The Wood Family: 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??? :)