It's Hard Work Being Cute!

This little guy just makes us smile!

Does this picture remind you of any one?

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas this year! Things were hectic for us, as usual. I didn't get pictures at any of our get togethers! We were thrilled that my brother & his wife were able to be in town for Christmas this year! It was the first time they got to meet Timothy! In true Asbeck fashion, Timothy had an ear infection! Of course, I didn't even know it...he is such a happy baby! I took him for his 4 month check up on the 23rd & the doctor told me he had an ear infection. He wasn't running a fever or fussing at all!

The past two years, Christmas has not been as fun as we had hoped with Joshua. He was either sick or medications had recently been adjusted, causing behavior issues, etc. So, I think we went into this Christmas with pretty low expectations. However, it ended up being really fun. Joshua was in to opening presents, and actually liked some of them (it is always a gamble with him & toys). He was in a great mood at all of the family gatherings. He got excited when we talked about Santa. He even sort of helped me make cookies for Santa. We had Christmas cookie cutters & he thought the candy cane was a "J", so he cut out a few with that! He really liked eating them! On Christmas morning, I asked him if he wanted to see what Santa brought him, and he got excited. When we got downstairs, he ran right past his gifts from Santa & went straight to one of the toys he had gotten from us the day before....oh well!



Joshua with the train table Santa brought him, and some sing-a-ma-jigs.

Timothy was precious for his first Christmas. He smiled & laughed most of the time. He really is a very happy baby! We are so thankful to have him here! Here he is with his Taggies Elephant from Santa! This was taken at the end of the day on Christmas. He is in his Christmas outfit here, but he actually didn't wear it earlier in the day. My family arrived before I got him into it & I didn't want to put it on him right before he ate because he would spit up all over it. Somehow it got to be the end of the day & he hadn't worn it, so I needed to put it on him for at least a little bit!

Mom Can't Compete with the iPad

I was trying to get a picture of the boys in their matching shirts. Unfortunately, Joshua was playing a game on the iPad, and Timothy seems to like the iPad as much as Joshua does. I couldn't get them to look at me at all! Oh well!