Gabriel is 1

Gabe wasn't too sure about his candle, or the cake.

He picked at it for about 5 minutes, not really touching it.

Then I squished his fingers in and had him taste it.

He still didn't make a mess, just picked at it with his thumb and finger, eating a crumb at a time.

This was at the end, only cause the frosting was messy.

Finally a bite!

That's it, he was done, and that was pretty much what we made him do. Silly boy.

He sure is a monkey though.

These were the cakes for his party.

Opening presents. He is so tiny, I'm sure he could fit right inside the bag, no problem.

Let's try this again, still starting out cautious.

But at least he got into it a little the second time around.

Alright, more than a crumb!

Alright mom, I'm bored.

Look what I did!

Gabriel started walking before a year, he was about 10 months when he started venturing off on his own. So crazy to see him walking on his own! I love you Gabriel!

Zeke is 2

Zeke turned 2 January 28th! He got a 'monster truck' cake, which he loved and still talks about. His cousin Keegan's birthday is the 25, I made him a little truck too, which ended up looking like Mator!

He got to invite his buddies/cousins Keegan and Colton over for a party. (Now he's in nursery he should start making some friends)

Here he is excited about his cake.

He got a cupcake for his actual birthday. He started with this approach.

Not sure if it wasn't working, if he didn't want his hands messy, or if this was just funner.

Blowing out the candles!

He's really too big for the jumper but he still LOVES it.

He looks like such a stud! I love you Ezekiel.

Christmas 2009

This one is from New Year's. Zeke has no problem staying up until midnight! He loved banging the pot.

Zeke and I had a fun snow day. We wrote their names in the snow :)

They loved the little chairs, just their size.

Gabe's first Christmas, he did pretty good with the unwrapping.

The best gifts of all.

My cute little elf!

Santa!

We went to see Santa Friday. We got diverted to this Santa but I'm glad we did. He was so nice and fun. I think he is the real one!

This was the day Zeke didn't want to smile for any camera shots. He was playful with him off the camera though.
Gabe was very fascinated with Santa. I couldn't get him to look forward, I even went back a second time to try again. Wish I would have took more of Santa playing with him, now I know he wouldn't look at me anyway :( Oh well.

Thought I would throw this one in. I made banana bread for the neighbor gifts this year. When I went in the other room, I noticed it was pretty quiet. We ended up keeping a couple of loaves for ourselves after Zeke helped me glaze/stab them! :)

Christmas Pictures

We actually got family pictures done on Friday at Sears but Zeke didn't want to smile, I don't think Gabe did either but none of them really worked, and they were regular pictures. So today we did our Christmas family picture too! It's hard to get everyone to smile at the same time, especially with no one watching, just a timer button!

Here is Gabriel singing his Christmas songs!

And Zeke saying his cute cheeeeeese!

My cute boys! All 3 of them.

Me and the boys. Yes I know I look cheesy.

Snow Play

Here is Gabriel his first time playing in the snow. We took them out when it was lightly snowing last Saturday, just for fun.

Monday we got another 2 feet of snow! Zeke thought this was pretty funny. Gabe wasn't too interested in the snow yet. Zeke loved it until his hand got too cold when his glove fell off.

He looked so cute all puffy and bundled!

Poor Gabe, his hood wouldn't stay on. He only stayed out a couple of minutes. Now we just need to build him a snowman!

Catch Up

Okay I'm finally trying to catch up on my blogging. Even now I am only here because Brig is so good to entertain the kids. I haven't really put pictures up since July so there is a bit to catch up on. I just printed out a ton of pictures to hard copy so between that, here, and facebook, I can't remember what went where so I may have skipped some, and I may have doubled up on some but they are worth seeing twice if I did. I love Gabe's face here, he pulls some funny ones, they are both so expressive.

They love to go for walks, when it's warm outside this is a daily routine. I hate when it's cold, it's hard on all of us. I wish we got the 3 months of fall instead of 3 weeks.

I love that they love each other. It is so cute to look over and see them playing together or giving each other 'lovies'!