Christmas

We spent Christmas with Grandma and Papa. We all love our visits with Grandma and Papa.

Corwin, chillin with Papa.

Tobin, chillin with Great Grandma


Christmas Poses in Christmas Eve PJs.

I love this pose, capturing both personalities.


Little Rob and little Holly. :)

The aftermath of Christmas gifts-exploded all over our house. We were so blessed.

A Phillip's Christmas tradition-making candy cane cookies.

Tobin's finished product.

The result with a little of mommy's help. We ran out of red, food coloring so we had pink candy canes instead.


Snow, Snow and more snow. We have had so much snow this winter. We are so, going stir crazy in the house. I'm pretty sure Tobin likes the snow but he's not much of a fan of the clothing you have to put on to play in the snow. It's pretty much torture putting on his boots and then one they are on he acts like he's forgotten how to walk.



Our house in the snow-for those of you that have been wanting to see our humble abode.

"C" is for Corwin and Cuteness

Corwin has always LOVED bath time.


Our big boy-8 months old.

Terrible but Humorous "2"

We have for sure entered the "Terrible Twos". I have been pulling all the books out and praying for A LOT for patience. I really feel like God allows this "Terrible Two" phase to also come with some two year old comic relief. Two year olds are so stubborn and selfish but also so stickin cute and funny.

Tobin has always struggled with having a little brother. He either ignores Corwin or body slams him. Now that Corwin is getting a little older and playing with some of Tobin's toys, Tobin is having to learn about the whole "sharing" thing. We are really trying to stress to Tobin the importance of taking care of his brother and others.

The other day Tobin brought a toy over to Corwin. I went into my "over the top" mode of praising Tobin for this action. I then went to put some dishes away and the next thing I knew I heard Corwin screaming. I ran into the living room to find Corwin buried in a mountain of toys. I guess I went a little too over the top with my praising. :)

Tobin is always a good help of "helping" me empty the grocery bags. I have had a whole carton of eggs smashed all kinds of items put in the wrong places and several containers or boxes opened. Tobin is a great helper. The other day I was putting away the groceries and I heard Tobin in the other room saying "wunch mommy, wunch mommy". I looked in the dining room to find Tobin sitting at the table with a jar of peanut butter in front of him. I guess putting groceries away worked up an appetite.


Gram and Poppi gave Tobin money for his birthday. We bought him what all two year old boys want-a Little Tykes Firetruck. Let me just say I think someone could make a lot of money by just offering their services to assemble toys. We had to watch a tutorial on-line to know how to put this little firetruck together. Tobin was a little impatient(I don't blame him) and decided it wasn't necessary to have wheels on his firetruck. Mommy and daddy were close to deciding that if Tobin was ok with no wheels we were ok with no wheels too.

Birthday Boys

November 20th is one of my favorite dates of the year. My baby boy turns another year older and my Hot Rob grows another year wiser. This year Tobin entered toddler hood and we celebrated year two.

We had a great time celebrating with friends. We had yummy chilly and chocolate chip cake.

Out little two year old is a little obsessed with trains so we took the celebrating to the Transportation museum. It was a little boy's paradise.




Tobin behind the controls in of a steam engine. Watch out!!!!

Loving every step.


Running through one of the train cars.


In awe.

We continued celebrating at the Whittle Stop Railroad, Train store. Tobin could have stayed there all day long. We'll be making a return trip, for Tobin only explored about 3 feet of the 14 foot train table.

A little of this and a little of that

Tobin LOVES animals. No, we don't have pets(poor baby)but we try to allow him to be around animals as often as we can. We take trips to the Humanes Society. We let him out in the backyard when the neighbors let their dogs out in thier backyard. He cuddles with mom and dad's cat when we visit them. A couple of weeks ago we went to Suson Park in South, St. Louis County. This park is a trek from the city but well worth the drive. The park has a lot of farm animals that are so much fun for our little city dweller.

Every time the goose honked Tobin let out a belly laugh.

He was all about the pony when it was on the other side of the fence.

Tobin realizing that he's sporting one of his loves in life-Elmo. Thanks Aunt Emma.

Our baby is getting to be a big boy.

October-Where did you go?

Wow!!!!! What a crazy couple of months. Most of you that read this know that we bought a house and moved in the last week of September. Packing up a house with two, small boys is not that simple but we're settled in now and I'm ready to blog. So hear we go.....

I love October. It's one of my favorite months. Leaves change color, the temps cool down and it's time for a trip to the pumpkin patch.

Tobin's favorite part about the pumpkin patch was the giant sandbox that included lots of dump "tucks"

My handsome men.

Happy man.

Daddy and Tobin went on a wagon ride.



Tobin, looking for the best pumpkin to take home.

My cute, little pumpkins. Right after this picture was taken the pumpkin behind Corwin rolled out from behind him and he toppled right over. :(

Like I said, the last couple of months have been busy and have worn us all out. Tobin has been so tuckerd out that he's been falling asleep during lunch.

Corwin had his first bites of babyfood and I'll let you guess if he liked it or not.

Tobin was "Cat in the Hat" for Halloween. Or I made him dress up like "Cat in the Hat". He LOVES "Cat in the Hat". We were in K-mart and he saw the coustume and kept saying "Hat", "Hat". I took that to mean "Mommy, I want to be "Cat in the Hat" for Halloween" :) He may like "Cat in the Hat" but he does not like to dress up like "Cat in the Hat" As soon as I put his costume on him he kept repeating "Owey mommy, Owey".


Brother's hand-me-down. Just as cute on Corwin as it was on Tobin.