Noah's 3rd Birthday (in Jan :)

Our baby boy turned 3 on January 10th. We had a party planned with family and well, being Michigan, we got large amount of snow which delayed the party. So he opened his big present, a tool bench with tools, played for hours, then we had a birthday picnic in the back of Awesome van, then played at the mall play area. Noah and Benjamin had lots of fun sliding down the slide and running around. Since we didn't do the big birthday cake for the party we got Noah his first doughnut with sprinkles on it... he still talks about it today... then more presents including Toy Story figurines and Buzz Lightyear. All in all it was a great 3rd birthday!

Some pictures from my Beautiful Sister's wedding!

My sister married Jeremy Foco on January 3rd and it was a beautiful wedding... unfortunately Noah didn't walk down the aisle or smile much, but it was perfect! It was freezing, but we all stomped through the snow in our beautiful gowns and snow boots :) here are just a few pictures with more to follow.

A balmy 53 degrees!

We came home after the holidays with my family in Lansing to find our power out from the large snow/wind storm... our house was a lovely 53 degrees. We called some friends, but they were still gone for the holidays and we figured our neighbors were having the same problem...the boys were ready to play with their Christmas toys and to get out of the car... so we decided to bundle up and head inside. The boys had fun playing and didn't mind the temp...and when it came to nap time we added several layers, including Noah's choice of Mommy's "Christmas fuzzy socks" to keep him warm. They both took over 3 hour naps... our conclusion... to sleep we should keep our home a balmy 53 degrees! (thankfully power came back on around 6pm)

Soccer Moms here I come :)

Merry Christmas to us...this is our Christmas present this year... a new AWESOME silver (looks gold in picture) Toyota Sienna Van. Andy was ecstatic through the whole thing... I however had a more difficult time saying goodbye to our Passat and the Alero... but it is a great present and we are so glad we got it before all of our holiday travels... it has AWESOME packing capabilities! And it came in handy carting people to many a holiday party! Bring on the Soccer Moms :)

Must keep bouncing!

Benjamin loves to bounce in his bouncer... one time he was so tired... but wanted to keep bouncing. He would wake up and bounce, then bounce himself to sleep, wake up and start again. It was so cute... he would wake up and smile... MUST KEEP BOUNCING!!

I am Thirsty!!

One night when Andy was getting Benjamin ready for bed, he set his bottle down to do something turned around and found Benjamin like this... I guess he was really thirsty... and not going to wait!

Merry Christmas!!! Happy Birthday Jesus!!!

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!
May God Bless you this Christmas Season and next year!

Love, Andy, Kari, Noah, & Benjamin

(P.S. We are doing New Year's cards this year after my sister's wedding:)