Great Wolf Lodge

We decided to try Great Wolf Lodge for a night over the holidays as well. We had a great staycation and Will always wants to go back on vacation!!! The boys did very well swimming even Zach put his feet in!!!

Zach at 6 weeks

New Years

We had an young married couple News Years Eve, we did stay up until midnight, as did Will and Zach. On New Years Day we watched football and made Rice Krispie Treat houses with the boys. And of course had pork and sauerkraut!!!

Snapshots of Zachary

Zach is growing like a weed, don't they all!! He started smiling just before Christmas at about a month old. He has such a cute smile with an obvious dimple on his right cheek and a faint dimple on the left. He has such a wonderful and personable personality. At my 6 week check up he spent the time I was there with the nurses just hanging out while I had my appointment. Zach is going to be a thumb sucker. He found it on New Years Eve and can occasionally find it again.

Holidays with Amy, John and Rylee

We spent a day over the holidays with Amy John and Rylee. John prepared his wonderful fresh ham and the kids exchanged presents. Will adores Rylee but is not incredibly fond of Uncle Johns elephant noises. Thry just aren't safe to Will. One of these pictures is Bryan and Will crashing heads - another favorite of Wills.

Christmas Day

More shots of Christmas Day. Zach slept most of his first Christmas and has taken to smiling already!!!! Benjamin loves his ant farm and the ants have made a tunnel or two.

Christmas Morning

OK - here it is approaching 3 weeks after Christmas and I am finally updating the blog. We had a wonderful Christmas, we spent Christmas morning at home with Grandma and Grandpa Collins. The boys have lots of fun new toys and have had lots of fun with all of the toys!!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve, everyone was awaiting the arrival of the big man. Santa brought us all wonderful presents. The boys have had blast!!!

Preparing Christmas Goodies!!!

We made cookies and a Gingerbread house!!! Benjamin loved making the house, Will loved the candy!!!

Santa...maybe next year...

We saw Santa this year at the Dayton Mall. We went the Saturday night before Christmas, yeah maybe not the best time to go. After waiting in line, luckily only about 20 minutes, we got to see Santa. Will was SO excited to see Santa and was going to tell him he wanted presents right up until we were 2 feet from Santa. Panic ensued and Will, in his notorious high pitched scream, cried his heart out. The screaming always makes Benjamin a little uneasy hence he was not smiling either, but did tell Santa Merry Christmas and gave him a hug. Zach slept thru it all. Mommy got to see Santa as well in order for Will to make an appearance. Multiple attempts were made to get Daddy in the picture which he refused. Why would we want the whole family in a picture?? Maybe when Zach is 5 Bryan will be willing to attempt a family picture again. These memories are priceless and slipping oh so quickly thru our fingers.

The 3 boys

Taking a picture of 3 boys may sound easier than it is...we are not a very photo friendly family. But the stars lined up pretty good and we got a decent shot of everyone!!! Zach was just shy of 3 weeks old in these pictures 18 days to be exact! We have had weights done on all 3 boys in the past week Benjamin is 47 pounds, Will weighed in this morning at 31.4 pounds and Zach was 8 pounds 9.9 ounces at 3 weeks old!!