Christmas Morning - Roberts Family Style

The night before Santa came to visit, we had a really hard time getting Mitch to go to bed (I know, big shocker!). Jack bribed him by telling him that he could come in and wake him up as soon as he woke up, and they would go downstairs together to see what Santa brought....it worked! When I heard little voices upstairs, I went up to check on them, and this is what I saw...

I love this picture of all my boys!

The boys all came downstairs to see what Santa brought...

I got a few surprises, too! When I got home from our trip to Dallas, I had an early Christmas surprise waiting for me....Gary got me a new Super Large Front-Load Washer & Dryer that I had been wanting. Gary says it isn't very excited, but I was VERY excited! He also surprised me Christmas morning with a TV for the living room! It was a great Christmas at the Roberts House! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, too!

Christmas Photo Shoot

Just like last year, it was quite a feat to get all four boys to cooperate at the same time for a picture to use on our Christmas cards. As a matter of fact, I ended up having to do a little "editing" to get the picture that I wanted....Can you tell whose head I had to take from another shot and put it in this one?
Here are some of the funnier "out-takes"...
And one of my favorites...Here is one of the "boys" setting up the Christmas Tree (which is 12' tall, by the way...quite an ordeal). I'm not real sure why they are all under the tree, but I thought it was definitely photo-worthy!

He Walks...Sort of!

Just a few days after he turned 13 months old, Jake finally started walking...sort of! He will take about 4-5 steps and then he plops down on that precious, padded, diapered bottom! I just love it! :) He can't stand up on his own, so he crawls over and pulls up to a table (or anything he can pull up on) and just walks away from it for as long he can keep his balance. Mr. Independent won't have any part of walking while holding my hands, though. He literally shakes his hands away from mine...he wants to do it all by himself! This is such a change from Mitch who still wants me to help him do everything. Then again, there aren't too many things about these two that aren't different!