"Libbit" is the sound a frog makes, "Neoink" is the sound a pig makes and probably comes from the sound I make when I pull a Nuk out of your mouths.
Both of you tell us what a "Good Nap" you had every time you get up whether its morning or after naps. If something is broken, Gabe thinks it needs to be "Crips" (fixed)once it has been 'Crips' it is "All Cripsed". But really the funniest this month was when Bea saw the Frog shaped humidifier taken apart for a refill and said "Oh for God sake, the Frog".
And with December came another hair cut for Gabe. Bea other than a bang trim when you were tiny we haven't gotten you a hair cut yet.
You are both really into being "tucked in". In your own beds, mommy and daddy's bed or the spare bed.


Gabe you are still completely truck and tractor obsessed. You know the names of many of the trucks and can spend hours on the floor with your trucks and the blocks to use as cargo. You also have really gotten into jamming the furniture from Bea's dollhouse through the door of the house and get really frustrated with the furniture that doesn't fit. You hate diaper changes and aren't good at taking direction and although almost never get a time out, I have to ask you a million time to 'come here' before you either come or I go get you.
We have tried to make a tradition of going out and cutting a tree down every year and this year was no exception. After a warm November we got hit hard in December with sleet and cold rain before the deep freeze set in. Our time out in the woods consisted of the chant "We are making memories here!!"


This year was the complete opposite of last year. Both of you enjoyed your time at the mall and didn't mind hanging out with Santa, Gabe wanted to play with the toys on the floor while Bea wanted to chat with who she thought was Papa. In the end this is the one we sent out. Bea is pointing at me and I am jumping up and down trying to show Gabe some train or truck that might make him happy for a minute or two. It didn't work....but we liked the shot anyway. It is exactly what Santa shots are suppose to be.
Christmas Eve Shots




And Santa didn't miss our house


Gabe, you got 3 Sprig trucks including one that lights up when pushed around. You both got tons of clothes, a bunch of wooden farm animals, books, a sled and shovel for the snow, art supplies, little hockey sticks and ball, new toothbrushes and tons of other stuff




You guys get better everyday and my best Christmas present was and always will be my monkey babies.
love Mama