How we roll....

I know. It's January 14th meaning more than a full month since the last post. We had a busy and great holiday season (including family together for Thomas' birthday, first Christmas at our home, and Texas time with the entire Pugh family). How about a quick but cute, silly, informative Christmas recap?
 I doubt Jacob gets this happy about this kind of gift during his next 15 years....

Thomas just wanted to eat, kiss, or pet all of his gifts.

We all had a lovely Christmas morning in our house shared with Ma and Pa.
Thomas received the gorgeous birth sampler hand-made by his Great Aunt Lois; as seen below, he adores it. It now hangs next to Jacob's birth sampler in the boys' bedroom and Thomas frequently requests assistance for a closer look or touch.

Jacob got some Mario paraphernalia and was quite the happy boy!

After a brief respite in Raleigh, we began the Texas portion of the holiday. Words don't even describe how much giggling, chatting, playing, dancing, and bubble-bath enjoying occurred. (Unfortunately just the kiddos got the bubble baths).
We got 5 of the 9 in for racing their Didi to the finish line (me). Clearly the ultimate goal for each kiddo was different!

We're missing Samuel (5.5yo) but here we have the boy cousins Parker (4), then Mos, Caleb (2.5), JDP, then Colby (4.5). Clearly, they had been playing hard and were worn-out!

Everyone was such a good sport during the trip. For instance, Uncle Trent was a pony. And since there were 9 kids 5 and under, these two (Thomas and Sofia) saved time by 'riding' together.

Not pictured: Between Thomas mounting Trent to the next picture, Trent carried both kiddos around the room and got loads of giggles along the way.

As Jacob received a Mario game for Christmas from his Didi, for better or for worse, all the cousins have now heard of and seen Mario in action.

While highly abbreviated, perhaps this post will suffice for now? I do aim to get more pictures and videos up soon as these boys are growing and changing fast! Thomas is now actually 'conversing' with people and Jacob is fast approaching 5 years old, also known as the age where he just knows everything but is still cute enough to not completely be ridiculous. Fun boys!