Happy December

As December comes to a close, it has been an extremely busy and most special one to date.  There was a Christmas parade with cousins, choir program at church, Kindergarten Christmas party, two special elf visitors, another lost tooth, lots of time spent with family and friends and most important, the best Christmas present ever, but more on that later.

Hayden was so excited this year about Christmas, he is at a great age and just soaked it all in.  He still loves when Charlie his elf comes to visit and runs down every morning to see what Charlie and his partner in crime, Sally, have been up too.  Emerson was really entertained by Sally this year, she would run to find them as well, screeching with excitement "Charwie and Sawie" when she would find them.  Though she was entertained by Sally and Charlie, she was not entertained by the jolly, old man, Santa.  She is still extremely afraid of "ho ho" and will not go near him.  Sadly, she refuses to sit in Santa's lap, so there will not be a sweet picture of the all the kids with Santa, though we did catch a classic picture of her screaming and crying as David tries to get her on Santa Bobs lap.  Even though she was not fond of Santa, she still made the good list and Santa was really good all the kids.  Hayden received Legos, Xbox and Wii games, a new bike and more stuff tha a child could ever dream of.  Emerson received Micky mouse toys, a furby, vacuum cleaner and lots of fun stuff to keep her busy.  David received shoes, clothes and a few other not too exciting things from me, but received a trip to Pebble Beach from his parents in May.  This will be a great trip as I am going to tag along and we are going to meet John and Kathy out there.  This will be an awesome experience for him and it will be a trip he will remember forever.  I must have been pretty good too, as Santa spoiled me.  For some reason, he always seems to spoil me, though I probably don't deserve.  On top of all the awesome Tory Burch items and boots, I was surprised with the most amazing diamond ring...three diamonds to be exact, one for each of our little blessings.  David always has a surprise up his sleeve, but never in a million years could I have imagined I would receive something that special.  I am truly one lucky girl! We knew this December was going to be a whirlwind and we have so anticipated it for many months.  I can't believe it is almost over and that it will be 2013 in two days.  I sure hope 2013 will be just as amazing as 2012.

Thankful for day 23

Today I am thankful for family and getting to spend time with them during the holidays.  There is nothing like good food, family, football and maybe even an afternoon nap.  We are blessed to have such wonderful families to spend the holidays with.  Some years we travel and some years we stay home, either way there is nothing like being with family.

My little Native American

School program

Playing catch up on Thankful days

Leave it to me to get behind on my Thankful days, I don't even know what day I am on.  It's not that I  am not thankful every single day, it's just sometimes there is just not enough time in the day or am just plain to tired.  That has pretty much been the story of my life these past nine months.  I am thankful that David has put up with me.  I am blessed he goes to work every day so I can stay at home with the kids.  It is truly the toughest job I have ever done, but the most rewarding and fulfilling by far.  I am surprised David has not fired me over the past nine months.  The truth is, my skills have been lacking.  There have been way more days where the laundry was pushed aside, the house was wreck, dinner was not cooked and you would be lucky to find a bowl of cereal to eat as I never made it to the grocery store.  He has walked in the door from a long, hard day at work to find utter chaos many days.  I'm sure he would have loved to shut the door and pretend like he never came home, but he always walked in, not always with a smile, but at least he didn't turn and run.   He would take the kids to dinner, bathe them and put them to bed as I lay on the couch.  He is truly a hands on Dad and is always there to take care of us.  I feel lucky every single day that he is my husband and the father to our children.

Thankful for day #9

I am thankful for the hugs and kisses I get right beforre the bus pulls up to pick up Hayden.  I don't know how much longer I will get them, so I will take as many as he is willing to give.  Emerson loves waiting on the school bus, it is the highlight of her day to see Mr. Scott pull up in the morning and then again in the afternoon.  However, I think in the afternoon she is just excited to see her brother.

Thankful for day #8

Two years ago today, we were with our sweet, little girl.  We never knew how much joy, laughter and love she would bring our family.  Oh my, she has such a personality and a lot of fiest.  She loves Target, Caillou, anything and everything sweet, and her big brother.  She is his little shadow and wants to do everything he does whether it is coloring or playing Legos.  She also likes to boss him around, will stomp her foot and say "stop it, Hayden".  After she yells at him, she might go in for a kiss, and it has to be right on his lips...poor guy, he sure is the best to her.  She talks more and more every day.  It is so fun to watch her grow into Her own little person.  I am thankful everyday to have her in my life.  So happy Birthday my sweet girl!  May two be good to you, I am hoping for the terrific two's and not the other.