Good Morning!

....yes it is! I have come to really enjoy morning times. I have never considered myself to be "cranky" in the morning, but I just never really enjoyed getting out of bed. As of late...I am really loving it. I have enjoyed having breakfast with my hard-working hubby, I love getting the boys out of bed and seeing their first smile of the day, and I love our morning routine! We are (successfully) trying solids. They have only eaten orange foods so far...but they seem to like it! (maybe it is because we inspire them with such cool bibs. Thanks, Aunt Sue and Uncle John!).

At some point in the morning the boys play on their play mat and usually one (or both) of them end up taking their morning nap there too.

Check out some pictures from our morning.

Brothers.
Looking intently at all of the bright colors.

getting sleepy...

....and gone! (Sullivan is a roller! Cam isn't yet, but he might learn as to try to get away from being too crowded in situations like this! (and yes, Sullivan is totally asleep. How cute!))

Yum! Sweet Potatoes for breakfast! Sully loves it!

Splish Splash....they were takin' a bath!

....and I just can't get enough of it! It is the highlight of my day! They are taking baths together now and just love it! They love to splash around and they giggle, kick, and smile the entire time! What a great way to end the day. I just had to share!

Happy New Year

The first Monday of 2011. I am kind of speechless. I could write on and on about reflections of the past year, but I am not going to do that. Sorting through the boys' clothes is reflection enough. Cam no longer can fit into 0-3 and Sullivan now fills out 0-3 like they were meant for him! Cam weighs 16 lbs and Sullivan weighs 13 lbs. That is reflection enough!

Instead I will leave you with pictures of our new year! I hope that yours was wonderful too!

All dressed up!
Thinking about where they should par-tay!

At a New Years Eve bash. It was a great time!

Dancing into 2011!

A future Nittany Lion! (Thanks, (Great!) Grandma and Grandpa! They love them!)

Merry Christmas!

Today is such a strange day. Christmas is over, yet all the decorations are still up, music is playing, and it still feels like Christmas. How wonderful would it be if everyday really felt like Christmas?

Thank you to all of the families for thoughtful gifts, great food, and amazing company! To all of our family who live far away...we miss you lots and can't wait to see you (hopefully) soon!

Here are some pictures from our holiday.


Cam scoping out the presents....
Cam.....saying something like: "mom...a bow tie...really?"


Sullivan kinda likin' his snazzy look.

All dressed up for church, Christmas Eve.

Uncle Aaron telling Sully a funny story.
Grandma and Cam hanging out before church.


Nana taking care of Sully before church.

Grandpa and Cam having some quality time.

Cousin Pierce. Too cute for words!

The Butler brothers and niece/nephews. Love it!

Aaron and Papa helping Cam open a Christmas gift.

Checking things out on Christmas morning

And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care!

Family. What a great day!

This picture is really special because these stockings are the ones we used to tell my parents that they were going to have TWIN grandsons/daughters. This year they were filled with goodies.

Cam playing with a cool toy .

Sullivan...done for the night.

sneak peek...

I just have to. These turned out so cute I have to show a sneak peek of our Christmas pictures. (um...yeah, so about our Christmas cards. I am going to be sending mine out a tiny bit late this year. I think one could call them "fashionably late", or maybe just late. Either way, they will be more like "happy new year cards". Opps!)

So, thank you, Lauren, for taking these adorable pictures.

Serious Sullivan, looking quite dapper in his little hat (thank you, cousin Pierce, for letting us borrow that!)

My little Happy "Cam"-per (haha)

Dear Santa.

Dear Santa,

We are so excited to be able to meet you for the first time! We really don't need or want much this year. We are just so excited to have our Health, which we know was really a gift from God! But....maybe if your elves have a little extra time, you can bring us some extra diapers, wipes, and formula since mommy and daddy go through a lot of those!

P.S. Santa, did you know that we are now 7 months old? We are getting so big! We have tried some solids, like rice and barley, but to be honest we don't really like it. (yuck!). We roll over more and more each day and can hold our heads up for a very long time! We are still super sleepers....and now are big enough to sleep in our own cribs and not on an incline! Our favorite time of day is when daddy gets us out of bed in the morning and takes us down to mommy to snuggle!


Thank you for the candy cane...maybe next year!

Love,
Cam and Sullivan.

Friends.

Tonight I am just getting ready to call it a night and I just feel so thankful for good friends. I love friends that you can just chat to about anything and call at any hour of the night. I love the ones that send text messages that are just so funny....they make you cry when you read them (you know who you are!!!!).

Today I got to spend some time with some new friends...and so did Cam and Sullivan. Tonight I got to spend some time with more friends. It was energizing. Thank you, Chris, for watching the boys so that I could have some girlfriend time. Thank you boys for going to bed at....6:30 pm (yeah...I am a little nervous to see what time they wake up in the morning?!?).....and thank you to good friends!

The boys tired after a fun afternoon with their buddies!

Look at us! Whoever said preemies aren't strong? (Sullivan spotted the camera)

The boys. (Sullivan, Cam, and their friend S.)