Christmas Card

Here is our Christensen Family Christmas Card for this year. I probably won't be able to get it mailed out to everyone, so please do not be offended if you don't get a physical copy of it. I did want to shrae it with everyone though, and wish you a beautiful holiday season. Merry Christmas everyone!! We are so thankful for all of you, and how generous you are to our family!!

Blackmail Pictures!

This week has been a wonderful, and stressful one for us. The boys are doing a little bit better with sleep training, which is always a plus! We just keep on trucking through it, and know that one day it will just work out! :) The other positive and fun thing, the boys got to see snow for the first time!! Yesterday it started snowing pretty heavily at our house, and we woke up this morning to almost a foot of snow on the ground. It was fun to watch the boys check out this weird white stuff for the first time. We pretty much just stuck inside after that though, as I tend to get a little nervous driving in it.

We also took some naked pictures of the boys the other day right before their bath. Hoorey for blackmail! :) They are just so darn cute though, I couldn't resist!!

Lucas watching the snow coming down!

Mr. naked Lucas

Mr. naked Dylan

Cute Pic

Just had to share this picture of my adorable boys. They are getting so big! They are so strong, and independant already! :) And, they love laughing at their daddy!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday with friends and family. We were very thankful to have spent the day with our family, both mine and Teage's, and reflect on the wonders with which Heavenly Father has blesesd us recently. The boys are doing wonderfully. Both are rolling around the room, interacting with each other, and eating rice cereal twice a day. They are generally happy and healthy, and we couldn't be more thankful!

Daddy with his boys all dressed up and ready to go to Jesse's Maltby breakfast.
Mommy with her little hoodlums :) Can you tell that Daddy picked out the outfits that day?
Dylan and his favorite toy
Lucas having a ton of fun. Is that not the sweetest smile ever??

Jesse's 31st Birthday

Happy Birthday to our loved Jesse! We love and miss you!

1st attempt at rice cereal....and, Halloween :)

This last week was a fun one for us. After the boys received the green light to start with rice cereal, Teage and I couldn't wait until we could make the attempt! At first the boys were definitely not sure about what we were doing. I think they were actually most apprehensive about the spoon more then anything. :) Lucas finally got used to the taste of the spoon (and I suppose the cereal), and went for it in the end. But, Dylan was not having anything to do with the whole affair. He would make a horrible face at me every time I tried to put the spoon in his mouth, and then spit most of the cereal back out again. :) In the end, I think that we got a few spoonfulls in their tummies, a ton on their mouths and bibs, but definitely had a tons of fun!

Our little family on Halloween....we didn't do much, but if you notice, the boys are wearing little dog PJ's with tails. So cute! :)
Dylan: Mom....I don't think I like this!!!
Dylan: Mom....I told you I don't like this stuff!!
Both boys sitting like "big boys" at the table
Lucas: I'm not so sure Dad!
Lucas: Well...I guess it was OK!

MY TURN!!!

So, I thought that I would give this another try! I figure that once every two months is just about right! So, what has changed? Well, we introduced rice cereal to the boys on Sunday night, and they both slept for 8 hours! Amazing! They both are growing so fast, and it's a blast being a Dad! I absolutely love their personalities, and how each of them are so unique! Dylan is our mover and shaker! They both love to watch TV, and you can see in the picture below what lengths they will go to see it! But, watch out! As soon as you turn them away from it, picture #2! They really liked that BC/Virginia Tech ending! But, they are so much fun and I am loving every minute of every day that I get to spend with them! I can't believe that it's been four months too! It's crept by so quickly!

4 Months Old!

The boys had their four month check-up this week....I can't believe that they are already that old! The days go by so quickly, yet so slowly at the same time. :) Both boys are healthy again, thank goodness, and their check-up was wonderful. They are right on track in terms of development, and they are still gaining weight like crazy. At their appointment, Dylan weighed 13lbs even, and Lucas was 13lbs 1oz. That puts them in the 25th percentile for weight, which is slightly higher then they were last time. So, they are doing really well! The only bad part about the appointment was that they had to get their 4 month shots, which was a horrible ordeal. Both boys were so traumatized by the whole thing that they were clinging to me the next few days. They were really sensitive to every little noise, or even if we were holding them "incorrectly". But, they seem to have gotten over the worst of it now, and it is mostly forgotten. :) We are so thankful for how these boys are growing and progressing. Both are smiling and laughing all the time, and would much rather hang out with everyone instead of go to bed! :) Lucas even started reaching out and grabbing toys the other day....big step!!

Me with my big growing boys!

What are you doing up there brother??

Thing 1 and Thing 2

The boys have been so adorable lately, I just can't even handle it! :) Both of them laugh all the time now, especially at daddy when he is showing them silly faces, or singing a funny song. They also giggle and smile all the time at whoever is holding them. They are such sweet and loving boys, and have such wonderful dispositions about them. Last week when they were sick, we could tell that they were miserable with their runny noses and coughs....but, would that get them down? Nope! They were still smiling and loving life. They are such a joy, and I feel so blessed to have them in my life!

Both boys are now turning over from their front to their back, but haven't quite mastered the back to front yet. They are sleeping a bit better, and still moving around a ton in their cribs. I can't understand how they do it! They are swaddled up fairly tight when we put them down at night, and somehow they manage to wiggle out of their swaddle, and end up on the opposite side of their crib within a few hours! :) My mom calls them "little Houdinis"!

All three of us were fairly sick last week, but I am happy to report that we are feeling a lot better now, thankfully! Today we even went on a little outing to Sears 1st Ave, where I used to work, and the boys got to meet all of my sweet co-workers. I think that they had a lot of fun being the center of attention! :)

Our adorable Thing 1 and Thing 2

Laughing at Daddy while I took the picture

Not sure if you can tell from this picture, but this is Dylan sleeping on his side. He tried to roll over, only made it half-way, and ended up falling asleep in that position!

Christensen Family Reunion

This week Teage's sister and her family came into town for a mini family reunion on the Christensen side. They stayed with Brett and Beth for a few days, and then with us over the weekend. Tawna has three children, Ethan who is 7, Kiana 5, and Maiya who is 9 months old. They are all such sweethearts, and we love playing with them and having a great time with the whole family. Soccer anyone? :) It was so much fun to have all the new cousins together for the first time (since the grandchildren count has doubled in the past few months :) ), and for all the aunts and uncles to have some time "grown-up" together as well. Everyone even took time out to write to Uncle Brook who was not able to attend, as he is on a mission in Argentina.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of all the new cousins together....I got pretty sick over the weekend, followed by Teage and the boys, and we were down for the count for a few days. :( But, all of us seem to be pulling through it, and will hopefully be back on our feet in no time.

Dylan and Lucas doing some tummy-time!

Miss Maiya saying hello

Kai'o looking over momma's shoulder

Ethan and Kiana at Snoqualmie Falls, having a good time! "Can we go now???" :)