Merry Christmas!

Praise the Lord for sending his son as a precious baby to this earth to teach us how to live and love and to die on the cross for our salvation! And, to celebrate this precious gift the Lord has given us, our boys were blessed with lots of fun and gifts this morning!

Thank you to all our family that sent gifts. We miss being with you this Christmas! Here are a few photos from this morning’s mayhem. We are enjoying a quiet family day at home with all these new goodies to explore!

Baby Lance is up first and wondering what is taking his brothers so long to get down and open presents! Greg went upstairs to get the boys up and then I heard the bathtub running, which is usually a sign that someone has woken up sick. Our current little trouble-maker, Eric, came down with the stomach bug that Aaron had last week. Poor guy, the one day we let him rip-roar through the house and he’s sick.

But, let’s flashback to yesterday when Aaron helped make some Christmas cookies with his little brother, Lance, who likes to sneak up behind him.

We opened up some of the gifts from Grandma Gloria the day before Christmas. I knew there were some cute new PJs she had sewed.

Here they are the night before Christmas. I wanted them to look all cute and open presents in the morning in them. And, they would have if Eric hadn’t gotten sick all over them the next morning. I think next year I’ll save the cute PJs to put on the next morning just in case!

Grandma Gloria also sent some cute and snuggly blankets for each boy. They are great, thanks!!

We got everyone cleaned up and put together enough to come and see what Santa had brought them. Grant decided he wanted to put on a stocking cap to complete his outfit.

Santa brought Aaron a remote control moon to put in his room that shows each phase of the moon.

Play tent, thanks Santa!! 

Eric came down and played about one minute in the tent before…

…ugh, “I feel sick, mommy”. Shortly after this we went back upstairs and Eric slept, and got sick a little more. Nope, never a day off around here!

Aaron made daddy a special Christmas tree.

Our little burglar, Grant, loves his new puzzle from Grandma Gloria and Grandpa Mike! And, Eric, trying his best to stay up for this.

UT FOOTBALL GUYS!!!

Thanks Grandma Terri and Papa Jerry!

Cardinal Championship Calendar!

Thanks Uncle Tyler, Aunt Susan, Jillian and Anna for all the other great Cardinals Championship gear! And, lots of wonderful Usborne books from Uncle Doug, Aunt Angie and Jaedon! Thanks to all!!!

A fun little race track for the boys from Uncle Ben and Kamren!

We saved Eric’s presents for when he got up. Here he’s feeling much better and ate a little bit. He’s already doing much better! Quick little stomach bug, I hope!

Yes indeed, this is the best picture I could get of all of them together. The twins love their new little animal chairs from Grandma Terri and Papa Jerry! And, baby Lance is ready for a nap.

Despite the unexpected sickies, we’ve had a wonderful day. Gonna go now to check on my boys and enjoy the rest of the day! Merry Christmas!

Best Bed Buddies

This past weekend we went ahead and converted Eric’s crib to a toddler bed. He started climbing out of it a few weeks ago just after Lance was born and we just finally decided that he’s not going to stop climbing out of it…so big boy bed it is! Grant (who is not a climber and has not figured out how to get out of bed) has been very impressed with Eric’s new digs. We have also recently taken the gates off of the stairs and put handle locks on any rooms we don’t want them in, so they are free to go up and down the stairs. I went to take Eric up to nap today and we found Grant crashed out in Eric’s bed. Eric is usually the more tired of the two, so I’m surprised Grant fell asleep like this. I loved Eric’s reaction. He was wondering why his brother was in his bed and how were we going to get him out so he could take a nap?

Mommy’s solution ??…I took Grant’s crib mattress out and put it on the floor for Eric. I’m sure Grant will have a big boy bed soon and it will be interesting to see what shenanigans these two get into at night!

Gingerbread House Fun!

This morning we had a playdate with friends to decorate gingerbread houses and had so much fun. This year I decided to bump it up a notch and graduate from graham crackers on little milk cartons to real gingerbread. I have always been fascinated with house these things are put together and thought I’d give it a try. The recipe for the dough is very simple, but the construction of the house was a little more difficult. I printed the recipe, templates and instructions from The Ultimate Gingerbread site.

Aaron with his friends Ian and Isabella. They couldn’t (and didn’t) wait to start eating pieces of their houses.

I glued the gingerbread pieces together with sugar glue, which is just a cup of sugar melted over medium low heat. I’m glad I took the advice I read and had a bowl of ice water nearby in the inevitable case that a beginner gets blazing hot melted sugar on her finger. Ouch! It dries very quickly and made the houses very sturdy.

I passed on making my own icing and just bought cans of white cake frosting from the store. It dries hard and works great!

The gingerbread creator with his creation. So glad we are starting this tradition! I hope it continues each year and we can make our houses more and more elaborate.

Halloween Fun

 

The cutest pumpkin on the block! I took the picture at the end of a yawn, so it looks like he’s smiling. Sweet baby Lance!

A few years ago my mom (Grandma Terri) found a t-shirt that said “Fairy Grandmother”….and it just grew from there. She gets dressed up every year and has magic wand that the kids use to make presents appear. The last time Aaron got to witness Fairy Grandmother in person was when he was one. Since then it’s had to be sent through the mail. But, thanks to Lance’s timely arrival and my mom visiting now, Aaron got to have a visit from the Fairy Grandmother in person and he loved it. And, yes, my mother walked about trick-or-treating like this…

The twins enjoyed their gifts, but didn’t want to get too close to the Fairy Grandmother. They hung back with daddy.

Fairy Grandmother and Pirate Aaron ready to haul some booty!

Notice how neither of them wants to make eye contact! Eric was especially wary.

Aaron trick-or-treating with our friends and neighbors Madeline and James. They were so excited they were sprinting from house to house.

Welcome Baby Lance!

Lance Arthur Geesaman

October 25, 2011 7:11 pm

9 lbs, 11 oz, 22 inches long

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This week in pictures

 

Daddy and the boys practicing their swing on Saturday morning.

Grant out for an evening stroll in his PJs.

Aaron posing with a baby lizard, which lives with his mommy in our front bushes. I don’t think he was trying to eat it, but you never know!

School time at the Geesamans and Aaron doing his favorite subject, math.

He looks sweet and innocent, but he’s just waiting for me to turn my back so he can eat that crayon!

 

On Saturday it rained enough for the first time in months to make the ever popular puddle in the culdesac.

It only took the babies about five minutes before they were face down in it taking a drink. ICK!

I thought I’d better get some belly shots while I still can!

36 weeks!!!

Aaron is SO excited to take this picture…and to get the cookie I bribed him with to sit and take it.