It's the most wonderful time of the year...

We are in the Christmas spirit, are you?? Thanksgiving was great! Wonderful food and wonderful family. What else can you ask for? And now...time to get ready for Paisley's Birthday and Christmas!

Paisley and Craig put up the outdoor Christmas lights together. I am sure she was a ton of help!

The twins. *Sigh* The twins. They are so cute. And they are so into everything!!! When I say that eating is a production...it is! Well, let me rephrase that. Clean-up is a production! We literally have to vacuum their chairs after every. single. meal. UGH. However, this just means they are growing. No more baby food here...and they pretty much feed themselves for every meal. The obvious reason for the mess.
Hudson has gotten his second tooth, and his top two are really ready to pop through any day now too!
Madden is really into screaming lately. It's incredibly loud, and he does it often.


(Hudson happy as can be. He has no clue what his head looks like :) )

(The boys digging in the drawers. It's really fun when they are in this same position but one pulls the drawer out really fast and bops the other one in the face. It happens daily. Do you think we should get locks for ALL of the drawers? EH.)

(Miss P LOVES Soy Beans!! She and I finished almost a whole bag one night! )

This week I had a few days off....and that meant we had some visitors!! Heather and "Baby Jake" (who is now one!) came to visit. Paisley bossed him around just like she does her brothers. Doesn't he look super happy to be squished in this car with her??!)

We also got a nice visit from Amy! It's always fun when she comes to play...but not so fun for mommy when she leaves. Paisley is usually heart broken and asks over and over if we can just call Amy to see if she can come over.

And THANKSGIVING!!! We have so much to be thankful for. Really, we do. Sometimes I get caught up in the business and craziness of life that I often complain about no sleep...screaming kids...blah blah blah. Really....none of that matters at all....and if I didn't have that...I'd be complaining about not having it. Craig and I are thankful for our kiddos...Oscar Miller...our wonderful family and friends....and so much more. We spent the first couple of hours of Thanksgiving at Craig's parents. We got to see the whole fam, Craig got to eat his mom's stuffing, and Paisley got to play with her cousins. Then...we headed to my mom's house...where I got to enjoy my mom's stuffing! :) We also got to meet and snuggle up new baby Jaclyn!

(Madden in his "I'm Stuffed" shirt! )

(Hudson is "Stuffed" too!)

(Paisley holding Jaclyn)

(Madden just being Madden)

(More snuggling with baby J!)

(Some people play cards at Thanksgiving, or trivia games...we play twister. And we also play it Paisley's way....which means she gets off the twister mat and spins every time. Needless to say, she never gets herself in very compromising situations, and always "wins". )

This weekend we put on the Christmas music, got our tree and decorated the house!!! It took us a while....why you ask...because we have little kids?? Actually, no. This time because Craig took a break about every 2.5 seconds to sing Christmas karoke!! I did take a picture of him, but for the sake of our marriage, I didn't post it. :)

(P with the tree--- which reminds me...P is really into rhyming lately!)

(Paisley putting on ornaments. And she didn't break any this year!!)

(And....the 2010 Christmas tree!)

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We are thankful that you check in on our blog as often as you can...it's not always easy to make the time on Sunday nights...so thanks for caring....or being nosey! :) Either way, we appreciate it!

Love,

Brook and Fam