Toddler Cuteness

Last night we were reading to G&J before bed. I was leaning against one of those lounging pillows and Grace was sitting next to me. My shirt kept sliding up so that my tummy was poking out. All of sudden, Grace starts pulling my shirt down and saying "bye-bye Baby Clare." She wanted all the attention! Every time my shirt would slide up she would get annoyed and pull it back down and repeat "bye-bye Baby Clare." It was really funny! I didn't even think she really understood much about the baby, but I guess I was wrong. Just wait until the baby's here! She's going to be asking us to send her back :)

Getting Big

Peeling our own oranges

Trying to climb on the trash can

Riding our trikes

Grace Sings

Playing with Daddy's Glasses

Don't I look smart?

Christmas in Austin

At the Annual Christmas Eve-Eve Bowling Tournament at the infamous Dart Bowl near the UT campus in Austin, I bowled, George chased G&J, and G&J thoroughly wore themselves out running around like maniacs.

Jake on Christmas Eve in his annual Christmas PJs. Grace was not quite so happy to have her picture taken.

Santa brought us lots of fun stuff to play with on Christmas morning.

We were so tired from our Christmas adventures that we slept almost all the way home from Austin on Christmas afternoon.

Santa visited our house too! We still haven't figured out that our kitchen isn't really a jungle gym.

We had a blast but are all exhausted. The house is a mess from all the packages, Mommy is sick, and G&J are being rather rascally today. Off to do some cleaning and organizing... Mommyhood really is a 24/7 job!

Introducing Clare McMillin O.

Grace and Jacob are going to have a baby sister! Her name will be Clare McMillin O. Clare is the name we planned to use with Grace if Jacob had been a girl, and we love it so much we decided to use it for this baby. McMillin is a family name (my middle name, Gree-gree's middle name, etc), and we decided to pass it along. Here she is...

What happens when Daddy is in charge...

Need I say more?

Stuff

It's been awhile since either of us posted anything. It's been a busy November, and from the looks of the calendar, it's going to be an even busier December. Here are some recent pictures.

FYI: Grace has band-aids on her legs because they had to get shots at they 2-year appointment.

Mr. Mozart

Our friends Stephanie, Ryan, and their daughter Beth gave Grace and Jake a xylophone piano for their birthday. The babies love it (and even fight over it from time to time)! Here is a video of Jake displaying his awesome musical talent ;)

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year! Grace and Jake were a ladybug and a bee in honor of the stuffed animals Grammy brought them from Germany earlier in the year. As usual, G&J refused to cooperate during our attempts at taking pictures. Graham crackers bought us about 10 seconds during which I was able to get this picture. We spent the evening at our street's block party and G&J ran around with lots of other little kids. Needless to say, we were all exhausted at the end of the night!