Play Date

We had some friends over last Monday and the snacks were a big hit! Poor Maya couldn't

eat all of the choices we had, but Keely was prepared with puffs!

Our little elf

As I was typing in the last post, we have an elf named MoJo who reports to Santa every night. Well, here is a pic of our little elf!

Breakfast with Santa/Bumpa

Last weekend was a busy one for us. We went out early Sat. morning and got our Christmas tree. The girls enjoyed decorating it (of course in dress-up clothes)! Madison and I went to The Princess and the Frog movie with our friends Madelyn and Tara. She enjoyed her first big screen and said it was as big as a house! Then Bumpa came to watch the kids for us while we attended a holiday party. Sunday morning we met our friends out for Breakfast with Santa. The girls enjoyed the breakfast and it was even better with bumpa and Santa there. Bumpa and Nana also got them Elf on a shelf. Mojo is now our elf and reports to Santa every night

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Party

We had a family xmas party to attend last Sun. The La Valle staff got together for a couple of hours. It is so fun because many of us have young kids, and they all play so nice toegther. The girls got to wear their fancy coats and picked out a dress, and Max wore his new St. Nick outfit. The girls especially liked decorating gingerbread cookies (and eating them) with their buddy Braden. They also got a little present box filled with goodies before they left. Thanks again Jenny for hosting and Shirley for helping her!

St. Nick

The kids found their stockings filled with goodies Sun. morning from St. Nick! The girls each got an outfit for their bitty babies, a book, microphones, and other little games. Max got a new outfit, a book, some bibs, and a new camera toy that he loves! Daddy got a Cubs jersey and Mommy found a ring her her stocking. We must have been good! Poor Ginger didn't have anything in hers, but she still got a treat :)

Ugly Sweater get-together

We had a get-together at the house today, and it was a "wear your ugly sweater" party. Jesse borrowed these from the middle school music teacher. They were stained, and way too small for both of us! Pretty funny! The kids enjoyed playing together, and we enjoyed eating! While the kids were napping, the adults went to the basement to play some rock band on the wii. We had a blast. After the kids woke up, they joined us. What a great day!

4 months old!

This is how we found Max in his crib the morning he turned 4 months old. He has been putting his hands behind his head like that...his way of saying he is a calm and "chill" baby! Max weighed 16 pounds 6 ounces and measured 26 inches long at his appt. He was in the 80-90% range for both and is growing well. The doctor gave us the go ahead to start cereal, so we attempted that tonight. He enjoyed trying it out and felt like such a big boy, but he doesn't get to swallow. I don't think any of it was swallowed...he just let it roll out of his mouth. He actually enjoyed "eating" his cool bib instead! We'll probably wait another week or so and then try again. He is getting really good at grabbing onto toys and enjoys tummy time when his sisters are there to entertain him. We are enjoying him so much!