Moses climbing the stairs at Mimi and Papa's house...
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...on New Year's Eve.
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The boys opening presents at Mimi and Papa's house.
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Caleb and Joshua trying out their new flag blankets and pillows.
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Moses loves to play catch.
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Caleb, our little patriot.
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Joshua tries out his new kaleidescope.
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Caleb, Joshua, Camden, Bennett, and...
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...Truman and Moses. What are we going to do with all these boys?!
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Moses having fun with Granny.
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Moses plays with his new balls.
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The Wolf and Walker boys at Chick-fil-a.
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Caleb and Joshua watch TV and eat popcorn with Uncle Patrick...
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...and with Granny. We watched a lot of TV and ate a lot of popcorn.
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Moses plays ball with Granny and Babo.
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Joshua and Babo.
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The boys open Christmas presents from Granny and Babo.
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Caleb and Joshua admire their new Greyhound buses.
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Moses, who was not feeling vey well on
Christmas Day, snuggles with Mimi.
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Moses practices walking...
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...with a little help from Granny.
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Joshua and Caleb, with Clifford and Curious George for moral support,
are ready to dig in on Christmas Day.
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Joe's influence has resulted in the addition of mac 'n cheese to the
Weidmans' traditional Chistmas dinner. This was all so delicious.
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Joshua and Caleb enjoying Christmas Eve chicken nuggets.
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Moses wants to be in the picture, too.
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Caleb and Joshua at our church's Christmas Eve candlelight service.
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Joshua, Papa, Mimi, and Sooja Emo singing Silent Night.
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Moses and Caleb with Mommy and her friends from high school.
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Caleb, Moses, and Joshua.
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Katie and Moses.
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Caleb, Moses, and Joshua on Christmas Eve eve.
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Moses likes the snow.
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Climbing a snow mountain.
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Admiring the view from the summit.
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Joshua was thirsty, so I told him to eat snow.
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Moses proudly standing all by himself.
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Caleb wants to be a hard worker like Daddy.
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Caleb lined up the figures from the Nativity playset Granny and Babo
sent us, then posed and asked me to take a picture.
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The boys shovel alongside the neighborhood men. Joe did most of the
work clearing out nearly the entire cul-de-sac, but everyone pitched in.
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Joshua wanted to go to the backyard. He only got this far.
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Moses and Joe the morning after the blizzard hit.
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The boys chillin' with Lily in her snow "fort".
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Moses wasn't sure what to think of the snow.
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Joshua and Caleb model their new snowsuits.
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Caleb enjoying the deep, fluffy snow.
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The boys get used to maneuvering in the snow.
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Winter wonderland.
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Frostbitten Joshua.
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Joshua and Caleb trudging through the deep snow.
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Taking a break.
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Handsome Moses.
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Christmas cookies.
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Moses with one of his favorite ornaments- a
bird's nest with golden eggs.
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The Library of Congress. Caleb said, "there
are peacocks on the ceiling".
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On his 10-month-birthday, I finally got a
picture of Moses standing unassisted.
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At the Library of Congress' Christmas celebration.
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Listening to Dr. Billington read The Night Before Christmas.
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Mimi and the boys waiting for the Santa train
at the King Street train station.
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Jumping for joy at the sight of an approaching
train.
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The boys with Mimi and the Library of
Congress' Christmas tree.
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Joshua and Caleb eagerly wait for the Santa Express with Anais...
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...who is feeling a little overwhelmed by all the testosterone.
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Mimi and the boys on the Santa Express.
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Moses is happy to be riding the Santa Express train with Mimi.
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Assuring Santa they've been good enough to deserve candy canes.
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Photo op with Santa at the Manassas train station.
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Joshua and Caleb's first s'mores. To our...
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...surprise, they weren't too crazy about them.
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Moses really likes the snowglobe.
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Joshua and Caleb read with Papa.
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Mimi and Moses.
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The boys are caught red-handed feeding ice cream sandwiches to
Moses. I guess it's true what they say about younger siblings getting
a little bit spoiled!
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When Caleb saw me posting a picture of the teepee at the farm, he
sorted through his books and found the one that has a teepee
illustration and showed it to me. I was impressed.
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Joshua up in the fort.
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Joshua and Caleb.
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Moses took a liking to this ornament.
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Joshua and Caleb trouncing on hay bales at Ticonderoga Farm.
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Joe, Joshua, and Caleb are exhilirated by a frigid hayride.
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A strange juxtaposition of Winter and Summer.
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Baby-wearing is a great way for mom and baby to stay warm.
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Joshua triumphantly emerges from the tunnel slide.
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Katie taking pictures of the boys: an all-too-common scene that is
rarely captured on camera.
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Caleb watches Joshua make his landing.
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The tunnel slide was their favorite.
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Mommy and Moses slide down the mountain.
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Farm Santa wasn't nearly as authentic (or clean... just look at those
dirty gloves!) as Mall Santa. Joshua and Caleb didn't seem to notice.
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Joshua and Caleb wonder why we're making them stand next to the
guy in the funny hat. I guess we don't talk to them much about elves.
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At the Birth By Design Christmas Tea.
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Daddy hops tires.
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Joshua and Caleb in a teepee.
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Moses (with funny hair) in admiring the Christmas tree.
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Caleb and Joshua on an antique tractor at Ticonderoga Farm.
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Joshua, Moses, and Caleb in front of our Christmas tree.
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Moses is excited about Christmas.
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Caleb helps Papa stick return address labels to envelopes.
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Woohoo for a job well done!
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Joshua and Caleb carefully adorning our Christmas tree. This is the...
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...first year I've trusted them with the ornaments. Only a couple broke!
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Joshua examining snowflakes on his mittens.
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Caleb asking to go inside out of the cold wet snow.
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Playing Sesame Street Chutes and Ladders with Daddy.
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Caleb and Joshua making the most of our first snow.
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The boys love their baby brother.
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They love him a lot.
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Moses loves his big brother Joshua.
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Joshua, Moses, and Caleb.
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Moses on the move.
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Candid Joshua.
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Caleb.
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Sweet Moses.
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Trying out my new camera on Moses and...
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...Daddy. These pictures were taken at dusk with no flash. Amazing!
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Mimi and I braved the mall on Black Friday and took the boys to see
Santa Claus. The twins were so excited; Moses was unsure.
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