Sunglasses

They are still a huge hit Uncle Stevie and Aunt Betsy! You've made my drive in the car so much more entertaining. Thank you!

Christmas Morning

Nate learned how to tear open presents since last year. Logan was content to just watch.




Although it's been almost 2 weeks since Christmas we still have two presents under the tree.... guess they will be birthday presents :0)

Choo-choo!

Nathaniel loves trains (doesn't every little boy?) Well, a friend from high school called and offered to give us their gently used train. What was the catch? It take s up quite a bit of storage space and it has a loud horn (she told me it was broken though). It sounded like something we should at least consider it so we picked it up the week before Christmas. We set up the train by the Christmas tree and Christmas morning, Nate came down the stairs and said Choo-choo! He loves it! We moved the track into the kitchen so it would run a bit smoother. Nate got to help put the track down.

Puppies!

Every morning Nathaniel wakes up and says "puppies, puppies, puppies!" until we finally say it's time to get up and go downstairs. For Mom and Dad seeing the puppies, means starting the day, cleaning up the poop from the night, and making the puppy chow in the blender (stinky!). For Nathaniel (and Logan) it means sitting on the couch and watching Daddy let the puppies out of the room. While he cleans/mops the room out (Yes, I found out Ken has this hidden skill! Look out Honey, you've demonstrated competence!) Nathaniel likes to sit on the couch and point at the puppies. He is so excited! We have named each of them and he will call out their names... Brownie! Popcorn! Chunkers! Snowball! The first few days he would only reach at them when they ran by the couch. Recently we have started "racing" the puppies and he is getting braver while we run over to the stairs and back before they can catch up to him and nip at him until he can climb back on the couch.





While these puppies are super cute, I'm certain that we won't be getting a dog anytime soon. It's a good thing Nathaniel is having so much fun... because Mom and Dad think it's A LOT OF WORK!

Christmas with the Tuttles

We celebrated Christmas a day early this year with my family. The Prime Rib was fabulous. Mom always makes the best dinners!

Looks like someone was peeking while we were praying!


Nathaniel has taken to drawing and this was the best present ever! I quickly told Mom he didn't need to open anything else... let him just enjoy the new toy. We opened a few others on Christmas Day.


Sunglasses were a huge hit for Nathaniel. Thanks Uncle Stevie & Aunt Betsy





Logan's first look at a present, very exciting!

Holding down the fort

Ken is off for the week and we have been busy. We offered to be a PDX shuttle for our friends, get the mail/take out the garbage for 2 of our neighbors and dog sit/house sit for our favorite lab and her 4 puppies (5 weeks old). What were we thinking? As if two babies weren't challenging enough :-)

Bonk!

I think we are in the 'season' of getting bumps and bruises. It seems like everyday Nathaniel is getting another bonk on his head :-( I really don't think there is anything I can do about it... considering a helmet though. He was just getting over a nasty yellowing bruise in the middle of his head... and today another one. Oh well. I better get used to it, being a Momma of two boys.

Friendly Shopper

Nathaniel was waving to everybody in the parking lot the other day. What a friendly guy.

Santa

Nana came down and took the boys to see Santa with their cousin Lilli. The line was painfully long at Washington Square, but the weather was too gross outside to go anywhere else. Logan was pretty comfortable in Santa's arms. Nathaniel on the other hand, was fine standing next to Santa but did not want to sit in his lap and once Santa extended his arm and touched his shoulder he was done.


The boys were totally exhausted when we got home and Nathaniel has not stopped saying "Santa Claus" since. Quite the afternoon.

Logan squaking

4 Months Old

Doctor visit

Logan has his 4 month appointment and was about to get his shots. I wanted to weigh Nathaniel while we were there too. So here they are...holding each others hands... bracing for the worst. Logan had much more to be afraid of (3 vaccinations) versus Nathaniel being put on the scale!

Trip to the Mall with Daddy

Nate and Daddy were busy in the electronics store while Mom took Logan to run a few errands. If I hadn't come back when I did we would have been owners of a new 3D screen! Nathaniel sat super still with the glasses on. Quite fashionable I must say!

Calling Oma

Nate helped Logan call Oma the other day... so sad she wasn't home to answer. They each had their own plastic phone. Nate held the phone for Logan since he isn't quite able to handle it himself yet.

Play with Me!

Nate can't wait for his little brother to play with him. The other day he brought Logan a ball, then backed up a few steps and said "catch". Until then he will have to settle for laying next to Logan with the toys.

Black Friday

I took the boys with me shopping on Black Friday... we didn't get out of the house till just before 11am. I knew I had missed all the deals when there were no lines to wade through to get to the merchandise and all the donuts and juice were gone :-( Oh well it made it a little easier with the boys with me. Plus, Nate found a shopping cart to push around next to me.