Merry Christmas from the Girls!

Chloe (10 months) is a super crawler and pulls up on furniture. She recently started eating chunks of "big girl" food as well as her purees. Her favorite part of Christmas was playing with the gift bags.



Katie (2 and 1/2) has started being a very involved big sister. When Chloe cries, Katie will bring her a toy. This Christmas, Katie enjoyed decorating cookies and eating frosting. She also had fun at the indoor waterpark with Omi and Granddaddy.

Merry Christmas

We hope everyone gets to enjoy this joyous time of year.

Christmas Afternoon with the Grubisics

We spent a lazy afternoon with Uncle Phil, Aunt Kay, their kids, and their grandkids. The time included a traditional ham meal and a few games of dominos and cards.









Silly boys!

Christmas Morning at Home - II

Some more photos of our morning: a gift of anticipation.

Trying to put together a tricycle.


Do you know how hard it is to put anything together with a 17 month old whining in your face?

Success. Another happy child being pushed around by her mom.

Christmas Morning at Home - I

Here is a brief smorgasbord of photos from Christmas day. We all enjoyed a quiet morning, and we began the morning with breakfast -- sausage and biscuits and potato casserole! We both agree that this may be our last Christmas when we can enjoy a lazy breakfast before chaos. We enjoyed our morning and are grateful for the gifts. Katie was all smiles.

Oh! So Snowy and Cute!

We received these Christmas cards today--from Jimmy, Dad and Granddaddy--great men sending snowmen up to Wisconsin! (And yes, Jimmy's card is the one with sparkles and glitter!

An Early Christmas

We celebrated an early Christmas yesterday with grandma Bell. Katie got some cool presents from her grandma. A handmade blanket with matching pjs was the best one. After wards every one played til nap time.

Katie's Playhouse

Yesterday Katie had a very fun and busy day. Katie was able to play with grandma Bell, Peyton and a cardboard box.

Grandma Bell came over to exchange Christmas gifts before heading out to see Darryl and Nicole in Seattle. I got to babysit Peyton as his parents and Ashley were working. As you can see I had no fun yesterday.