Jason is two!

Our big boy turned two this month!  We started off the big day with presents!  Jason got lots of Mickey Mouse paraphernalia, toys, books, and one of those toddler play tents.  The tent is amazing and I wish they made an adult version, because there are days when I would crawl into one with a case of wine and not come out until bedtime.  But I digress!

Jason and Daddy in the tent.

For breakfast, we made Jason French toast, a sliced banana, and a cup of chocolate milk. Parenting at its finest.

Sugar, with a side of sugar, and a glass of sugar.

After Jason's nap, we decided it would be nice to take the boys out to lunch.  I hope they both had a great time, because we will not be doing that again until they're in their twenties.  We took them to Red Robin, because it is one step up from Chuck E Cheese as far as atmosphere is concerned, so we figured we'd just blend in with the rest of the chaos. 

I managed to get pictures of the only five seconds of lunch that Jason was not yelling or dumping bowls of orange slices on Dave's lap.  Also, Thomas was doing this really charming imitation of Jason's screams that sounded like this:  "haaaaaWOOOOOOOO!!!"  We were easily the loudest and shriek-iest family there.  We ate as fast as possible, left our waitress an enormous tip, and ran the hell out of there, with orange slices squishing under our feet.

I did not plan a party for Jason this year, but we did have cake.  

No, I did not make it myself.  I hope he's not scarred for life.

On the same day that Jason turned two, Thomas turned four months old!

Self-soothing.

There really has never been a sweeter baby than Thomas.  All he wants to do is look around at his family and smile.   He loves to flip himself from back to stomach.  He laughs when we tickle his belly.  Even when he cries, it's sweet.  It's like he's saying "Mommy, when you get a minute, I need a small snack, if it's not too much trouble.  I'm sorry to bug you, I know you're busy. I'll stop crying now!"  He's just a joy.

Note the string of drool.  I think he's teething because he's been marginally more cranky and clingy the past few days.

This month, we can start Thomas on cereal!  And we bought Jason a little seat for the potty, so we can start training him soon! 

Holiday Time!

Is it bad that I can't even remember Thanksgiving?  I think that means I need to start drinking more coffee, or stop drinking so much alcohol (just kidding, Mom! Haha!).

So I assume we had a nice Thanksgiving, but who knows? In my defense, I went back to work the Tuesday after, so I was a little bit distracted. It was nice being home with the boys, but I really, really missed working and being around other adults.

Pretty sure this was taken on Thanksgiving.

This was not taken on Thanksgiving, but it's a great picture.

We got our Christmas shopping done early, but waited to get our tree until the week before Christmas.  When we finally brought it home and put it up, Jason was so scared of it that he lay on the floor and cried after seeing it for the first time.  Aren't the holidays magical?  Fortunately, the pure terror wore off after a day or so, although he maintained a healthy fear of the tree that prevented him from messing with our ornaments too much.  So it all worked out.

Before we knew it, the big day arrived!

Tender and mild.

We did our usual fish dinner at the Ceonzo house for Christmas Eve.  My little gourmet made me the proudest mommy ever when he gorged himself on fistfuls of snails.

Down the hatch!  

My coworker gave me the cutest little Santa booties for Thomas, and he looked so adorable that I wanted to bite his cheeks off.

Nothing better than a hungry, squishy muffin baby.  

Opening gifts on Christmas morning!  Jason was nice enough to open all the gifts for Thomas as well.  He's such a good brother.

Composing.

Opening gifts at the Klepeis house while standing in a laundry basket.  (?)

Although Thomas can't sit up by himself and open presents, he managed to roll over by himself for the very first time!  He's been trying to do it for a while, so I was sitting right next to him with my phone ready to capture the moment.

Before.

After!