The upside of being sick

Well, Ben is working on his fourth ear infection. This time it is a double ear infection with some gunk in his chest so we are sporting the inhaler too. What I find most amazing is how tolerant he is of being sick. I called the doctor because he had a fever for 48 hours, but no signs of ear problems. When I took him in to the doctor, he was very unhappy with the ear inspecton and then he just toddled off around the room checking everything out. He never really cries or shows signs that something is going on. He is such a little trooper! Well, he got up especially early this morning - 7 AM! By the time 11 rolled around he curled up in Daddy's lap and fell asleep. This is the first time since they were newborns that either one of them has done this. I had to take a picture and share. It was too too cute. Ben seems to have the same effect of Daddy as he did when he was first born. Put him out like a light! It was a great napping day and now we are off to watch the Super Bowl (commercials!).

Can Lunch be a Hat?

Well, we had some lovely sandwiches of cream cheese and jelly. Alas, we can not have peanut butter until we are three, so we used cream cheese instead. Well I was finishing a clean up and when I turned around it seems that Miss Maddie was confused with what to do with her sandwich. Apparently it resembed a hat and thus she used it as one. She seemed somewhat shocked when I shoved her head under the faucet after lunch and scrubbed it out. I guess she wanted to wear her "hat" all day.

The Doll Stroller

Aunt Bridget came by shortly after Christmas with some wonderful presents. Ben and Maddie went crazy for the doll stroller. As soon as I got it together, they were off. Here is a video taken within the sstroller's first five minutes of life. It was joined by another stroller the next day as it became a fast favorite. (Who knew I'd ever need two?!?!?!)

Just an aside: Chris frequently uses his phone to capture videos and I never realize he is doing it.

Christmas Dinner

We all had a great dinner at Aunt Tarri and Uncle Jim's house. Mommy was running late and missed most of it, but not to worry! Great-Aunt Ginny was there to take the over the feeding. Ben and Maddie had a wonderful time with Aunt Ginny. She made sure everyone was well fed and well behaved too! Thank you Aunt Ginny!

Rub-a-dub-dub Three Kiddies in the Tub!

After dinner at Aunt Tarri's house, the twins were in desperate need of a bath. So off they all went to the tubby! Paityn, Ben and Maddie had a lot of fun splashing around in the tub with no shower doors! Afterwards they all dressed in their matching Santa sleepers. (Still looking for a pic of that one!)

Two Christmas Pics

I actually found two pics from Chrstmas. The one of Ben was taken by his budding photographer brother Christian and the other is of Ben and Mom-mom at Aunt Tarri's house. Soon to come...I found some video Chris shot!

Christmas

Well, we were so excited for Christmas that I guess we all forgot to take an pictures! We spent Christmas Eve with Mom-Mom Pat and Pop-Pop John. Jim, Tarri and Paityn were there too and the kids all got dressed into their Santa pjs. It was very cute (who forgot the camera!!!) The kids got a lot of nice presents from everyone, but the best present was probably the surprise guest, Aunt Ginny! The babies have not seen their great aunt in about a year. (this time Ben did NOT headbutt his aunt!)

Christmas morning Mom-mom Pat and Aunt Ginny came over for present and breakfast. Everyone was still in their jammies too! The babies opened all their presents from Mommy, Daddy and Grammy. The blocks and the puzzles with the sound were a BIG hit! From there we went to pickup Christian and head over to Jimmy's house for dinner. Christian was wonderful with his brother and sister and everyone ate a great dinner with all the Forests and Leaches too. Geep (Tarri's mom) got the babies wonderful presents too! We had a great time.