Christmas up North.

Look at all of these presents!
Nathan, Santa and Amber...Nathan wasn't too sure about this guy.

Not sure who is the happiest person in this picture. Nathan might be since Grandpa kept giving Nathan the ice cubes from his Manhattan.


Nothing better.

Our final Christmas stop was at my parents house in Wisconsin. We drove through snow, but Joel did a great job in some bad conditions! Once we got there we were able to relax and enjoy eating and drinking once again. Nathan finally got to experience the snow of Northern Wisconsin. If you didn't know, Nathan loves cold, dreary weather. He would stay outside longer than me in the winter! I don't know what I'm going to do about this.... But we did have a great time playing in the snow. We had snowball fights, went sledding, and made race tracks in the snow. Grandma had hot chocolate waiting for us when we came back inside. Needless to say, Nathan thought it was great! Meanwhile, Eli was able to enjoy time smiling and laughing with Grandma and Grandpa. I'm sure next year he'll be out there roughing up his brother.

Christmas in Fort Wayne

Nathan, Mack and McQueen...the kid couldn't have been happier.
Nathan and Joshua.

Opening his own presents!

The two babies, Andrew (and Sean), Eli (and Paul)

I don't think Nathan could have had any more fun than he did with all of his cousins...who now add up to 11 kids under 11. Christmas at Gma and Gpa May's is always crazy. A lot of presents, kids, and food, but of course it is all so much fun.

Christmas 2009!

Nathan enjoying his new table and chairs from Gma and Gpa Mueller.
A new Cars basketball hoop for the bath tub.

Helping Eli open his toys.

I think Nathan enjoyed opening his toys and Eli's!

It was our first Christmas as a family of four and it was a great one! We were all over the Midwest. First we headed off to Fort Wayne for a couple of days, came home for Christmas Day and then headed to Coleman. The weather wasn't too bad. We only ran into bad weather on one of the four legs of our trip. Nathan watched the movie Cars about 20 times and Eli slept. I can't complain! God has truly blessed our family. On top of spending time with our wonderful families and getting way too many presents, Joel was made PARTNER! It was an amazing surprise given the economy, but well deserved.

Playing on the stairs

Nathan loves playing on the stairs and now he wants Eli and his cousins to join in on the fun? He tells me where to put Eli and how to put him...such a bossy little guy!

Thanksgiving...a lot delayed!

Snow days

Eli talking.

Eli has turned into a jabber mouth! However, when the camera is on him, he stops talking!

Playing together?

Can you help me with the star?

Nathan really is a good big brother. He can't wait for Eli to play with him. I'm sure I'll have my hands full and plenty of fighting. Right now, Nathan and Eli together are too sweet.