Our baby is growing up...

In preparation for the baby we moved Alex into a diffrerent room - with a big boy bed! He has done remarkably well with the change and has slept in his new big boy bed for 2 nights. Here he is the first night before going to sleep and then the next morning. (Mommy WHY are you taking my picture right now!?)

Merry Christmas

Well it was an exciting day at the Shumway house yesterday. Alex and Rebekah had a GREAT time and it was fun to see such excitement on their faces. Here are a few pictures of the day.

Christmas Eve - NEW Jammies!

Santa had no troube finding our house.
A "Shake and Go" racetrack for Alex
and a Barbie Island Princess dress for Rebekah

We had a lot of fun doing the Advent Calendar this year. Every day we read a little devotion and then the kids took turns opening the door to find another peice of the Nativity. As you can see we have quite the scene, with floating camels and sheep that can climb trees.

This was such a hit with the kids, they were both quite upset last night when they found out we were DONE with Advent!

C *L*E*M*S*OOOOOOOO*N!
Ready for next season thanks to Aunt Ree Ree!
Notice Rebekah's "pose" it's her new thing - look back at the PJ picture.

Rebekah the princess - she couldn't love it more. (Thanks Grandma Melissa!) She changed about 10 times yesterday back and forth between this dress and her Barbie dress. She said she was going to the "ball".

All aboard! (He is actually saying that) Yeah! finally some dress up for Alex!

Rebekah loved the new doll Grandma JoAnn made for her. She named her Abigail.

Well that's about it. We hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas as well! God Bless!

Sometimes a parent just has to brag!

Just thought I would share pictures of the two cutest kids in the world!

Decorating the Tree

Well it has been a while since my last post. I thought I would just share a few pictures of the kids decorating the tree - actually putting the first two ornaments on the tree. They are both quite excited about Christmas. Whenever Alex sees something relating to Christmas - be it a Nativity, a tree, a snowman or whatever he excitedly yells (and I mean YELLS) "Christmas! Look Mommy Christmas!" It's pretty cute. We have a CD of children singing Christmas songs that they both love. Rebekah's favorites are Jingle Bells, Rudolph, Away in a Manger and Frosty the Snowman. Alex loves to sing along too, although he doesn't get all the words in. His rendition of Jingle Bells goes something like this...

Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Waaaay
HEY!

It cracks me up every time.
I'm going to try to get it on video to share soon. In the meantime, enjoy the pictures!

Rebekah hangs the first ornament.

Alex gets instruction and then goes to town!

A couple of Sundays ago the kids wore the holiday outfits Grandma Melissa sent -

SO CUTE! A picture was in order.

Ho Ho Ho

We decided to beat the rush and get Santa done early this year. Alex was not into it at all! All kids have to have ONE picture of them crying on Santa's lap right?


Just for fun, I included the last two years - I just got around to scanning them in today!


Hope you all have a wonderful CHRISTmas season!

Happy Birthday Alex!

We celebrated Alex's second birthday on Saturday. Here are some shots of the day. The masterpiece. Bryan and I worked together on this Blue's Clues cake. We figure by the time the kids are 12 we will be pros!

Our little charmer

Rebekah was good at letting Alex open his own presents, but was RIGHT THERE in case he needed any assistance!

Farm animal puzzle from Grandma Melissa, a big hit!

After this picture Alex turned to Bryan and said "Fork Daddy!" He was ready to dig in!

And he did! (after we cut a piece for him!)

Playing with the Tee ball set from Aunt Ree Ree.

Here are a couple of videos. One pre celebration and one singing Happy Birthday. (By the way, I know I am singing totally off key! I was trying to be quiet since I was holding the camera, next time I'll just belt it out and be on key!)


Stay tuned for tomrrows post: Alex as "Boy Dorothy"

Playing Catch Up - 4 New Posts

Halloween!

Trying on Alex's costume. He wasn't too thrilled when he first saw it the week before, but when he found out he was going to get candy when he wore it, he was happy to oblige.

Dorothy and the Lion

Things became a little hectic that night and I didn't get a chance to take the pictures I wanted to, but I think what we got was pretty good.

Trick or Treating at the BX.

After the BX we went to the Chapel for their festivities. They had a costume contest and Alex won cutest boy. (Of course!) Here he is with the gift certificate he won and his proud Mommy!

Picture Day!

Rebekah in her new outfit for school pictures.

Bronco Fans!

A Day of Fun (for the kids)

A couple of weekends ago there was a carnival type thing on base. Free food and free entertainment for the kids. We spent more time standing in line for the pony rides than anything else, thankfully there was a playground right by the horses and I stood in line while Bryan played with the kids!

The Jumping Castle

I didn't get a chance to witness it, but I was amazed that Rebekah (that's her in the pink hat) went down this huge slide by herself! (I was standing in line for food - it was almost as long as the line for the pony rides!)

FINALLY after lunch and standing in line for at least 45 minutes Alex and Rebekah got to ride the ponies. Alex stood on the fence like this watching for quite a while.

Alex just kept waving saying "Hi Daddy! Hi Daddy!" The whole time.

This picture is cropped so I am not in it, but be assured I am right there next to Alex!