I think Ryan is a little fearful of his life with Ben so close. Looks like Ryan's thinking, "Don't roll over and crush me, Big Brother!"
Molle's Mom and Dad
Auntie Jill
Uncle Charlie
Cousin Elizabeth (with her fake glasses)
Cousin Lily
Jim's Mom & Dad 
As you can see, Ben is determined to make his brother laugh or smile. It hasn't worked yet, but I'm sure he won't stop until it does. And when it does, I know Ben will only want to do it more!!
Here are some pics of the baby's nursery. It's very bright, but hopefully calming. Each picture on the wall is a letter from the alphabet - obviously we couldn't fit all 26 letters. Grandma Mostek found the comforter for the bed which matches the room great! So yes, we can still have visitors - and you won't have to sleep with the baby if you stay with us. We'll put the baby in our room!
For those of you who haven't seen Ben's car/truck-themed room, here are some pictures of it. I was taking pics of the nursery, so I decided to document this phase of Ben's room too.
Quilt and pillow case made by Grandma Polzin. Those are real pictures of Ben's cars on the quilt and a picture of Ben on the pillow case. Ben now only wants to sleep on that pillow - not the one with a regular pillow case on it!
Ben's helicopter from G'ma and G'pa Mostek. They also got him the Policeman uniform below. Ben was writing out tickets and locking people up left and right!
Here's what it takes to ensure that Santa stops at your house and brings you presents - according to Ben.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We missed you all!
Christmas Eve - Ben got a puppet show from us. He really enjoyed putting on shows for us. Although, a lot of the characters ended up being killed by the other one!!
All dressed up in our Christmas Best. This was right after church on Christmas Eve.
Ben eating some of Santa's cookies.
Ben's cookies, milk and note for Santa. 
Christmas morning - right after Ben got up (as if you couldn't tell that).
Ben's presents from Santa - a Lego fire station, transporter truck and computer (so Ben can work just like his dad). 
Ben got one of the many emergency vehicles he asked for from Grandma and Grandpa Polzin. Do you think he's stopped playing with it yet? Nope. 
Last weekend, Jim, Ben and I took a trip on the Polar Express to the North Pole to see Santa, Mrs. Clause and their elves. If you've ever seen the movie, this was very similar. We started on the east side of Sun Prairie where Ben met Mrs. Clause and got an authentic Polar Express "train" ticket. The Conductor yelled "All Aboard!" and punched Ben's ticket. Then we all loaded on the bus and drove to the "North Pole" (the Westside Community Center) to meet Santa and his elves. The elves were all decked out and greeted us at the door. They had hot chocolate, cookies and a goodie bag for us. Ben sat on Santa's lap and told him about all of the firetrucks, police cars and ambulances that he wants, and then Santa gave him a bell (just like in the movie). We then did a craft and hopped on the bus to go back home. It was a fun day - although our smart little boy questioned why the North Pole was in the same building where he goes to his music class!! You can't pull anything over that kid!
Here's Ben's rendition of "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
