Christmas Day

Carson's red combine!

Matching PJ's

Uncle Shawn & Collin

Waiting to open gifts.....

Mommy & Collin

Logan, Carson & Dalton

Carson and his snowman that daddy helped build.

Santa arrived at our house sometime during the night and brought Carson a red combine (just what he asked for) and a stick horse. He brought Collin a cute little stacking cup toy. Everyone enjoyed opening gifts.

That afternoon we headed to Grand Island to have Christmas with Grandma Carol and Grandpa Dutch. All the Springer boys had fun playing together and it was nice visiting with everyone.

Christmas at the Oliver's

We had Christmas in Beaver City on Saturday with Grandma Betty, Grandpa Mike, Danielle, Cory, Brock & Saige. We all enjoyed the chili, presents, and putting together the puzzle. The kids had a blast playing together and Carson was so happy we stayed 2 nights!

Christmas Cookies

Last weekend when it was so cold and windy out, Brett and Carson decided to make Christmas cookies. Carson had a blast and I think Brett was relieved when the last of the 3 batches was frosted and complete!

Carson's Christmas Program

Carson had his preschool Christmas program on Sunday the 7th. His class was first to sing....but they must have been feeling shy in front of the whole church because I could barely hear singing from where I was standing to take pictures! When I walked to the back of the church where Brett and my parents were standing, they were laughing because from where they were, it looked like they just stood there for a few minutes and then walked off! Maybe he'll sing next year.....he sure did look cute up there!

6 Months Old

Collin is now 6 months old! My how the time has flown by! The past month has been pretty rough for him...and the rest of the family. It all started with croup and then he had about 3 days where he was feeling better and then he woke up in the middle of the night coughing again. I noticed as I was nursing him that he felt a little warm so I decided to take his temperature....half asleep and in the dark! As I was doing that...and waking up a little...I thought his face looked a little funny. When I turned on the light he had hives all over him!! The on-call doc had me give him Benadryl (a Walgreen's run at 4am!) and bring him in when the clinic opened. They did a chest x-ray (torture!) and blood work (also torture since the first lady screwed up and they had to do it again!). He ended up having Bronchitis but since he had just gotten off the antibiotic and it was still in his system they just had me give him 3 breathing treatments a day. This didnt appear to help too much but I continued to give them while praying that he would get better soon and we could all get some sleep at night. On Tuesday night he was up 6 times and coughing so hard he couldnt fall back to sleep. We headed to the Dr. (again) the next morning and he agreed that Collin should be over this by now. He is now on Zithromax and only woke up 2 times last night. We are headed in the right direction!!

Collin is rolling everywhere now and getting better at sitting without support. He likes to try and get Carson and his toys which is starting to irritate Carson a little :) He has been eating baby food for a few weeks now and has tried squash, sweet potatoes, green beans and carrots. Each time I give him something new he doesnt seem to even notice the difference. Maybe with fruit! He's still nursing really good except now he likes to look around the entire time so he takes much longer to finish! He is also drinking out of a sippy cup! He is such a happy little baby and smiles alot. He is so much quieter than Carson....I am curious to know if that will last!

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken today by Uncle Denny. He did a great job and we are so thankful for his willingness to do pictures for our family. I'll be sending them out in Christmas cards!