Christmas Day 2008

The Lyons family had a wonderful Christmas this year! We really enjoyed being in our home on Christmas morning.

Here are a couple of pictures of Michael right after he woke up. He didn't really know what to think of momma taking pictures of him that early in the morning.
Before presents, we enjoyed chocolate chip pancakes and then read the Christmas story from Michael's Jesus Storybook Bible.

Michael got a little messy.

His presents and stocking.

Michael hasn't been allowed to go behind the sofa where the tree is, so he was a little skittish about being back there. We took his stocking and toys over to his normal play area for him to enjoy.

His favorite toy was a $2 Nerf basketball. He played with it all day!

He kept trying to figure out how to hold everything that was in his stocking.

I had to throw a festive picture of Samson in! He's wearing my scarf.

Our friends, Rocky and Suzanne, came over for dinner and Suzanne made a yummy Derby pie. Michael started the day off with a chocolate-covered mouth and ended it the same way.

We are such a blessed family!

Merry Christmas Eve!

We started some new Christmas Eve traditions today in the Lyons family. The first was a trip to Chucke Cheese's. Michael had a great time! He was much more into playing this time (he had just turned one year on his first trip). Also, daddy was with us this time and put tokens in the games.

He loves to drive!

The pizza was a pretty big hit as well.

Hanging out with Bob the Builder and daddy.

I guess he thinks momma is funny.

I love this picture. The Lyons boys are very intense about this game.

The second tradition we started was a trip to Elizabethtown, KY. They have a light display called "Christmas in the Park." It is really nice; we are going to try to go again next year. My pictures aren't so great because my camera battery was dying.

We let Samson come along since we didn't have to get out of the car.

Here are a couple of pictures I was able to get before the battery died. I'm charging it now so it will be ready for tomorrow!

Our First Snow in KY

We woke up this morning to a snow-covered lawn. This is the first time it has snowed since we moved back to KY. I sent Ryan out to get some pictures of our house, then we bundled Michael up for a couple of pictures. He was not too thrilled. I think he felt like the kid on A Christmas Story.

Our front yard

Down our street

The pond in our backyard

Samson had to sport his sweater.
A couple of pictures with dad in the backyard before he had to go to work

Our garage is not organized just yet, so we are still parking outside. Poor Ryan had to clean off the car before leaving for work. Michael and Samson watched him from the window. I'm glad I am now a stay-at-home mommy and we can stay inside all day!

I'm back!

Sorry for the delay in posts. We've been busy painting and moving into our new house! Here are some pictures of recent days.

Our little baby is a little man now!
Michael was a big help while momma was packing!

My parents came up for Thanksgiving week. They were put to work hanging pictures and new light fixtures. We gave them a couple of breaks though.

Michael had fun getting some extra attention from his grandparents. (He also had a visit from his Grandma Jen and aunt Hannah the weekend before. He had fun with them while we painted the house. We were so busy that I didn't get any pictures. I'll have to borrow some from grandma J later).Here's grandma Sue checking out the sale papers for Black Friday.

Michael really enjoyed going through the sale papers as well!

He now loves pooh bear. Here's his Christmas pooh. He would not put it down during his afternoon snack (grandma was feeding him and grandmas don't like it when their grandkids cry)!

More snuggling with pooh bear.

It has become very chilly recently so we had to get out Ryan's hat for him to wear when he runs outside. I thought it would be funny to try it on Samson...

... and Michael

Samson's late costume and our crazy little boy

Michael and I went to Walmart this morning for groceries, and I could not resist the half-off sale on dog costumes. Here's Samson sporting the "hot-dog." Maybe he can make a "Trunk and Treat" appearance next year!
Here's a picture of our crazy little man. We aren't really sure what he is doing, but we found him this way one afternoon this week. I think he might be trying to climb the chair side ways.

"Michael Monkey"

We had a "Trunk and Treat" at our church tonight and Michael dressed up like a monkey. We had a great time and there was a big turn out from the community!

A couple of pictures with mom and dad before heading out.

Ryan was greeting everyone as they came in and registered, so Monkey and I strolled around and got a little bit of candy. A couple of the cars had Goldfish, which he loved. One of our church members brought their Bulldog. Eventhough his name was Bruiser and not Uga, I still had to snap a picture.

The Coulters dressed up as Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber. Hopefully Mrs. Palin will be smiling on Tuesday!

Michael chatting with his ladybug friend, Alexis.
There was a tractor at one of the cars. We tried to get a picture, but Michael was not very interested.His favorite part of the night: playing with the "see n say" in the nursery while we waited on daddy to finish up.
We had a great time at our first "trunk and treat." Next year will be much more interesting because Kaitlyn will be out of the womb; we will definitely need a double stroller!