Nate

Taking pictures of Nate has gotten so much harder! He's so busy and curious that I end up with a lot of picures of the top of his head or his hand as he reaches for the camera!

He has has a new version of a smile that makes him look like he's in pain.
Thankfully I have a big memory card

Sisters

I love my sister and I am so glad that she came to visit us! She encouraged Caleb to learn to read and to do

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Nathaniel also thought that she was wonderful. Right after we dropped her off at the airport he asked if we could go and get her again.

We love you Aunt Kymmy!

Cheap

I could have bought a little tree or something that would have made our rental house seem more "christmas-y". But for some reason I just couldn't, so here is our "tree".

Really, the outside was already decorated for us!

Hope that you all have a very merry Christmas!

Christmas

This was taken at the Christmas party for Pete's work. Caleb was fine with sitting on Santa's lap. He just didn't want to look at the camera. At all. Whichever way I moved or the photographer moved, he looked the other way. So, I just pretend that he is thinking about what he is going to get this Christmas. He looks rather concerned about it.

You may wonder why Pete is also sitting on Santa's lap. Nate developed a rather healthy fear of Santa. He would not let go of Daddy and he has a rather good grip. So, instead of having the picture of a child SCREAMING on Santa's lap, we have a picture of daddy running interference. I love how nothing can hurt you as long as daddy is there. So very sweet.

Merry Christmas.