Noon years eve

No you didn't read that wrong, we went to Science City for their Noon Years Eve celebration which is geared toward kids. At 6, they did a balloon drop to celebrate the new year. It was a fun evening! We met Lahna and Liam there and the kids checked out some of the new exhibits there...

Happy new year everyone!!!🎉

More cuteness

And for our fourth and final entry of the day... some smiles from J to Grammy...

Happiness

Happiness is an outdoor hockey rink on a frigid day... Special thanks to Truman and his mom for inviting us to skate today!

Stories

Baby J has been telling us stories for awhile now. Here is a short one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k9-fo28z0U&list=UU5eCmDZeHajX8qxd0-WWODg

Exersaucer

We got an exersaucer from my friend Danielle and somebody likes it!

Mother Son Run

Christopher and I went for our first mother son run today! I told him I was going for a run and he was eager to join me. First we were going to run a mile and then I told him I would drop him back off at home and go for another mile. Christopher would have none of that! He wanted to go the full 2. We ran 2.15 miles (and of course walked some of it) with a total of 30:52 and a 14:22 pace. Not bad for his first steady and sustained, rather than a full out, run!

Rollin'

Guess who just rolled over? Answer: not Kasey, Holly or Chris!

Cuteness

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas everyone, from the Kansas Wogloms! At exactly 6:00AM, the pitter patter of running footsteps descended down the hall to where the Christmas presents awaited our VERY excited 6 year-old. Santa, along with very generous family members, left wonderful presents that Chris has been playing with and putting together for hours already. First of all, though, Chris was a great big brother and helped Jonathan open his presents. One of the things Santa left for him was a little Olaf, as Baby J was first referred to as "Olaf" when I was pregnant with him...

Chris was so excited that Santa brought him a Playmobil ski lift and Lego cargo heliplane (which he has been putting together himself for the past hour or so!).

All the excitement of the morning sent Jonathan back to his room for a morning nap. He would have been dressed in cute Christmas PJs like Chris except that he wore them to church last night and proceeded to spit up on them too much for overnight use! We dressed up the girls, though, in the beautiful ribbon that Aunt Dabney wrapped Christopher's gifts in, much to their dismay...

The ribbon on Kasey makes the staples in her head look much better (poor doggie). She and all the rest of us will be looking forward to Grammy coming over later for Christmas lunch. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Happy Hanukkah!

In addition to celebrating Christmas, we like to throw in a little Hanukkah celebration too. The Grodens came over for dinner last night and we lit the menorah, had homemade latkes, and the kids played dreidel well past bedtime. It was a fun night!

Kindergarten "Concert"

This picture shows us before departing for the kindergarten holiday concert this evening at the upper school. I should actually say "songs" because the kids sang two songs to open up the upper school choirs' concerts and then they were done. Nevertheless, Chris and his classmates were extremely excited to dress up, stay up past their bedtimes and sing in front of hundreds of people. They did an awesome job!!! Unfortunately, we had our hands too full to take pictures and where we were sitting was not conducive to getting a good video of them singing. Rumor has it that we might be able to get the official video at some point. We will see!

Baby's First Snow!

Smiling at Daddy

Meeting Santa

Christopher has always liked Santa each year that he saw him and Jonathan liked him as well!

It was a successful visit! And note to self--when in Kansas City, go see Santa during a time when the Chiefs are playing. No lines!

And just for kicks, here is a picture from Christopher's first meeting with Santa. He was about 5 months old. Look at that little grin on his face!

Sunday Smiles

Always smiling at his brother...

Happy Apple

The Happy Apple, classic toy of Mommy and Daddy's day, has made yet another comeback in our house. Jonathan is very excited when we pull out this oldie but goodie! Here he is looking at his currently favorite toy...

And our first furry kid, Kasey, had to have her dental cleaning today along with several tooth extractions and a small harmless growth removed from the top of her head. She is still a little groggy and in some pain. Poor girl! It's nearly as hard to see Kasey uncomfortable as it is to see one of the boys in pain. Not to worry though, Dr. Chris is taking care of our girl and even Holly knows that she needs to go easy on her sister.

Little Giggles

Our little boy is starting to giggle! And like the rest of his family, he is ticklish right under his chin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0zGLCv2obg&list=UU5eCmDZeHajX8qxd0-WWODg

Baby J

Christmas Wish List

Here is Christopher's wish list to Santa this year... 

Snuggles

Snuggling with Grammy after a rough morning of shots...

Here are the numbers... Height: 23 1/4 inches... Weight: 12 lbs 6 oz.... Head: 15 3/4 inches around.

Little sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE00M-v5YPM&list=UU5eCmDZeHajX8qxd0-WWODg

Hmmm...

While I'm here in tummy time, I'll just ponder life as a baby a little...

Eat, sleep, poop, get sniffed by this strange, four-legged thing next to my ear...

Thanksgiving bunnies

If I just sit upon 2 pillows, the bunnies on the other side of the window seem that much closer...

Sigh...

I just don't understand why they don't let me out of here to rid the yard of these bunnies...

I guess it doesn't matter anyway. I'll just curl up with Kasey and let the turkey that Grammy brought over digest...

A new tradition?

When we mentioned to Tiffany the other day that one of our Thanksgiving traditions is to stay in our pajamas and watch the Macy's parade, she suggested that we should add hot cocoa to our repertoire. Christopher was so excited about that idea that we had to do it. Note the excitement on his face...

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are thankful for you all and the many blessings in our lives. At the Woglom house, we don't eat turkeys but some of us sure do look cute with turkeys on our bottoms...

Big Buds and Little Buds

Hanging with Noah

They are besties and they don't even know it!

Be the wave

Because the obvious thing to do on a rainy Sunday is to surf... on pillows...

Good morning

College Football

The boys were watching some college football today....



And here is J hanging out in his bouncy seat...

Hi!

My boys

Hanging out in the "jungle."

And here is our family all hanging out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAtcw3ZNlrs&list=UU5eCmDZeHajX8qxd0-WWODg

Doggies!

Hanging with the girls...

Smiles!

First Friend and Sleepiness

Jonathan's friend Noah came over to visit this morning. Noah is 7 weeks older than Jonathan and now that J is getting more aware and alert, they were both sizing each other up!

And then here is Jonathan sleeping, first curled up last night in my arms (with a very cozy blanket) and then this afternoon trying his first nap in the crib…

Hanging with the Family

Just another Sunday hanging with Grammy and taking baby selfies...