Say CHEESE!

 Yes, the boys are wearing matching shirts!!  It is hard to believe that Colton is 1 and Austin turns three tomorrow.  The time is flying by!!

                                                                     BROTHER!

The rocking chair in this picture was my grandpa's rocking chair when he was a little boy.  So this is Colton's Great Grandpa Nitzschke's chair.  He loves rocking at home so we thought we would give it a shot in the pictures.

Watch out Iowa . . . the Kliegl's are on their way!!

 The boys are currently more interested in playing in and on the boxes than they are in packing any of their things into the boxes!

 Here is a snapshot of my three helpers last Sunday!  The only two of us awake in the house were Reggie and myself! :)

 Colton and Austin are getting the hang of emptying out cupboards and drawers.  Which is at least a nice distraction from them trying to unpack everything that I'm packing.

We will be moving to Iowa next Saturday.  It is hard to believe how quickly everything is happening.  Saying goodbye to friends and co-workers is sad and exhausting.  I'm looking forward to getting to Iowa and being happy and excited to see our friends and family more often.

Happy New Year!

We had a couple of first over the holidays!  On December 23rd we arrived in Fort Dodge and Colton had his first consecutive steps at my parents house!!!  So a day before he turned 14 months old he started walking down my parents hallway!  IT was adorable because he would stand in my parents bedroom and close the door, then peek out ot make sure we were all watching and then he would toddle down the hall.  We all clapped and cheered (of course) so he kept doing it over and over!!! 

Colton also had his very first haircut while we were in Emmetsburg.  He did a very good job of sitting still on my lap while Dawn cut his hair into a "little boy" cut!  It is super cute and he came back to Colorado a whole new little boy!!  Walking and looking all grown up!  Pictures to come!!

SANTA!!

My company had a Christmas party for the kids!  It was a lot of fun.  They had a magician, a balloon artist, Santa and a full spread of sweets!  I wish we would've had a video camera to tape Austin watching the magic show.  He absolutely loved it!!!  He was slapping his knee and throwing his head back in laughter!  It was so fun to watch him.  Austin would not go near Santa Clause but Colton sat on his lap.  As you can see from the picture . . . Colton did not ever take his eyes off Santa.  His eyes grew to the size of saucers!!  They both got nice gifts from Santa and of course some treats to take home with them.

Let it Snow, let it snow, let it snow!!

Austin enjoying a snow day with his daddy!!

Last year Colton was too little to really get too excited about the Christmas tree.  This year is a different story.  The top picture is him trying to touch it for the very first time.  The second picture is him trying to eat his very first Christmas ornament!  He did succeed in pulling one decoration off the tree and breaking it.  He also tried to get a piece of the tree is his mouth whenever no one was watching.  Luckily his interest subsided after a couple weeks and he started leaving the tree alone. . . of course, most of the decorations are on the top half of the tree.  Also, wanted to say that Austin helped hang the decorations.  At one point, Austin had put 6 Christmas decorations on one little branch.  It looked great to him but of course the branch couldn't hold all the weight!  Love these little guys. . . keeping me always on my toes!!

Together Again!!

So, last Friday Colton and Mommy went to Iowa while Daddy and Austin stayed in Denver.  It was the first time the boys have been apart from eachother for 3 nights in a row.  The seperate weekends went great.  I think both of the boys loved having the undivided attention of whomever they were with.  Grandma's and Grandpa's also enjoyed spending time with Colton while he was in Iowa!!  Well, Colton and Mommy flew into Denver last night and Austin and Daddy came to pick us up.  We first saw eachother at baggage claim and Austin came running towards us!  I knelt down by the stroller as Austin got closer and Austin ran straight up to Colton and gave him a kiss saying, "Hi Colty, I missed you, how are you Colton?"  Colton gave Austin a huge smile and started swinging his arms all over!  It was adorable to see them so excited to be reunited.  On the way home in the car Austin and Colton held hands across the back seat!  Completely priceless and of course this mommy teared up a bit.  Colton also looked right at Daddy and said "DA"!  So, we were very happy to be all together again!!  No pictures of the hand holding but I will try to be camera ready next time.