Jae: Bug Collector

He also has fuzzy hair.

We found no bugs.

But, we went to the park to play since no bugs were found.

Jae, Joey, & Candy

I made this! I'm so proud of myself! I made it for Jae's kitchen foods. I need to make more.

"Joey, eat!"

"OK, Jae! How?"

"Sucker!"

Texas Roadhouse

My in-laws kept tradition and sent us money to go to Texas Roadhouse for my birthday dinner. (We had to go late due to potty training terror).  We wondered if getting there took longer than getting home. We got lost both times. Our GPS is out of date and since then they have changed the route our GPS had.

So, here we are.. enjoying a nice meal together! This picture had us laughing the whole time... We were thinking of captions for this guy who has been shot (maybe?). Kind of a bad pic, but you get the idea...

Jae & Daddy!

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!