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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Happy New Years Eve
Wishing you a blessed New Year, from our family to yours.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
The One Picture I Took on Christmas
I assure you that we had an amazing Christmas this year. So much fun in fact that I did not take any pictures except this one of Walker surrounded by our post-gift unwrapping explosion.
Avery was awake waiting in her room when my alarm, aka Walker, went off at 6am. After feeding him, grabbing a quick coffee and turning on some Christmas tunes we went upstairs to wake our little elves up. Avery was of course already awake but we woke sweet Gracyn up. It only took her a few seconds to get her bearings before she realized it was Christmas and we hightailed it downstairs to see what the big guy left us.
Santa was generous this year. He left Avery a hula hoop, rainbow loom bracelet maker, some board games, kinetic sand, a soccer goal and her #1 request of a princess dress play doh maker.
Gracyn got a pink Barbie Volkswagen, baby stroller and high chair, kinetic sand, board games and her #1 request of a pink princess phone.
And all of that is in addition to the amazing gifts that our family sent to the girls also. Honestly the girls got some awesome stuff this year and we are so grateful to all our family.
After all the excitement of Christmas morning wore off I started to feel a little crummy and since Connor had just been diagnosed with the flu and my mom was diagnosed with strep throat and we were all together just a few days earlier, I felt like I had no choice but to go to the ER. Under normal circumstances I would have waited until the 26th to go see a doctor but with a 9 week old baby at home and with Matt having a business trip planned for the 27th I knew I needed to start on antibiotics as soon as possible. $150, 2 nasal swabs, and throat swab later and I was officially diagnosed with Flu B. I was (and still am) shocked because really my only symptom is a sore throat and a little fatigue, which could possibly be attributed more to Walker than to the flu. I guess that is the benefit of the flu shot because even if you do get it, you get it way easier and shorter than normal.
I was sent home with pain meds and orders to stay away from everyone, so as lovely as a vacation to my bed may sound I was a little bummed to have to be isolated in my room on Christmas. I was looking forward to playing with all the new toys and loving on my kiddos all day. Here's hoping that I kick this thing quickly AND that none of the kids get sick! Merry Christmas to us!
Avery was awake waiting in her room when my alarm, aka Walker, went off at 6am. After feeding him, grabbing a quick coffee and turning on some Christmas tunes we went upstairs to wake our little elves up. Avery was of course already awake but we woke sweet Gracyn up. It only took her a few seconds to get her bearings before she realized it was Christmas and we hightailed it downstairs to see what the big guy left us.
Santa was generous this year. He left Avery a hula hoop, rainbow loom bracelet maker, some board games, kinetic sand, a soccer goal and her #1 request of a princess dress play doh maker.
Gracyn got a pink Barbie Volkswagen, baby stroller and high chair, kinetic sand, board games and her #1 request of a pink princess phone.
And all of that is in addition to the amazing gifts that our family sent to the girls also. Honestly the girls got some awesome stuff this year and we are so grateful to all our family.
After all the excitement of Christmas morning wore off I started to feel a little crummy and since Connor had just been diagnosed with the flu and my mom was diagnosed with strep throat and we were all together just a few days earlier, I felt like I had no choice but to go to the ER. Under normal circumstances I would have waited until the 26th to go see a doctor but with a 9 week old baby at home and with Matt having a business trip planned for the 27th I knew I needed to start on antibiotics as soon as possible. $150, 2 nasal swabs, and throat swab later and I was officially diagnosed with Flu B. I was (and still am) shocked because really my only symptom is a sore throat and a little fatigue, which could possibly be attributed more to Walker than to the flu. I guess that is the benefit of the flu shot because even if you do get it, you get it way easier and shorter than normal.
I was sent home with pain meds and orders to stay away from everyone, so as lovely as a vacation to my bed may sound I was a little bummed to have to be isolated in my room on Christmas. I was looking forward to playing with all the new toys and loving on my kiddos all day. Here's hoping that I kick this thing quickly AND that none of the kids get sick! Merry Christmas to us!
