It's the most WONDERFUL time of the year!

Christmas lights, trees, ornaments, Nativities, yummy treats, playing games, movie snuggling, and being together definitely make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year. We are so fortunate to live by Bennett's parents and really love spending time with them, especially over the holidays. We spent 4 days over the break at their home having LOTS of fun. Avarie loved all the decorations, especially the tree. She was so good at being "soft" and not tugging at the ornaments. She would pet them instead. On Christmas Eve we went to Texas Roadhouse for the traditional "Larsen and Sons Company Dinner" (the retainer lab), read the Christmas story, and Bennett, Chase, Reece, (Bennett's brothers) and I practiced hiding for Santa. Dad Larsen woke us up the next morning and we hurried to hide in our spots before Santa came in the house. We watched silently in the dark room as he brought the presents in. What a fun tradition! We can't wait until Avarie and Cam are old enough to hide for Santa. Christmas morning we opened presents, had a yummy breakfast, spent the day playing board games and Wii, and topped it off with a fancy dinner. Thank you Mom and Dad Larsen for a wonderful holiday!

Daddy, Tootle Bug, and Cammy-Lammy

Avarie loves her new Elmo doll, baby doll, and all her new books. She had so much fun with all her new toys!

Cam's first Christmas, just a month old. His gifts were a little more "practical" :)

I found the pickle ornament this year! Holla!

Family dinner

How adorable is this little guy?! Check out that sweet round face. I made sure he and his Dad matched for church.

Wishing you all a wonderful new year!

The year of "2nd's"

This year seemed to be our "2nd" of many things. I survived my 2nd summer in the heat of Texas (pregnant of course), Bennett began his 2nd year of dental school, we had our 2nd baby, and celebrated our 2nd anniversary together. Sheesh...alot has happened in TWO years! For our anniversary we had some good friends watch Avarie and Cameron and we escaped to Maggiano's (delish!), walked around the fancy Northpark Mall, and went on a little drive around fancy Dallas neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights. It was so fun to have some time together. Bennett and I love date nights. I especially like getting all primped and dressed up (even if we are going somewhere casual). I love getting to see Bennett all handsome and I love getting to wear my high heels or cute flats :) Hehehe. Here's to many more years of "Jennett".

Newborn Photo Shoot

Thank you to our friend, Clark Larson, for taking pictures of Cameron (2 weeks old). Photography is a hobby of his and the pictures turned out BEAUTIFUL. Here are a few for you to enjoy :)

Ava and Cam

Big sister, little brother. 2 peas in a pod. Destined BFF's. Well, not yet actually...I'm just hoping they will be! It has been fun to watch Avarie over the past few weeks learning who this new little person in our family is. At first, she paid no attention whatsoever to Cameron. But each day she acknowldges him more and more. She is very gentle, and we are teaching her to be "soft soft soft" with her brother. Below is a picture of one morning that I caught Avarie pushing Cameron in his swing and "singing" to him. It was adorable.

Do you think we look alike??

So happy to have these sweet tootles in our life!