Christmas morning! Both my boys love to help in the kitchen, especially Cohen so Santa brought them their very own kitchen. They spent hours playing together Christmas day and have busy cooking pizza and making coffee ever since!

My two most favorite presents ever.......

Christmas day was super relaxing. We woke up, had a yummy breakfast, played with all our new toys, went to visit some friends and ate steak and crab legs for dinner. It was a perfect day!

Christmas Eve........a wonderful night with family, food, excited kids and way too many presents!

Christmas carols with Grandma. Finley was trying not to fall asleep and Easton was trying not to fall down the stairs! Thanks Oliver for rescuing him a million times, your the "best guy" as Cohen says.

Wish this night could have lasted longer!

Baking cookies!

Not sure how many sprinkles actually ended up on the cookies, but this was probably the best part for them.

The most beautiful sugar cookies!!!!

On December 7 2011 my sweet boy had his first birthday. This year flew by, much quicker then my first year with Cohen. It's always a bittersweet day for me. Excited to watch him grow and learn new things but sad he isn't so little anymore and those baby days are coming to an end.

the invites

the goody bags

present time

He loved his birthday cupcake! He loves everything actually so I wasn't surprised when he devoured it.

Easton, you have been such a joy this last year and I am honored to be your mama! I love you more than anything. I am so thankful for Gods faithfulness, you were born perfectly healthy, our prayers were answered. I will never forget the heartache we went through after your 20 week ultra sound. You had several obstacles to overcome in my belly. Every morning when I come into your room and say "good morning angel", you smile and I know you are my gift from God.

So thankful. I am thankful every year and everyday for this life God has given me. We spent Thanksgiving with the Potts this year and had a wonderful time. Tom made a delicious meal and my sister set a beautiful table, and the kids loved every minute together!

Grandam and Oma, thankful for grandparents that love my kids.

Papa, thankful he is so gentle and sweet with the babes, they all love him!!!

So thankful for my sister who makes me laugh so hard I usually pee my pants a little bit!

Excuse Easton's lower half, I had skinny jeans on him and he couldn't sit up straight because they were a little too tight. He was not happy so we decided no pants are better then uncomfortable pants!