Girl Outnumbered

In a nutshell... was pretty fantastic! Making memories, continuing traditions, and last but not least watching my babies grow into big boys.

I know, another way to late Christmas post. We decided to take the boys to visit Santa. Knowing my little stinker Diego would not cooperate at all, I spent weeks preparing him and explaining the whole process of sitting on Santa's lap and telling him what you want for Christmas. He was down to visit Santa, and for days would ask to finally go see him, so I was sure my plan had worked. Well we arrived at the mall, and he refused to wait in line, and decided he did not want to sit on Santa's lap. He was so calm and direct, without any crying involved. So we opted to avoid the embarassing task of forcing him to sit on Santa's lap. Dylan did not have any choice but to take on Santa all on his own. It was HILARIOUS! The kid refused to smile and was visibly upset. As unhappy as he was, he did not cry or scream, or try to get away. I had to buy this picture.

Christmas 2009 was by far the best Christmas I have ever had! Not only did we have a White Christmas, but it was also Dylan’s First Christmas, and this year I think Diego kind of understood more of what was going on compared to last year. Diego loved his train table, but I do not have any pictures of the train table yet, well because he took the whole track apart and stored it away . We only stayed up til 2am Christmas Eve putting the table together, and precisely setting up the track and all the little pieces, and it took him maybe 5 minutes to take it apart.

First a little stroll down memory lane:

Christmas 2007- 4 Months Old

Christmas 2008- 16 Months Old

Christmas 2009- 2 yrs Old

The unwrapping started off pretty slow, Diego was tearing little quarter size pieces off at a time. I had to give him a few pointers. Once he got the hang of it, he refused to unwrap anymore because he wanted to play with all the toys he unwrapped. It was a very LONG morning.

Dylan didn’t quiet get the whole unwrap the presents thing. He preferred to chew on the paper. Thank goodness he has a Big Brother like Diego, that just opened all his gifts for him. He did love all his new toys and especially loved all of Diego’s toys.

Diego will do anything to avoid taking a picture

The tools and hat were his second favorite gift. He immediately wanted to help fix things and put together his toys. No more stealing tools from Daddy.

Babies First Christmas

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We are truly blessed beyond belief. I couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas, family, and friends. I hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas and we look forward to an even better 2010!

A few weeks ago we went to Christmas on Main in Downtown Grapevine.  Downtown Grapevine is the neatest little place with the with all the shops, lights, Christmas decorations, and of course The North Pole Express. We decided to ride The North Pole Express since we were in the area, and I knew Diego would love it. Since this was a spur of the moment trip, the boys did not have their pajamas on, well actually not many kids did. Diego had a blast! He was so excited to ride the train, even more so than the time we rode the Miniature Trains. He spent most of his time with his head out the window, and I spent most of the time holding on to his legs, shoes, or arms, so he wouldn't fall out. On the train we sang Christmas songs and we had a surprise visit from Santa too! Despite my lighting issues, I did manage to capture some great moments.