A couple of weeks ago we started Asa on solids. He was really excited. He had been reaching for my food for over a month so I decided to give it a try. So far there hasn't been anything he hasn't liked. He gobbles it all up like a champ!
This was after his very first meal. Can you tell that he liked it?
Both of the boys really like to help out with the baby. They were excited to be able to feed him. As you can see, Asa doesn't care who feeds him. He just wants the food!
Last month we had freezing rain on a Saturday night and then it proceeded to snow and snow and snow the next day. We got 8 inches in the one day. It was crazy! Bob was over in Seattle. Luckily he left when he did because the next day all of the passes were closed for days. So we had a whole lot of snow to play with for a while. Being the cheapskates that we are, we haven't yet purchased a sled. So we let the boys use this piece of cardboard to go down our little hill between our yard and the park. Eli had a great time on it. He went down several times.
Here is Rex trying to start a war with me. J/K The snow was actually really powdery so we couldn't make good snowballs for a couple of days. That didn't stop us from trying!
Here is mom and baby all bundled up for the snow. We only lasted about 20 minutes though :)
Not me!! But, Bob officially became old last month :) I know that 30 isn't that old, but it is just crazy to me. How is life going by so quickly? I remember when I was a teenager thinking, "I'm never going to be married with kids. That is so far away!" And here I am with a husband that is 30 and I have 3 kids! How did this happen? It has all been wonderful though. We had a little party for Bob. All of his siblings were here along with a couple of our friends. We played games, visited, and of course had cake. It was a lot of fun!
Here are all of the kids blowing out the cake with Bob. We didn't actually have 30 candles, so we just divided by 10 :)
Here is Rex totally crushing Uncle Tom at the Wii. They were boxing. Tom was the undefeated adult and Rex wanted to play, so we let him. Well, he really did beat Tom...by a lot. Not even close. He just moved his little arms so fast no one could keep up. He proceeded to beat a couple of others. Needless to say he was pretty winded by the end of the night. And this was the first time that Rex had even touched a Wii. (Our friends brought it over to play.) We had fun doing couples bowling and tennis too.
Here is Eli and his cousin Jayni getting a turn. Their arms didn't move quite as fast, but they were having a blast! It was a great night.
Last time that it snowed and stayed for a while we were all sick and I didn't want to venture out there, so this is actually the first snowman we have built this winter. It wasn't even that big because I had Asa in my baby bjorn and it made rolling snow balls pretty difficult. Plus, it was cold!! The boys were happy with the finished product though. 
Here is Rex making a snow angel. Oh, how I wish he was always an angel :) At this point Eli had enough because he was freezing. I just came outside real quick to take a picture.
I didn't get a lot of great pictures on Christmas morning because I was too busy having fun. But here are a couple of Asa getting in on the christmas action. I can't believe he is 3 months already!
My sister's family sent the boys this star wars game and it has been a big hit. They have played it everyday. There is 4 different games you can play on it and Rex is better than me at one of them :) 
Tearin' open some fun presents! I really like the imaginext line from fisher price. They have a lot of cool toys.
All I have to say is that this has been the best present ever! This is a star wars sticker book with over 600 stickers and Eli has been in heaven. He gets concerned when he doesn't know where his book is because he likes to carry it all around the house. It was the first present that he opened up and after each present that he opened he would go back and look at his star wars book. Who knew that a $6.00 present could make someone so happy? Santa definately scored with this one. The first sticker he pulled out was a darth vader one. His imitation of darth vader's breathing is a crack up. He is a star wars addict. It is really cute.
They got a new spinosaurus so that their big T-Rex would have someone to battle :) They are still really into dinosaurs, and yes, the T-Rex is still Rex's favorite dino. The boys play really well together. It is fun to watch them and listen to their little conversations. Rex is a really good sharer. He is a great big brother. Eli wants to do everything that Rex does. They spend a good part of the day laughing together. I am glad they are good friends.
The boys went over to Grandma's house and made some yummy christmas cakes. They had a lot of fun making them. They decided to make one for their friend too and were excited to take it to him. Don't you love the the double rows of teeth smiles? :)
Christmas Eve we had Bob's family over for dinner. Good food was had by all. Originally I thought we would dress all the kids up and have them play out the nativity scene, but then the flu hit our house and all of my motivation went out the window. They still wore towels on their heads as we read the nativity from the bible and we showed them the story with their fisher-price nativity scene. I was a little bummed to find out that our video camera wasn't working so I didn't have it for Christmas morning either. Ugh!
