Our First Christmas With Miles & Monty-Rex

This was Miles' first Christmas with us, and although he is the newest Nelson and enjoyed the morning with everyone, Charley still manages to attract the most attention, especially when he's playing with his gift from Uncle Matthew and Aunt Jennifer, Monty-Rex. Here's a little video showing Charley trying to ride his new dinosaur, which by the way, is not supposed to be ridden...Merry Christmas!!

Lets go ride a bike

John-Paul got an early Christmas gift from me and the boys...a bike! It's kind of a gift for Charley too, because now he gets lots of fun bike rides with dad in his cool little bike seat thing. They both are loving going on rides all around Seal Beach, and Charley likes to say "whoaaa!" every time they make a turn. He loved it so much, that he kept his helmet on practically all day after his first ride.

Ever since Thanksgiving I've been trying to get a picture of the boys together for our Christmas card, and it's been pretty much impossible. First of all, Charley seems to be incapable of staying still for longer than 2 seconds and also, when the camera comes out he becomes Mister Serious. Miles isn't much of a camera fan either, but even more than that, he really isn't a fan of being too close to Charley and being poked, hit, having his pacifier stolen, etc. So I finally just broke down and found a Christmas card with spaces for three pictures: a pic of Charley, a pic of Miles, and a pic of John-Paul and I. Problem solved! But here is some evidence of our valiant attempts at a family photo (and thank you to Jennie for being the patient photographer):