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Elias is 2

Happy Birthday to our little Elias! Hard to believe he is now two years old. Happy Anniversary to Tobias and I - today is our 9th wedding anniversary as well.   
Elias enjoyed his birthday cupcake!
Tasty birthday cupcake cake!
We celebrated a couple of days early while Grandpa Mel was still visiting.
Elias' favorite food is pizza so we ordered in pizza for his birthday dinner.
 We've enjoyed a wonderful month of December.  The boys really enjoyed the Advent season and were really excited for the arrival of Christmas.  Grandpa Mel flew in from California to celebrate Christmas with us and we all enjoyed a great visit.
Elias and Tobias enjoyed helping each other open their Christmas present. 
James didn't need any help opening up his presents!

Elias' favorite present was a ukulele.  He loves music. 

James asked for this special chair - complete with a book light, cup holder, and back massager! 

James also received a Kindle Fire HD.  He's been looking forward to this gift for months and months.  Of course there are very strict parental controls, but we are excited for him to enjoy his own tablet.
And the Christmas aftermath.  Looks like an explosion of fun gifts. 




This is the Christmas card we sent out to many friends and family members. 

There is so much history in Boston.  While my dad was visiting we took a tour of the USS CONSTITUTION.
There was a great museum associated with the ship and we all learned a lot.  James thinks it would be fun to sleep in a hammock.

 I realize this is in reverse chronological order!  Below are some pictures of Thanksgiving.

We visited Plymouth, MA in mid-November. 

There's the Mayflower - quiet possibly the smallest ocean going vessel I've ever seen. 

And there's Plymouth Rock.  It's pretty small in person.  I always expected a boulder, but it is honestly just a rock. 


Just the sweetest thing I've ever seen.  James' homework from school.
 
We celebrated Thanksgiving with dear friends of ours from when we lived in Jacksonville.  James and Lyla had a great time together.  There are pictures of them together on this blog from 2008!  It was so sweet to watch them together again as big kids.

We had four of the cutest kids celebrating Thanksgiving together.  It was truly a wonderful night.
 We are living less than 2 hours from Newport, RI where Tobias lived in 1998. 
Tobias attended the Naval Academy Prep School (NAPS) as part of the class of 1999. 

Tobias and I right near where Tobias lived. 

Enjoying one of Newport's landmarks - the Newport Creamery - where we enjoyed tasty Awful Awfuls.

James loves the cold weather.  Here he is all bundled up for school complete with his face mask and hot cocoa. 
 
Happy New Year!

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Debby said…
Happy happy birthday to Elias! Seems like you all had a wonderful Christmas.Where ever you live you certainly seem to find plenty of things to enjoy! We're so excited for the new twist you lives have taking and wish you much success!
December 31, 2013 at 5:27 AM
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