'tis the season

i was looking thru our pictures and realized that we had a lot of pictures of christmas preparations and celebrations that i hadn't posted yet. gram brought over this very cool gingerbread house that we all put together. brody had a blast sticking the gum drops and sprinkles on the house. the house was quickly in shambles the next morning. you'd think we would have learned from halloween. early in the morning while adults were elsewhere in the house brody pushed his stool up to the counter so he could pick off the gum drops for eating. he must've thought that was one of the best breakfasts ever!





another night i attempted to take photos for christmas cards. as happens, i could get one kid to look but not the other at any given time. although as i'm looking at this picture i think it looks quite christmas card worthy! there may be a photo card in the works afterall!

in the end brody and emersyn decided to play with the little house instead of participate in momma's photo shoot. they're getting to the age where they're enjoying each other more and more. brody makes emersyn crack up, and she can find ways to get him going too. i thought the sound of one baby laughing was great, but two giggling away is enormous!

last friday night was my work christmas party. my boss did a fantastic job arranging everything. the food was fantastic. everyone took home some sort of door prize. there was even a santa and photographer for the kids. i haven't seen the official pictures yet. these are a few that i snapped. i'm not sure if brody was more excited about seeing santa or the m&m filled candy canes sitting beside santa! what a difference from last year . . . brody walked right up and started talking away to jolly old st. nick! emersyn even tolerated a few pictures before she figured out she wasn't so sure about this santa-guy. i believe it's going to be a fun christmas with the kids this year!
PS: hilary, when you have some time will you help me with how to flow my text around my pictures. i've been working on this for a while tonight, and there's still a spot that's driving me crazy! yours always looks so great!