Busy, busy, busy!

Ronald and Daddy shoveling

A lone Ronald busy shoveling

Daddy, Ronald, and Talin

Ronald and Talin

Mommy, Ronald, and Talin

We think this was Talin's first snowfall, he was born in February so I can't remember if it snowed anytime after that. Regardless, this was the first time he was actually able to go and touch the snow. He wasn't out for too long as his cheeks started to get a little cold. Ronald loves shoveling this winter with Daddy and I don't mind either. They tried making a snowman but Ronald got cold and they had to come in! Hopefully the snow stays around for a little bit longer so Daddy can take Ronald sledding!

Our 2nd Christmas!

Trying to get Talin to actually open a gift!

Daddy and Ronald eating gumballs!

My matching boys

Uncle Daniel and his girlfriend, Angel

Aunt Rai-Rai and Ronald

Rare pic of Papa (and Ron and Talin)

The girls (we're missing one :( )

Like the hair-do Rai-Rai

Oma and Rai-Rai

Angel and Talin

Because Ron was on call the entire Christmas weekend, we couldn't go to Decatur and therefore, had everyone come to us on Saturday. The boys had a great time again and it was like Christmas all over again! Although we were missing our middle brother and sister, we still had a good time with our entertainment being Ronald and Talin. We got my mom to play Karaoke Revolution and she did pretty good. Hopefully next year we will get to visit more family next year but this year was just fine!

Christmas with the Bakers

Helping me wrap

Ronald's presents to mommy and daddy

Talin on the train table

Daddy!!

Playing with the trains!

Couldn't open any other presents cause he was stuck playing with the train :)

Playing on the wagon

Christmas was very good for the Baker family! The boys had a great time. Ronald was busy with his train and Talin was only interested in what Ronald had and was playing with. It was much more fun this year with Ronald actually knowing what the whole Santa thing was about. Ron and I decided that we are definitely going to have to watch what we say next year as we gave way too many clues! I heard that the train table was a popular gift for little boys and girls and our house was no exception. Now if we can only get Ronald to share his trains with Talin, life would be grand! Oh, and no luck with Ronald on Santa's lap although he did get much closer than last year. I think next year might just be it!

Ronald's Picture Session

"Mommy, I wanna jump right here"

Cheese!

My first tattoo!

In honor of his aunts, Ronald wanted a basketball tattoo on him so we tried it. He wouldn't let anyone touch his belly for the rest of the night. This little boy brings us so much joy and absolutely cracks us up! When you're having a bad day, it's easy to get in a good mood upon seeing him! The other night he told Ron, "I want to play all night" and preceded to play for as long as he could in Talin's room!

Christmas Cookies

Aunt Rai-Rai's "pizza" cookie, don't ask :)

Probably mad at me for something!

Me and Moms

The Taylor girls

A tradition usually done by my sisters and mom was just attended by the three of us and the boys. Ron decided to partake in the eating and not decorating, although he has an excuse as he was busy working saving lives :) Ronald made some of his special cookies that no one really wanted to taste besides him as he caked on the blue icing. Yep, I know, Christmas cookies and blue icing, but that's what Ronald wanted and of course, Aunt Rai-Rai was happy to comply! So Aunt Tai-Tai, enjoy the pics, wish you were here!

Rest in Peace

Opa and his sisters

Ron's family

Uncle Dwayne and Talin

The fam

The fam again!

Ron, his brothers, and his cousins!

So you're probably asking what's the occasion? Unfortunately, Ron's grandpa, Grandaddy Sam, on his dad's side passed away on December 12 after a very long life here on earth. Fortunately, we got a chance to meet up with family and have them meet the boys for the first time. We don't often get to see them as they live all across the States but we had a great time. There are plans to visit with them many more times in the future! Shout out to my dad who watched the boys all by himself while we were at the funeral, definitely not an easy feat!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

The Finished Product!

My boys

Ronald probably did something to him :)

Caught!!

And we're happy again!!

My little helpers!

I've have always loved putting up the tree so I make it a point that we get a real tree every year. This year we tried a different kind of tree per Ron's request. The boys had a great time, except for the one picture of Talin. Ron was busy taking pictures from the couch only getting up to help when requests of putting hooks on ornaments or help with lights I couldn't reach were made. Maybe next year!

Carousel

Since we had to go to the mall a few times for some Xmas shopping, Little Ron took full advantage of the carousel. He absolutely loves it!

Celebrating Decatur!

Yep that's right! We hit up the annual Decatur Celebration this year and had ourselves some good ole Shrimp on a Stick! Little Ron got to enjoy some of the rides this year including his first mini roller coaster. He was scared the entire time and didn't let go of the bar but he was very, very brave. No crying for this little guy. We saw several little kids bigger than him that were crying so I think we have a pretty tough boy on our hands! This is good and Ron and I would love to take the kids to Cedar Point some time in the future (way future!).

It was pretty hot that Sunday but the boys were in good spirits and allowed us to eat a lot of good food and walk around! As you can tell from the pics, they were good and tired when we got home. Next year should be even more fun as we will have two little ones all over the place!! I hope they enjoy it as much as Ron and I did when we were kids!

Swing Away!

That's right we love the swings!! I love that my two boys are nature boys and we can play outside all of the time. It just sucks that fall and winter are coming soon and will limit our days outside!