Introduction to James, Elias, and Cora

James' daycare had a wonderful Christmas party for the kids and James was able to sit with Santa again. James is starting to understand how Santa works and James asked Santa for a football. Afterwards James said to us, "I asked Santa for a football and all I got was a candy cane." No worries though, there is already a football under the tree! It snowed a couple of inches earlier this week and James was so excited. Tobias and James each have their own snow shovel. James was going to shovel snow for me yesterday. It ended up that Daddy shoveled and James played in the snow! This morning we played at the park and played in the snow. James had a blast playing outside in the park! We hope this video turns out - it is super funny! James had a blast on this slide, he did it about 10 times!

Go Navy, Navy, Navy! Beat Army, Army, Army! I'm doing this update while watching the 111th Army-Navy game. Check out James proudly wearing Navy Blue and Gold! Definitely a future midshipmen and Tobias thinks Navy tight end. This morning we went to Tobias' squadron for the Children's Christmas Party! James was able to sit with Santa and even got an early Christmas present! This will be a very special Christmas this year, for many reasons. James is super excited about opening Christmas presents. Here he is checking out some of the presents already under our tree. This Christmas will also be special because we are mourning the loss of our baby. This is a picture of our first ultrasound at about 12 weeks. We heard a healthy heart beat and the baby was moving around. Unfortunately, at my 14 week appointment there was no fetal heart beat to be found. We are very upset for the loss of one child, but are so thankful for our James who continues to brighten our lives. My m...