Max went to the Orthopaedist today for a recheck on his feet and hips. They did another xray of his hips and he appears to have something called Acetabular Dysplasia, which basically means "shallow hip joints". The Dr. gave us a special sling/hip harness for him to sleep in which keeps his legs in the "frog" position, hopefully helping the sockets to deepen over time. We are supposed to use it every night for 6-8 weeks. Tonight is his first night, so far so good, but I can't imagine that it is very comfortable. Luckily, Max is a very laid back boy and thought it was very funny that we were putting this thing on him before bed. We'll see how long that lasts.........

Cousin Eddie and Catherine

An authentic Tennessee Christmas with cousin Eddie and Catherine..........
man are we missing out!

The Holy Family

We had the honor of being the Holy Family at our church's Christmas Eve service.

Max was a great baby Jesus, he slept through most of it.

Joseph (aka Jim) had some logistical problems with getting the manger around the choir, but

managed to show up near the end of O Holy Night......Mary was looking like a single Mom

on stage for a while......

Max in motion

Max has just started rolling over the past few days, its so funny to lay him down and return to find him flipped! He is also becoming more vocal and says a lot of "Ba Ba Ba's" and "Da Da Da's". James is excited about Santa coming tonight, and we are the "Holy family" tonight at our church's Christmas Eve service, we are hoping baby Jesus doesn't get too wild!

Merry Christmas to everyone, we are sad to be away from our families but loving this 80 degree weather!

My new favorite ornament!

Santa Claus

The boys did GREAT with Santa,

(although they thought Mommy and Daddy were

a little strange trying to get their attention behind the camera,

shaking toys and making strange noises, ha!)

James' Christmas program at school

James did pretty good today at his Christmas program,

he seemed a little sleepy or bored..... he kept yawning.

The kids were adorable, and I'm just surprised

they were able to get that many two year olds to sit

still for that long!

James is in the bottom left corner of this pic.

Sorry, it was kinda hard to get any closer, a lot of

professional parent paparazzi out there!

Prepare yourself to hear the voices of little angels...............................screaming.

James loves the songs he learns at school, he comes home singing them and wants us to sing along, he'll say "Mommy you know that song!" I think this song in particular was Happy Birthday to Jesus, but I'm sure you were all able to pick that up from the video.

Thank you Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Rob

for the Eagles PJ's!!

Gingerbread Man

James and his Daddy worked hard on

a gingerbread man. Thank you Gg and Popster

for the goodies!

Weekend in Orlando with Gg and Popster

We had a great time in Orlando with Gg and Popster, we got to ride on some of the coolest paddle boats we'd ever seen. James said the dragon one was like D-daddy's boat.

James had so much fun he fell asleep on the couch, which he NEVER does.

We went to a bon fire down by the lake and sang Christmas carols, James had a blast with the other kids and I think it was his first time roasting marshmellows. Max loved it too, he was kicking his feet to the beat. We had so much fun, Gg and Popster really know how to party!

Christmas time

These Christmas pjs Max is wearing were Nathans, they are 18mos!

Taking the family Christmas photo is getting a little more "interesting" each year.... What is that they say about working with children and animals?!? Max was pretty excited that Cappy was joining in the fun though.

Max LOVES the Christmas tree! He gets mad if you take him away from eat, even when he is trying to eat it.....

The boys snuggled up in there pjs, we have really been impressed with how loving James is to Max, he really loves him and is ready for him to play!