Holly Jolly Christmas

Christmas for us this year was as relaxing as they come. We had a fabulous Christmas with Shane's parents & Justin. We went to an early Christmas Eve service which was awesome, opened presents for three days (that's right folks the Craven's don't do Christmas half-ass), lazed around the house, played with B's new toys, loved on Ty, watched movies, & got our grub on. Each Christmas gets to be more fun with Braxton. This year was the first for him to lay out cookies for Santa & even made Santa some chocolate milk. The best part was when he woke up Christmas morning he found a note and a little gift from Santa himself! Also, this Christmas Braxton seemed to really understand that at Christmas time our family celebrates the birth of Jesus. Being a new big brother he was able to understand celebrating a baby being born & celebrating birthdays.  Our Christmas was merry & now I hope for a very happy New Year!

Christmas party @ the Lemperes' house.

(Left to Right: Addy, Levi, Braxton kissing Ty (love), Sophia, & Lukas)

B getting ready to open gifts on Christmas Eve

Ryker getting into the Christmas Spirit

B playing with his Cars 2 race track Christmas morning

Ty & Grampa sneaking in a little R&R

Thanks Grama & Grampa for a fabulous Christmas!
Sorry Uncle J we didn't get any pictures of you, but thank you for coming. 

We love you!!!

One month old!

Seriously, I had to pinch myself yesterday when I looked at the calendar & saw that it was the 15th! Can't believe that our sweet Ty is already a month old!! Ty is such a good baby like his big brother was. He is already on his own schedule eating every three hours, awake for only a little bit at a time before wanting to be swaddled & go back to sleep.  Ty can hold his head up pretty well by himself, tracks sounds, voices, & even Ryker barks, is really alert after feedings, started to smile, loves being swaddled before going to sleep, & every time Braxton comes into the room Ty's eye's light up! We are all so in love with him & enjoy watching him grow. Here are some pictures of Ty's first's:

 All bundled up for our first outing 

 Watching Braxton play with a sweet digger @ Time in Play

 Relaxing in the living room by the Christmas tree

 Putting up with me while I pretend to be a 

professional photographer :D

 Getting love from Braxton

 Hurray I'm a month old today!

Being Thankful

This post is a tad bit belated seeing that Christmas is only 9 days away! This Thanksgiving we had so much to be thankful for. A healthy baby boy, Braxton adjusting well to being a big brother, family in town, Shane being able to have time off of work to stay home & enjoy his new family, & my brother visiting from Alaska. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving!

While the turkey was cooking, Braxton, made Poppi an "herbal" cake :D

Proud Big Brother

Uncle Loren looking pretty comfortable with the boys

Ty meeting Uncle J for the first time