Bouncing Dylan

I know that this video is a little dark (and turned the wrong way!!! :) ), but hopefully you get the gist of it. I thought it was just too hilarious to keep to ourselves. The boys have been recently introduced to the "johnny jumper", and they appear to LOVE it! This is a video of Dylan the other night, having a ton of fun with his new toy! :)

Christmas 2007

We had a wonderful, and very busy, Christmas this year! I loved seeing the boys with all of our family, and even meeting some people for the first time. They were a bit overwhelmed, but had a great time. We are so thankful to all of our family for their generosity to us, and the boys as well. We are so blessed.

First stop: Tutu and Poppi's house on Christmas Eve (my mom and Dan's), for a yummy dinner and crazy present openings!! :)

Uncle Toph and Daddy being crazy!
Uncle Brandon and Auntie Tracy
Our fun Christmas Eve outfits! We had so much fun with the Bailey family!!

Second Stop: Grandmy and Grandpy's house on Christmas Day (my Dad and Lisa), for wonderful lunch/dinner and MORE presents!

Dylan and Uncle David watching over the presents!

Grandpy and Lucas hanging out

Having fun on the floor (notice the shirts!)
Grandpy's crazy house of lights!!

Third Stop: Brett and Beth's house for Christmas Night (Christensen side of the family), for more dinner, more presents, and more family!

Brett and Teage with all the new cousins!

The whole Christensen gang!

Daddy going crazy on Rock Band! This was a blast, even I did it! :)

Erin's surgery update

Hello to all of our friends and family! Just wanted to give you a quick update on my condition, as I have had many questions about it... :) I am doing great after my knee surgery last Friday. I wasn't too terribly excited about getting the surgery, but now that it is over, am very thankful. I had a wonderful surgeon, terrific nurses and others who assisted me at the hospital, and I now feel like I can finally begin to strengthen that knee once again and attempt to get back to what it used to be. :) The actual surgery went great, no complications what-so-ever, and thankfully they did not have to remove the entire miniscus, only a portion of it. I am now home and on the mend, and actually doing much better than I anticipated. I am already putting quite a bit of weight on my right leg, and walking around slowly. The doctor said that I will never be a big runner (fine by me! :) ), but that I should be able to get back to normal activities, including excersizing and sports, after I heal up within the next few months. Thank you to everyone who kept me in your thoughts and prayers last week!! I really appreciate all of you!

6 months old!

Hi everyone! I am so sorry that it has taken a while to post....we have been so busy with sleep training, appointments, holiday cheer, that I haven't had much time to even get to the computer. We have had a wonderful, and challenging few weeks. The boys are getting a little better with their sleep everyday. Which is a huge blessing to their parents, because we are almost to that breakdown point. :) I don't think that I ever realized how tremendously hard everything seems to get when you are sleep deprived. I don't know how moms with more then two infants do it.....yikes! Teage and I are trying to keep our heads, and spirits up, and praying that things get a little better each day.

The boys had their six month checkups this week as well, and I am happy to report that they are right on track with height, weight, and all the skills that come along with this age. Lucas now weights 15lbs 11oz and Dylan is not far behind at 15lbs 9oz. I am so thankful for how much these boys love to eat!! :) We are now starting them on baby food (mmmm.....squash!), and are excited to watch them discover new tastes along the way. Both are also rolling all over the floor, trying to get to their favorite toys, and actually beginning to scoot a bit as well......I am so worried!! :) Their favorite thing is to go upside down, or "fly" around the room.

Teage is doing well with his job, and loves his office and all of his co-workers. He is still working for Washington Mutual, and thankfully was not effected by the layoffs of last week. But, thank you to all of you who were concerned for us.

I am doing well also, just trying to adjust to motherhood on not much sleep. :) Thankfully I still have a ton of help in my mom and stemom, coming over to help all the time. The boys love them, and I am so greatful for all of their help and support. I couldn't do it without them! I do have my knee surgery scheduled for the beginning of the year, so I will update you all when that occurs. I am not too worried about it, but the recovery time could be a little brutal with two little ones!

We also want to wish everyone a wonderful and blessed Christmas this year. We are so thankful for all of our friends and family in our lives, and love this time of year when we get to think about, and celebrate, the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. He is the reason! Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!!

Our little family at the Christmas tree farm in North Bend....we had so much fun picking out our tree!

Daddy and Dylan getting ready to chop!

The finished product!

Lucas trying to eat his stocking.....yuck bud! :)

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!