My Sweet Boy

My Sweet Boy

In honor of his birthday, I will tell you a little about what Ross is like these days!
Ross loves books--especially ones about wild animals!
He loves to play--especially with his large plastic jungle animals and dinosaurs he just got for his birthday!
He doesn't like to smile for pictures, but he does love to laugh and play with Noelle. No one can make him laugh like Noelle can (except maybe his cousin Braden!)
He is all boy and loves to play with balls and just got a basketball goal!
He is talking so much now and knows exactly what he wants (usually a snack!)
Here are some pictures that show a lot about my boy!

Here is Ross with a book--no surprise because he LOVES to read!

This is an older picture but I had to include it because it looks just like him--he is "ooohing" over a pumpkin!

Ross likes anything round like a ball. That is why in this picture he is playing with an onion!! He asked for the "ball" and I told him it was an onion. He spent the next ten minutes begging to hold the onion until I gave in and let him roll it around a while! Ha ha!

My Girl

My Sweet Girl

In honor of her birthday, I'll tell you all about what my girl is like these days!
Noelle is funny and spunky! She loves to play--especially with her dolls and her new play house.
She loves to dress up in her fluffy skirt and her new jewelry from her friends Brecken and Sawyer.
Noelle talks all the time and likes to give Mommy and Daddy a full report on what Ross is doing at all times ("Mommy, Ross is playing." "Mommy, Ross is eating." Mommy, Ross is singing." etc.!)
She likes to say her memory verse and sing her songs, especially "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and the ABCs!
Here are a few pictures that show what my girl is like these days:


Noelle pointing her new baby doll from Grandma and Grandpa

Noelle wearing her fancy new jewelry.

Noelle put these Elmo stickers on her cheeks and smiled for Mommy!

Happy Birthday Noelle and Ross!

Well, my babies are TWO! I can't believe it!! Here are some pictures of my kids in their new shirts from Aunt Erin. They say "I am 2." "You can't say I didn't warn you!" Ha ha!

Well, It has been a wonderful two years! I am so proud to be Noelle and Ross' mommy!!

More Christmas Morning Pics

Mommy with her Christmas Twins.

Playing with our new blocks from Aunt Natalie

Noelle admiring one of Natalie's gifts.

Climbing on Papa.

Merry Christmas!

The Twins enjoyed their second Christmas! Their main toys were a Rose Petal Cottage, an inflatable Elmo bed, and a basketball goal!

Our breakfast table was full! MiMi and Papa, Aunt Natalie, G.G., and Grandma and Grandpa all came to celebrate the day with us!

Eyeing the stockings.

Ross peers into his stocking.

Beautiful Poster-Sized Prints of the Kids

Nathan Here: Just wanted to post a photo of these beautiful poster-sized prints (20x30) Leanne surprised me with for Christmas for my office.

Making Gingerbread Trees

We had our friends over to make Gingerbread Trees!


Zach, Ross, and Noelle are going to make their trees.

Andrew and Zach start the process!

Ross puts candy on his tree, but mostly he eats the candy!!

Noelle is saying "Yea Noelle!"

We had so much fun with our friends Zach, Laney, and Andrew and their mommies and our friend Krystal! How fun!

Christmas Party with G.G.

On Sunday afternoon we all went to G.G.'s place for a fun Christmas Party!


Ross and Noelle in their Christmas clothes.

Ross sits with Grandpa and G.G.

Grandma and Noelle

G.G. shows Noelle a mini tree.

Christmas Decorations

We put up our Christmas decorations and the house looks so festive! I love it! The kids are really admiring everything but so far they aren't getting into anything. Ross does desperately want to touch all the ornaments, I can tell! I am looking forward to everything about the Christmas season this year!

We have two trees this year! I put up the one in our living room and Natalie put up the nine foot tree in the dining room! It is huge and beautiful! She did all the set up, lighting, and decorating for it and it looks even better than the picture.

Thanksgiving Fun

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Dallas!

Nathan's dad, Noelle, Nathan's grandma, Ross, and Nathan (at lunch!)

Aunt Natalie and Noelle

The kids were so lucky! Nathan's aunt let a baby goat come IN the house so that the kids could play with him since it was cold outside!

On the way home they kids were just holding hands while we drove.
It was a great day!

Some Early Christmas Pictures!

We took the kiddos to Pennys for some Christmas pictures! I wanted a few fun pics in their gingerbread jammies! I didn't buy these fancy shots, but they posted these on the "Smiles by Wire" (online) site so I copied and pasted them here! :) Enjoy this little jump start on the holidays!

Happy Fall!

The kids got to wear their costumes to "school" today and it was really fun to see all the cute kids in their little costumes! I am happy to report that Ross is no longer annoyed with his headpiece and willingly leaves it on! He has also overcome his jealousy of Noelle's sparkly red shoes and doesn't beg for them when she puts them on! He makes a very sweet lion! Noelle likes her poofy skirt and they were both so cute this morning! (until Ross fell and started crying right before we entered his classroom...) :) Anyway, here are my sweeties before school today!

Sweet Ross

"Shy" Noelle--ha ha!

On our way to class!

Our sweet friend, McKinley in her darling costume!!!