Eli's New Look

Eli got his helmet wrapped today. There is this company in Dallas called 360wraps. They wrap cars, trucks, race cars, pro helmets, motorcycles, etc. They started offering to wrap baby helmets for free! What an awesome service. They had a wrap party today and Eli and four other kids all got their helmets wrapped this morning. The design was among my top favorite but I hesitated because it is kind of wild. However, today is Luke's birthday and so he got the final say on the design. I have to say turned out great and is ADORABLE!

He had an appointment last week and his head has all the normal/right proportions and is looking great! A few more weeks and we should have a perfect looking head! YEAH!

Happy Birthday Luke!!

What a stud Luke is. I could not have snagged a better guy.
Hope you had a wonderful birthday babe!

The Best Cup Cake and Visiting Teacher EVER!

My Visiting Teach showed up at the door the other day with a plate full of cupcakes and a tag that read "Celebrate Today!" I asked her what they were for and she pointed to the card and left. I flipped the card over and this is what is read (see below). So first of all that was so creative, spontaneous and cute of her to do but then lets talk about the cupcakes. Emma had one instantly and of course it was a hit. Then, Luke came home and dove right in. He peeled back the wrapper and it peeled perfectly away from the baking cup not sticking at all. He was already impressed. Then he bit into the cupcake and was in heaven. Were not joking here when we say these were the best cupcakes ever. Not only do they look awesome they are absolutely to die for! Luke wanted to make a your tube video of us peeling the paper back and eating the most perfect cupcake because it was so perfect. Props to my visiting teacher, you rock! Oh and on a sadder note, they just switched visiting teaching up and she does not visit me anymore. I told her to just pencil me in on her route!

Tis the Season!

We had to follow our tradition of putting the tree up on November 1st! We enjoy the holiday season entirely too much to wait any longer.

Emma checking out her reflection in the balls.

The quality of the photo is horrible but he is just too cute not to post!

The Christensen's Second Annual Halloween Party!

We had our Annual Halloween Party the day before Halloween and it was a blast! I have to give a shout out to the costume and scavenger hunt winners!

I know Luke's eyes are closed but it was the best picture of us in our costumes! By the way, costumes were required and everyone looked awesome!

And the winners were...

Happy Birthday Emma!

Tribute to Emma!

Emma was always a very easy going and sweet baby.
Emma was (and still is) a VERY active little toddler. She just goes and goes and goes. She wouldn't slow down for anything. She didn't want to be held much. She was/is too interested in exploring the world!

I think I noticed the biggest change, developmental wise, between her second and third year. She went from my sweet little toddler to a littlg girl! She is just so independent and smart! She can say or do anything and just cracks us up all the time!

Here are some of the things she currently enjoys doing:
Dressing up as a princess
Playing with her princess barbies
Playing in the back yard
Drawing on her chalkboard and just drawing and coloring in general
Saying her prayers
Helping mommy cook, especially licking the spoon when it is anything sweet
Putting bandaids on any and every boo boo
Playing rough with her Daddy
Singing at the top of her lungs
Giving lots of hugs and kisses
Calling her friends on the phone
Playing with her imaginary monkey, kitty cat, and doggy
Sitting on mom's lap whenever she is on the computer
Playing with play dough, making cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer
Talking about her grandparents, etc.

She is SO much fun and makes us laugh on a daily basis! We feel so blessed to have her in our lives and cherish every moment with her!

Happy 3rd Birthday Emma!

Emma turned 3 on October 28th. She had a couple friends over and had a little princes party. Her mommy even mad her a princess barbie cake! She had a blast!

We told them to all do a pose and this is what they came up with. Emma is doing the serious, straight faced, pose. Not quite as cute as the others but I think it is hilarious!

October

October was a crazy busy month! We had several little birthday parties, went to the pumpkin patch, had several Halloween parties including Emma's preschool party, trunk-or-treating, a little toddles party with some friends for Emma, Our big Halloween party and then of course Halloween which entailed trick-or-treating at the mall and our neighbor hood. Emma was really into Halloween this year and had a blast! She got her Sleeping beauty costume for her birthday and is in love. She wants to wear it, and all the accessories, ALL the time! Little Eli dressed up as a football player, helmet and all! :)