The Little Gym Birthday Party

After our Christmas celebration Jayden had a birthday party to go to at the Little Gym. We had never been there before and we found out it was a lot of fun and a really exciting place to have a party. The party was for Abrianna, a girl from Jayden's preschool class. A lot of kids from his class were there so he had a lot of fun!

Happy Birthday to Abby!

First Christmas Celebration - Bettorf Family

We all went to Memaw and Paw Paw's today for our first of many celebrations.

Of course Momma had to get in some baby time.

Uncle Mike wanted the little guy too.

The kids line up for presents.

Someone was happy with his gift!

Aunt Barb and Tayler tearing the paper up.

Great Grandma Joyce made here delicious cookies and Daddy had an audience begging for cookies.

Aunt Karen and Tayler

Christmas Pictures 2011

Time for Christmas pictures. This time of year is so exhausting but we always manage to fit it all in. Daddy was hunting this morning so it was a marathon morning for Momma and thank you to Mimi and Aunt Bear for meeting me at the studio to assist.

Tayler was not very cooperative with the picture taking but of course Miss Diva loves the camera and the attention.

Aunt Ashley and Uncle Dave brought the boys up at the end to get a group photo of all five grandkids for Memaw's Christmas present. With 5 kids age 4 and under we did manage to get a decent photo. It was a miracle!

Seeing Santa (a.k.a. Ho Ho)

Tonight we took the kids to see Santa. Jayden was beyond excited as this is a really fun age for Santa/Christmas. We had told him that he could ask for three things and they were:

1.) A Nintendo DS
2.) A Batman Toy
3.) A hunting bow like Daddy's

This is the age that Jayden was terrified of Santa so we did not have very high expectations for the twins or a photo. Hadley loved Ho Ho and although Tayler was very hesitant in the beginning he was fine for the picture. We determined it was definitely a success.

First Haircuts

Tonight Momma and Mimi took the twins for their first haircut. They did amazingly well (unlike the experience with Jayden's first). Thank you Patty for dealing with our clan!

Hadley enjoyed some chocolate while waiting for Tayler to get finished.

Now its Jayden's turn.

And finally time for Sissy.

Decorating Time

Now that we have our tree it is time to decorate the house. Momma managed to do most of it while everyone was napping but of course I had to save a few things for them.

Christmas Tree Shopping

It is that time of year again so we bundled the kiddos up and went to pick out the perfect Christmas tree.

Still looking for the perfect one.

This is the one we are getting. Hurry, group picture!