Ho Ho Home for the Holidays

After much back and forth, debating and fretting, we decided to make the trip "home" to Buckhorn and spend the day Saturday with my extended family, most of whom had not yet seen Saxon and Ella.


The twinfants were able to model their Christmas clothes.

The trip was actually pretty easy and I was once again thankful for the space and comfort of our van. How on Earth did parents survive in the days before DVDs and built in TVs?


Grandpa Post and Ella enjoy a hug

Mom and Dad's house was a crowd of babies, with my cousins and I bringing up the next generation. Their boys are a bit older than the twinfants and it gave me a glipse of what my life will be like in a year. It also made me thankful that, for the time being at least, my babies stay where I put them.


Saxon discusses his Christmas wish list with Granny Post

Solid food!

Okay, the title of this post is a little misleading. It's not like the twinfants are eating apples or steak. However at one of our recent doctor visits, we were told that Saxon and Ella are old enough to start trying some cereals.

Callie and I both want the twinfants to stay on breast milk as long as possible as we believe it has been a major factor in them being so healthy. We initially said "We'll wait until they are 6 months old to start." But we decided to do a "try and see."

The results were mixed.


Saxon loved it.


Ella did not.

By the way, as of their last visit, Ella weighed in at just under 14 pounds and Saxon was 12 pounds even. Saxon is also now 2 feet tall, just a tad more than Ella. While they're still little, they've come a long way since the time when they were 4 pounds 15 ounces and 3 pounds 7 ounces!

Ella bonus photo

I don't have a lot of time to post today, but I have a great shot of Ella to share. I set up her bumpo chair with toys for her to play with. She went at them with gusto, but a few minutes later she got really quiet.

Being the nervous papa I can sometimes be, I went to check on her. She was perfectly fine, but totally asleep. It was just too much fun for 1 o'clock in the afternoon!


Sometimes, you just need a nap.

Happy Holidays!

Christmas is right around the corner and that means lots of shopping in the weeks ahead. One thing we bought ahead of time was a Santa costume for each of the twinfants. We actually bought them last year when we first learned Callie was pregnant. They fit perfectly this year and Saxon and Ella were able to show them off at Nick and Amanda's Christmas program tonight.

Here comes Saxon Claus!

Of course, things have been getting into the Christmas spirit since the end of November. The whole trucked out to Arrow Rock the last Saturday in November for the annual hanging of the greens. It was cold and kind of rainy, but we sang Christmas carols and the kids ate Chili and ice cream at the snack shop. Saxon and Ella also got their first visit with St. Nicholas himself, or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof.

Poor old Santa wasn't quite ready for twinfants! He seemed nervous the whole time he held them.

Baptism time

In order for our Wisconsin relatives to be here, we decided to hold off on the twinfants' Baptism until the Thanksgiving holiday. So Following a massive feast on Thursday, we had the Baptism ceremony and another dinner on Saturday. Turkey and pie one day and ham and cake the next. MMMMMM.

This wasn't the cake we ordered, but it was delicious anyway.

It was nice to have our family in town, but it sure makes for a crowded house. Because of the travel time involved, the Wisconsinites usually come for several days in a stretch. My parents were only up for the weekend though, so it wasn't totally wall to wall people the whole time.

Our friend Andrea and my dad served as Ella's Godparents while Sara and Corey did the same for Saxon.

Saxon and Ella did great at church once again. They are so quiet and well behaved that most people around us don't even realize there are babies in the pew. Father Kevin also did a great job with the ceremony, keeping it short and sweet.

Having the family in town meant we finally got to get a picture of the three sisters together.