Wood and Knox are tooling

Aren't they styling? What a handsome dude! Everything all set to go. They had about an hour ride and came home freezing to death! :-)

This babysitting is tough work for all the men

We got to babysit Emerson last night and he was a perfect Prince. Pooped, peed, ate and slept right on schedule. Wore everyone out

Merry Christmas!

Visions of Sugar Plums! Party time!Ok now everyone is worn out!Even Petey. Wood sure is a comfortable guy :-)

No snow!

But it is only 17 degrees at 9 AM!

Emerson's first Dec visit

Bry and Kim mentioned that the tree is larger in real life than on the blog so we tried to put some perspective by taking a picture with the little reindeer that Harvey and Vera made for us guarding the presents at the base of the tree. Yes, I realize it is leaning toward the windows, but I would rather it leaned that way than out! :-) Wood just loves to hold Emerson. Emerson was out like a light for about 2 hours while here last night. We all passed him around and he just snuggled into whoever was lucky enough to get to cuddle with him :-) Bry and Little E almost bumping fists Bry's "mom do you really have to take pictures of me look" I think Emerson looks a lot like Kim  Both of them are wondering just what is going on over there. Emerson has just grown so much over the last month!

Ginormous

Last year we got a big tree and I was ever so sure that this was the same size tree. We bought it from our favorite Pettit Creek Farms and they warned us we needed a huge vaulted ceiling (no problems says me) and that it weighed about 200lbs. No way says me. Well after lots of lugging and going to buy the heaviest duty stand in the world and taking it out of the one it was in and resetting it up in the sturdier one- I believe them, easily 200lbs.(this was after attempting with the huge one we had and putting rocks in the base and putting rocks around it and still being afraid it would topple). Now we are happy. Kinda have tired backs put it is up in its new ever so sturdy stand and Wood is quite pleased. Says we'll have to do this again next year ;-). Petey just sat on the couch and watched and wonders when he will have a chance to do his own brand of tree exploring .... hmmm.