Things have been pretty busy, but have finally settled down. Christmas was wonderful. The boys really had a great time and loved getting new toys! Christmas Eve was spent in Mt. Vernon and Christmas day was spent at home with Jon's dad and sister. We really had a wonderful time relaxing and hanging out with family.

The boys are doing great. Justus is starting to repeat words after us, which is kind of exciting since he hasn't really done that in the past. We can get him to say a variety of new words and we're even trying to teach him the alphabet! We've also been working on new animal sounds, which is going pretty good. He can do cat, dog, pig, cow, sheep...but for some reason has a problem with remembering what the horse says. He'll get it eventually though.

We have officially taken the pacifier away from Matthias. We weren't sure how it was going to go, so we had been putting it off, but we decided with the new year we would get rid of it. It has actually been a pretty easy transition. The first night he didn't like it too much and cried for at least 30 minutes before finally falling asleep. He woke up a couple times in the beginning of the night and cried, but by the time we went to bed he was out for the night and didn't wake up until the next morning. Since that first night he hasn't cried a bit, so we are excited that he has adjusted well. Next up is the bottle. That one is going to be a little harder, but we're hoping it will only take a few weeks. We are going to try to eliminate them one at a time. As of right now he doesn't care for the sippy cup too much, but we know he will get used to it.

The pregnancy is continuing to go well. I am almost 16 weeks now! It seems to be going so fast! I had an appointment last week and the doctor said everything looks great and the baby's heart rate is 150. Our next appointment will be midpoint, which means we will get our ultrasound!! We are super excited to find out if the baby is a boy or girl. Our appointment is the last week of the month...I can't wait!!! I still haven't felt the baby move, but the doctor said it is still early, but should start to feel the baby within the next couple weeks. That by far is my favorite part of being pregnant!

I need to update with pictures from Christmas. I'll try to get to that sometime this week!!