Ed was here.

Jimmy's friend from CA came to visit us! We went to Issei Noodles here in town.. pretty sure that was a one-time thing. (I guess we just aren't fans).

Jae and I shared Pad Thai.

Jae & his face shared Pad Thai.

Jae... inexperienced with chopsticks:

Beef Pho. Beefy pho.

Ed. :)

garbage truck

What's a garbage truck without garbage? Jae tore apart his new play food boxes and made some garbage himself. He's so clever, right? :|

These last 2 pics didn't flip right, but you get the idea!

Christmas toys

Jae is proud to have a pink shopping cart. :) Jake's fam had us for Christmas this year and they got us that glow worm for Joey. Its face lights up and plays music when you push on it. Jae decided to put it in his shopping cart and wheel it around.
So cute! >.<

Yay! An activity for Jae to do!

Joey eating the stuffed animal Aunty Jen got him for Christmas:

Jae... just hangin' around :)

Christmas Day

Christmas morning we had Church at 9, or so we thought, and Jae was up at 6. :|  I decided to just get up then so we could have time to watch Jae open his piles of presents.

Jimmy is still sleeping, I think.

Joey tends to be on his play mat in most of the pictures I take, LOL!

(Oops, forgot to put the wrapping paper away.)

A school bus from G&G Roberts! He certainly is still excited about it!

A puzzle from Aunty Jen!

So... We opened this present last... It's a 42pc set of plastic tools. We decided to hide it and save it for his birthday since he had so many new things to play with.

Spoiled by Ljiljana, Joey got bibs, a 2pc outfit, and a teddy bear!

Joey prefers to eat the onesie instead of wear it.

The easel from G&G Gilbert! It has a whiteboard, chalkboard, and a roll of paper so he can paint.

My gift to Jimmy: A much needed new hoodie

Happy Christmas to all!

Puzzles from G&G Gilbert:

Bros before... toes?

Upside-down Joey in his new outfit!

Jae and his easel/chalkboard:

Kitchen set from G&G Roberts! Then, we got him that PINK shopping cart w/ food items in it. His favorite is to play with the eggs. He's lost half of them already. :|

Cute lil Joejoe:

We will definitely need to budget in money for stocking stuffers this year. Jimmy raided our pantry and put the most random things in our stockings, LOL! It was very thoughtful and I'm happy he did that for us. :)

Family & friends:

Thank you so much for spoiling our kids (and us)! This has been an awesome holiday season! We felt your love for us as we were away from you. What a great way to end 2011!

Christmas Eve

We both have tradition to open one present on Christmas Eve. So, that's what we did. Both of our families "draw" names... really we just rotate down the line. 

Mike had Jimmy this year and he got us a game:

Jake had Mikensi this year and got us a game, too! April also made me this awesome FHE board! I'm stoked about that!

Chocolate World

We went to Hershey, PA and visited Chocolate World. "It's the milk chocolate! Hershey's chocolate.."

We went on this 15 minute free ride (twice... when we got there and before we left). Jae was scared of this mechanical cow:

(Jae being scared of above cow)

Um... I had to take this picture because it made me think of my favorite cousin's wife. ;) Only bc her name is Harmony. ;)

Joey and I hanging out on the ride:

You can't tell what it says, but this is what the factory was producing that day:

Factory Worker Jae. I couldn't believe he kept his hat on for so long!

Most adorable thing ever! Joey in a hairnet! Why is it so funny? He doesn't have any hair! Maybe I'm just obsessed w/ my own children, but seriously, this totally made my day!

Jae in a hairnet & apron, ready to make a candybar! 

(Yeah, it was uber expensive for us, but we figured this is a once in a lifetime thing. Since then, we have made a budget. LOL! But, the boys in hairnets is absolutely priceless!)

Here are the boys with their candy bars in a tin. Jae decorated his cover and I did Joey's.

Um, yeah... You were supposed to throw the hairnets and aprons away as you left the "factory" area. I am crazy and stuffed Joey's hairnet in my pocket.  I HAD to see him in it again!

P.S. I procrastinated getting a tree this year. I wanted to get one since we hadn't in our 4 years of marriage. I was adamant that we were going to get one! Time was ticking and a couple days before Christmas, there was a Christmas miracle for us.  I ran across the street to do some laundry and I saw a huge box w/ a paper attached to it that said: Free Tree.  I ran back to the apartment and told Jimmy to hurry and go get it. It's the kind where you have to put in each branch one by one. A hassle, but hey, it was free and looked great in our apartment!