Christmas pictures

More Christmas pics in nor particular order


Livee, Ezra's Favorite Baby sitterReach for the skyHomeade Christmas Beanie from Sister Love, Just in time for the cold weather too!

Ezra not a huge fan of snowThe 3 dudes. Thanks you Legrones. Super cute

They were actually more like snow monkeys.
The snow wasn't stinking together very well

Biscuits and gravy at the Carmacks

Rowdy was the slowest upwrapper eeeeevvvvvver

Ezra wooing the women

wooing mom

he is totally asleep under those

We tried to read a Christmas book every night under the Christmas tree

Thank you Legrones and Sister Love for the Awesome Christmas Package!

Christmas morning + Heidi the Christmas pooch. We just borrowed her for ambiance
Rowdy," give me all your candy, or I'll shoot"

the snow monkies

Livee should've asked for a snowsuit for Christmas. I love this picture. She is also bummed becasue Uncle Cody stuck her head first in a snow burm.

Rowdy loooves to eat snow

It was Merry! Thanks Everyone

a little shoulder rubbin'

Don't cry over spilled...

bless his little heart

We are trying to potty-train Rowdy. Cody had just helped him in the bathroom but asks him to go get another pair of unders, and we reconvene in the living room. Rowdy comes back with an undershirt. Dad says,"Those aren't unders. Can you go find some unders?" Rowdy comes back again with a different tank. Dad,"Rowdy those aren't unders, go find some unders." Rowdy says,"Can you turn the light on please?"
I still have the giggles

Can you tell I haven't uploaded our christmas pictures yet?

I need to just buckle down and do it. In the mean time here was our Christmas card. This card was born out of the fact we were not all photogenic at the same time. I figured I better post it because we used all of our stamps and some cards got returned to us. (including yours Jill )

be good to me 2010

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? Purchased a house
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yikes?! I don’t even remember what they were! Reading everyday, Running more, and painting some more
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes. Letti, had Paisley 3 weeks before Ezra was born
4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully no
5. What countries did you visit? I now live in Texas and visited California. Does that count? I heard Texas actually has in written into their state Constitution that they have the right to secede from the USA!
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? Self discipline. Yummmm chocolate
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? August 7th –August 13th because I wanted Ezra to be born while Monica and my Mom were both here visiting from California. So I was doing jumping jacks and eatin’ jalapenos, but he didn’t care. He arrived on the 13th. And then he came out the size of a 3 month old. We love our Chubbs!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Ezra
9. What was your biggest failure? My hair (until Syd cut it)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Does pregnancy count?
11. What was the best thing you bought? Besides the house, A back yard and a little bike buggy to pedal the boys around in
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Rowdy for making the biggest adjustments of his life and memorizing world geography in the process
13. Where did most of your money go? a la casa y bills. but also including washer dryer and couches
14. What did you get really, really, really excited about? People coming to visit us in Texas
15. What song will always remind you of 2009? “Our House” by Madness
16. What do you wish you'd done more of? swimming
17. What do you wish you'd done less of? Wearing bright colors while pregnant
18. How did you spend Christmas? Happy. and warm in our new home because there was snow outside! Then we went to Lynda’s for breakfast and then to Kelly’s for dinner and then my parents came on the train the 26th.
19. Did you fall in love in 2009? Yes with three different handsome men
20. What was your favorite TV program? Office
21. What was the best book you read this year? Sister’s Keeper, well actually that was the only one besides the good ole' B of M
22. What was your greatest musical discovery? Sufjan Stevens
23. What did you want and get for Christmas? Warm running stuff and house slippers
24. What was your favorite film of this year? None of them were that memorable for me
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Picnic at the Park after church. 29
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Having everyone working again.
27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? Whatever would fit! I am dumping all of my maternity clothes and buying all black ones next time.
28. What kept you sane? Cody, Food, and then running
29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Monson
30. What political issue stirred you the most? Was the Swine flu a political issue?
31. Who did you miss? My family and other California friends

Better Luck next year

We went out with Cousin Kellie and Sierra tonight and happened upon Santa and his sleigh. I thought we had better get the picture for the Ezra first Christmas memory. Rowdy was all excited especially about the candy cane and then tonight in his prayer he said, "Dear Heavenly Father I love Santa."

You've come a long way buddy!I am not going to lie these scared kid/santa pictures are some of my favorite thingsMaybe we will have some better laughs next year with Ezra.
Merry Almost Christmas

Santa's PNP

See Rowdy in Santa's book

Rowdy's Ode to Miles

Cutie pie

Ezra is 4 months old!

He has a few new funny quirkies,

-He is getting good with his hands. Except when he is tired he has..."phantom hands." Which is totally dorky to have a name for them, but he will be asleep with a pacifier and all of the sudden his hand will reach up and yank it out of his mouth and he is totally surprised and upset by it. or occasionally his hands will attack his face and have a totally innocent/dumbfounded look on his face. Like who would do this to me?

-He also rolled over for the first time on Monday! Back to front in case any one was wondering.-He has a multi purpose squeal/scream. When it would be appropriate to laugh sometimes he will make his crazy screeching noise. I almost wonder if he tries to imitate all the crazy excited baby noises we are making. But he uses the same screechy noise when he is getting tired. -He also loves him some relatives. Loves to hang out with them, and loves to attack the girls. Lynda will hold him up to Livee, Zoe or Carys and he will get all vicious with their cheeks. Growling sound affects included!

