Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

This is my cheesy little boy!! He has gone from pulling himself across the floor to actually crawling!! He can actually pull himself up next to furniture too. He is just growing up so fast :)

Cara and the tree

Cara LOVED the Christmas tree!!!! She kept ooh-ing and ahhh-ing at it! Alex was not as anamored with it...he just wanted to grab the ornaments :)

Our Christmas vacation so far

Grandma and the kids.

Grandpa showing Cara around
Cara lovin' on Alex....again he's just not so sure about it!

My sweet little boy

The kids in the tent. Alex is very proud of himself and happy that Cara let him in :)

Cara being a big helper by sweeping

She's such a nerd :)

We are having a fabulous time here in Florida. The kids are loving Grandpa and Grandma Henry. Nothing but a lot of spoiling going on here!! Alex can finally pull himself up to his knees....sometimes he can go up to his feet, but not very often. Cara has discovered a new favorite movie...Snow White! She has watched it at least 47 times so far. She has also discovered a love for chocolate. The grandparents just can't resist her whe she comes up, bats her eyelashes and says please. It's cute! Well....more picture to come!

Cheerio's!!

If at first you don't succeed...

try and try again.


You've got to love Alex's expression in the top shot. Classic.

8 months old

I can't believe my little boy is 8 months old already. He is finally sitting up by himself!! He has 4 teeth and is working on a 5th....but doesn't really like real food too much. He "crawls". And by crawl, I mean he drags himself across the floor with his hands. Our shag rug really makes this possible. He looks like his legs don't work at all!!! It just makes me laugh! He is so incredibly vocal. It's so wierd how different two babies can be. He is also so super cuddly. I love it!

Edelweiss

Our first look at the Alps

Blake just hanging out

The resort

The beginning of our trip up to the top of Zugspitzs (the highest point in the Swiss Alps)

getting higher....

The building at the top of the mountain.

The Alps

It was cooooold, but I liked it :) It reminded me of home.

Blake, however, was a little too chilly....

The resort

Our first glimpse of Neuschwanstein Castle

This is the bridge we stood on to take the above pictures (a better picture of it is coming later)

On our way up the hill to the castle

This is that same bridge we were standing on...it's really high up!

This was the last picture we got of the castle before going inside. We weren't allowed to take pictures on the inside. It was soooooooo awesome though!! Defenitly worth seeing if you are ever in the area!

We had a fabulous time in Garmisch. It was such a nice vacation. We walked a ton, ate some really really great food and saw some pretty awesome sights. Thanks to my Mom who stayed with the kids :) While it might have been nice to have them there, I am soooooo glad they weren't! They just wouldn't have gotten anything out of it. I totallly did!!!!

Funtime in the morning

Cara loves to lay on top of Alex...He doesn't love it as much.

He does, however, love it when she stands over top of him!!
My little boy.

Daddy is home :)

It didn't take the kids long to realize what a Daddy is good for :)

My happy little boy
My cheeseball little girl

We are such a happy family! Blake got home safely and we are now just getting readjusted to real life again. The kids absolutly love him. It's fabulous!! I am quickly losing my "favorite parent" status :( Alex actually pouts when Blake goes somewhere and doesn't take him with. Cara follows him everywhere. It's fabulous. We are so glad to have Daddy back!

Playing

She loves to bean him in the head with the ball. She laughs...He kind of gets this look on his face :)

We don't have long to wait until Blake gets home!!! He'll be here on Wednesday. I am so excited.

Cheese!!

Playmates

Alex with his "help me" look. Cara just wants to cuddle!!

Tummy drums!!
She has found his nose....and loves to stick her fingers in it!

At the end of the day, he's happy. He loves her as much as she loves him :)

Trunk or Treating

My little Tinkerbell My chunky Rhino :)
The only picture of the kids together I could get....

Learning what to do to get candy :)

I'm afraid the rhino didn't have a whole lot of fun. The only person she voluntarily went up to.

All done and heading back to the car.

Found the car!

We saw our good friends there. It was nice to see Batman and Robin!