My TWO Favorite Kiddos

I love how close Gabs and Noah are. They love spending time together and laughing with each other. There are many times when we will catch Noah smiling and laughing at his sister because she is doing something he thinks is silly. Gabs can definitely get him to smile! Here are some of the great pictures we have taken of the two of them together...

It sure is great to have kids who get along, who adore each other. It makes my day when Gabs will stand in front of her brother and make him laugh.

Birthday Girl

Gabbie turned 2 last Friday. We decided that we were going to wake her up early before Daddy went to work so she could open presents and we could have breakfast together.

This year I tried to make her cake myself. I did everything homemade except for the black outline on the cake. If you can't tell, it's supposed to be the Magic School Bus (Gabs loves that show right now). Despite all the errors and time it took to make this, it was fun. Everything turned out tasting really good so that makes up for the mistakes in looks. Gabbie thought it was awesome!

She didn't want anything to do with pictures so early in the morning...

showing off a pair of church shoes that she will be able to wear in a few months...

She had to try on the dress she got and accessorize with stickers. Lately we will find her giving Noah lots of hugs like this...

Opening her package from Grandma Christensen...

All dressed up and ready to go celebrate at Chuck E Cheeses.

In case you were wondering Grandma Christensen, Kyle still does the tongue thing when he is concentrating and if any of you wonder where Gabs gets it from, here is the proof.

Happy Birthday Big Girl. Its hard to believe that two years ago we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of this girl. She is such a special person. I am so blessed to be her Mommy and get the opportunity to teach her about the gospel of Jesus Christ. She has the most infectious laughter/smiles. Thank you for everyone who thought of her on her birthday and wished her a happy day. She thought it was awesome.

Purty Tree

This year we ventured out on Black Friday just for the fun of it (plus I wanted to get a Candyland and Chutes and Ladders game for $3.99). When we got home, we were all very tired. Gabs ate her breakfast then played with Daddy's hat for awhile before she laid down for a nap.

While she was sleeping, we put up the tree. She walked around the corner after waking up and was super surprised.

She woke Daddy up from his nap so he could help us decorate.

This was the first year we have ever had a tall enough ceiling to put up our whole tree; I was very much looking forward to it. The tree was so tall Kyle had to stand on a stool to even decorate the top part. He tried to let Gabs help him with the star but she was too short, so he had to do it by himself.

I was trying to teach Gabs how to do the 'Vanna White pose' and show off our tree. This is the closest we got.

Thank you Grandma Christensen for getting us this tree from freecycle. We think of you every time we put it up. I love how our handmade decorations make the tree so special. This year Gabbie and I made a christmas tree ornament from a sponge and decorated it with colored brads. We also made wreaths with pipe cleaners and aluminum foil (it's definitely not the most put together tree but each year when we put it up again, we get to remember the fun times w had as a family making those ornaments.) We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.