Josh's cousin Andrew's wedding & family visitor's

This weekend was alot of fun! It was Josh's cousin Andrew's wedding so his mom came up from Florida and his sister Jillian and her boyfriend Anthony came over from Maryland. The wedding was so beautiful and we all had a lot of fun. On Friday night Josh's Aunt Jill had us all over for dinner (which was SO yummy and I'm sure we all ate too much!) so we could visit with all the other out of town guests here for the wedding. It was great to see everyone and the boys were in their glory with ALL the attention. So much so that they refused to eat!

Our wonderful neighbors Cy & Sarah looked after the boys for us. It was the first time we ever left someone to put the boys to bed. We were gone from about 4pm until 10:30pm and we appreciated them looking after the boys for us. They said that the boys were really good and went to bed easily so that was a HUGE relief. So with that being said, Josh and I had a really fun time at the wedding and reception. I think I drank a little too much wine but I figured I had waited over a year for that so I didn't feel too bad about it. :)

The boys Auntie Jillian brought the boys their Christmas gifts since she wouldn't get to see them over the Christmas holidays. They enjoyed opening the presents and LOVE all the gifts! I added some of the pictures of them opening their gifts. Jillian also made me a book (among other things) using iphoto (I think?) of the boys first year . It is so precious to me. I love it! Thank you Jill!

So enjoy the photos. These were just a few of my favorites but there were SO many taken. Congratulations Drew & Mandi. We wish you many happy years together!

(One more thing...I cannot take credit for all of these pictures. Most of them were taken by Josh's uncle's) And also they are in no particular order.

I think our table was the die hard table as we were one of the last tables to leave.
Robyn & Vick dancing
Jillian (Josh's sister) and her boyfriend Anthony.
I love this picture! Aunt Jill happy that she got everyone to the church early!
Uncle Trace & Aunt Jill at the church
Cousin Gabrielle. She's so beautiful!
Drew & Mandi's first kiss as a married couple!
Leaving the church. I love this photo! :)
Cousin Tyler & Josh's mom, Holly.
Josh & I cuttin' a rug!
A picture of all of us cousins. Josh's little sister Jenna is missing as she's in college and had exams. We missed you Jenna!
Punky & June who came up from Virginia
Cheryl & Kevin who also came up from Virginia
The bride with all the groomsmen.
The groom with all the bridesmaids.
Eating the cake!
Mother & son dance. This is a precious photo.
Josh's uncle Allen (groom's father), his mom and Uncle Trace.
The church. It was such a nice church and so picturesque.
Just married!
Opening gifts from Auntie Jillian
The funnest book ever! It's a flip book and they LOVE it.

Ooooo...what else is in there?

These cups are so much fun.
Gramma Holly and the boys.
Cohen decided he didn't want to take a nap but he wanted to cuddle!

First visit with Santa

Josh and I had bets on who would cry...nice parents huh?? I thought Cohen would but he was calm and cool. Ethan started to cry the minute I put him on Santa's lap. Poor little thing. A good one to show his girlfriends when he's older. :)

Setting up the Christmas tree...

Yesterday we decided it was time to set up the Christmas tree. Everything went well and the boys were (and still are) mesmerized by it. Below are a few pictures.

A few new things that the boys are doing...Cohen is standing by himself for sometimes a whole minute which is so exciting. He even took a step on his own at physical therapy on Friday. We are so proud of him.

Both the boys are also starting to really understand affection. We'll tell one of them to "love your brother" and they will lean their head on the other one and when we say to "give your brother kisses" they will do it too. It's so adorable. They've become very lovey towards us as well and give lot's of kisses. They are interacting with each other more and more everyday. Especially at meal time. They take each others food off each others trays and Ethan likes to stick his fingers in Cohen's mouth and then just cracks up. It's cute but can be frustrating at times as SO much food ends up on the floor. Some by accident but mostly because they just decide that the food needs to go on the floor. Grrrrr!

Another thing that we learned this past week is that Ethan will need a third surgery in 6 months. We are really bummed out about that. Part of the area did not heal correctly so that's the reason for the next surgery. Otherwise he is doing so well and looks completely healed.

So that's all the news we have at the moment. We need to get our butts in gear and get our Christmas shopping done. We have started but have a ways to go. Oh well. Why should this year be any different than any other year??? :)




Daddy setting up the tree
The boys corralled while we put the tree up.
Our big boy Cohen standing all on his own!

The boys showing how much they love each other...same thing below...


Just a cute picture of Cohen still sleeping. Surprising that the flash didn't wake him.

Our cat Ducky helping out with the tree...or hiding from the boys...one or the other!