Avery got a camera from Santa. She enjoys taking close up pictures of herself. =)
Emersen practicing "walking",(with help from Daddy), with the present Santa brought her.
Emersen bonding with her Grandma Great Stockdill.
Avery was very excited to go skating for the 1st time. Can't you tell??
Avery did pretty well for her 1st time skating. It was pretty cold out, but she has a blast and can't wait to do it again.

Avery and her cousin Sophia getting ready to open gifts.
Avery and Lola waiting so patiently while we parents take pictures.
Emersen was not too into opening presents, but she did seem to like the bows.
Avery and Emersen with Nana and Papa.

Emersen just started going in the exersauser. She seems to like it so far.
Avery was helping her Nana decorate Christmas cookies. She had so much fun putting all of the sprinkles on.

Emersen and Erik had to take a nap before the gift opening began.

We told Avery it was almost time to open gifts, so she sat at the table and waited (but only for a seconds =)




Santa's little helper!

Another video of Avery "reading". She loves her books. This one is Lady and the Tramp.

Emersen right before going swimming for the first time. She probably would have liked it better if the water would have been warmer.
Erik and Avery taking a little break from swimming.

Lola loves being part of our family. Emersen was not too sure about this pose =)

This is video of Avery "reading" her Beauty and the Beast book. We have read it so many times she know it by heart.

After many tries, we finally got a somewhat good picture of our family. Avery is in a phase where she does not like her picture taken. So we were lucky to get a few good ones of her.

Lola wanted to get in on some of the family pictures too.

After a couple of months we are finally starting to feel at home in our new place. We still have so much to do, but having 2 kids doesn't leave a lot of extra time =)

Avery was so excited to see all of the Christmas trees in the forest outside Rapid City.
Poor Emersen was not impressed with getting out of the warm car and out into the snow. But Avery sure did love it.
Emersen is changing so much everyday. She is a very happy baby, we are really lucky!