Our 7 Christmases

So we had 7 Christmases this year. Christmas Eve was at my aunt's house, Christmas morning at our house, by 9:30 we had to be at my grandma's, by 2:30 we were at Paul's aunt's house, that evening was spent at Paul's parents', the next morning at my parents, and 11:00 that morning my other grandma's house. It was fun though. The kids had a blast opening their presents and going to all the parties. It was so nice to finally have Jordan here for Christmas.


Leaving cookies for Santa
Christmas Eve
Skylar with my cousin Chelsea

Skylar skating for the 1st time on Christmas morning

Jordan was so excited about his new wagon

Her very own computer

"I'm going to need a minute."

Jordan tried to open all his gifts without dropping his cereal bowl

Playing at my grandma's house

Skylar, Jordan, and their cousin Seth

Playing the piano with Paul's cousin Monica

Jordan wouldn't leave the oranges alone and kept calling them balls

Our nephews, Nicholas and Ryan

Jordan loves my brother!

Skylar and my mom

Skylar inside of her barbie car box.....what's wrong with this picture??

Learning how to control her new remote control car. Jordan stayed far away....scary!

This is at my other grandma's house

"Look, more food!"

WE'RE PREGNANT!!

About 7 weeks. We saw and heard the heartbeat today.....so precious! We are very excited. We will have 3 kids under age 2. That should be the definition of insanity :) If we aren't insane already, we will be soon haha.
When I found out a few weeks ago, I gave Paul a gift and told him it was an early Thanksgiving present. Inside was Jordan's shirt. I had designed it to read "I'm going to be a big brother!" Here's the video of him opening it.

Happy Birthday to Me

Another busy weekend! I talked a while back about our family tradition of Tree Night at my grandma's house. The past few years we have also done one at my mom's. That was Friday. Saturday we went out of town Christmas shopping all day and then went to an AWESOME light show that night. Today was spent baking all my X-mas goodies. The kids frosted cookies for the first time, but Jordan refused to eat any cookies with frosting on them. He wanted a plain one. He was actually afraid of the frosting!

Our Tree

We decorated our tree last night. The kids were so excited about it.

3 Christmases went by waiting for our little boy. It is surreal to finally have him here. This is his ornament that says "Waiting for Jordan 2006." We had no idea he would not be born for 2 more years and we already loved him so much. This year he was here to hang the ornament on his tree!

It's Christmastime!

This was a crazy busy weekend. Friday morining me and Skylar went shopping with my mom and aunts. We left at 3:45. This is Skylar's 3rd black Friday shopping with the girls. She's such a trooper. Then we went to pick out our Christmas tree. Unfortunately they could not flock it right away so we don't get to pick it up until tomorrow. Today the kids went to a friend's birthday party at the gymnastics place. Then we went to my grandma's for Tree Night. Tree Night is a family tradition that began when my mom was a child. The entire extended family goes to my grandparents' house for pizza after they set up their tree. We exchange small gifts and have a good time together. It's kind of our kick off to the holiday season.

Picking out the tree

Tree Night...The kids wore Santa and Mrs. Claus outfits.


They later chaned into their matching pj's that said "Dear Santa....I can explain!"

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a good day! We did. I have so much to be thankful for!

Back to the Blog

I've been behind on my blog because I started a facebook account and spent all my computer time trying to figure it all out. I think it's overwhelming! Who has time for that many friends? Haha. Here are some pics from over the weekend.

Skylar petting the doggie. She no longer says "dog" she just barks everytime she sees one. Cute at home....not so cute in public.
I think they are a little confused. You are supposed to play with the toys in the toy bin, not take the toys out and get in it.

Muscle man. I guess he's learning in gymnastics after all!
Baking cookies with Mommy
"Keep on baking ladies!"

Playtime Pics

I can't imagine my life without this little boy!Love that smile!

Skylar was so excited about her new winter pajamas.

Skylar somehow manages to get Jordan to do whatever she wants, including pushing her around the house in her doll stroller.

Cuddling in the blanket before bed.