Christmas - Part #2

Over the Christmas weekend, we received over one foot of snow at our house. Because of the topography of our yard and the direction which our house faces, we tend to get a fair amount of drifting.

Each baby was very excited to go outside to frolick in the winter wonder land. These two photos show them wearing the hats made for them by their aunt Raylin.

The care and feeding of babies... Note how Joel has (finally) begun to hold his own bottle. He always looks so proud of himself when he "get's it right" and we always make sure to give him a compliment on being such a big boy.




Here, Uncle Jess is helping Grace to get a burp taken care of.












HOLY MOLY ROLLY POLY!

Joel decided to try sitting up on his own yesterday...

Here, he starts to get distracted by the camera...





And he's leaning...










ROLLY POLY!!!









Then, little boy just needed some time in his swing to recuperate.

Two Reindeer Sisters!

Grace on the left / Ella on the right








Ella










Smiling and bright-eyed.




















Curious babies.










Observant babies.










Buggy











Worried Buggy











Escape Attempt...

Earlier this week, Ella decided that she wanted parole from her crib.



Here, she pleads her case to the parole board (Mommy & Daddy).





When parole was denied (despite a demonstrable record of good behavior), Ella was rather depressed.