Kyle & Ali

I found a bunch of pictures of Kyle holding Ali, and just had to share them cause they are so cute:). This little guy is 100% boy - rough and tumble to the max. But we have definitely seen a softer side of him since his little sister was born. He LOVES her and wants to kiss her all day long. He also likes to hold her, and has even in the last week, been willing to wipe up her spit-up or drool - after of course yelling at the top of his lungs "Spit -up!!!". He is also the official poop-sniffer of the family. I'm pretty good at this (being well-practiced:), but he is even better than I. He can smell her dirty diaper a mile away, which can be handy at times:). Now, all I have to do is convince him to change those dirty diapers and we'll be set!! I'm not holding my breath on this one:).

This one cracked me up - he decided he was done, so he just slipped out from under her and took off. He loves her, but you still have to watch him like a hawk:)!!

Tummy time................

..............is always more fun with your brothers:)!!

But sometimes, it's more peaceful to have it by yourself!!

What is this crew doing??

Watching Wipeout, of course:)!!

Crazy as it is, we love that show!!

St Louis Cardinals World Series Trophy

The 2011 World Series Trophy is traveling around - looking for Cardinal fans who want to see it:). When my 3 Cardinal fans heard about this, they were all in!!

The screen behind it makes it look like you're in Busch Stadium. In reality, we were in a US Cellular store in Bloomington, but for a moment, it made them feel like they were standing on the field in St.Louis:). The boys each got a small baseball, and a coloring book. They promptly called several of their favorite Cardinal and Cub fans after we left - to make them jealous (each for different reasons, obviously:).

Our good friend Ema went along with us. She's a major Cardinal fan, too!!

The trophy even has it's own van and 2 "trophy watchers" to take it around. Pretty cool!!

It was neat for the boys to get to see the "golden trophy" that their Cardinal's had won.

Sleeping on the job

Daddy was holding Ali late one evening when I walked in and found this:

She didn't seem to mind at all:).

In fact, she seemed pretty pleased about it:).

So big!!

Oopsie daisy - maybe not that big yet!!

Fun with friends!!

After Christmas, we got to hang out with some of our favorite friends - the Thistlethwaite's. We played together and ordered dinner from Biaggi's -yum!! Between the 6 kiddos, the house was pretty crazy, but we all had a great time, and the house was still standing when it was all over:).

Sweet Benjamin:).

Aunt Kara was here to join in on the fun - here are "the Kara's" together.

Love this pic of them together!!

A cute shot of Ellie.

We appreciate your friendship, Thistlethwaite's, and can't wait to hang out with you again soon!!

Christmas at home - 2011

Last Christmas post - I promise;). The Monday after Christmas, we had our little celebration at home. The boys were not lacking in gifts after celebrating with the Lemans and the Martins, but we had a couple of things for them to open:).

Ready set go!!!

Mickey Mouse/Cardinal's Tervis Tumblers - the combination of our favorite things!!

On to the 2nd one!!

Cardinal's warm-up suits!! They want to wear these every day. Some days, I'm glad that they're not clean:).

Brock and Ali snuggles:).

Sweet girl

This was when she realized that there weren't any presents for her:(. Just clean diapers and food for this one:).

"Oh well, I guess there are worse things than being clean, dry, and full!!"

Content!!

Sometimes, it's a little boring, just holding a sleeping baby!!

Kyle kisses, as usual.

One more sweet Ali smile:).

He loves this little girl.

"Yea for Christmas!!"

Daddy's present from Ali - snuggles:).