Look how happy this guy is. 
Noah couldn't take his eye's off of his new Buzz Lightyear toy. He's quite the Toy Story fan. We really enjoy how much he loves it and how little it matters that we got it at Goodwill for $2.00. 
We had such a lovely Christmas dinner. Michael cooked and even cleaned up! Merry Christmas to me!! 
The dark patch on the right is where the car was parked before he left for work. 
The very best part (in fact, my very favorite part) was that he just left it there and didn't mention a thing to me or anyone else for that matter until I called him and was like...
Also yesterday I discovered Noah and Hazel are
Lastly, I got to enjoy a wonderful dinner with my dearest friend, Kendra. 
Hazel is sick. She's had a cold-cough-runny nose for a few weeks. Today she just feels awful and feverish on top of it. She's just lounging, crying, and sucking her thumb today. The snow blessed me with my husband home all day but sadly the Doctor's office is closed because of it. Thus a win-lose situation. Poor girl! Don't worry I didn't take this picture today while she's sick and sad. I took it a few weeks ago when she was just plain mad. 
I painted Hazel's toe nails yesterday for the first time
What could be more fun than sledding down a hill in a laundry hamper with your Dad? 
Michael forced me outside for this picture last night at 11:45. 
An artsy fartsy picture of Noah and his trike. 
Noah stole Michael's hat. Good thing he looks so darn cute in it! 
Here he's caught peaking through the fence to the neighbor's yard. 
It was all fun and games in the snow until Noah's hands hurt from the cold. It was time for breakfast anyway. 
Our little Curious George. 
Hazel loves to sit up but she's still a little wobbly (especially when Noah says, "baby fall down" and pushes her over) so I created a little seat for her to play with toys. I just put her quilt (made by my mom) in a laundry basket with her toys. Voila! 
Noah's showing Santa a bird. 
Mrs. Clause almost wouldn't give Hazel back. 
Me and Noah about to go around and around. 
Yesterday was Kent Winterfest. It was super fun. Better than last year. They had a free merry-go-round that we went on a couple times. Michael rode with Hazel while I stood with Noah. Turns out that'll make ya pretty dizzy. The next time we went on I rode too. It was pretty fun. Anyway, we looked around for a while, ate at Chipotle, and then got the kids dressed for a picture with Santa because they have it all set up there for professional pictures. To our disappointment Santa was "feeding his reindeer" and wouldn't be back for a couple hours so we settled for the free Santa inside the tent with the merry-go-round. Pretty cute!! 
My Mom gave me the supplies to paint and assemble these Christmas wreaths. I love them especially because I remember helping her make the same thing when I was little. I made one for myself and one for my sister. They're slightly different but both turned out pretty well. Michael is quite artistic and a peferfectionist so it always pays to have him help. Thanks darling!
her very first experience with solids
I don't think it was quite what she was expecting
This is a picture of Kyle's computer desk (prior the deep cleaning we gave it last night). 
Part of my leg as well as my bag while in the doctors office yesterday for Hazel's appointment. 
His cute little hand. 
And lastly, a picture of me. He's not half bad, huh?
