Putting up the Christmas Tree!

I normally wait to put up the tree until after Thanksgiving, but I thought why not put it up early this year. I love our tree and think is so beautiful, plus this way it is up for longer than just a month. Stevie wasn't sure about it, he kept staring at it like,  "why is this in the house?" But once I started putting the ornaments on, he wanted to play with them, since some of them were red balls. We had to have a chat that these are "prettys" not balls. We also played with the children's nativity set that Grandma Teresa got him, I plan on putting it in the bay window for all to see because it is really cute, but Stevie loved it. He played with it for over an hour. Too cute! Ethan hung out and slept while I put up the tree. He is doing good,  his hearing checked out good, they want to double check everything again in Dec.

 Eating at Panera. He looks like he is saying, "You know I love bagels."

 Before

 All done and Beautiful!

 Ethan hanging out!

Bath time!

Getting the boys nice and clean after their busy weekend!

October and November Birthdays

We have a lot of October/November birthdays on Stephen's Dad side of the family. So we all got together today to celebrate them at Kris and Clay's. She made homemade chicken enchiladas and I brought German Chocolate Cake. I am kind of bummed that I didn't get a picture of all of us who had birthdays together, that would have been smart, maybe next year.

 Yum!!! My favorite!!

 The kids!

 My husband, refusing to smile. Gotta love him!

 Yummy enchiladas that Kris made!

Football game at Aunt Kris and Uncle Clay's house.

Yesterday we went over to Kris and Clay's house to watch the game and play. Stevie and Ethan had fun. Ethan mainly hung out and Stevie was all over the place as usual. Grandpa Steve was in town and we ordered pizza after the depressing Husker game.

 Testing out his bike

 Ethan smiling at Steph

 Rachel and Stevie

 Grandpa reading a book with Stevie

 Aunt Kris making Ethan smile

 Uncle Nick giving Stevie jalapeno chips, Stevie wanted them. He made some funny faces and then his eyes started to water. It was funny.

 Stevie trying to hit Uncle Nick's hat

 Giving his  Bro a kiss!

 Kris gave both, Nick and Stephen haircuts while they were there.