-He gets so excited when you put him up in front of the mirror. He will laugh, dance, and talk-Lately if he is sitting on my lap he will tilt his head all the way back so he can see me and he will laugh.

-He is part French.... and he drools a lot.
-He was blessed on 11/29. It was so neat. Pretty much all of Cody's family was there and my parents got to come out. His blessing was simple and so sweet. I remember hearing again and again service to others and being able to help those in need. It was a really special day. After church we had a potato bar at our house before everyone returned home.
Aunt Toni made his blessing outfit. It came out so cute! She embroidered a little train on the front and his birthday and stats on the back. On the inside jacket it said Blessed by Dad. Loved by Mom friend to Rowdy.

I just love this little man. He keeps getting cuter every day

and he has his Dr.'s appointment tomorrow so I will post the stats of weight and what not later. and I noticed today his legs are hanging off his little car seat. Yikes!

So Observant

So, It has been super cold here. I was putting a sweater on Ezra and Rowdy said, "Mom what are you doing?" So I told him, "I am putting a sweater on Ezra."
Rowdy, "Why?"
Me, "Because its so cold. Ezra's fingers are even cold!"
Rowdy, "Just stick them in your armpits"p.s. This picture was taken before the cold snap hence Rowdy in the tank

What to my wondering eyes!

I was not expecting this here!BRRRR!

Yay for crackling Christmas fires

I guess I should note the snow only stayed for one morning, and luckily did not stick to the roads. But it has been cold enough to snow quite a few occasions this week. I was doing so good running too before this darn cold snap. I am nowhere near being motivated to exercise in this cold.

A bunch of turkeys

Just kidding. We had so much fun this Thanksgiving. The Bowler clan came out for a few weeks and it was so much fun spending time, having big family dinners and FHE -s, watching the little cousins run around with each other , and trying to plan big people activities faster than the opposite sex so we could shuffle off babysitting duties :)

Then my parents came on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It was also super nice to hang out with them... err watch them hang out with my children :) And then a bunch of us turkey trotted a 5K along with 10,000 other people in Fort Worth thanksgiving morning. That was a lot of fun.. and cold. Dinner was at Tad and Amelia's house. Everyone pitched in and everything was so yummy. It was truly a feast.

We took some family pictures, special thanks to Courtney. Went to Dallas . Hung out a lot with Grandpa Ernie who stayed especially to help bless Ezra on the 29th. He is so sweet and patient with the babies.

Ezra was oozing giggles and smiles from all the attention

and Rowdy was busy as usual. This time there were just more friends

I know it is so cliche to post on a blog. But there really is so much to be thankful for. My head swims just thinking about the many ways we have been preserved and blessed. We have had some neat opportunities to recognize that lately. I hope we, as a little family, can continue to keep that in the forefront of our minds.

Three months old

Ezra turned 3 months old on the thirteenth. and its been so busy around here I forgot to mention it. This is my favorite festive picture of him.He is fun when he is awake too!
He coos and gurgles if you look him in the eye. and he is pretty easy to make smile.
He seems to have gotten over his 7 o'clock fussy time
He likes to be swaddled all snuggly tight to fall asleep. and if you put a little bit of the blanket touching his face he is out pretty quick.
He will take a passifier and likes to chew on his fingers. He drools a lot. He was taking a bottle pretty well until this week:(
He wakes up about twice a night still. It just depends on the night. He still has thrush which has resulted in some hilarious purple faces.(you know that icky medicine)
He likes applesauce;) and Lynda because she gives him applesauce.
and He weighs about 19 lbs!
We are thankful he chose us. Happy tres meses Ezra

The Boys are back in town

We have a Big Bunch of Bowlers here in Justin! (and Byrds and Carmacks too)

Here are the Fab five
From Youngest to oldest, left to right Rowdy, Degan, Grayson, Miles, and Cole

Grayson and Rowdy.

Rowdy's funny face

Thanks for the awesome pics Letti.

Power tool pumpkin

I followed the pumpkin lines with a potato peeler and then used Craig's power tool for the holes. Came out alright.

Haloweenie

Ezra was also a hot dog... an ornery one!
This costume did not last very long on him. He was in a bad moodI was the mustard bottle.
Ezra and I stayed home and passed out candy. It was totally awesome to have a house to pass candy out at! I loved it.

Our Little UPS man and the crazy Alazkan fisherman went

and raided the neighborhoodRowdy would totally change his voice to a charming higher pitched, big eyed puppy dog kind of voice when he would say "trick or treat". Cody would also hold his box in between houses and when they would get close to the next house he would say, "I need a box Daddy". He had such a good time. Our nighborhood was really fun too. A bunch of houses went all out. There was one house though that had a strobe light and Rowdy didn't like that. But on the homefront we had Frito soup and candy for dinner and ended the night by playing the wii and watching Nanny McPhee. This could very well be Rowdy's favorite holiday

and Rowdy is back to using the potty! because I am dispersing his candy one toilet trip at a time!

The S is for...

The S is for spit up.
The U is for Unique
The P is for Pee, yeah you know that I can drink.
The E is for Ezra, you all know I'm the man
and the R is for Rowdy, he is my biggest fan

How cute is this boy?! and the best part is we did not manipulate his pose at all! He totally fell asleep in the classic superman stance and his cape was made out of that soft fleece stuff and stuck to the couch!

The preparation

Rowdy had a good ole' time coloring his pumpkin. While his Dad made a beautiful pumpkin by scraping away at the grooves then using a power tool to drill small holes all over. It came out really neat, but not in any of our photos.Ta DA!The Carmacks came over too and joined in the fun