Happy 4th Birthday Ben!

4 Years Old:

Randy and I can't believe that our "baby Ben" has grown up so fast! Today, he turns 4 years old. It seems like just yesterday that we were going through the excitement of having a newborn baby. He caught us off guard by how much we were going to love him from the moment we saw him, and he continues to amaze us with how smart, beautiful, caring, playful, and loving he is. We couldn't ask for a better son, or big brother for Logan. Thank you Ben for enriching and making our lives better every single day. We love you---more than the whole world! Happy Birthday!

Birth Day: 12/17/05

One Year Old:

2 Years Old:

3 Years Old:

A Visit with Santa

My mom and I took the boys to see Santa this past Friday. Ben was so excited to see Santa---and told him all of the toys he wanted this year (mainly more dinosaurs and "Cars" cars). Logan, on the other hand, was not thrilled to see, or sit, on Santa's lap at all. He cried throughout the entire visit. I guess every kid needs a crying-with-Santa picture, and we sure got Logan's this year. The photo below, is not a very good photo of the boys with Santa (it's a copy), but until I can find my USB cord to download more pictures from my camera, this will have to do! (I've got a really good one of Logan screaming...but I guess that will have to wait...until I find that darn cord...)

Weekend Getaway

In the middle of November, Randy and I were able to getaway for a long weekend, without kids! We traveled to Rockwall, northeast of Dallas, for one of my best friend's wedding. Joanne Chiang married a very sweet man, Izzy DeHerrera. And while I don't have any pictures of the cute couple myself (what was I thinking!?), you can find some here at a friends' blog: http://jamesandmeaganmoss.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-trip-to-dallas.html.

But while we were in the Dallas area, Randy and I were able to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted....because remember, we didn't have any kids with us! :-) We had a great time sleeping in, eating on our time schedule, shopping, enjoying each other...

....visiting with a dear, old, childhood friend and her sweet, adorable family. (You can check out more of her cute blog here: http://robertstephzach.blogspot.com/)

...and visiting with best friends from college and their absolutely precious, almost one-year-old daughter, Lauren. (She was so cute, I could have eaten her up for lunch!)

Bath time baby

Logan loves bath time.

And here is some evidence to show that fact:

Jingle Bells

Being silly!

Brotherly Love