Christmas Break

Well, needless to say, this post is very late.  It encompasses about a months time so these pictures include both when Will turned 3 months old AND 4 months old.  Wow!  Time flies!  Our Christmas break did NOT turn out like we had expected it to.  Eric had a full 3 weeks off from school.  But when Emma came down with a fever on the very 1st night of break we knew we were not in for fun.  She ended up being sick for at least a week and then Will got sick, too.  There was even a day that Eric was sick.  We ended up going to the Doctor FIVE times over break.  It would have only been 3 if we were in the States because here the Doctors only give you medicine for 3 days and then make you come back.  And the last Dr.'s appointment was Will's 4 month WELL-baby checkup.  :)  (13.5 pounds and growing strong!)  We ended up missing church the Sunday before Christmas as well as the church's Christmas Eve service and a group gathering at our friend's house on Christmas Eve.  But we were able to make it to our Staff gathering on Christmas Day for a little while even though I forgot to take pictures.  We DID end up getting to have a fun outing toward the end of break to Pororo Park, a children's play place about 30 minutes from here.  And even though we stayed home a lot over break and had a lot of sickness and melt-downs, I have to say that I still enjoyed our break and that we ended up bonding more as a family.  We got into a rhythm at home with Eric being there and it was sad when he actually had to go back to school.  We weren't consistent in taking pictures over break but below I think you'll find a good smattering of what our break looked like.  Again, sorry for the wait!

Our family at the school Christmas concert.

Eric had to do a lot of transcripts for his Seniors over break.  I wish those college applications were due at a different time!

This picture is out of order but it is of us hosting the ICS staff kids at our house on New Year's Eve for a pizza and movie party while the adults had a game night at another house.

Emma now knows what beaters are for!  She loved helping me make Christmas Cookies.

Yep... we started this over break.  She actually got REALLY good at going to the bathroom on the potty seat and was even dry all night a few times and then... she must have got scared or something and now REFUSES to go on the potty.  :(  Well... she'll go about once a day but for all intents and purposes, I guess we're taking a break and will try again after awhile.

3 Month old Will decided he liked standing up!

And then the sickness hit.  :(

We made several "tents" and Emma loved it!

Christmas Day.  We didn't take too many pictures.

I'm going to miss our little house.

Christmas morning pancakes.

New PJ's from Aunt Laura and the Borns.

And then there was more of this...

And this.

But we did get better and have some fun.

And enjoyed our Skyline Hunting Lodge shirts.  Thanks, Granddad!

At Pororo Park watching the 3D movie.

Emma and Eric (mostly Eric :) ) LOVED the bouncy castle.

Family Picture.

Pororo is on the right.  He is a famous Korean cartoon character.

These last ones are just random ones from around the house lately.

Emma's BEST friend, Isaac.

She LOVES her Pororo shirt we got her at the Park.

4 months old!!!

The last 3 weeks

Below are a ton of pics that we've taken in the last several weeks that I feel are worth sharing.  My kids are just so darn cute!  Most of these have a sibling or Christmas/Winter theme.  Enjoy!

 Our family picture taken at the staff Christmas party.  Not as great as last year but I realized that I think this is the FIRST picture we've taken all together as a family of 4!

 Love Will's expression.

 Sibling love.

 I get this grin a hundred times a day.  heart!

 I get this look often in the day, too!  haha!  My little defiant one.  She got in trouble for getting into my make-up and then was mad when I tried to take a picture.

 Tummy time all around.

 I really like this picture.  It was taken the day we put up our Christmas decorations.

 Another happy grin.

 Male bonding.

 Someone did NOT want her brother to touch her during this "photo shoot."

 Sorry it's sideways.  Good side-by-side picture, though.

 My cute little Willie Bug.

 She looks so grown up here!  Like a beautiful posing model (except for her pacifier... wish she wasn't so addicted to that thing!)

 Mommy cuddle time.

 First snow day wonder.  She woke up from her nap to find this out the window.  Then she stared outside for at least 1/2 an hour jabbering excitedly.  (Side note:  I'm really going to miss those windows!)

 So excited!

 First time legitimately going outside to play in the snow.

 Glad it wasn't yellow!

All bundled up with her Daddy.

My Men

I have a ton of pictures I want to post but I thought these 2 deserved their own post.  I love my two men.  These pics were taken before Thanksgiving.  Do you see a resemblance? 

Twins???

When Will was born I immediately thought he looked exactly like Emma and that I would be accused of having twins 18 months apart.  However, as I look back on these pictures of both Emma and Will, I can definitely see a difference in my children.  They do also have similarities so I have posted a few pics below for you to make your own decision.  

Emma

Will

Passport Pictures at 1-2 weeks old
Will =Left
Emma = Right

Emma 3 weeks

Will 3 weeks

Early smile from Emma

Early smile from Will

Emma 6 weeks

Will 10 weeks

Emma 2.5 months

Will 2.5 months

Love my little man!

My observations:

1.  We have a MUCH better camera now than we had with Emma :)

2.  Emma was chubbier earlier.

3.  Same cowlick.

4.  Different mouth.

5.  Will's eyes are bigger than Emma's (if that's even possible).

6.  I THINK Will might re-grow blond hair instead of the brownish-red hair that Emma has.

7.  From looking back at videos of Emma - she seemed to talk, laugh, and grab at things earlier than Will has.  (meaning he hasn't done them yet and she had).

8.  Will has a killer smile with that 1 dimple.  He will be a heartbreaker.  :)

9.  Emma looks more like her Mommy & Will looks more like his Daddy.

10.  Both of my kids are unique, special, and extremely CUTE!

Fall Pics

Hello All!  I do apologize for the 6 week absence from the blogging world.  You know what they say, "the transition from 1 kid to 2 kids is the hardest."  Well, we're finally starting to get into somewhat of a normal rhythm around here so I wanted to get some pictures uploaded before they, too, become old!  I still want to make a post about my parent's trip to visit us.  But, until then, enjoy these pictures I took yesterday of the kids at the park.  It was pretty cold, hence the crying 6 week old.  But, it was still fun!  Oh, and special thanks to Aunt Judy for making the kids' blankets.  We LOVE then!  

 Enjoy!