Christmas Sneak Peek

Nana and Poppy got the boys some toddler power wheels. They were sitting in front of the tree this morning when the boys got up. They gravitated to them immediately... they even pushed their stockings aside. We thought for sure they would just sit on power wheels (when we put them up there because they can't get on themselves) and maybe be infatuated with the wheels since they love wheels on everything. For about the first 2 minutes they were just touching the wheels. Then Jake got up and was standing next to his and pressed the "go" button. So we decided to put both boys on their new 4-wheelers and see what would happen.
Here they are (just ignore Mommy and Daddy laughing hysterically):


And here is number 2:


We are now eating breakfast before opening the rest of the presents. We are all excited to see how the boys react to everything!

Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve!

Our tree has been up for almost a month and neither Drew or Jake have touched any of the presents under it. They did touch the lights but never grabbed at them or tried to put the "needles" in their mouths. We knew that sooner or later someone would be doing something to either the tree or a present under it.

And I found Jake tearing up a present that An gave him just the day before. I am guessing the shiny paper attracted him to it... which is fine considering it is Christmas Eve!

And here is photo of the boys opening their Christmas Eve present (WITH permission).
It is a TMX Cookie Monster than laughs and rolls all over the floor. They just liked the laughing in the box really. Once it was out of the box Russ and I were more entertained than the boys. ha ha. Can't wait for tomorrow!!!

Geeks in Training

The boys (especially Drew) really like to try to push the keys and play with the mouse on our computers. So we decided to give them an old keyboard and mouse to play with instead of constantly having to fix all the various things they have done to our real computers. They are officially geeks in training.

Drew walks and Jake climbs

Drew has been taking as many as 5 steps before falling over and even took 3 steps to get from one piece of furniture to another this evening. I am sure that my next post will be something about him walking. Jake, on the other hand, has become a master climber. He has been climbing on various kid-size chairs and tables for a few weeks but yesterday afternoon he could be found on the couch... not really sure how he made it up there, but he continued to the edge of the couch and began trying to climb up onto our laptop table.
Today he somehow got into the predicament you see in the photo. He is definitely keeping us our toes nowadays.

Look at DREW!

Drew didn't really want to share this with the camera, but eventually he put on a stellar performance to show off his new "trick". ENJOY!

Both boys in Walkers

Here is the video of the boys in their walkers! Thank you to Kami for letting us borrow a second one! Now we have non-stop bumper cars action here!

Jake and the Lights

We got our Christmas lights out and Russ started working on making sure they all work. He did this on the floor, so of course the curious boys had to check out what was going on. Jake really seemed to like the lights being around him. He kept putting on the biggest and cheesiest grin while he was checking them out.

And the boys really needed to get a haircut so Nana came over and gave them a little trim. Here is a we took to show off how long their hair was before it was cut.

Must get every last drop!

Drew has a new trick that we think he may have learned from Lexy. Usually when Lexy is playing with a toy, she shakes her head back and forth while it is in her mouth. Drew has started doing this with his empty sippy cups of milk. Not sure why, but it is still funny to watch. Of course, this video is then taken over by the ever-present camera stealer, Jake.