THANKS NANA!!!

Nana (Chads mom) made the kids quilts for Christmas. They are so adorable that I wanted to share her talent with all of you.....










Thanks so much Tracy! Now next time we move (or re-do) decorating the kids room will be easy.....

8 Months

She waves (only while in the high chair), give great wet kisses and has her 2nd tooth coming in.

A couple years ago...when I only had one kid...my cousin and I were talking about kids falling asleep in there high chair and how ours never did that and "those" moms just didn't put their babies to bed when they were tired.....what kind of mother have I become?

The kind who tries to stuff their child before a nap:)

A Little Update

I have been slacking on the blog a bit so I thought that I would just give a quick update.

I started back to classes on Monday. It is only 1 night a week which is plenty for now. I also have been on a scrapbooking kick and feel like I am actually starting to "catch-up" even though I haven't really started Jessicas.

Chad has been busy at work. These last 2 weeks he has put in an extra 32 hours.

Justin, well, he is 3. Any of you who have had or do have a three year old know what that means...good news is that I haven't lost him in his sleep lately:) Sure glad some of you got such a good laugh out of that though (Des and Kari).

Jessica is just as the old saying goes...sugar and spice and everything nice.

WHAT...DID SANTA STEAL HIM OR SOMETHING

Before we go to bed we always check on the kids (they are so sweet when they sleep). Well, the past month or so Justin has been found sleeping anyway but normal. Not knowing what it would lead to...I have taken pictures on a few of these nights then we put him back in bed.

Christmas morning at 5:30 am Chad comes in and says " I can't find Justin." of course my reaction is something like...What do you mean you can't find Justin!!! Apparently Chad thought he heard him come out of his room and went to check and he wasn't in his bed. And so the search began...not in the bathroom or by the Christmas tree or in Nana and Papas room. Not in the closet (any of them!) or under his bed. Not in our room Not even in the Garage! I was on the verge of panic...although the whole things only lasted less then a minute.....and then the words "I found him." ............................

asleep under his tool bench w/o a single thing being knocked over. We moved the tool bench, left him there and all slept for another 3 hours. I never want to feel that sort of panic again!

Whole lotta pictures not a lotta time

I'm trying to do Christmas highlights before the new year and if I don't get that done in the next 55 min. it won't happen. So there will be a bunch of pictures (no apologies from me it was Christmas) and not a lot of words. Here we go..........

The in-laws came down from MT to spend Christmas with us. Some people not such great news...our case couldn't be more excited (helps when you've known your in-laws since you were 8). Jeff, aka the father-in-law, is a motivator and a work horse. Don't tell him but we all secretly hold on to some house projects for him to do when he comes to visit.

Rock work in yard

Fixing fence

Juicing (where there is papa and daddy there is Justin)

Painting

Filling my fridge with a ton of yummy food

Ya, pretty much Chads whole winter to-do list in 1 week! I didn't get many pictures of Tracy (sorry) but she did a GREAT job of playing "Nana" and loving, holding and playing with my kids while I tried to do as much as possible to do as little as possible.

TRADITIONS

Making gingerbread houses

Sleeping under the tree on the 23rd

Christmas Jammers

Christmas Morning

We didn't have a "White Christmas" but we had a Wonderful (windy) Christmas. We are so glad that Jeff and Tracy came and celebrated our first Christmas in our first home with us. I have a Christmas morning scare to share but I am all out of time.

little stinker closes his eyes on purpose:)

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!

CHRISTMAS SUNDAY

AND HE CALLS IT THE GIFT OF 2009

Yes that is a pink DYSON vacuum and Yes I am that EXCITED about it. Chad thinks it covers gifts for the whole next year...birthday, anniversary, Christmas... I think he even threw in Halloween and Easter. But truth be told I saved my hard earned "allowance" on that for a long time. So it isn't really even a gift from him anyway;)

Now for the gross part. Keep in mind that our house was built brand new, we have only lived in it 4 months and I vacuum at least 2-3 times a week......