Christmas Day

Christmas morning began with Dylan opening his gifts. Once he opened Elmo, he was done. He is so obsessed with Elmo right now. We finally talked him into opening his other gifts and he decided opening presents could be fun! Plus, check out this cool new guitar! Now he can jam with Dad when they play Guitar Hero! (Notice the Elmo PJ's???!!!)

After brunch with MaMa, PaPa and David, we headed over to MiMi and G-Pa's. Dylan got a big wheel bike! He would not get off of it all night. The seat lifts up and his cup fits perfectly inside. He was even giving his cousins rides! (Although, he may not have volunteered to give them rides!!! He did it though, because he wasn't getting off that bike!!!)

Dylan giving Alexis and Mark a ride on his new bike.

G-Pa, MiMi, Mark, Dylan and Alexis.

What a whirlwind!

Every year I get so excited for Christmas to be here, and then, before I know it, it's over! It was great visiting with everyone. We started things off at Scott's parents house on Christmas Eve. Then we headed over to the big Haarmann Christmas Eve celebration. Dylan and Olivia were the stars of the show. It was Olivia's first Christmas! She was very serious about opening her gifts!

Family Pic...
Dylan saying cheeeeeeese! He gets so excited about anything with Elmo!

Here's Dylan showing Olivia how to play with her new toy.

I haven't decided what Dylan was doing here. It's possible that he was tired and resting on top of his new basketball hoop. But, it's also possible that he was trying to tell Olivia he was NOT going to share this toy with her!

Jackpot!!! Actually, for some reason Dylan was obsessed with ice all day on Christmas Eve. He kept going back to the coolers to get more ice! He's so weird sometimes!

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone has a safe, happy, Merry Christmas!

Olivia

While Dylan was taking a nap, Olivia was trying on the Santa hat. It was a little bit, and she didn't tolerate it for long, but I think this picture is adorable!

Dylan and Olivia

Yesterday Olivia came over to play with us! It was the first time that Dylan actually enjoyed having her around. Usually he just gives her evil looks when he sees her. Don't get me wrong, he did have his jealous moments, but for the most part they did very well playing together. Here he is trying to help me by feeding her!
They look like they are up to something....

They were holding hands. It was so sweet!

Olivia found his belly button! The most amazing part about this was that he was letting her!

ROAR!!!

So, here's a cute story. This weekend I was asking Dylan a question. I can't recall what the question was, but it doesn't matter. His answer was "NO!" (pretty common answer now a days!) I asked him, "Are you lying to me?" And he roared at me! All he heard was lion (lying) and so he roared! I couldn't help but laugh!

Holiday House

So, part of the joy of having kids is having an excuse to do all the fun things! Today Dylan and I made a Rice Krispie Treat Holiday House! (Basically a gingerbread house made out of rice krispie treats!) Dylan was so funny! He was pretending to be pouring the frosting and candies into the rice krispies! He's such a good helper. Maybe he'll be a five star chef some day!

The finished product!!!