Happy (Belated) New Year!!!

Hello family and friends! We hope you all had a great Christmas season and a very Happy New Year. We had a wonderful Christmas. We spent some alone time, just the four of us, on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, spent the rest of Christmas and the next day in Ohio with Amber's parents and family, and finally, a few days in Pittsburgh to see Chris's family before finally heading home. Below are some pictures from the past few weeks.

The kids are doing well despite both fighting the neverending winter colds. Please keep Carsyn in your prayers this week as she will be getting tubes for her ears on Thursday (1/14). She's a trooper, and we're hoping she will finally get some relief from her repeated ear infections. Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts.

We visited a tree farm on Christmas Eve morning to see some reindeer. There were only two still there, but they were a lot of fun to see. Tanner was really excited, especially when the one actually ate the carrots we brought to feed them...



It was so cold that day, but much better after snuggling with Daddy...


Mommy and the kids prepping the snacks for Santa and his reindeer...


They must have liked them! All except for that last bite of carrot...


Tanner was more than happy to help Carsyn open his gift to her (the wagon he built at Home Depot)...


Mommy and two happy kids on Christmas morning...


Mrs. Clause certainly had Tanner in mind for a cold winter ahead...


Future hero at Grandma and Pap Pap Lloyd's house...


Tanner playing Twister with Daddy (who took things a little too seriously - a bit sore the next morning!)...


Santa Claus visiting Aunt Kamryn and Uncle Rob's house in Pittsburgh. Can you believe it that Pop Pop Ligetti missed it AGAIN this year...


We weren't letting him go without getting at least one of our kids getting a picture with him (she got over it)...


One 5 yr old + one nearly 5 yr old + one 4 yr old + 2 three yr olds = HOLY COW. Chaos!


Tanner with cousins Carter and Dane...


Carsyn saying "check out my loot stack!"


Tanner went bowling with cousins Landon and Dane on our last day in Pittsburgh. He had a lot of fun, but still has a black and blue finger nail from a little smashing : ( ...


Little Miss Carsyn chilling on the couch...


A relaxing evening for Tanner, Mia, Dane, Landon, and Pop Pop...


Finally, home sweet home. Time to relax...


We had the best snow man (and snow ball) making snow fall before New Years. Tanner had a lot of fun making this snowman with Daddy and Pop Pop...

'Tis the Season

Hi everyone. Hope this message finds you all happy and healthy getting ready for the holidays (hopefully no Doorbuster injuries from Black Friday). Below are some updates of the kids from the past few weeks. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at the Ligetti's house in Pittsburgh and an awesome day at the Carnegie Science center with Mia and Pop Pop Ligetti, Grandma and Pap Pap Lloyd, Uncle Rob, and our nephews Landon and Dane. As you will see, Carsyn is officially "on the move" (it's amazing how we still feel like first time parents!), and Tanner is still quite the Do-it-Yourselfer. If we don't get a chance to talk in the next few weeks, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Who can resist these beautiful eyes?


Tanner's still doing such a great job teaching Carsyn how to play well...


Tanner, Carsyn, and their cousins Dane, Brooks, and Landon on Thanksgiving day...


Carsyn enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans and corn...


She seemed to enjoy every bite!


Tanner and Chris paid a visit to "Honey" Grandma the day after Thanksgiving. Grandma may say she was counting with Tanner, but we think she just wanted to show off those hot nails...


Someone's trying to grow up a little too fast! Too cute...


Tanner was so excited to finally start decorating the tree with ornaments this year. He's been getting pumped with a lot of Christmas stories lately, so we had to laugh when he was singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Jesus" and laughing...


Carsyn showing off some of her new skills...


Saturday was project day for Tanner. 9:30 AM - Home Depot building a wagon (his Christmas gift for Carsyn). 10:00 AM - Lowes, gingerbread house. Then later in the day, he built that awesome airplane - look how proud he is!!!

And finally, off she goes! Sure, we're a little mean luring her with the binky, but apparently she found something else on the carpet that caught her interest...

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!! Hope everyone had a good mix of tricks and treats this past weekend. Can you believe it's November already? With a couple birthday parties for Tanner (that's right, couple) and Halloween, October was a busy but memorable month...


Tanner the young football scholar...


Happy (official) 4th Birthday Tanner!!!


If Tanner was going to be Batman for Halloween, of course Carsyn had to be Batgirl!


Tanner and Carsyn with their cousins Landon (Dale Earnhart Jr.) and Dane (Batman Too) during our recent visit to Pittsburgh to visit Christopher's sister and her family. Kamryn and Rob just had their third son, Brooks William, on Oct. 21, 2009, just two days before Tanner's birthday. So exciting!


Batman during trick-or-treating. An hour and a half of running from house to house pounding on doors and ringing on doorbells until someone answered, then screaming "thank you" until the kind giver paid notice, just so he wouldn't get hassled by Mom or Dad anymore - hilarious!


Batgirl with mom and Dad...


Tanner got a new bike from his Grandma and Pap Pap Lloyd for his birthday. We finally had some nice weather to enjoy it. He looks like such a little man juming from his little bike to his new one, but he was awesome riding it. Might even be able to lose those training wheels next Spring!


Tanner and Carsyn enjoying a walk on a beautiful November day...


Finally, Little Miss Sunshine is starting to take a liking to standing while holding onto things (yeah, that's Batgirl holding onto Tanner's Bat Cave). She's such a strong little lady, and we're starting to get some really good signs that crawling may be just around the corner. Guess it's time to re-child-proof the house!