Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful first Christmas with Owen. It started when I got home from work Christmas morning. We first opened presents at our house, then drove down to Salem to my parent's house. Here's Jill and me, showing off our new "jewelery".

Kate is an amazing crawler. She has moves Owen can only dream about at this point. Owen was a little overwhelmed by this. Especially when Kate would try to poke his eyes out. (not maliciously of course).

Owen liked Kate much more when he was sitting. I think a higher viewpoint was good for him. But he still gave us these looks like "What is she doing?"

I think Kate was impressed with Owen's sitting skills, as much as much as Owen was impressed with Kate's crawling.

Mom was really happy to have two of her Grand babies home for Christmas.

She even shared her water with Owen. Luckily he hadn't eaten yet, so no backwash for Grandma.

"Would you PLEASE stop her from grabbing my ear?"

Lucas, Doug, Kate and Owen.

"Can I get any farther away from her?"

I was trying to get a video of Kate poking Owen's eyes, or pulling his ears. She's so curious, and Owen doesn't quite know what to do with her. But they heard dad's voice, that's when they both stare off. And then Kate starts to play again, and Owen cries...he didn't have good coping skills on Christmas.

We had a great time. It's so cute to see two babies so close in age exploring... how they're the same and how they're different. We're back home now, preparing for our Hanukkah dinner. Celebrating both religions keeps us busy, but it sure is fun!