Bed hopping!

Bella has been having some issues with bedtime lately and seems to come up 8 million times before she actually goes to sleep... Seriously - I'm not even exaggerating! :) We are past the point of putting her back to bed each time and usually just send her down there on her own. Well, obviously she decided that she needed to cuddle in with her brother instead of plopping back into her own bed...

Paintball wars!

It was a little too chilly for mommy this day, so not a lot of pictures, but all of the kids (including cousins) got paintball guns for Christmas... They were super excited and had to play them! It was so chilly that the paintballs didn't really explode when they hit the kids, they just fell to the ground, which made them reusable! BONUS!!

Braxton and Emma


Daddy helping Brody and Beau with their guns...


Beau

Santa time!

The kids were super excited for Santa this year and really got into getting ready for him to come... They were outside throwing out the oatmeal and glitter combo that Beau brought home from preschool (that guided in the reindeer), strategically placing carrots for the reindeer to eat and getting a plate of cookies ready for Santa. They even went to bed pretty well, shocking for our kids! :) They had a great time opening their presents and when Braxton finally woke up he had a ton of wrapping paper to play with and eat! :)

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Mom's Christmas Card...

This year my mom decided that she wanted a Christmas card with all of her kids and their spouses... Needless to say with the 10 of us, it gets a little crazy! :)

Christmas 2012

We had a wild weekend of Christmasing - boy were we all worn out by the time Monday came along! :) We started Friday night at my mom's house with the Kiser crew, Saturday was for our family and Cindy, Saturday night was supper with my dad, brothers and their families and then Sunday was back to my mom's for the Polman Christmas... With little napping, late nights and lots of excitement I was really impressed with how well the kids did! :)

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Bella's new present!

Bella got a new four wheeler helmet from Grandpa Jerry this year. The boys both have theirs and we decided that we needed one for Bella this year and Josh wanted it to be pink! :) She loves it!! Thanks Grandpa Jerry!

Big Brother...

Brody has turned into such an awesome helper with Braxton - it is adorable to watch! The other night while we were eating, Josh was feeding Braxton and Brody decided that he wanted to do it. He doesn't quite have the clean up swipe that comes at the end of sticking the spoon in the mouth, but he did a pretty good job! :)