Christmas Time is Here

Finally! We have been very excited for Christmas this year. Bridger is understanding more and more about presents and is learning how to say Santa Claus. He also runs around saying, "Merry Kissmas!"

We enjoyed a white Christmas with LOTS of snow. Christmas Eve we had a bunch of friends over, ate until we were stuffed, sang carols, visited and the kids acted out the Nativity and had a gift exchange. Thanks to all of our friends for coming over and sharing this time with us, and also, thanks for the wonderful pies!!

One of Bridger's favorites was again, boxes with packing peanuts. He was lucky to have 2 this year. Bridger also got a rocking horse which was a hit. Carter got an exersaucer (mommy couldn't wait til Christmas, and it has been very nice for the past few weeks) We were spoiled with lots of other gifts: books, clothes, PJ's, shoes, a fondue pot, calendar, ben's favorite -a stuffed pneumonia bacteria (we need to post a picture)and lots of treats. We had so much fun, we wished Christmas was more than once a year.

Here are some of our pictures to share:

Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!

This Christmas, I have been lazy. I have thought about the last 2 Christmases... in 2006, the day I came home from the hospital after having Bridger and started making cookies for our friends and neighbors. In 2007 I was pregnant and kept barfing in between making 50+ detailed homemade cards. This year, I have not sent out nearly as many Christmas cards as previous years, and the card that I did send out was just a picture. Why? Well, now as I am writing this, I am realizing that maybe I have wised up, or having 2 boys is wearing on me more than I realized. Anyway, the real reason is I feel like a Christmas card from me would be anticlimactic. If you are a close friend or relative, I have been overly advertising my blog to you, and if you really wanted to know what we were up to, you should be checking it....so you have seen a bazillion pictures of my adorable boys and should know more nitty gritty on us than you would like to. Now, after saying all of that, I loved all of the Christmas cards that we received, even from people who have blogs that we check. So thank you for being more on top of things than I am. Here is our official Christmas card:

See? More adorable pictures of my boys!

On a more serious note, I again would like to say Merry Christmas to everyone. My little family is so blessed, and I love the Christmas season to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who is the source of all of our blessings. I am thankful for His life, His example and His atonement, which is the greatest gift we have been given.

Introducing Da Gang

We really love the street that we live on. We have found alot in common with our neighbors. Especially on those hectic and chaotic days that I have, when I am wondering "Are we crazy having 2 children under 2? What were we thinking!? (or not thinking) But here on Anthony Lane, all I have to do is look out the window and I see 2 more families that are just as crazy as we are. (Luv ya ladies!!) Here is a picture of the official Anthony Lane Gang. All the children pictured are within 20 months of age. We all have 2 kids..each family's oldest child is within 2 months of age of eachother, and the youngest child is within 4 months of age. We have the largest gap between our kids, which is 19 months. So, maybe, just to make us feel better, is it safe to say that we are the least crazy?

You can imagine how hard it was to take a good pic with them all even in it,

this is the best we could do!

The Young Crowd, the older crowd would not

hold still long enough for a pic

The Budding Neighborhood bully

Double punch toda face!

I Wanna Geen!

This may become a dinner time classic story in our family...... Bridger like most almost 2-year-olds is learning his colors. We were at our neighbor's house for dinner and Bridger kept saying "I wanna geen!! I wanna geen! Please!!" We looked around and kept asking him "what do you want?" as we pointed to several things on the table, and he kept repeating his desire.... "A geen. A geen!!" We still had no idea what he was talking about until he finally pointed to the cut up apples and oranges on the table. Oh!! You want an ORANGE?

Drum Roll, Please!!

Carter is a whopping 17 pounds and 4 ounces. In this family of skinny-minis, we are cheering him on! Keep it up Carter Cole!! He is now 4 months old and is still holding pretty steady on his growth curve (he dropped to the 89th percentile in weight, but is still at 94th for height) We are proud of our big, little guy! I love this picture as it shows off his rolls.... oh, I mean, thighs so well.