Christmas Eve
Unfortunately I only took Iphone pictures on Christmas Eve so the quality of these are not spectacular but I figure at least its something, right?
Christmas Eve started with the tradition of making Christmas cookies. Sadly as we were waiting for Nana and Papa to arrive I got a text message from Nana saying that she wasn't feeling well and was going to the doctor. She had strep :-( We were sad to not have Nana with us to help with the cookies. We miss you Nana!
But the job had to be done, so we put on our (matching) aprons and got to work.
Our little supervisor helped the whole time. Maybe he will get a matching apron next year.
After cookie making we got all dudded up to go to church.
Unfortunately we were running a little late to church so we had to sit in the overflow room, but at least we made it, right? Watching a service on a television screen is hard enough but throw in two talkative girls and a fussy little guy and it was almost impossible. Almost. It was a beautiful church service and ended with singing Silent Night to candlelight. So beautiful.
My little Christmas lumberjack. Cutest lumberjack I've ever seen.
Then we ate a yummy pot roast for dinner (thanks Uncle Drew for the best recipe ever) and then put on our PJs to go look at Christmas lights.
And then Santa came! Obviously we were all good this year! The kids were going to be so excited to see this in the morning!
Christmas Eve started with the tradition of making Christmas cookies. Sadly as we were waiting for Nana and Papa to arrive I got a text message from Nana saying that she wasn't feeling well and was going to the doctor. She had strep :-( We were sad to not have Nana with us to help with the cookies. We miss you Nana!
But the job had to be done, so we put on our (matching) aprons and got to work.
Our little supervisor helped the whole time. Maybe he will get a matching apron next year.
Unfortunately we were running a little late to church so we had to sit in the overflow room, but at least we made it, right? Watching a service on a television screen is hard enough but throw in two talkative girls and a fussy little guy and it was almost impossible. Almost. It was a beautiful church service and ended with singing Silent Night to candlelight. So beautiful.
My little Christmas lumberjack. Cutest lumberjack I've ever seen.
Then we ate a yummy pot roast for dinner (thanks Uncle Drew for the best recipe ever) and then put on our PJs to go look at Christmas lights.
And then Santa came! Obviously we were all good this year! The kids were going to be so excited to see this in the morning!
Christmas at Nana and Papa's House
We celebrated Christmas with my side of the family on the weekend before Christmas so that we could make sure every body could be there. I love that we are all so flexible and we are all able to make it!
Pookie and Marlon came up and Pookie said she could not wait to get her hands on little Walker. She quickly bribed him with a bottle. He was a big fan ;-)
Then these three crazy girls were excited to be reunited again. Since Walker was born in October these girls have gotten so see each other quite a bit over the past two months. I hope it continues because this cute cousin togetherness is just precious.
We opened some amazing gifts and as always the kids were spoiled rotten.
The two Matt's were holding down the loveseat during on 2nd annual Scattegories tournament. It gets a little rowdy and a little heated as the night wears on and people begin to feel more and more adamant about their (often ridiculous) answers. Online ping-pong anyone? Word-Up magazine?
We all stayed the night at my moms so it was fun to get to wake up together for some morning snuggles and yummy breakfast.
As always my mom did an amazing job organizing every thing for everyone. We had delicious Mexican food, as is our tradition, yummy drinks and lots of love and laughs. Exactly what a holiday with family should be like.
And don't worry Mom & Steve-the girls (and apparently Matt) are already breaking in the Wii U you gave them with the Just Dance game :-) Thank you both for everything!
Pookie and Marlon came up and Pookie said she could not wait to get her hands on little Walker. She quickly bribed him with a bottle. He was a big fan ;-)
Then these three crazy girls were excited to be reunited again. Since Walker was born in October these girls have gotten so see each other quite a bit over the past two months. I hope it continues because this cute cousin togetherness is just precious.
We opened some amazing gifts and as always the kids were spoiled rotten.
