Merry Christmas 2013

Christmas was awesome for the Tormoehlens this year.  We celebrated the whole week!

It was pretty crazy to get ready this year, as Thanksgiving was late in the year and Kyle went to training in Florida for a week, so we scrambled to do the shopping and decorating.  It took a lunch visit to Toys R' Us with big lines, but the boys loved it all.

We went shopping for a new car the weekend before and it landed pretty unsuccessful, so we opened a few gifts early to put us back in the mood.  Then we went to Pam and Dave's on Sunday, and my friend Maggie's on Christmas Eve with the kids.  They loved looking at the lights in our neighborhood and talking about Santa.

The boys got lots of cool gifts:

- New Trains (The Chuggington Collection)

- Money for new big boy beds

- A new Golf Set

- A Record Player for Max

- A Science Kit for Zachary

- A Rocket Tent from Pam

Sounds Cheesy, but the best present is two healthy boys.  They are wild and crazy, but they are great kids

Merry Christmas Zachary and Max.  You deserve the whole world and are loved more than you know,

Mom

New Tent in Zachary's Room

Aftermath

Max LOVED the musical orniments

Sweet, Sweet Max

Max!

It's taken Mommy forever to update your stats, but we've been so busy!  Mommy and Daddy work so hard at work and our weekend seem to be just as wild!  We just CRAVE time with you and your brother and soak up as much time as we have in the just two short days on the weekends. 

- You LOVE your school and your teacher.  Daddy traditionally does the drop-offs every morning, but in the few that I've done, you'll lunge for your teacher.  You're the biggest guy in your class and they're working on transitioning you to the toddler room very soon

- You talk so much!  Favorite words, "Ball, Ba-Ba (Bottle), Ni-Ni (Night-night), bye-bye, flower, dog, moon, flower, cracker, "Choo-Choo"."

- You like playing trains with your bother

- You like sitting forward in your new car seat.  You must be like mom and get a little queasy in the back seat

- You're SO CLOSE to walking.  You showed high interest around 9 months and I thought you'd be an early walker, but lost interest along the way, so you're back in action!

- We celebrated your FIRST birthday with all of your friends and family at the Children's Museum.  It was a joint celebration with Zachary and you loved it.  You weren't really into your cake, but enjoyed the attention and presents.  Your favorite present was a ride-on airplane (photos below).  You race your brother on it around the house

- You like wearing necklaces (featured below)

- You love eating.  You eat everything and get upset when you can't eat big boy food like popcorn, grapes, and smoothies

- You had your FIRST Halloween and enjoyed running around the neighborhood with your brother.  You dressed up in the same monkey suit as your two cousins and your brother, but we had to squeeze you in- TIGHT!

You are a HUGE joy to our family, Max.  You are a love of our lives and we can't imagine our family without you.  You are a kind, happy, smart, and loving child and it's a joy to be your mom.  Thank you for being such a beautiful blessing in my life.