Christmas Day

We had a very nice Christmas this year, it was all pretty laid back.  Steve's brother, Jeremy, spent the night, the kids were thrilled to have him here.
We told the kids that they were not allowed to come downstairs before 6:30.  I knew that would take some serious restraint on their part.  Sure enough, 6:30 on the dot we heard them come barreling down.  As you can see from my pictures, it was still quite dark then.

Not very happy to have to wait her turn to open her stocking stuffer!!

Morgan and I in a Battleship duel.

Jer vs. Morgan

Legos and Playdough

Buds

Brother time

Christmas Eve

Five.

My sweet boy turned 5 on Monday.  He has been looking forward to his birthday for a long time.  All his sisters had their b-days at the end of summer and to him, his felt like an eternity away.
This little photo shoot was very fast and very last minute.  I've been looking for a slot to take some shots of him for weeks now and it just hasn't happened.  I am not a fan of cold weather and the days are so short, it was hard to find a time.  Yesterday was unseasonably warm.  Right after lunch I threw the kids in the car and from looking at my camera info, this little shoot was complete in 14 minutes!!  Worked for Aaron, he's not a huge fan of getting his picture taken, though he does cooperate.
There is so much to love about our little Aaron.  The boy is just sweet.  He's always thanking me for things, telling me that he loves me and that I am the best cook of this or that.  He is interested in pretty much everything and has questions about it all.  He's sharp as a tack and remembers everything that you tell him.  I'm not sure what moves faster, his mind or his mouth.  He thinks about everything, and talks about it all.  It is often hard for me to keep up with all of his questions.
Aaron his such a good big brother to Greta and now loves his little Josiah.  It is so sweet to see him love on them.  I love this guy and an am thoroughly enjoying watching him grow up.

Aaron told me this was his favorite picture of himself.

Love those lashes.

Christmas Card

As long as I can remember, I have done a family picture/card at Christmas time.  I've officially decided that it is not going to happen this year.  I've had a picture for a couple of weeks but the combination of not really loving the photo (Greta looks sad and Josiah is squished) and then the work of scrounging up all the addresses and addressing them all was just a little more than I wanted to take on right now.  So here are our sweet little 5 this Christmas.

Alert

We've been enjoying lots of awake time with the little mister.  The other night the big kids were watching AFV and Steve and I were loving hanging out with Josiah.

Party Time

On Saturday we had a little birthday party for Aaron.  I was very hesitant to try to pull it off just weeks after having a baby.  Steve willingly stepped in and did most of the work.  I'm so glad we did it, it was so sweet to see him with all the little boys his age.  The party was very low key but I think they all had a great time.

Grandpa came to pick up the pizza for lunch.

We moved into the garage for some more games

Aaron was thrilled that his big buddy Cameron came, even though it was a "little boy" party.

Of all the things it takes to be a mom, cake decorator I am not!!!  This was my attempt at a lego cake.  

This was what Josiah did for the whole party.  Such a good boy!!

Aaron was beyond thrilled to get a Broncos Tebow jersey from G-pa Heitland and us.  

It was so cute, after every gift Aaron would hug the boy who gave it to him.