The two Matt's were holding down the loveseat during on 2nd annual Scattegories tournament. It gets a little rowdy and a little heated as the night wears on and people begin to feel more and more adamant about their (often ridiculous) answers. Online ping-pong anyone? Word-Up magazine?
We all stayed the night at my moms so it was fun to get to wake up together for some morning snuggles and yummy breakfast.
As always my mom did an amazing job organizing every thing for everyone. We had delicious Mexican food, as is our tradition, yummy drinks and lots of love and laughs. Exactly what a holiday with family should be like.
And don't worry Mom & Steve-the girls (and apparently Matt) are already breaking in the Wii U you gave them with the Just Dance game :-) Thank you both for everything!
Waiting on Christmas
December 23, aka Christmas Eve Eve, is pretty tough because you are just waiting out the day until all the fun begins on the 24th. So what did we do all day?
I had some pretty in depth conversations with this guy. I think we may have solved all the worlds problems.....
Avery and Gracyn taught Walker the ins and outs of all the games on the Leappad. He seemed thrilled.
We got our weekly bath. Him not me. I at least take one bi-weekly :-)
We made reindeer food to put out for Santas little helpers.
We did FaceTime with Eric, Jenny, Jackson and Julie. This crazy bearded man kept swearing that he was Eric but I'm not so sure.....
Finally the day came to an end and we all went to sleep dreaming of all the fun events to come on Christmas Eve.
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I had some pretty in depth conversations with this guy. I think we may have solved all the worlds problems.....
Avery and Gracyn taught Walker the ins and outs of all the games on the Leappad. He seemed thrilled.
We got our weekly bath. Him not me. I at least take one bi-weekly :-)
We made reindeer food to put out for Santas little helpers.
We did FaceTime with Eric, Jenny, Jackson and Julie. This crazy bearded man kept swearing that he was Eric but I'm not so sure.....
Finally the day came to an end and we all went to sleep dreaming of all the fun events to come on Christmas Eve.
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Avery's Kindergarden Christmas Party
I was so excited to be able to go to Avery's Christmas party in her classroom this year. I ended up having to bring Walker at the last minute because Gracyn was at home sick with the stomach bug and we wanted to keep our distance. Plus Avery was surprised and excited to see her baby brother and show him off to her classmates.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Gaylord ICE Exhibit
On Day 16 of the Advent calendar the girls opened up the envelope to read "Go on a special night out to the ICE exhibit with Mommy and Daddy" The girls were so excited to go on a special trip with us, but they were SO excited to see Daddy because he had been gone for 16 days! Yep, I was on my own for 16 days with 3 little ones, surviving ice storms and such, while Matt was enjoying the sunshine of Miami. I kid, he was there working his tail off and missing up desperately, so we were SOOOOO grateful for him to come back home. He surprised the girls by picking them up for school and after Aunt Alli arrived to babysit Walker (it was too cold for this guy this year) we were off to the Gaylord hotel to see the ICE exhibit.
The hotel was decorated beautifully and had so many gorgeous things to look at as we headed to the part where the ICE exhibit was. We donned our fancy long coats, sparking a meltdown from Gracyn, my picky little dresser, because "my coat too big"
And don't let this cute picture below fool you, she cried the whole way through for a myriad of reasons "I'm cold" "my fingers burn" "i can't walk in my coat" for the entire time we were in the exhibit. Delightful.
But Avery loved it and had a great time on the slide and looking at all the amazing sculptures made completely out of ice.
We had such a fun time and it was really nice to get to spend some quality time with the girls. I just love this time of year!
The hotel was decorated beautifully and had so many gorgeous things to look at as we headed to the part where the ICE exhibit was. We donned our fancy long coats, sparking a meltdown from Gracyn, my picky little dresser, because "my coat too big"
And don't let this cute picture below fool you, she cried the whole way through for a myriad of reasons "I'm cold" "my fingers burn" "i can't walk in my coat" for the entire time we were in the exhibit. Delightful.
But Avery loved it and had a great time on the slide and looking at all the amazing sculptures made completely out of ice.
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