My wonderful hubby decided that we should make the most out of our shortened holiday season (because Thanksgiving was so late). So he decided we should do something Christmas related every night, even during the week. So every night Jay would get home from working a full day, and merrily load up his family and take us somewhere fun. It may have just been checking out some great lights in a new neighborhood, or the tree lighting, but it meant alot to us and we loved it!! One night we decided to go to the Memorial City mall. We had a blast, and got some cute pics too.
My poor kiddos were sick for two weeks this year! Poor babies, this was the first time Luke had ever been on an antibiotic!! I was sad to break our good fortune streak, but it could have been worse. I have been very blessed for 3 1/2 years to have such a healthy boy, one antibiotic is not so bad. Ella was sick too. Poor baby, I had to take them back again, and hers had formed into a double ear infection! She is such a trooper. In the middle of all this we got some crazy weather in Houston. It snowed!!! Although the kids were feeling yucky and did not get to enjoy it as much as they would have like to, we still found time to go out in the snow and enjoy ourselves!!
Although it has definitely snuk up on us, we have still managed to enjoy our holiday season to the fullest. Luke had a great Christmas family day at his school. They got their faces painted, ate Christmas cookies, and visited Santa. They even got to make reindeer food, which Luke loved. This year he is very into snowmen. He insisted on getting a snowman on his cheek, and then when the balloon man asked what he wanted him to make he again insisted on a snowman. Now let me first say that all the kids were getting swords, hats, reindeer antlers, all kinds of cool stuff. Luke insisted upon a snowman. So we waited in the super long line to see the balloon man (the kids loved) and our turn finally came. Luke asked for a snowman (despite moms many prods at "are you sure you don't want a sword or something"), nope snowman. The guy says, I don't do snowman, so as any mom (as overprotective as I may be) I said, well you better think of something cause this kid just waited a long time for a snowman!!! Well, finally the other balloon person came up and made it happen (thank you balloon lady) and Luke got his snowman. We had a great time at the party. Ella even wore her super cute My 1st Christmas shirt. I was so excited to put her in it, when her Aunt Chelle gave it to her. My chunky monkey barely fit into the 12month size!!! Glad she got to wear it some, and of course I got pictures! I am so glad Luke enjoys he school, and happy that our whole family is able to take part it his holiday fun.
Well, I guess the holidays are coming to an end around here. I must say it has been a very fun holiday season for us, but as the title states its been crazy. Good crazy though. Let's see.... my kids were super sick for two weeks. Yes, both kids super sick. Luke got his first antibiotic ever, I was sad because for some reason I saw my sons incredible health as an accomplishment. Ella was sniffly, then stopped, then Luke got a horrible cough and fever, then Ella followed with the same thing, only one day behind. I ended up taking both kids back the next week, and Ella's turned into a double ear infection! My poor munchkins.
So they were sick for two weeks, then just as they got better, we had a Christmas party at our house. It was a blast. We had a bunch of our friends and their kiddos there. We really enjoyed it and feel truly blessed to have such a great group around us.
The party was Saturday, then on Monday Jay's grandmother, "Granny Kay" came to visit. This was a surprise and we were very excited for her to come!! She made the kids some adorable Christmas gifts. For Ella she made this awesome rag doll and an outfit to match complete with red shoes. It was the cutest! For Luke she made him a cowboy outfit. Chaps, a vest, she bought boots and even a stick horse. He loved it, and looked absolutely adorable. We really enjoyed having Granny Kay in our home and look forward to more visits from her.
I thought this was too funny!! We were all hanging out upstairs before going out of town for Thanksgiving. Luke wanted his lunch upstairs, so I had it on the Lightening McQueen table. Well, before we knew it we looked over and Ella was eating Luke's sandwich and drinking his drink out of his drink box!!! It was hilarious. When we took a picture, she just looked at us like, "what"! They are just too funny.
This event is a little past, but I wanted to mention Luke's soccer tournament. Uncle Michael came in town to go to the game with Ella and I. I think he really enjoyed seeing him played. It was FREEZING, but we still had fun. Then Michael went out to eat with us and staid the night. We really enjoyed getting to see him, and going to our first soccer tournament!!
It has been crazy with the holidays and such and I have not had much time to sit and post. We went to Arlington for Thanksgiving. We really enjoyed our trip. I will post pics from Thanksgiving later, my dad has them because I forgot my camera. Evertything went well, and we enjoyed being with our family.
While we were in town we decided to have a little family vacation. Jay took off the week, which is the first time he has taken off in a year! We decided to make the most of it and do some fun things around the DFW area. We went to the World Aquarium in Dallas. It was awesome! It was like a zoo and aquarium in one. It had a great open air area where you could see the animals in their own (simulated) environment. The kids loved it. We even brought Nana with us, much to Luke's delight, and met with our great friends Chas and daughter Gracie.
Here goes....
Ok, so I have been viewing all of the blogs of my friends and others and thought they were adorable! I decided I would take a crack at it for myself. I am not so sure how to do this, so I am just going to do it. I really enjoy sharing fun things about my family with others, and I love reading about their adventures too. My family is my number one priority these days, so I just thought I would share some of what goes on with us. We are so blessed to have two beautiful children, and a happy home.
With the beginning of this new year we have Luke at school two days a week, at St. Laurence Catholic church. He loves going, and enjoys playing with his friends there (mommy enjoys the time off too). Luke also has soccer practice once a week and games on Saturday mornings. This is hilarious! Luke loves soccer, just not the games. He is doing great though, and we love going.
Jay is well into his "civilian" job, and loves it. He is really doing wonderful, which is why he works a lot! The traveling is crazy, with places like Dubai, Aberdeen, and Singapore, but it is a heck of a lot better than year long deployments! We are very proud of him, and I am grateful to be allowed to stay at home with the kiddos.
Ella is fabulous! She is getting so big, which I am in denial of because I keep buying her clothes to small (we went to the zoo when she was 8months old and I bought her a 6month size tshirt). I guess I am just not ready to have two big kids. She is crawling all over the place, and loves standing. When she stands up, she is so happy until she realizes she doesn't know how to get down. Check out her new stand up toy! On a side note, you will never catch Ella with out a bow on top. I took her out at St. Patricks day when she was only a few months old, and she was called a boy. I vowed it would never happen again, so she has been a "bowhead" ever since.
Well, I have babbled enough for the first one of these. Let's see how long until I actually do another. :)
