December 24 = Christmas Eve

Alright guys... I'm 2 months behind now so these are for real going to be really short.  Sorry children reading this in the future but you kept me really busy.

Malia can't believe we're traveling again...

And it must have worn her out because this is rare but a picture that I will treasure forever... nothing like a girl and her Gramps.

December 24 = Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve to a sleeping Zachary & Daisy.  She's such a snuggler.

 My life:

Liam's still really into this put a blanket over your head thing...

We took the kids to the playground today- it's been super rainy so they haven't been able to go outside very much but finally today it stopped for a while so we took advantage!

One advantage to outdoors time... it wears them out!

It finally dried up enough outside that Liam could roam around the back yard a little bit.

We got some laundry done and Malia thought it would be fun to put them all on her head, one at a time.

And then she discovered a rocking horse.

Then it was time to go to Christmas Eve service.  Now this is probably Zachary's favorite part of the Christmas season.  However- things have changed a little bit since the addition of these two.  There was no childcare at the service Pops had chosen for the family to read verses and light the advent candle so Zachary and I discussed a strategy and... it failed.   This was the last picture I got before being in full chase them down and keep them from screaming mode.

December 24 = Christmas Eve

It's Christmas Eve!  The day started off pretty normally- Liam had a speech appointment that Grammy and Matt took him to and Gramps stayed home with Malia so Zachary and I could go to the gym without any babies.  We got home, showered and then my parents and I went out to participate in my dad's favorite Christmas tradition- Christmas Eve last minute shopping!  We went to Target and they got Malia some rattle socks- very cute- and I got her something for her new crib that will be in her new room very soon- after my family heads home, we're moving Liam to his room and Malia into hers.  When we moved in, we made the room with the crib Malia's room- we made it pink and green and just had Liam sleep in it thinking that by the time she was ready to move into her crib, he'd be ready for a big boy bed.  We were wrong.  So we were very lucky and had a crib given to us that we've put in Malia's room and we need to move Liam's crib into his baseball room.  It'll be a big adjustment for all of us!  But I digress.  Then we came home and opened a few presents.  Uncle Matt got Malia some adorable red pants with white "fur" on the bottom so we paired that with a funny bib Great Granny Jean got (Liam has worn it too).  

Dad and Zachary made dinner- it's a marinated grilled chicken recipe that I have no idea how to spell but it's delicious.  So we had that, rice, and green beans.  Liam loved it which is always a good thing.  We were planning on going to Christmas Eve service but we weren't sure if they would have childcare so my parents decided they wanted to stay home with the kids and Zachary and I didn't want to go if we were the only ones going so we got them dressed up like we were going and then took tons of pictures.

Then we started a new Christmas tradition that I hope we will continue every year.  I had gotten a movie for us to watch a few weeks back- Despicable Me II- and I got Liam some new PJs.  Malia already had two sets of Christmas PJs so we got them both festively dressed and sat down to the movie.