Mettenbrink Family Christmas

Brooklyn really likes her candy canes that is wht she is eating in the picture
Santa with my neice Andee

Hailee and Andee with Santa

again

Brooklyn didn't like Santa muchMy Grandpa played Santa at our Christmas party. My mom put little gift bags together for him to hand out to the little ones. All the little one except Brook thought it was pretty cool. Hailee figureed out that it was "big Pappa" in the Santa suit so we told her that Big Pappa was one of Santa's helper and she weemed pretty satisified with that answer. That was a big relief for her to be satisfied and not press the issue any further and ruin Santa for everyone.

Snow Days December 24-27

look at all that snow

the snow came up as high as the porch
he decided to switch and walk on the sidewalk that Jason had cleared instead of walking in the snow

Carter falling into the thick and tall snow

I am very behind on posts so I am playing catchup. We had a weird christmas, I can not think of any other way to describe it so that is what I am calling it. The kids opened up their gifts from us around 10 am and they were pretty excited adn happy with their loot. On Wednesday night Brooklyn didn't sleep at all which is just not like her so at about noon on Christmas Eve I took Brook into the ER and she had RSV with a double ear infection so she was a sick unhappy little girl. They sent her home with $100 worth of prescriptions. About two hours or so after the medicines she started to feel better so we packed up our things and decided to try and head to Grand Island for our plans. We got maybe two miles on the highway and it was absolutely white, we could not see a foot in front of us so we turned around and went home. It was really disappointing not being able ot make it home for the Holidays but we did try and make the most of it and rented a movie and a Wii game since we were gonna be snowed in. On Christams day we sat around and watched movies, drank hot chocolate, and played games as well as I made everyone but Carter's favorite meal of Beef Stew and homemade rolls for dinner. On Saturday we were all pretty tired of the house and going a little stir crazy. The snow plows finally came and cleared the roads about 3 so we headed to good ol' Wally World and then got something ot eat. The interstate had been closed so there were so many stranded people. The hotels were all full and people were worried about sleeping in their vehicles, it was heartbreaking. There were families with little ones and Jason and I's hearts went out to themad and offered them a place to stay. They didn't end up needing to becasue the Interstate opened up around 6 that night. By Sunday we were ready for the weird weekiend ot be over with.

Brooklyn has recently learned how to climb up the stairs and thinks she is preetty cool.

Yes, she is actually coloring

all of my kids really like to color so Carter had his coloring book and crayons sitting out so Brooklyn grabbed them and started to color. She really mimics everything they do.

Brooklyn's new trick

pay close attention to thee eyebrows

Exploring

We put up the christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving and she was so good. I put soft cuddly decorations on the botton where she could reach. She would play with them and cuddle with them, she loves soft things but didn't destroy things like Carter did and still does. We were actually able to put wrapped presents under the tree for the first time in 3 years because Carter would not leave them alone until now. Brooklyn unwrapped a little bit but not enough that we couldn't keep them under the tree. Having lots of presents under the tree helped make it feel like Christmas. She like to explore things but listens when you tell her "no."

she is such a beautiful happy baby, she is such a precious blessing

what that you say, don't touch this

Her scrunchy excited face that is the cutest thing ever

Another mess

thoroughly enjoying herself

Birthday Cake

and shes finished

getting full

admiring her mess

Digging in

Pretty excited about the "nummy" in her hands

This was our cake, I made a german chocolate cake also because it is my dad's favorite adn Brooklyn wanted some. We gave her a piece and she dug into it. She seemed to enjoy it more than the rainbow chip I made for her.




That was her cake

her screaming at us to try what we had

messy baby

Shes such a gift from God

Mom, are you sure?

a closeup of the shoveling process

what, like youre so perfect ?

can I eat that too?

Brook not really knowing what to think

Brooklyn

She is standing and trying to get into one of the toy boxes