inches since he was born; that's totally insane. His overall BMI puts him in the 10th percentile since he's so tall for his weight. At this age Halle was 8 lbs. and wasn't in any percentile since she wasn't on the charts.
This is Halle around the same age:
