Charlie and Olivia

So here is a picture of Charlie's first time in the big tub. I also have a picture of Olivia's first time in the tub. Check out how much they look alike???

Can you tell who is who??

Randoms...

My Kiddos :)



Charlie loves rolling around the floor now.


Saturday we went to see Santa at the John Deere dealership in St. Cloud. Jesse had to work almost 24 hours straight clearing snow, so he was unable to go. Olivia was sad that Jesse couldn't be there, but her and Charlie still had lots of fun.






Olivia Reading Arthur...one of her favorite characters :)



Charlie just hanging out.


Olivia loves her little brother.



Decorating Grandma Ruth's tree for the birds (or whatever animal that eats cranberries, peanut butter, and sunflower seeds).



The smart one...hanging out in the house where it was nice and warm. Maybe next year he will be able to join the older kids outside.

Decorating the Tree

Last week we spent some time decorating the tree. Wow...this took a long time. It is crazy trying to get something done with two kids. I cannot imagine life with anymore. Being a mom of two and working full-time is a lot of work. Especially now that it is winter and Jesse's work schedule is so unpredictable.

So after two nights, we finally completed the tree. It was so fun for Olivia to look at her ornaments this year. She wanted "the story" about all of them. So here are a few...


The red ball ornament has a picture of Olivia just before her first Christmas. It did have a recording of her babbling, but unfortunately last year Olivia got a hold of it and erased it. I was very very sad about this. The mitten is one she made at Jenn's daycare.


One of Olivia's first Christmas ornaments


Another handmade ornament from Jenn's


Olivia's snowman ornament...this one is my favorite one that she has made.


Olivia putting the ornaments on the tree.

Our finished product...


Our fireplace with our stockings. Now that we have Charlie our mantel is getting really full. Good thing we are not planning on making our family any bigger. We would have to kick Jack off of the mantel :)



We hope that you all of a wonderful Christmas :)

A Day with Ava!

We are having an Ava day today :)

We don't usually get to have one-on-one time with Ava, so we have had quite a day. Ava has been telling us lots of stories about her big brother Owen, and little brother Ezra, and of course all about her baby sister that she is going to have (she seems pretty convinced it is going to be a girl).