Opening all these presents is EXHAUSTING

Toy Time

The boys loved all their toys from Santa, Mommy and Daddy, and Grandma and Opa.

Our First Christmas, 2010

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
the babies were stirring and even the cat. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, and mommy and daddy finally tucked us into bed (after much rocking).

Now that the boys were nestled all snug in their beds, mommy and daddy settled in for a quick bedtime nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, Bernd sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. When, what to our wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh and eight tinny reindeer.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!

When the boys arose they found just what they wanted, musical toys and two chairs a rocking. The chairs were stuffed with warm winter clothes and great items for seven month old fingers and toes. The boys played and played until their mid morning nap were they got to dream of toys dancing in their heads.

Merry Christmas. We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. Here are a few pictures of our Christmas morning. The boys had a blast learning how to open gifts.

Present Time, 2010

Daddy's tradition is to open a gift on Christmas Eve as Saint Nick comes to Germany on the 24th. Saint Nick rings a bell and then all the children knows it's present time. So, the bell rang and the boys went at it. Here is them opening their very first present.

Christmas Time

After coming back from NC, Bernd and I decided to put our trees up early so the boys could enjoy them. We drug out all the Christmas supplies and got busy. Needless to say it took about 3 days to finally get all the ornaments on. Every time we decided to tackle the ornament box one of the boys needed something. In the meantime on one of my days home with the boys, I decided to have camera time, so I dressed them in their cute Santa hats. They just loved them and started posing.

Snow Storm Continued

Snow Storm

For the past 16 days Buffalo has not been above freezing which is a record since 1989. It has been bitter cold and windy and practically snowed everyday. Over three days we received about 32 inches of snow. It shut down a major interstate I-90 for over 24 hours leaving people stranded in their vechiles for up to 10-12 hours. They were rescued by snow mobiles and taken to a local hotel for food and shelter.