1st New Years' Eve

The boys' 1st New Years' Eve was a hectic one! Packing stared first thing in the a.m. for our trip back home the next day. After finally getting babies fed/napped/dressed/fed and all of the bags packed up and car seats installed in the van Brett's sister Bethany let us borrow, we headed off to visit Bethany and her family one last time...in the snow! All of the snow that had been dumped on the area before we arrived had been washed away with rain and we never did get any photos of the babies with snow before that happened. So I snapped a quick photo of them in the van with the snow falling. No time to actually play in the snow since we had to get moving!




We were just shy of making it there before the youngest cousin Rachel went down for her nap so we were not able to get a photo of her, but we did get pictures with the rest of the family and our nieces who are getting soooo big!

Grandpa and Grandma with Emily, Ethan, Mason and Sarah

Emily and Sarah with the boys

Emily giving Ethan smooches

Sarah with the boys

Brett and Emily

Mason with a ball he found that he loved so much he hid it in his carry on! (thank you Auntie Bethany!)

Ethan watching his cousins

Hey...that is not a pillow!!

Ethan trying on Sarah's hat with Uncle Scott

Mason trying on Sarah's hat with Grandma

Auntie Bethany with the boys

Auntie Bethany and Mommy with the boys


After our visit we headed up to Boston to the airport hotel. We had dinner in the hotel restaurant and the babies had their dinner too. We toasted the New Year at 6:00pm since we knew we would be to bed no later than 8pm with the boys and then we would be up VERY early to check in at the airport for our flight. So no midnight party photos for us!

Meeting Auntie Kate!

The boys finally got to meet Auntie Kate, Uncle Tim and Annika and Gunnar! And Kate's mom was even there too which was a very nice surprise! We had much too short of a visit and were so sad to go but we live by the babies' schedule these days which I know they understood. Thankfully we remembered the camera and got a photo of the boys with Kate!

Office Visit

Today we visited the folks at my office. But did we get pictures or did we forget again...yup...you guessed it. And we even got to meet another baby (Mr. Oliver) and we didn't get photos with him either and I am so bummed that I forgot to do that!! He is a seriously cute baby and we were so excited to get to finally meet him in person!

However, my friend Jess and her husband Owain met up with us after our office visit and we did get a shot of them with the boys!

Feeding Station & Grandma's Chair

When you don't have high chairs to use for two very wiggly babies, you have to improvise! This was Grandma's idea and a very good one - it has worked wonderfully! Of course now whenever we put them in this stroller they might think it's time to eat...




The boys also snuck into Grandma's chair when she wasn't looking to get these photos :)

Friends and Family Get-together

Grandma and Grandpa had lots of family over today to meet the boys for the first time. And the boys got to meet their only cousins for the first time today too! Sarah, Emily and Rachel! We only got photos with Sarah and Emily though, since Rachel is 2 years old and not so fond of having her picture taken. We'll try again later this week though! I'll also try to add more photos to this post once I see if Grandma and Grandpa got some more photos of the day!



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That same day we also had visits from Daddy's friends Mike G. and Chris E. We were apparently too tired in the morning to remember to get the camera out for Mike G.'s visit and are thoroughly bummed. :( But remembered it at lunchtime when Chris E. was here.

1st Christmas

Another hectic day as we traveled from 2B and Tati's house to Grandma and Grandpa's house via the friendly skies. A much better travel day though because there aren't that many people flying on Christmas Day and the flight was about 40 minutes in the air! So we again forgot to take photos except for this one in the morning. Here are the boys on Christmas morning hanging out with Uncle Nicu, Cousin Erik, Cousin Erik's baby Caleb and Daddy.

The Night Before Christmas

Another visit with Santa on Christmas Eve night and turns out... they like Santa after all! At least, they like Santa when they are not starving and just up from naps! (and no, all those presents next to Santa are not for the boys - they wish they were though!)



And here's a video of their "talent" for Santa :)