Christmas Photos

Merry Christmas!

Jacob with Esther & Meg
Naomi sharing Michael's Play-Doh
Hyrum: Genius
Ellen: Artist (playing with Naomi's new magna-doodle)
Playing with Sarah's dolls
Jacob playing with Sam's bank
Sam and his new radio
Christmas bonus: Meg & Mom were getting some things out of the storage unit and found Jacob's jumper! (We'd looked for it repeatedly with no luck. Thanks Meg!)

Snow Day!

We got our first major snow of the season this week, and the kiddos and I celebrated by wearing snowflake clothes!


It was Aunt Ellen's day off so she joined in the fun.
Unfortunately, Sam had school so he didn't get to party with us :(

Grandma

My kiddos love their Grandma Baker!

Sorry the video of Jacob laughing is sideways. You get the idea.

My grandpa made the wooden cradle for my mom for her dolls when she was young. I remember playing with it all through my childhood. Now Grandma is sharing it with Naomi and her dolls.

Sleeping Kiddos

Last Friday, while Sam & Papaw went to the RARA meeting, we had a pajama night with Mamaw - and she had gotten Jacob and Naomi matching fire truck pajamas!

Neither of the kids had gotten a good nap that afternoon, so they weren't up for much partying. :)

Giggles

I posted this video of the kids giggling together on Facebook but not everyone could view it there, so I'm posting it again here. Along with a few other recent photos of the kiddos.

October Summary

I can't believe how big my kiddos are getting!



Pajama day with Mamaw.

Waiting for Grandma's surprise burthday party.

With cousins Kaila, Zoey, and Mya.

Jacob on his Blessing day, The blanket was handed down from Grandad.


Grandma gave Naomi a tub of assorted dried beans to play with.

Jacob's mohawk. He's losing his newborn hair and has a strip of long, dark hair down the center of his head.

Halloween shirts from Gran & Grandad.

Church in Pajamas

For General Conference this past weekend I got Naomi & Jacob matching pajamas. I figure that having a girl & a boy I won't get to dress them alike very often, so I better do it when I can :)

Two Cute Kiddos

I thought Naomi looked so cute today in her overalls & fire hat, so I asked to take her picture. Jacob was pretty amused by her posing antics.

This Day in History

This is what I did today.


This is what I was doing three years ago.


Happy Anniversary, my Love!

He's Here!!!

Jacob Lee Swisher was born at 2:23 PM on Sunday, August 2. He weighed 7 lb 13 oz and was 21.5 inches long. All went well & we're both healthy.

We're very excited to have him join our family!

Little Red Wagon

We'd talked about getting Naomi a wagon, then when we saw how much fun she had with the one at Tammi's last week we definitely couldn't say no. She loves it! She saw Sam putting it together and knew right away what it was, and boy was she excited. She has so much fun riding in it, and Sam has lots of fun pulling her. We got a canopy that clips on for sunny days. Sam will usually put a pillow in it so she has a soft place to sit (or fall asleep). She's riding in style!


Helping Dad put it together.


Pulling it herself.

Ready to ride.

Daddy's Girl

The other night, Naomi wanted to sit on the couch with Dad to watch TV. (He was playing video games.) She insisted on having a pillow on her lap too. She's totally a Daddy's girl!

And she's off!

I was downloading photos and discovered that my mom had gotten some video of Naomi walking between her and Laura.



Naomi resisted walking for a long time after she was able to. Now she's finally started to do it regularly, although she'll still frequently walk on her knees, or even crawl on occasion. And most of the time when she wants to go somewhere she'll grab for me and insist on a finger to hold ("fing," she says), but that's more to make me go with her than because she needs the help walking.

She gets excited and says "steps!" while she's walking. Very cute!

Favorite Naomi Photos

I've been feeling the urge to scrapbook, so have started working on Naomi's baby book. (The part of me that lives in fantasy world thinks there's a chance I'll have her's done before the new baby's born. Ha!) Obviously, the first step is to narrow down the hundreds of photos we've taken into the relative few that will go in this album. I've had so much fun looking back through her first year. Here are a few of my all time favorites.

The night she was born

Her Blessing
Easter

With Dad


With Mamaw

Sleeping on the train home from Utah

Sailing with Mamaw & Papaw gets a thumbs up

Halloween

Thanksgiving