Need a hug?

Or perhaps a tackle?

And one more of the cuties holding hands in the car (I swear we don't stage this stuff!!)...

My first time!

Can you believe that I'm 26 and I've never been to the North Pole before tonight?


The daddies and babies boarding the Polar Express.


The North Pole!! We made it!


We picked up Santa!


Still not a fan of Santa.


Emma Kate enjoyed her cookies!








We love Emma Kate!




The train just about rocked Will to sleep.


I love this one of my two guys!


We got the best car on the train! The others looked like buses, but this one was nice and comfy.


I have a feeling this won't be my last visit to the North Pole!

Naughty?

It looks like Will won't be getting what he asked for this year!

New Blog

Since I don't blog anymore, Chris started a blog. Just kidding. I will blog again soon, I promise. But Chris did tell me that he decided to start one since I don't write on mine anymore. The only problem is that he said he hasn't really told anyone about it yet, so I thought I would. You can find it here and I will add it my blog list.

mmm...cookie!

Our sweet neighbor, Elizabeth, brought us over cookies tonight. Will has had a cookie before, but never a chocolate chip cookie. Mark & Elizabeth always give him food he's not supposed to have (hehe...just kidding y'all)! You can judge for yourself, but I would say he was definitely a fan of the chocolate chip cookie. After this video, he spun around in circles while screaming with glee for a full 10 minutes.

Expanding Musical Taste

Buddies

Everyone knows that life can be busy at times and you just don't get to see your friends as often as you want even if they live close by. Well, it just so happens that Will and Emma Kate have been able to spend some quality time together this last week and they are really starting to become buddies. It is so much fun and so cute.

We took them to the pumpkin patch last weekend...well we thought it was going to be a pumpkin patch, but I think Kristin misunderstood (just kidding, Kristin!). There were at least a few pumpkins there to take pictures with. We all rode in the same car. Emma Kate has a big carseat but it still faces backwards and Will's faces forwards...so they got to look at and talk to each other during the drive. They even held hands part of the way.

Today we took them to shop and play at the mall. At one point, Will had his arm hanging over the side of his stroller and Emma Kate reached out and grabbed his hand! Can you picture how adorable this was...two young moms strolling down the mall (with the exact same stroller) and their baby's arms stretched out holding hands? (We are still young, right?) Oh how I wish I had my camera handy at that moment! Later, Emma Kate cheered Will on as he went down the slide at mall playground over and over again. She went down a few times, but she seemed to prefer standing at the bottom waiting for Will to come down.

After they both had long naps this afternoon, we got to meet up again for dinner. I'm pretty sure they were excited to see each other again.





















I took this picture with my iphone. I'm not sure I would call this hand holding...it was more like arm wrestling but they were both enjoying it for the most part! (That is a "Superman for President" sticker on Will's back that a nice lady at Baby Gap gave him.)


This picture was taken when Emma Kate was just a month old and Will was almost 6 months old. I promise we did not stage this! Do you think they were just meant to hold hands or what?


We are grateful for our buddies - Brice, Kristin, and Emma Kate!


Will is also grateful for his pumpkin buddy.


He could have done this all night!