McNamara Christmas

On Christmas Eve we got together with Grandma and Grandpa McNamara and the cousins for brunch and some present opening.  It was a good day, followed up with Christmas Eve for the McNamara side at Kelly & Dave's house.  Dan and Eric were nice enough to help my Dad milk the cows so my mom could have a break.  Tina and Susie and the kids were in Missouri visiting Susie's family, so we missed them, but it was still fun hanging out and eating good food!

Cal and Luca, ready to open presents!

 Fiona figured out what to do pretty quickly.

Fiona got a Bitty Baby from Grandma and Grandpa that she loves:

 Fi and Ella in their matching outfits:

 Eric, Lucy, Grace and Leyton, getting ready to hand out presents:

Fiona was overly tired and a total goof ball by the time the McNamara Christmas eve started that night!

 Pat and Terri brought this very good idea for a game to keep the kids busy.  It was candy and little toys wrapped in a giant ball of packaging tape, and each kid got a certain amount of time to try to pull out what they could before passing it along.  It took the boys almost an hour to get it all out of their ball!
Luca trying his hand at the impossible tape ball :)

Leyton really put all of his muscle into each of his turns!

Cal taking a turn:

Rory did a good job too!

 More cookie decorating.  Cal was very excited to make these to leave out for Santa that night.

Luca taste tested the green frosting a couple times:

Lucy, Fiona and Rory, looking cute and goofy:

Another photo of Luca and Cal!

This picture cracks me up...  The poses are pretty adorable!

Pajama time!  They were wound up and excited about how soon Santa would be coming.

Visiting Santa

We visited Santa at Farm & Home again this year, and we had no tears!  Fiona was very hesitant about me putting her on his lap, and seemed like she might cry, but she held it together for the photo! 

Christmas with the Krumm's

The Saturday before Christmas we celebrated the Krumm Family Christmas, at Grandma Krumm's house.  It is always a lot of fun, with so many people and little kids running around.  Its great to see everyone, and of course eat lots of good food!  This year the kids were even surprised by a visit from Santa.  Growing up Santa always visited Grandma and Grandpa Krumm's Christmas, so it was fun to see him come to visit all of our kids now!

Fiona is turning into a little ham when you ask her to smile:

 Fiona, Lucy, Ella, Grace, Lauren and Leyton.  Leyton's fake smile cracks me up in this picture. 

Best buddies.  They kept themselves busy playing basketball pretty much all night...

Grandpa & Cal:

"Hanitizer" may have been Cal's favorite gift.  He still brings some to daycare pretty much every day and shares with his classmates...

Aunt Jessie and Kelly made cookies and brought decorating supplies for the kids to do:

Kelly had a couple games for the kids to play, including this one where they had to knock over the water bottles by swinging the ball in the stocking.  The games were hilarious to watch.

Santa!  

Everyone wanted to get up close to Santa:

Even Fiona was excited!  

He had a lot of kids waiting in line for hugs!

 Our attempt at a group photo, minus a few kids!

Grace and Fiona, having fun:

Leyton and Fi.  I didnt even attempt a photo of all 3 together!

Thanks for the fun Christmas celebration everyone!

Cal's 4th Birthday!

November 19th Cal turned 4.  My baby boy is turning into such a big boy.  He is so sweet, and says the funniest things, but every day he sounds older and older.  His passion is still farming.  It is all he does every night basically, and every weekend he begs to go to the farm.  When I asked what he wanted for his cake/party, I wasn't at all surprised when he said John Deere tractors :).  His cake turned out super cool, and he loved it.  I don't think he was expecting it to be in the shape of an actual tractor.  It was also a lot bigger than both of us were expecting!

 Jessie got him his very own Packer jersey and he begs to wear it to daycare almost every day.

 His smiles are so very intense!  He loves his new John Deere movie.

 And his new hat! :)

 On his actual birthday he got a crown at preschool.  He wore it all night!

 Eric got home from work early and made a cake with him.  This kid loves to help cook, so that pretty much made his day.

 Goofy kids ready for cake!

Fiona's 18 month Check-up

Fiona had her 18 month check-up in October, and is a healthy and happy girl.  We were most excited about her recent graduation from Physical Therapy! Fiona started physical therapy at 10 months old when it became clear that she did not like to bear weight on her legs/feet.  We had a great physical therapist who Fiona adored.  She would visit Fiona once a week at daycare and work on various things with her to get her more comfortable on her feet, and get her walking.  Fiona started walking at 17 months, so it was great to go to her 18 month check-up with the good news for her pediatrician!  Now she pretty much runs everywhere :).

Fiona's 18 month stats:

Weight: 26.8 lbs, 95%

Height: 90%

Shots are the worst:

 After her appointment we headed up to Rice Lake for the weekend, since Eric was out of town for work and the kids love playing together.  Fiona was so excited to see Evelyn!