Polar Express Train Ride!

On Sunday we joined some great friends, Russell & Chrissy and Tracy & David, along with their kids, by driving a few hours North into the mountains to catch the Polar Express train! Mia loved the light snow and the train ride was awesome. After carolls, cookies & hot coacoa, Santa boarded the train to give the kids bells!

Unfortunately Daddy got some food poisoning from their lovely high quality buffet, and the ensuing night wasn't so much fun. But after a quick bounce back to good health, we all had fun the next day!

Daddy's Love!

While riding the Polar Express train Mia began to get tired and very loving... Here is Daddy's big lover giving hugs and cuddling! The highlight of any day...

Big Sister of Twins!!

We're not sure if Mia really gets it at this point, but she sure is spending a lot of time talking about her baby brother and sister! If you ask her where they are, she points to Momma's belly... Here she is sporting her 'Big Sister' shirt and carrying around her twins! We can't wait for her to have two little play mates. Much like everything else our perfect angel does, it's probably safe to assume she'll be an incredible big sister!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Twins!

No, not the twins in Momma's belly! I meant the twins from Thanksgiving... We spent the day with Russell & Christine's family, who were so sweet to include us in their holiday plans. Mia & Sascha got to play together all day! Chrissy has been so generous in sharing all of the clothes that Sascha has outgrown, so Momma bought them matching dresses for Turkey Day, to show her appreciation! Tell me they aren't the cutest...

Daddy's Little Sun Devil

On Saturday, Mommy & Daddy took the midget to see Arizona State play the University of Arizona. While we certainly have a family rivalry in the making, Daddy realizes that his school's team sucks this year, and Momma's team got lucky in the final seconds of the game... That's ok, the photo above evidences that we have the cutest fan base!!

When we met Uncle Jesse at the game, Momma had Mia dressed in a red T-shirt to support the U of A. So Daddy pretended that Mia had to go potty, and we raced to the shirt vendor to remedy the situation! Much better, don't you agree?!?!

Daddy's Little Boy!

Not sure if you've noticed, but our midget sure loves playing with Daddy in the garage! Daddy is hoping this will be a life long pursuit, and not just her desire to be around Daddy at the moment. Here she is the day after Thanksgiving working at her tool bench... Gotta love the goggles!

Note the bags of clothes and toys that are being removed in preparation for Brandon & Aubrey's arrival!!!!

Shop Keeper Mia!

The other night Mia set up a shop and invited Daddy in to browse... It was amazingly cute! Mia would put purchases in a bag, punch a few numbers on her cash register, and then hand out a few plastic coins that she referred to as 'Wiggle Dollars'! Better yet, she actually stood up, shook my hand and said, "Thank you for stopping by"! The creative phase is so fun...

The Mermaid

Mia was having a hard time waking up the other morning, so she insisted that Momma wrap her up like a mermaid! Her words... She was all snuggled in with her breakfast of champions, chocolate milk! Of course her favorite companion, Mary Bear, was close at hand. Note Mary's Cardinals jersey!!