X-Mas!!

Thanks for the comments we've gotten on the last few posts. We're all doing great here (Aviendha is absolutely adorable!!) and hope you're all doing well too!

Ok, here's our holiday post. Thanks to everyone who sent us anything (gifts, cards, emails, etc.)!

Mat opening his Santa Countdown we used to mark the days left until the holiday.

Avi patiently awaiting the big day. She already does great with "tummy-time". She can scoot herself a little, across the blanket already; and she has great neck and head control for her age.

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care...

Mom and Aviendha (Dad's beautiful girls!)

Mat opening his X-mas Eve puzzle and PJ's.

Our Santa's little helper!

Mat and Avi in their Christmas PJ's. Thanks Grandma!! Matrim sure loves his baby sister.

Mat loves to hold her so we let him on the bean bag.

They look adorable together! It's funny how much darker she is than him though.

Santa has come!

Santa has delivered! We must have been good this year! ; )

Thanks for the game Grandma! Matrim beat our asses his first game. :)

New shoes from Grandma. They even light up!

Matrim gets spoiled with a DVD and portable DVD player from Grandpa "D" and Uncle Luke!

Mat playing with a real stethoscope from Dad. He loves to hear his heart beat.

Our favorite gift this year!

Mom and Mat playing operation from Grandma and Grandpa Hope. Mom is not very good at this game as it requires patience she does not have. :)

Dad is happy to get his Led out!

Matrim is excited about his camping pack with a tent and sleeping bag inside.

Dad surprised Mom with pictures of our kids!

I looked in the windows of every book store and in the book section of every store that had books that I went into and somehow I never saw that the new Robert Jordan had come out in October!! So with some magic or luck, Athena was able to keep my gift secret for months.

Athena is about to open her last gift from me...

Yay! A facial/massage! (Although I don't know what they could possibly do to help a face that's already SO beautiful!)

Matrim is opening one of his favorite presents.

It's Marbulous, from Mom. No wonder it seems she's lost her marbles! ; )

Dad's last present for Mat. It's a guitar with working amp, mic, mic-stand, and headset mic.

"Get the mic positioned and I'm ready to rock!"

He does some great jammin' on the guitar already. When we were coming out of a store he even found a real guitar pick on the ground to use!! He jams while he sings all the songs he knows, (like ABC's, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Old MacDonald, etc.)! :)