Let the holiday season begin!

Jake and Abby had a great first Thanksgiving. We went to the Downs' house and enjoyed our traditional family Jeopardy, our traditional family argument over Jeopardy (Jim vs. Jeff, Jeff won), and "our team" traditional victory. Jeff and I were busy feeding, changing, and tending to babies, so I'm still not sure exactly how he found time to get in an argument over Jeopardy, but it just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it. As always, all hard feelings ended with the game, and we had amazing meal. We cut our holiday short this year to make it home for the babies' bed time, and they rewarded us with their longest sleep of stretch so far, which was great.

Jeff and I stayed up a little later than usual decorating our Christmas tree for our holiday pictures, which we took the day after Thanksgiving. I know I'm biased...but seriously, our kids are adorable. Here are some samples, also appearing in our holiday cards this year!

 

I wish I could say everyone was sunshine and light during the photo shoot...but they would not smile AT ALL. Jake kept spitting up, and I kept saying, "He never does this!" and as soon as the words were out of my mouth, he would spit up again. Katie still got some amazing shots, and you can view some more of them on her blog here. Once we get the full CD, we will upload them to our Shutterfly site.

Which reminds me...we have a Shutterfly site! We started this so that not only can you see all of the pictures we take (although I'm assuming only the grandparents, and possibly my sister, have the patience to sift through hundreds of pictures of our kids) and also buy pictures directly rather than going through us. You can access the site here, and if you have any questions on how to navigate it or use it just let me know.

Now that the Christmas season is officially here, I can't wait to bust out all the Christmas pajamas and take some more cute pictures! The babies get more and more awesome every day. Last night they went to sleep at 8:00 and didn't wake up until...wait for it...4:30am. It was crazy. I got 7 hours of sleep in a row, and Jeff had enough energy to work out today. It feels great to be shaking off the sleep deprivation! Jeff is going out of town this Thursday night, and although I still hate staying in the house by myself (apparently you can still be afraid of the dark at 31 years old), I definitely have taking care of the babies overnight by myself under control. 

Coming up in just over a week...our four month photo shoot!