Happy New Year y'all!
We had a wonderful Christmas. It was so exciting to be able to spend Christmas with two cute little babies. We decided to hang out at our house instead of going up to Utah. In some ways we missed our families, but it was fun to enjoy the babies' first Christmas in our own home and to start our own traditions.
We made sure to leave Santa a treat so he would be good to us....
and of course he was!
He brought the babies a new jumparoo (that they absolutely love), he brought Darin some new clothes, and he brought me a home decorating book and a snuggie (I never thought I would be the owner of a snuggie but it is kind of fun).
The babies were also lavishly showered with adorable new clothes and a jogging stroller compliments of grandparents and relatives.
Aside from Christmas, so many other exciting things have happened this month. Darin and I celebrated our fifth anniversary on December 18th. He surprised me with a diamond anniversary band to go with my existing wedding ring and we enjoyed a delicious steak dinner at home. For the occasion I made a lovely vanilla cake that would have been even more amazing if the
oven did not char the edges (it was not I who charred the cake--never!).
On our anniversary Dallin began to sit up by himself, Cameron began the next day. I am so proud of them! Since that day, they have become quite good at sitting. Even though Dallin can sit really well, if you put him in a sitting position he will sit there for about thirty seconds then scramble down to go and find something to chew on or play with.
The week of Christmas the babies began scooting around the house. They aren't crawling yet, but they can wiggle over to items and are a little more independant. For some reason, Dallin likes to panic me by wiggling over to things such as cords and electronics which he then starts chewing on. I am sure that I am getting gray hair from this new stress associated with mobility!
As far as our house goes, we have begun the absolutely dreadful process of popcorn ceiling removal. I don't know why people made the decision to have their ceilings look like that. It is a tedious process, but we have already finished three rooms and have about five more to go. I don't want to start to really decorate until the popcorn is removed and the walls are painted. If anyone would like to come to Texas and help remove popcorn ceilings, be my guest. We'll serve you some nice Texas barbecued sausage :)
It has been a great December and the babies have changed so much this month. I look forward to 2010 with much excitement and also look forward to finding a hairdresser with knowledge on how to prevent premature hair graying!
