Presents

Here is THE garbage truck--all Benjamin asked for for Christmas this year.

New outfit, and new Rudolph

Another truck, yes, you're right--there may have been a theme!

For the first time ever, we didn't travel after Christmas and didn't have any visitors. While it was nice and relaxing, we did miss our family!

Gingerbread Lighthouse

We got this gingerbread lighthouse as a gift for Christmas. It kept us occupied for awhile during the snowstorm.

Snow Fun!

We didn't get a ton of snow from the blizzard, but enough to play in!

Helping Dad shovel

Paul wasn't very excited about the snow, but it was very cold and windy! Benjamin, however, loved it. We had a great time sledding!

Check out this tower!

Paul is ready for Minute to Win It!

Remind me again, why did the boys just get a bunch of toys for Christmas?!

Christmas Dance

"Away in the Manger" like you've never seen it.

Paul Henry

Not a very clear picture, but this is Paul hugging Benjamin, and Benjamin kindly put up with it for several hugs. Paul is such a cuddly boy, always giving out hugs!

We're thinking about making Paul wear this helmet all of the time!

Paul is 15 months old now--actually he'll be 16 months next week already! He weighs in at 21 lb, 13 oz (20%) and is 31 inches long (50%). He is so full of energy! Jonathan wishes we had a padded room to keep him safe. Paul is constantly climbing things, and trying to jump off them. He's adding more words to his vocab daily. So far, he says Mama, Dada (He's been saying "Mama" for Jonathan lately, too. He loves that!) ball, bat, golf club, ni-night, cracker, drink, cup, I do (meaning, "I want"), meow, woof, neigh, up-y, shoes, cookie, car, truck, tree, bye-bye, hi, bath, book. There's more, but that's all I can think of right now. The boy knows what he wants, and throws a huge fit when he doesn't get it or doesn't get it in a timely manner. He understands so, so much. It's amazing how quickly they soak things in--little sponges! Paul is always eager to "help" with the dishes, laundry, sweeping, vacuuming. Of course, it usually results in double the work... He's at such a fun age, but, in a word--exhausting! We love our little boy!

Jonathan's new 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI

Here are a couple of pictures of the "Red Jet." Benjamin shed a few tears when they came and towed away the "Red Rocket," but he likes dad's new car. Everything should be great as long as Jonathan remembers to put diesel fuel in it instead of gasoline. Visitors from Florida should now be less leery about visiting in the winter with the Jet's heated seats!