Christmas 2009

I haven't posted in a little bit cause we have been busy, busy, busy. Last Tuesday, Missy, Ryan, and Brandon came in town and we had some much needed family time for a couple of days. Ted had to go back to work on Wednesday, and Brody went to daycare so my parents came over and hung out for a bit. On Christmas Eve, both of my sisters came over in the morning - just them - to help me out with Brody and Molly. It was so nice to just have them come over and we had some great sister time. Now that we have our families and children, our solo sister time is very limited so it was a nice surprise for them to come over.

Considering all of the things going on the last couple of weeks, I didn't get a chance to take Brody to see Santa so Missy and I took him Christmas Eve morning while Christy stayed home with Molly. Brody was so excited and kept talking about Santa Claus. I thought the line would be crazy long but when we got there it actually was not that bad. He was still talking about Santa until we got about third in line. Then he started saying "No Santa....no Santa!" We got him out of the stroller and he climbed right back in. The following pictures tell the tale....

He spotted Santa.....

And this is what happened next.....

Oh well...maybe next year! :)

That afternoon, everyone headed over for dinner and they all stayed the night Christmas Eve night. We normally spend the night at my parents on Christmas Eve and open presents in the morning, but this year, all the festivities were at our house. Here is what the house looked like after Santa came.........the kids aren't spoiled at all, huh?

All that preparation and wrapping and it was all over in 10 minutes and all that was left was a huge mess. Brody was much more excited about opening his gifts this year, which was fun. He loved his little car and spent more time in that than with his gifts. He would open one and then get in his car, then open another gift, ride in the car for a bit.....this was how it went until all his gifts were opened. He got so much stuff and now his playroom is filled!

We got Ethan around 3:00 on Christmas day. We were so excited this year because we had worked everything out with his mom to ensure we didn't get the same thing for him that he got at her house. Unfortunately, every year, we seem to get the same thing and since we never have him Christmas morning, he has already opened the gift at her house so it kind of ruins the surprise. Well, this year, we thought it would be different. We got him an acoustic guitar and an iPod touch. Well, when Ted picked him up, he found out he got the iPod touch already at his mom's. Needless to say, we were sad and disappointed since we thought everything was worked out so this wouldn't happen. So we decided to sell the iPod and we got him a Playstation 3. He put all of his giftcards toward the purchased and we footed the rest. I think he is pretty happy. Here are some pics of him from Christmas...

Chris and Rick gave him a cookbook and he made some guacamole with Rick yesterday....

Look at him...trying to act all happy even though he already opened the same gift that morning! He is such a good kid!

Molly is awake more and more each day. She still sleeps most of the day, but she has more awake time. She has also started to take the pacifier more. She is such a good baby....I can hardly believe it. She is still on the same routine (3 hours during the day and 4 at night) and I still have to wake her at night to feed her. She doesn't go back to the doctor until her one month birthday so I will see what she weighs then and find out if I can let her sleep through the night without waking her. Of course, once I start letting her sleep through she will probably wake more frequently. I can't believe she will be three weeks old on Friday! This time has flown by.

Here are some recent pics of her....I think she is starting to put on some weight, which is definitely a good thing, but she is still so tiny. It is crazy to go from a big baby like Brody to a small one like her! Here is a pic of Brody with her. He is still getting adjusted to his baby sister but he is really good with her. He likes to give her kisses on the head and this morning, I caught him all in her face when she was in the swing. Unfortunately, he is like a bull in a china shop and doesn't quite know how to be gentle yet, but we are working on it!

Ted's parents got into town on Sunday and are here for a week. They are enjoying spending some time with all of their grandchildren. Molly is the first Crumb girl in the family in over 40 years. She is pretty special, but we all already knew that! :)

Here she is chilling with her Grandpa watching the Vikings-Bears game....unfortunately for Grandpa, the Bears won!

Here she is asleep with Grandma Crumb....she looks like a little doll to me!