New Camera

Grannie & Papa brought over an early Christmas present for us - a new camera! I was experimenting with pictures and was able to get some good ones of the kids:

Baby boy - he's just so smiley:







This picture cracks me up:



Depressed boy:



Sienna was showing off her Barbie Musketeer masquerade ball mask/tiara:

Santa

We took the kids to see Santa and while Ahren didn't mind having some strange person hold him the situation still confused him a little! We had to have a discussion with Sienna about requesting gifts from Santa instead of telling him what she was getting...maybe next year we'll do better!

Winter Singing at school

Sienna did very well at her school's winter song recital. She knew every song and made sure people knew she was singing-which was good since she had quite a little crowd there to watch her!

Christmas Photos

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas photo shoot. We are truly blessed!

Showing off

If I want to take Sienna's picture she is very recalcitrant, but if I want to take Ahren's picture she NEEDS hers taken as well (not that this is too surprising).

As you can see she pulled her pig-tails out so her hair has some issues, but she is SO proud of her wand skills:







She moved so fast I didn't get her whole face, but this picture cracks me up!



*I had to cut her nails this evening since she had scratches all over her poor face.

Skills

Ahren has been growing so much lately and he's been trying out some new skills. He can move (albeit slowly) while on his stomach. I think he just wiggles so much he is bound to move a couple inches every 15 minutes or so! Ahren has also been trying hard to sit up on his own. He almost does sit-ups while sitting on our laps! We've been working on him sitting up where he is near enough to something to hold onto when he can no longer support himself. He's getting there!

Attempting to crawl:



He gets his right leg up (which would be more helpful if he was on his knees):



Too cute:



Needing some support:



Almost:

Tough guy

My mom brushes Ahren's hair into a faux-hawk every time he stays at her house and the other day we decided he needed one. I think he pulls it off well.

Sick

Ahren ended up with an ear infection, too. That's his second ear infection in less than two months! I think we are on our way to tubes.

Sick

Both kids have been sick lately. After our family day dinner I felt Sienna and she felt very warm. She ended up with a fever and off she went to prompt care. Our poor little girl had an ear infection. She was very mad that we put her in pants (even though it was a VERY comfy track suit)! Seth and I thought she looked adorable!

You can tell our lovie just didn't feel good!

Musketeer

Sienna has becoming obsessed with Barbie and the Three Musketeers. She loves to watch the movie and will act out all the scenes. She found a kabob skewer in her kitchen set and it is now her sword.

She wanted me to take a picture of her with her 'sword.'