Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The Yows came to visit!

We got together with Brandon, Abbie, and Emerson to celebrate Christmas and Brandon’s birthday. Gwynn is now a pro at opening presents.

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Emerson enjoyed it too, but needed a little help from his Mommy.

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Emerson thinks he heard someone say something bad about Northwestern.

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Luke is out of his mind excited about his new toy. He is the most jaded 4 month old ever.

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Emerson thinks the Legos are a harmonica.

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

McWane

Grandma and Pop gave us a McWane Membership for Christmas, so we decided to take the kids before we had to go back to school.

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Luke was alert, but uninterested.

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Waiting for the train ride.

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Daddy was more excited than Gwynn.

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Gwynn loved pulling these flowers out the last time she was here.

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“Ugh, I should have used UPS”

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Sad face.

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We stuck a bow in her hair because everyone thought she was a boy.

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Using a banana as a drum stick.

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Tiny hands.

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And we’re done.

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Christmas Vacation

After visiting everyone for Christmas, we had lots of time off to just hang around the house and play.

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Gwynn loves to give her brother all of his blankets, bibs, toys, etc. I just don’t think she gets the concept that he doesn’t need them all at the same time (while he’s trying to sleep).

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She sure does love her little brother.

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“Cheese!”

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Luke has really gotten into holding on to things and has even started to chew on them too.  Here he is with Sophie the Giraffe.

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Over the break we worked on potty-training Gwynn.  She used the potty three times, but hasn’t shown much interest since then.

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Luke really enjoys the bouncer as you can see!

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Does she know she’s not a baby anymore?

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Gwynn’s favorite thing to do with her new chair is stand in it and then make it fall over and land on the floor.  She’ll do that over and over and laugh the whole time.  She hasn’t gotten hurt yet, but we see that happening in the near future.

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She enjoys the containers more than the toys that are in them!

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Sweet boy.

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Gwynn had to wake him up and show him the Christmas cow she got last year.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas in Tuscaloosa

After enjoying Christmas Eve and Christmas morning in Birmingham, we decided to head down to Tuscaloosa so we could see Aunt Jen (before she went back to Oklahoma), Uncle Jack and his family, and Grandma and Pop.  

Luke and Aunt Michelle.

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Gwynn wasn’t so sure about Aunt Jen trying to feed her…

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“No, Aunt Jen, I said I wanted more jello, THEN the sweet potatoes!”

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Luke and Uncle Jack.

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And Gwynn’s off to find something else to get into!

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New chair from Aunt Jen!

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New apron from Uncle Jack, Aunt Michelle, Grace and Kate…precious!

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Luke got a new book from Aunt Jen!

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Gwynn loves her new table and chairs from Grandma and Pop!

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Yes…she is a genius and wrote the number 8 on that page.

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Luke and Pop playing on the iPad.

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