It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas!

Hi family and friends! Happy holidays to you all! We hope that you are all enjoying these early weeks of December, which for us have been relatively quiet and very fun with Christmas preparation. Thanks for checking in on us!

Hannah helps Mom unpack and assemble the new table for her Project Center!

Mason is a Tummy-time champ -- it may have a lot to do with the fact that he has a friend to keep him happy while he is doing it!

She even gives kisses along with her encouragement!

Two kids, two smiles, lots of love!

This picture begs the question: do they look similar?

Mason's first play date, with Caleb!

Two boys, born only weeks apart, but look very, very different!

Hannah and Grace play in the new project center,

which is still a work-in-progress.

Today Hannah dressed herself during nap time. It was adorable how proud she was of herself (see smile above!). She took off the pair of pants that she had on and replaced them with this pair (notice the new trend of wearing them backwards!).

And, she put on this sweater using her new technique "Flipsy-flopsy, over the topsy!"

If you look up close, you'll notice that the sweater is on upside down! It was so cute! The best part was how proud she was of herself! AND, of COURSE, I was SOOO PROUD OF HER, TOO!

Mason in Dad's shirt (yes, Jonathan wore this shirt home from the hospital over 30 years ago).

Can I make you melt with this smile, Mom?! Oh yes you do!

How about now?

Here, Hannah decorates a cupcake with Christmas sprinkles. She placed each Christmas tree sprinkle onto the cupcake individually. The masterpiece took roughly 45 minutes to complete!

Occasionally, when she got some frosting on her fingers from carefully placing the sprinkles on the cupcake, naturally, Hannah would lick them clean.

Still at it with much determination.

Finally, she gets to present the cupcake to Dad, who she made it for.

Christmas tree shopping to support the local Lion's Club. The tree appeared a lot bigger than it turned out to be...oh well.

We approve, let's take that one.

Mason slept through his first outing to choose a Christmas tree....maybe next year! Speaking of sleeping, Mason is doing great with regards to already being on a schedule! He naps twice a day, typically at the same times and is doing well at night, too.

Hannah helped Dad take the tree off the car,

and set it up! We forgot to take an "after" picture for this blog entry, but here is "before" the ornaments/lights and also before the tree branches even settled down.

Still sleeping

Ho ho ho! Stockings are hung by the fire with care.

Discovering the animals of the creche scene.

We had taken a pictue of Hannah lying under the tree, so I snapped this one quickly before I forgot.

Reindeer and balsam trees on the little guy.

Mom and her two kiddos

Mason tries the Bumbo. I think he approves, but will not sit in it for longer than 5 minutes at this point.