An Evans Christmas

Visions of Sugar Plums...

A visit to our favorite Sit-Sittie!

Wild babies in the tub!

The "Evans lip curl" x2!

All clean!!  Ready for Santa!

Happy Birthday Grandad!

Santa is coming!  Happy Dance!

Merry Christmas!

"Umm.....he is real?????????"

"I will sit right here, you can just toss that gift right over!"

TOOLS!!

Sneaky Santa, we had to get one pic!

"Please share with me!!!"

"Dada, this is how its done!"

A wonderful celebration, with more to come!

Love, the rockinryans

So....about Santa....

26 weeks

Babe was much more cooperative

at this appointment.

Sleeping the entire time,

we were able to get a good, constant heart rate

of 152.

 Speaking of heart rate-

his is beating for Santa right now!

Love, the rockinryans

Advent

It is hard to believe we are already

half way through Advent.

To be honest, I really have not

prepared myself like I should

in years past.

Growing up, I had an Advent calender

and Trent has one this year, which he LOVES

and looks forward to daily.

His excitement for the season brings out my

excitement. And also the drive to better understand and respect the true meaning of the season.

So, to better prepare,

I have been reading an Advent book, but to be honest

it is not an easy read.

This book was recommended, but more suggestions

would be nice!

We finally completed our tree, home and dog decorating!

The best part was taking Trent to pick out his

ornament for the year.

And watching him hang it next to

last years "Baby's First Christmas" ornament.

Wow, can't believe how much he has changed!

Love, the rockinryans

Big boy!

Big boy has been showing interest in the potty

for a couple of weeks.

I don't know how or why,

I never pushed it because

1.It is more work for me and

2. With the baby coming soon, I have heard there can be a regression in training.

But he has really been persistent.

So, HE put his potty in the living room,

(I guess he knows that mama gets tired of having to walk all the way to the bathroom all the time ~ Hehe!)

And started using it!

I guess we will follow his lead on this one!

Love, the rockinryans

Christmas Spirit

The Thanksgiving pie isn't even gone yet,

and it is time to prepare for

Christmas!

We heard Santa was making his big arrival in

WaKeeney, KS!

Wow, we were so lucky to see him

at his first tree lighting!

The innate love for Santa that Trent has

is remarkable.

He has been saying "Ho Ho Ho" for a couple weeks now

and every time he sees Santa he laughs with excitement.

We find this so crazy because he doesn't even realize

who Santa really is. 

Ya know, that he is about

to be spoiled rotten!

But the love is already there,

(even though these pics don't exactly capture his excitement!)

We will see what happens when he gets

up close and personal

real soon.

Time for our own tree lighting!

"A little to the left Dad!"

Looking forward to the coming weeks!

Love, the rockinryans