Santa came a little early

Saturday we had our family Christmas. Steve's family is coming for Christmas this year so we did our little family Christmas early. The nice thing about the girls being so young is you can do Christmas when you want. Instead of an early morning deal we set up all the gifts for after the nap(much easier for Mom and Dad)Lauren had fun but we didn't get the shocked reaction that we were hoping for. Since we just had a birthday party I think she thinks gifts are an everyday thing now. She is really going to be confused when she has Christmas with her cousins as well:) As for Chloe she had fun chewing on wrapping paper, climbing on the gifts, and stealing a chocolate chip cookie from Lauren!(and proceeded to eat it- great for an 8 month old.. the video footage gets a little crazy as I jump up to get it out of her mouth)p.s.- I know Lauren's bangs are way too long, but I'm trying to grow them out.

The bigger the tree the better?

So this year we went to go by a Christmas tree and came home with the biggest one we have ever had. Steve put it up while I cleaned the mess and on Saturday we decorated it. We thought we had a beautiful tree until six this morning when a bang woke up the whole family- Lauren and Chloe included. I went downstairs to see what it was hoping it was not the Christmas tree and there it was laying in the middle of our living room surrounded by broken ornaments and water all over the carpet. I wanted to cry since I didn't get home from work until one in the morning and now I had to deal with this. So Steve and I went to work while the girls were trying to get our attention in their cribs. I thought about taking a picture but I just wanted to get it cleaned up. So now the tree is tied with fishing line to keep it up- very classy. It doesn't look as bad as it sounds and I recommend it to anyone with a real tree! My wonderful husband let me go back to bed and I slept until 10!! There was also a McDonald's coke and biscuit waiting for me. So the morning wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be(:

Lauren Turns 2

The day started out just as it should with a two year old... Make-up all over herself and her car seat. Some of you may have seen this on Sara's blog, but on Lauren's birthday we met up with Sara and Kris at the mall and on the way to the mall Lauren decided to play with a tube of lipstick. She was asking for one of my small make-up bags and I gave it to her thinking she would not be able to open it. Big mistake! Instead of attempting to start a homemade birthday cake tradition during nap time.. I was busy cleaning her clothes and car seat. She still had a great birthday filled with lots of gifts and food. My parents had us all over for pizza and they had it all decked out with princess decorations. We decided Lauren loves parties, babies and electric guitars. After being spoiled with gifts she now understands that birthdays are fun.

Another New Stage (for both girls)

Thursday Lauren was playing in her crib for a while after her nap and when she finally started to call for me I walked into her room to find her with her shirt pulled over her head in a very awkward position. So it looks like we now like to try and take our clothes off. Not the funnest game since the day before I came in after her nap and her pants were off including the diaper.. and of course she had to pee all over her sheets. As many of you other moms know (Krista) this is not a fun experience. Since then she has kept herself clothed. As for little Chloe.. She is getting busy. In these last few weeks she has started pulling herself up, crawling, and going from crawling to sitting up! Its kind of strange how it all happened at once. She was barely sitting up and now she goes from crawling to sitting? Not only that she found her way up the kitchen stair and into the kitchen. I thought we could count on Chloe being timid and calm, but it looks like we have another explorer. Thank goodness she is still mastering all of this and is still quite slow. I am hoping that she takes her sweet time until the Christmas tree is down. The picture is of Chloe and Cameron Leys who are only one month apart. We are wondering if there will be a love connection??