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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  We finished off 2012 in style - Army-Navy game, Christmas, and Elias' first birthday! 

Tobias and I attended the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia which was so much fun.  Our boys stayed home with friends and had a great day too. 
Army-Navy game!  Our first game since we were midshipmen back in 2002!
It was a neat "stunt" every seat had a card and together the stadium turned red, white, and blue.
Navy won!  We had a great time!  We hope to go again in a couple of years with our boys. 
Christmas was so much fun!  Our boys really enjoyed the Advent season.  I worked on Christmas day, so Tobias took the boys to Christmas services and then they opened up one present that night.  We celebrated a day late and it was magical!
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My handsome guys!
Mommy and her boys!
 
Both boys really loved the wrapping paper and received some wonderful gifts.
I gave each boy a Lego helicopter for Christmas, and they were a huge hit!
James with his new Cars learning computer, fun times!
We took a trip to Jacksonville to celebrate Elias' first birthday.  This enabled us to give the boys a shared first birthday experience.  We celebrated with our dear friends, nicknamed Grandpa and Grandma Sunshine, who hosted James' first birthday party too.  We also had the boys wear the same birthday boy outfit. 
 
We celebrated Eli's first birthday! 
The candle was really exciting!
And the cake with icing was so tasty!
It was a wonderful trip to Florida and great to celebrate with our dear friends.
We took Elias to the same barber shop we took James to for his first "real" hair cut. 
Elias loved the hair cut.
So handsome!
Enjoying cuddles with my big boy!

We had a great time in Florida and are now back home in MD ready for 2013.  Happy New Year!
 

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Debby said…
Your boys certainly are handsome and they must have been good because it looks like Santa treated then very good. It's so nice that you have started so many family traditions. Wishing you a healthy and happy 2013.
January 8, 2013 at 9:14 AM
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