Liam's Christmas Program

Last Wednesday Liam had his Christmas program.  He was so excited and even sang me one of the Christmas songs in the kitchen that day.  All the kids wore pajamas.  The program was really short this year but probably best for the kiddos since it started kind of late. 

My little man is in the red

He was so excited to go up and sing

For as excited as he was he just stood there at times and then would get super pumped and into the singing at other times.  It made me laugh

Close up

I didn't catch it on video but at one point Liam was thoroughly enjoying shaking his jingle bells.

Afterwards we all went in to the dining hall and had juice and cookies.

Liam and daddy

Liam had a big audience.  Grandma and Grandpa Casson, Tyra, Grandma and Grandpa Snay, Uncle Matt, Emily, and Aunt Sadie.

Amelia with Grandma

Matt and Emily

Sadie and Colin

My sweet boy and me

We hung out and ate cookies.  Liam devoured three in no time!  Santa was there and I didn't think Liam would care/want to see him since he's seen the big guy three times already but I was wrong.  Liam decided he needed to see Santa so we stayed longer and stood in line so he could see him.  He told him he wanted trucks and trains.  Colin stood by with dad and watched Liam talk to Santa.  He's just not into him yet.

I love watching our little performer and seeing him interact with other kiddos.  He really enjoys school!

Family Photos

Here are the rest of our family photos.

The boys were running around like crazy when Chris and I were trying to get a photo together

Amelia hung out in a little crate while we tried our couple photos.

This was Colin's face a majority of the time

He is a handsome little fellow

The babes

This one did steal my heart

Black and white

My eldest handsome fellow

Family photo

Amelia's 2 Months Old

We have a two month old girl!  I feel like these two months have been the fastest of my life.  I just want time to slow down so I can enjoy and spend every moment with my baby.  Amelia really is a sweet, sweet girl.  She seems pretty laid back for the most part but she does have a set of lungs on her and will let you know when she is unhappy.  Usually she cries most when she is tired.  Her eyes are very blue and lightening up some.  She continues to have crazy long hair that is a very light brown. She is most talkative and smiley when she first wakes up in the morning and it's awesome.  She had her first smile on Nov. 19th and I caught it on video here. She has pretty good head control and loves to be upright so she can see EVERYTHING when she is up.  Other than that she has no problem sleeping through the day for the most part, even with the loudness of her brothers.  There is absolutely no routine to her day yet but she is going to bed about 9PM and gets up around 8AM.  She has had some great stretches up to 6 hours at night which is wonderful.  She first slept through the night on Nov. 30th in her swing.  She slept in the swing for a while after she was born because she was spitting up quite a bit in the beginning so I felt better keeping her up at an angle.  We talked about moving her to the crib sooner but had a ton of Christmas gifts piling up in it.  Finally, I emptied it out and she slept in the cirb for the first time on Dec 8th.  I did not swaddler because when I laid her down she was already asleep and I didn't want to wake her.  It was a rough a night.  She was up every 2-3 hours.  The next night (Dec 9th) I swaddled her up and she slept from 11PM to 6:45AM!! It's amazing how much she likes to be swaddled and I am so glad that it makes her feel comfy cozy.

She is becoming more aware of sounds and knows when we are talking to her.  She enjoys her play mat and swings her arms around to knock the toys and make noise but not with any real purpose yet.  If you put something in her hand she will grip it tight though.  She has had a few moments where she really likes my hair, ha!  We've done some tummy time with her but she lasts about two minutes and then decides she has had enough.  I don't have a real nickname for her but occasionally still call her "squeaker" but usually just "sweet girl" or "little lady" She seems to like those ones well enough.  She is currently wearing three-month-old outfits and some 3-6 month outfits.

Sweet baby in her santa dress

Rudolph hair bow

She makes this face when you talk to her and sticks her tongue out like she is going to talk back at us.

Smiles, I love her smiles!

Colin has had an obsession with this turtle and insists that Amelia has it because it is hers.  If he sees the turtle somewhere he will grab it and bring it to her and say "Ameewa needs her turtle" Well she is finally getting to the point that she hugs it and the other day was enjoying trying to eat the turtles face.   

Also this was right after a bath and this is about as tame as her hair gets

Here's her hair on a normal day

Her brothers really do love her.  Liam asked to hold her on her two month old birthday and said "this is the perfect time"

Colin joined her in her crib to watch the mobile with her.

Two month old photo shoot!

Back side

Seriously mom

Love this sweet girl

She's so sweet

Yesterday (17th) we had her two month old check up.  Amelia is 23 inches long (75th percentile) and 11lbs 1oz. (50th percentile)  I am really hoping to chunk her up a little and she really does eat a lot!  She is pretty active for a little gal and enjoys kicking her feet around.  She was having a good time at the pediatricians office until the dreaded shots.  She screamed pretty good and it took a few minutes to calm her down.  Then she slept for 2.5 hours and when she woke she was upset.  I couldn't really console her unless I kept her tucked close to me and I stayed very still.  I didn't have any infant Tylenol so luckily my mom was able to sneak away from work and grab some since Liam was sleeping (Colin's nap time is a whole other story).  We cuddled most of the afternoon and the Tylenol seemed to help her out a bit and by the evening she was smiling and happy again.  The only way I like to see my sweet baby!  

Happy two months sweet Amelia!

Polar Express

On Saturday a bunch of us went on the Polar Express.  We had the boys nap at Sandy and Larry's but had to wake them up early so we could get to the train.  In our usual style we were running late but luckily made it in time.  It was a pretty awesome day because it did snow and the boys were able to see a little bit of it, unfortunately it wasn't enough to play in.

Some of the Jacobs

Tyra with the boys

Mike, Trudi, and the girls

Us

Cookie time

Neely

I am not sure what was happening here but Liam was happy

Checking out Santa and his sleigh

Love this one of Colin

Love this one

My babies

This might be my favorite picture, Tyra making sure Reed doesn't fall

Carol singing

Colin, Amelia, and Grandma

We tried to see how many people we could fit in our seating area

Santa giving Colin his jingle bell

Santa giving Amelia hers, not that you can see her

The kids seemed to have a great time.  When we got off the train we all went to eat at the restaurant.  It was crazy crowded but overall the kids did great.  When we got ready to leave Amelia was bundled in the moby wrap and her cute lady bug hat. 

The boys had a few breakdowns and it was a long couple days for them.  We originally were going to go back to Flagstaff and stay but decided the boys needed to get home to their own beds.  It was a LONG drive home.  We had to stop right away in Williams to feed Amelia, then again in Seligman to feed, meanwhile Colin was having mini breakdowns.  Liam probably would have crashed no problem but the other two were a little loud.  Then about 25 miles out of town we had to stop again to feed and listen to Colin scream.  Finally at the Petro all three kids fell asleep.  I don't know why they fight it so bad.  Needless to say we made it home and everyone seemed to have a good time.