Wednesday, December 23, 2009

countdown to Christmas

Once again we've gotten too busy to blog. But lots of good has been mixed in with the holiday stress. Owen has started using a cup! We have tried a ton of different ones and finally got one in a party favor bag at a birthday party. He loves it! Now he is drinking from a couple different straw cups. Since he just turned 18 months old, it is a welcome ability.

We had our annual Spencer's Christmas party and won some awesome gifts in the dirty santa game (a snuggie and a mannekin head). Luckily we passed them off to some other lucky recipients at a family gathering last week.

On the 13th, Justin and I headed to Nashville for the Titans vs. Rams game. The Titans destroyed them, and it was really no contest, but we enjoyed seeing them scored a bunch of touchdowns and kick a ton of field goals.

Our view from our seats. We were way up there, but we could still see really well.

Owen decided to eat Lewis' apple the other day. He took some real big bites! He is definitely interested in trying whatever Lewis is doing.

Lewis made his debut in a Christmas program at school last week. His class sang "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Lewis did not sing at all, but clapped and smiled enthusiastically. As soon as we left (and off and on before and after) he has been singing these songs and several others. He loves to sing!

We had Christmas with the Tinnells (Justin's mom's side of the family) over the weekend and Owen got to open some presents for the first time.

He got a really cool airplane (and lots of other neat things).

And yet another pic of Owen tonight with Grandpa patting some cakes. We'll be opening gifts and celebrating with the Shepherds on Christmas Eve. Lewis is very excited to open the presents this year. It should be lots of fun (although we are expecting some fights in the process).

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