happy 2012!!!

we celebrated at home this year.  i was pretty tired, so i didn't break out the nice camera.  jack took some pics, and we did some sparklers after drinking sparkling apple cider!  we are looking forward to meeting our new little one in 2012 and wishing everyone a fantastic year!

we celebrated with the east coast at 9 :)

green family cheers!

not so sure.....

trying again

it's bubbly!

we decided we liked it!

jack reminiscing over our 2011 calendar

christmas evening!

 christmas evening at my parents' house with gran and grandpa, unc jd, unc david, aunt laura, unc eric, baby dino, and our family friend ellen:

 grandpa and his grandsons:

 cousins antics:

 present time:

 drum set from unc david (no, these are not coming home with us!):

and for your listening pleasure:

christmas morning!

when jack woke up, he came straight to our bedroom, like every other morning.  after about 15 minutes of cuddling, he asked if we thought santa came yet.  we said we should go see - he bolted up and i raced in front of  him down the hall.  when he saw the presents he got this super cute nervous-giggle-laugh thing - i'm hoping to upload it soon to share (it was hilarious and adorable!).  we enjoyed the morning with our toys and later when to my parents' house for christmas with the fam (post later!).

santa's handiwork

'trains and people and trees?!?!  a CITY?!?'

'a big boy bike!'

'ah, haha, CARS TWO!!!!'

the reindeer never forget the doggies

first star wars toys!!!!

trying out his new bike (in the house, of course!)

i surprised pete with a 50" plasma TV this christmas... here he is opening a super light picture of the gift:

so confused.
it was a great surprise.  i cried.

jack wrote out his cards, with gran's help

the little man shopped for us again this year:

a scarf, nail polish, and gloves for mommy

a frisbee, golf putting thing, and football for daddy

mommy and daddy got him a cars 2 set of shake-n-gos, some books, and a light saber.

this present's tag said, 'to: lion, love, big bro'

this was a present for the baby, 'lion' as jack calls it.  the cutest little lion head blanket toy ever!  next year will be twice as fun!!!

christmas eve!

a forewarning - my posts will probably be really heavy on the photos as my ribs have been killing me for a month or so now and with only two weeks to go, i'm thinking i'd rather get the info out there (this has become our only source of scrapbooking!!) with just photos and captions than skip blogging altogether.  i may head back later to add more text, but for now, it is what it is ;).

a chilly walk at st. mary's college prior to our crab/bread/salad lunch!

jack opening up his present from grammy, pe-paw, and aunt sara:

horsies and

a stable!

tracking santa on NORAD

giggling with grammy

we headed home to make cookies for santa and open our traditional one present:

'stirving'

tasting (unsanctioned)

these are the types of smiles i get now when i ask for jack to smile:

 our present opening:

PJs!!!!!!!!

modeling his new PJs:

 setting out cookies and carrots for santa and his reindeer:

why does he make this face with me?!?!

 hanging our stockings!

we read 'twas the night before christmas' and watched shrek (it was on, that's why) before heading off to bed.  jack was SO good knowing that santa was on his way!!!!