Christmas time again...

Our first visit of the year to see Santa was at Metropolis. Blake was so excited to see him and all day he kept telling us he was going to sit on Santa's lap, but as you can see it didn't work out that way. Blake changed his mind once we got there, so we ended up with a family picture instead. He did tell Santa what he wants for Christmas though ( a train) and gave him a high five, so it wasn't a total loss.

Our second visit to Santa was at Grandpa's lodge Christmas party. Here are Blake and Daddy opening his stocking from Santa.

This time Blake needed a little coaxing with a cookie to get close to Santa.

But, he eventually warmed up and talked Santa's ear off. He still wouldn't sit in his lap though...

Cole did make it to Santa's lap...who cares that he was totally oblivious!

The whole family...

Little stinker...

One of Blake and Mommy's craft projects...making reindeer Christmas ornaments

The finished product...

It's been a while...

Blake has turned into such a great big brother. We had a couple of weeks that were kind of rough, but now he is doing so great. He loves to hold Cole and tries to share his toys with him. He gets little frustrated that Cole doesn't seem to care when he gives him something and he keeps saying "Look Cole!" Whenever Cole cries, Blake will get right in his face and say "Come here Cole, what's the matter?" It is the most adorable thing. I hope they will be best buddies!

It's hard to believe it, but Cole is already one month old today! Here is the monthly picture with the bear. He's getting bigger already! At his one month appointment he weighed in at 8lb 12.5oz.

These next two pictures are some professional ones we had taken so please don't print them out! We would hate to take advantage of our nice photographer, but I wanted to share them with you because they are so cute!