Emme Asleep

This is how Emme sleeps. She always covers her head completely before she will go to sleep, even at night. Whenever I put her down for a nap or for bed, I have to go back in and uncover her after about 20 minutes. Elijah used to do the same thing when he was playing, but not when he was asleep.

Snow, Snow and More Snow!

This is a picture from our front doorway facing the sidewalk that leads to our driveway. The snowdrift is easily over 5 feet tall. Poor Elijah the 50mph wind was blowing the snow right into his face, so he was not going to look up at the camera.

Blizzard Aidan

Well, Blizzard Aiden hit Green Bay last night. With the wind and the drifting snow Green Bay and the surrounding area have issued a state of emergency. Church and the ward Christmas party were cancelled, as no one is allowed on the roads until after noon on Sunday. Luckily we were able to stock up at the grocery store on Friday, so we can hunker down for quite awhile if we need to. As you can see in the pictures we got quite a bit of snow. We can no longer see Elijah's poor snowman. Dustin had to dig the Jeep out of waist deep snow in the driveway so the plow could plow our driveway and the neighbors. Temperatures on Monday and Tuesday are suppossed to get down to -24! What! Not fun! We are grateful that the power hasn't been knocked out so that we still heat.

Elijah's First Snowman

Yesterday and last night we got our first good snowfall. Elijah, Dustin and myself were all so excited! Elijah and I were excited to build a snowman and Dustin was excited to drive the Jeep in the snow for the first time. Grown boys are silly! Last night Dustin had his fun and today Elijah and I had ours. This morning Elijah and I bundled up and braved the Green Bay wind to make a snowman. I think we did a pretty good job considering that I haven't built a snowman in probably 18 years! Elijah loves him, and I guess that is all that matters! He told me that he wanted to build a snowman as a present for Santa. What a goober!

Thank You Coffman Family

Yesterday Elijah received a huge box in the mail. It was his Christmas present from the Coffman Family. It was way too mean to make him wait to open it until the 18th, so he got to open it when Daddy came home from work. Elijah says "THANK YOU" to his Nana, Pop-pop and all of his Aunts and Uncles for his way cool dragon castle.

Christmas

Elijah is a very spoiled boy this year, he is going to get to celebrate Christmas three times this year. We are spending actual Christmas with the Coffmans in Texas, and then we are having our Christmas on the 18th and then we had Christmas with the Tuggles over Thanksgiving. The Tuggles gave Elijah an awesome Fisher-Price Castle with way cool dragons for Christmas. That is what he is playing with in the video. The castle and dragons are so fun to play with, they all do something special, so we have had fun finding out what all they do.

Emme Piranha

Emme has been teething for the last few weeks. Anything that even comes close to her mouth she tries to attack. Her mouth is almost always open and ready to bite. She will bite anything from a nose to a finger to her own feet. Because of this, we have given her the nickname "Emme Piranha." Luckily I have some great "teether" toys from Elijah that Emme seems to enjoy. Plus infant Tylenol and Orajel are amazing! PS: Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for Emme's awesome "cat costume" sleeper and her chew toy froggy!