They both did great for their first time seeing Santa. Hesston didn't really care and Peyton just wanted his glasses or beard. Saige was in school so we'll have to post new ones with all the kids as soon as we can get them all to the mall to see him.
Ho Ho Ho-Merry Christmas!!!
Saige playing around on the bridge during family pictures.
Peyton was looking out the window and decided to see if it tasted good...obviously it did!
Hesston was sitting in his bouncer seat and Peyton kept pulling herself up to him. Every time she got within eye's view of Hesston, he'd start to giggle.
Then I was able to get this really cool picture of them holding hands. Peyton loves his hands, but now that she has a tooth, we have to make sure she doesn't get it in her mouth.
We gave her a small slice of pumpkin pie with lots of whipping cream. she looked at it for a second, squished it all up, then ate it off of her hands. It was pretty cute and she LOVED it!!!
Jamie has ALWAYS wanted to ride the train, so we took the AMTRAK to Denver and back (30 hours round trip). I was really fun and we got to see lots of beautiful country and canyons that you wouldn't normally get to see from the HWY. We rode through the "MOFFIT TUNNEL" for 15 min, that was really neat.
Hesston likes to be held up-right ALL the time. I had him in this on my chest and we sat down to eat dinner. Well...I didn't want to spill soup on his cute little head so I put him in his swing. THAT IS NOT WHAT HE WANTED!!!!
So I hung him here while we ate. He was happy and so was I..jpg)
Peyton also likes to be hung from things. She likes to jump and swing and has a blast in this thing!.jpg)
Peyton loves this octopus that we got at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. We take turns putting it on each other's head..jpg)
Waiting in line for the Costume Contest the WE WON!!!.jpg)
Saige participating in the donut on a string game..jpg)
Peyton stands up all the time. She grabs onto things and says "UP-UP" It's not going to be long before she takes off..jpg)
We had puppies in September and they are starting to go to their new homes. It's been especially hard on our Tender-Hearted Saige. These are the 2 female pups. The black one went to her new home shortly after this picture was taken. Saige was so very brave and after a few hugs, some hot chocolate, and a movie on Mom's lap-she was good to go again..jpg)
For Halloween this year Saige is Bo-Peep and Peyton and Hesston are her Sheep.
Hesston got his first hair cut today and he did really well. It was really thick and dark when he was born but the front is being replaced by really BLONDE hair. He looked like an old grandpa that was going bald and it looked worse in pictures. So I just trimmed around the edges and back and now he looks like a little man with his cute new taper cut.
Aunt Brittany had this darling "Family Basket" made and sent to us. It is such a cute idea because it had stuff in their for the entire family to enjoy and not just stuff for the baby.
ThAnKs AuNt BrItTaNy!!!
Saige is doing Photography for the Reflections contest again this year. She took some pics of the babies in the leaves. The theme is "WOW..." She is putting 4 pics and "WOW...Little Miracles" is her project's title. We'll let you know how it turns out.
The pics below are a few that I took after Saige was finished. The first picture pretty much sums up the experience....Saige looks like she's gonna cry because she wants to go play, Peyton is trying to figure out what is wrong with Hesston, and He's screaming his head off!
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