Merry Chrtmas

From us {above}

to YOU {our amazing family and friends}:

This time of year always makes me think of how blessed we are to be surrounded by those we love. We hope this season finds everyone healthy and in good spirits.

School Time

Being as we decided that Carson would be prepared for Kindergarten with one year of pre-school instead of two we have been having daily school-time where we are working on the letters.

Carson has been able to spell his name for over a year and he can now find the letters of his name and write the letter C. Although the letter learning is coming slower than anticipated, Carson enjoys it and will remind us when we haven't practiced.

note: he doesn't usually wear his fancy glasses! he does however, always have some sort of pointer.

Contrary to popular believe, we aren't slave drivers because school time can also include an educational game, coloring, cutting things, or reading. I have also started doing "saturday school" for church topics. I have found it helps get him ready for church the following day.

10 months

Can it be, another month come and gone! It was more challenging getting a picture of Cait due to her increasing mobility...she doesn't sit still!

Cait loves to stand and has even begun to balance for up to 10 seconds before plopping down on her bottom, then getting up to try it all again.


She also enjoys bath time and the swings at the park.



Cait can feed herself her bottle and anything else she can make to her mouth before I realize {like moss from the tree, paper and random specks of dirt she finds around the house.} She has eight teeth, 8! She doesn't really play with toys, instead enjoys cruising around getting into trouble!

We are excited to share her first Christmas with her; although she probably won't be interested in her gifts for long as I am confident that she is going to love the Christmas wrapping paper!