Brush 'em, Brush 'em, Brush 'em

Brody had his first real dental cleaning and check-up last week! I had put him in my chair a few times before and did a quick a check of his teeth, but never actually schduled him an appt time with all the works. Luckily, he is used to being in the office, so the visit went much more smoothly than it does for many 2 year olds. I am sure it helped that his mommy is the dental hygienist. LOL.

Getting them all checked out! Notice that he wanted to wear gloves just like Mommy :)

Polishing! He loved the bubble gum flavored pumice...

All done!! He loved showing off his shiny clean teeth. Such a little ham. After I finished his exam, cleaning, and flouride treatment, he let Dr G come in and check them out, then got to get a sticker and a prize! And the best news...NO CAVITIES! Whew!

Me and my most favorite patient ever :)

My little Studmuffin

Photo Shoot

I thought I would share a few of our pictures from our family photo shoot from last month. I think we got a few good shots considering both boys were in less than great moods that day. I had to wake Brody up from his nap ( not a good thing) and Beckett was in the peek of his super fussy stage....so the photographer did great for what she had to work with...lol.


I love the one below. I think it is just priceless :)

This is what would have been on our family Christmas card, had I ever gotten around to doing them...sorry...

Brody and his Aunt Brooke

I took Brody downtown this week and took a couple pretty neat shots of him myself...I will try to get them up too.

Christmas 2009 (Part II)

Okay, so we finished up at Brent's grandparents, I think. We came home to let Brody take a nap (something that has become a rarity these days...) because we knew that it would be a late night. Thankfully, he fell asleep on the way home and napped for a couple of hours.

Later that evening we headed to my Mamaw and Papaw Webb's. The boys wore their matching outfits that they wore to church on Christmas Sunday (but they wore black cords instead of jeans on Sunday). I thought they looked precious. Brent thinks it is silly for me to dress them alike since they are boys. But I know that I wont be able to do it for long, so I think an occasional matching outfit is okay, right?


Beckett with his PawPaw.
Brody taking a picture of me taking a picture of him :-)

We tried to get a pic of my Dad with both boys, but Brody has just become UNcooperative lately when it comes to pictures. I used to could get the child to pose and smile for any picture that I wanted, but now he wants nothing to do with it. And Beckett, well, I guess you can't expect a 3 month old to smile on cue.

After we ate and visited at the Webb's, we headed to my Mawaw Sharon and Papa's house to visit and play games. We played a version of Family Fued that was hilarious...and so much fun. Definately something that we will be doing again!

Finally, we got back home around 11:00 or so. (And we saw snow flurries as we were driving in! Fun!) We got the boys in bed, and Santa got to work. Ryan and Tara were staying the night with us too, so they helped us set everything up. I think I was in bed by 1:00 or so. Wouldn't have been too bad except Beckett was up to eat around 3:00, then he was up for good around 6:00. We played on the couch for a while, waiting for everyone else to get up.

Finally, around 7:30, I heard Brody calling me, so Beckett and I got him and Daddy, and headed into the living room to see what Santa brought. Brody was excited, but a little nervous, I think. I don't know if he was expecting Santa to be perched on the couch or what...

He first went to his animated dinosaur and Chuck the Talking Truck....

Then his golf clubs

And his soccer net and Geotrax train set...

He LOVED his golf bag, and wanted to carry it around all morning.

This is what Beckett did through most of the Santa hoop-lah:

Santa also brought them matching shirts (Sorry Brent)

Later that morning Mom, Cliff and Brooke came over for breakfast. Brent made a breakfast casserole and cinnamon rolls. It was yum.

Brody opened his guitar.

And Lincoln Logs!

For lunch, we went to my dad and Karen's. Brody got this cute apron since he loves helping in the kitchen so much ;)

Beckett hung out with my Papaw while we doted over Brody opening all of his presents.

This KidJamz music/DJ station thingie was one of Brody's favorite. That, his guitar, and bicycle were top 3 I would have to say. But he loved EVERYTHING, and got waaay too much.

We had an amazing Christmas this year. God has blessed me so much. I tried to spend every moment enjoying Christmas through the eyes of my babies. There just is nothing like watching their joy and happiness. They are two very special little boys who are loved so much!

I will end with a couple of pictures of Beckett in his new walker. How cute is this?! He isn't quite big enough for it yet, but we just had to try it out.

Christmas 2009 (Part I)

We have already made 2 of the many stops on our Christmas tour this year, and we are home for naps, so I thought I would get started on a Christmas post before I got too far behind.

We were to be at Brent's mom and dad's for Christmas Eve breakfast this morning (a new tradition for us, but one that we think we will keep around for a while!) around 8:30.

Both boys slept great and woke up in wonderful moods. Always a plus. You never know with these two :)

Here they are watching cartoons for a bit while I gathered together a few last minute things.

After breakfast, it was present time!! I was so proud of Brody and how patiently he ate and waited until it was time. Such a sweet boy.

A wallet! (It was awesome to watch his face this year, by the way. Pure joy.)

And the backpack to match!!

And a DVD player for his room...

And just when he thought he was all done...Poppy brought out a Spiderman bicycle!!

He hasn't quite mastered the peddling part. He will go along great for a couple seconds, then suddenly slam on the brakes...it's too funny.

Beckett slept through most of the fun. He did get a walker and a new toy. Didn't get pics of those though. Bad mommy.

Then we headed to Brent's grandparents, Nonna and Paw.

Four generations: Brent's Paw, his dad, Brent, and the boys. (Ignore the lovely Cars pj pants that my child is wearing...his jeans got a little wet and were in the dryer at this time...lol)

All of the great grandchildren: Brody, Bryce, Beckett, Madison, Jalyn, Gunner, Emma, and Chase)

We have two more stops to make tonight, so I will try to have another post up before I hit the sack tonight! Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!