Christmas

 We had multiple Christmases this year!  We started out at our house on Christmas morning (with our beautiful tree from Trees for Troops!).  After we opened all the presents and got dressed we headed up to ATL to Beth's Mom's house for another round of present opening!  And on New Year's weekend we went to see Beth's Dad for yet some more presents - but of course I didn't get pics there!  Then Matt's parents came the week after New Year's and brought - you guessed it - more presents!!  Here are some of the pics:

Angel baby by the tree on Christmas Eve

Tree on Christmas morning

 Trying out her new doggie

Boys opening presents

Brother and sister with presents

"Oooh he's a dead-eye, ain't he!"

Gramma Nancy & Grampa Brian's tree

 Aiden & cousin Linley opening presents

Maura with her Christmas hairband!  (She barely kept it on long enough to take the picture!)

My new Keurig!

Sorry!

Maura trying to get to her new Razorback sippy cups

Pre-K Christmas party

Aiden's Pre-K class had a Christmas program/party this morning!  They sang a few songs and then we all had yummy snacks to eat.

Wearing his "hand"-made reindeer shirt

Singing with the class

Miss Maura enjoying the music 

Everyone had cute reindeer shirts! 

Family pics

We went to a local photography place to get holiday photos made.  I was not impressed.  I only wanted a good family pic but the photographer kept taking different posed pictures and by the end when we did the family pics we were all tired and Aiden was not looking at the camera anymore.  We got a few good ones but not a great full family one.  Here's the ones that I like best:

 This is the best family pic we got.  Nobody looking at the camera, dark lighting...oh well.

11 months old!

Baby girl is 11 months old today!  This year has been tough, with her early months dominated by terrible reflux, and many MANY sleepless nights for Mommy and Daddy, but it's all been worth it.  We only have one more month to call her a "baby".  I'm so looking forward to seeing her personality come out and hearing her start to talk in the next year!  I can tell already she's got some of Mommy's subborn streak in her, and she's beginning to get frustrated at things (which results in a lovely, ear-piercing scream).  Even with only one tooth (still!) she is eating solid food like a champ, and loves peas, green beans, bananas, sweet potatoes...basically anything that's on Mommy's plate!  She's crawling everywhere and starting to "cruise" around the furniture.  It would not surprise me if she's walking before her birthday.  Aiden loves her more each day, it seems, and they love taking their evening bath together.

Toof!

Finally got a pic of the first tooth!  It came through about a week ago, during which she had her first real fever and was sooo cranky and did not sleep well, but she's obviously feeling good now!!

5th birthday party!

We held Aiden's party in our backyard and it was a great success!!  We rented a bounce house and an 8' table plus 10 chairs from MWR.  Everything was Spiderman-themed (of course), but Aiden ended up wearing his Wolverine costume the whole time!  I got lots of compliments from the moms about how fun the party was.  I'm pooped so I'm praying baby girl sleeps well tonight!  Here's some pics:

Webbed cupcakes from the Commissary

Maura and Baxter guard the door

 Trampoline fun

 The bounce house we rented

 I made this cake!  Red velvet (box), with piped frosting.  Not great but my first try!

 Miss Maura playing in the leaves

 Eating the cupcakes and cake

 Opening presents

 Hitting the pinata



Official time picture

This will probably be his last one, next year he'll be in school all day :(