Christmas

Christmas was wonderful.  The kids woke up and went straight for the tree to see if there were any new presents (there were plenty already thanks to family, it is a small tree though so don't get your proportions wrong!)  Santa always leaves toys out on the couch but the kids haven't caught on yet, actually I don't think they realized it was any different day, haha.  But after they saw their presents they got excited.  We opened a couple of the presents under the tree and they just played with them.  Danny and I didn't say anything because we don't mind spreading out the presents through the day.  But Mason caught on and opened all of his.  He got bummed a while later when Lily and Oliver got to open presents because he had already done all of his.  

For breakfast the tradition in my family was to have an egg 'MAC' sandwich which is an english muffin, egg, cheese, sausage and canadian bacon sandwich.  Well the kids really like those and we seem to make the lesser version all the time (usually with out sausage or meat all together)  I wanted to have something special since we had unspecialized that meal so we had crepes instead.  That was yummy yummy yummy, mmmm Nutella and bananas please!  

We skyped with my family so I could see the reaction when my mom and dad opened their present from us kids (april, raquel, heather and brady)  we reenacted pictures from our childhood and pretty much is the most amazing book that has ever been made, plus it was fun to have that bonding time with my siblings!  You can see the book by clicking here  please don't mind that this is the biggest I have been ahhh 3rd hard baby for me :)  

Later on that night our new friends the Southwicks came over to eat dinner.  It was great to be able to hang out with another family that doesn't have their own family close to hang out with.  But I didn't take any pictures but you will just have to trust my word that they came over and are pretty cool friends at that!  And really I didn't take many pictures at all, below is what you get haha.  

Merry Christmas everyone, it was a wonderful day!  Love to all the friends and family that we weren't able to see :)  

Christmas eve

Again I didn't take pictures of all the evenings events but I did get them un wrapping the Christmas Eve  PJ present.  This was Oliver's first time unwrapping presents and he figured it out which is fun!   Again sorry for the overload of pictures, I just find the different expressions funny in each one!  

We have always had the big Santa hat and then I found the little baby Santa hat in his baby clothes so I pulled it out even though it was made for a smaller baby.  I shoved it on his head, haha.  My cute little Santa men :) 

The kids in their PJs Lily's came with a matching dress for a baby, so fun!

This blog is alive

Knock knock, is this thing on?

Yes I am still here, and yes I do still plan on blogging the last few months have been a crazy whirlwind of insanity.  Between me not sleeping (oh that sweet Oliver) and photography business picking up it has left this beauty in the back burner.  But I thought I would give a little update at what has been going on around here 

Mason- is LOVING preschool.  He goes 3 times a week and it has been wonderful for him.  I am so glad that we decided to wait a year for kindergarden, he has grown so much the last few months and is getting less nervous around big crowds, and new things.  Mason is such a great helper at home, he is always willing to get me a diaper, or wipes.  He will let ralph in and out when he needs to go potty.  He will stand by Oliver in his high chair to make sure he doesn't fall out so I can use the restroom.  He is so great.  He is still a little whiney and can be crabby around Lily which I can understand because she sure knows how to push his buttons.  He loves to play with his legos and follow the instructions.  After he has built it he likes to make new things with his imagination, and he does a really good job.  He is also really into doodleing, it is fun to see his drawings come to life and look like more than just scribbles on the page!

Lily- she is going to a friends house for preschool 2 times a week and she loves it!  She really needs time to socialize with kids her age and she was starting to feel really left out when Mason was going places and she wasn't.  Lily is a princess, and she loves to pretend that she is different ones each day.  We often play the disney kids songs on pandora and between that and watching waaaaaay too much TV she knows most words to the songs, it is really cute.  She loves to dance and will grab Danny and I all the time to dance with her.  If she wants me to "marry her" I have to put my hand on her back while we are dancing.  If she is going to "marry me" then she will put her hand on my back.  It is pretty funny.  I am pretty sure she got that move from Beauty and the Beast.  Everytime she sees Danny and me kiss she lights up and says "oh you are going to marry daddy"  I am pretty sure her own little Lily land revolves around an endless fairytale!  But for all the cute things she does she does about 10 naughty things, haha.  Drawing on the couch, herself the walls etc.  Breaking Mason's toys or stealing them, poking, hitting Mason and Oliver.  You name it!  She sure is cute though.  Oh and she spills something every meal at least once, but I can't blame her she gets that from me and my mama!

Oliver-  This kid is cute, and it is a good thing.  He doesn't really sleep well a lot of nights getting up 1-10 times.  He really doesn't like getting teeth or getting sick and he is immune to tylenol.  The best part is that he wakes up in the middle of the night and he doesn't want me to snuggle/nurse/rock etc he just cries and pushes me away, I know it is because he doesn't feel good but I got to the point where I had it and just let him cry in his bed because he was crying anyway.  I think once this next tooth comes in he will feel better.  A couple months ago he went on a week long nursing strike.  It was awful, if any of you ever have a kid that goes on strike and you don't want to wean let me know and I will be there for you, it was stressful and emotional on everyone in the family (mostly because I was a mess) but he is nursing great now and all is well!  Oliver LOVEs to cruise around pushing chairs around the house he will also stand up randomly.  He has taken 1 step a couple of different times.  Part of me thinks he will walk soon the other part sees that he really only likes doing that if he can push something, so we shall see.  This kid is a screamer as in a happy screamer, man he is loud.  Anyway I love him when he is happy and not too clingy.  I love holding him but I can't really get anything done around the house, so if you come over my house is a mess

Well that is all for now, I am gearing up for Christmas and wrapping up some last minute clients!  Then I will be back to blogging, I sure miss this place!  

my kids

Are cute, just saying!