Happy Birthday Caroline & Grace

Our nieces Caroline & Grace turned 4 this month... and they had a fairy birthday party to celebrate! Kim made an amazing cake... it not only looked amazing... but it tasted amazing too! :) I LOVE CAKE! :) The girls had a blast and got lots of great presents! Happy Birthday girls!!!



Best Friends...

Drew has a new best friend... and it's TUCKER! :) He and Tucker spend lots of time together... and even though Tucker is hyper, he is pretty calm and forgiving around Drew! :) Poor Tucker gets a beating from Drew... from hair pulling, toy stealing and using him to pull himself up, Tucker takes it all! Which is one of the reasons he has gotten so many chances with us! -- believe me, I have wanted him gone many times, but who doesn't love having a best friend?

Christmas with Meredith...

It's a tradition... every year we get together with Meredith and have a gift exchange. The boys always LOVE what she picks out for them and we all love getting to spend a little time with 'Aunt Mere'! :) THANK YOU Mere for all of the gifts!! You are such a great friend and God Mother! :)



Drew - 8-1/2 Months

Drew is such a HAPPY baby! We love him to pieces!! :) He loves balls and playing with his nesting bowls too! Here he is playing! :)

After Christmas we took a trip to Iowa City to see the Do Family... and to our surprise, Grandma and Grandpa Wilson came along too! :) We hadn't seen them since before his heart surgery, so it was such a GREAT surprise to see them and everyone!  We went out for dinner and visited for a couple of hours and then headed back home. Iowa City is a great meeting place since it is about the same distance for each of us! :)

Playdate!

Over Christmas break we got to have a playdate with our friends, the Erickson's!! We meet with Kim and Kyle often for playdates, but since it was break time, Jessica and Parker got to be involved to! Minus the few meltdowns... we had a good time!! :) We LOVE getting to spend time with the Erickson's!! :)


It's great spending time together... our kids are so close in age... and generally get along very well and I LOVE getting to chat with Kim!! Jessica and Parker are both 7 and Kyle is 5 and Owen 4-1/2!
 
Kyle...

Jessica & Drew...



My goofy boys wrestling...

Arrrrrr!

We have a PIRATE in our house!!! ha!! :)



Hamann Christmas

We drove to Battle Creek to spend Christmas day with the Hamann family... after we finished our own Christmas at home. We opened presents, had a delicious lunch, and spent the afternoon visiting with everyone before heading over to see Great Grandma Hamann and then heading home. Everyone agrees, that we had a GREAT Christmas and got EVERYTHING we wanted and more!! :) THANK YOU to the Hamann/Edsen families! :)

Our little ham! ;)

Visiting Great Grandma! :)

Wishing everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS! :)

Christmas Morning...

Santa came to visit the Hamann boys... even though there was a little fear that he may not since Parker and Owen had been fighting so much lately! THANKFULLY he made it and even left the boys a letter telling them to keep trying to get along with each other and he told them how proud he was of all of their accomplishments throughout the year!! :)

We didn't get many pictures... we were busy videoing Drew's first Christmas! :)

Canadian Christmas! :)

This year we got to spend Christmas with my Aunt Carolyn (a.k.a. Auntie Carolina) and Uncle Daryl!! They came to visit from Canada and we had such a GREAT time with them!! :) We celebrated Christmas with them on Christmas Eve and my Mom and Aunt made a delicious dinner for us all! Here are a few pictures from our celebration...

Exhausted!!!

Nina and Drew had a LONG day!!! It was time for a nap! ;)



Visiting SANTA...

We took the boys to Valley West Mall for our annual visit to SANTA! They always pick Valley West so they can ride the train and see Santa -- 2 for 1! ha! We had to wait in line for a while this time... we waited to late to go see him this year, but it was worth the wait!! :) Drew wasn't scared at all... he was pretty interested in Santa actually, it was so cute! :) Here are a couple of pictures from our visit...

Train ride...

Letters to Santa...