...the most wonderful time of the year...

She just loves to smile at Daddy!

Papa's idea of a funny prank to play on Daddy!

Getting lots of "help" from Chase, Skylar and Teague decorating the tree in the basement!

Teague wearing Skylar's Jonas Brothers hat and reading the instructions to putting the mega blocks castle together!

Here is a picture of what I heard Teague yelling up the stairs to me while he and Lola were downstairs... "Mommy I CAN'T DO IT! I CAN'T CHANGE YOYA'S DIPE DIPE! TOO HEAVY!" So I ran downstairs to her sleeper unzipped and a diaper laying next to her.

Teague's favorite thing to do is "play on Teague's bed" - I think it's because it's the place where we keep his "guk guks" and he's not supposed to have one unless he is in bed (which happens about 50% of the time) and so I think that's why he likes to "play" there. He also loves looking at the pictures on my camera so we took one while "playing" on his bed. He thought it was great!

This is such a fun time of the year, especially with kids! We are having a good time getting the yard (me anyway) decorated and most of the house for Christmas! I thought Teague would be good about leaving Christmas ornaments, etc. alone since he was very disinterested in them last year, but he can't keep his hands off of anything "new" or "unusual" in the house. He takes the fake candy canes off of the tree and bites them and proclaims "yummy!" and they are again, fake.

Ryan has started bball and we are adjusting to our new normal now. You'd think I would get the hang of it year after year, but adding another kid to the mix has changed it for me again! Lola is doing AWESOME. She is like a new baby with the zantac. The chiropractor seemed to work, but only for a day or two and then she was back to fussing and crying. Within a day or two she was a new baby on the zantac! She is taking great naps and her night sleep is wonderful. I think I can count on one hand the number of times she has gotten up more than once and more and more she is sleeping all night and she is not even 3 months! God is totally paying me back after getting up NUMEROUS times a night with Teague for nearly a year!

I am running a 5K on Saturday, should be interesting just 10 weeks post-partum. I am worried I am going to slow my friend, Beth, down! I told her this summer I was signing up to do it to motivate myself to get back into shape post-baby. It's the only way I can stay "honest" to my goals is if I sign up for a race - if I pay for it I better get my money worth! ha!

Some new videos are below! In the meantime we hope you are enjoying this wonderful time of the year.

When asked, this is what Teague thinks his name is...

He has been hanging around his big cousin Chase too much, he copies EVERYTHING Chase says. Here are the newest things he has learned from Chase...