Happy New Year!!!

Hope everyone's New Year Eve is wonderful

and we can't wait to see what the new year unfolds!!!

Have a safe and fun New Year's

and we'll talk next year!!!!

Until NEXT Year's Adventures......

Christmas 2009

Santa's Email to Nico

Nico watching Santa

Tracking Santa

Putting Food out for the Reindeers

Reading the Story, "Twas the Night Before Christmas"

Reading the Story of Jesus' Birth

Opening Christmas Jammies

Putting out Cookies for Santa

More Cookies

Grandkids with Grandma Eaver

My Cousins & Little Sister

Grandma's Daughters

Nico & Daddy being Crazy

Santa Came!!! Santa Came!!!

Opening CRANKY!!!!!

Opening Christmas Presents

Happy New Year!!!

EXCITING NEWS!!!!

NICO POOPED IN THE POTTY!!!

Gma Beth & Gpa Tim have been holding Henry the Train since October, and finally last night Nico got Henry!!!

Although I am not sure it was on purpose, I'll take it as it goes and hopefully this is the start of diaper/pull-up free household!!!!

Can you feel my excitement?!?!?!?

Until our next "poopy" adventure........

Merry Christmas!!!

Santa is on the MOVE!!!

Track Santa

Here!!!!!

Haley & Lauren,

Santa has arrived at your house!!!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

Christmas Traditions

Who can believe there is only a week until Christmas? Seems like this year has just flown by and now it's

7 days until Christmas!!!

Ever since Nico has been born, we have started a few traditions and even though they may be cheesy, still 4 Christmas' later carry them on. It starts on Christmas Eve night, Nico gets to open one present, his Christmas Jammies, and then we read "The Night Before Christmas", track Santa online and finally set out cookies, milk and carrots for Santa and the Reindeer. It's funny because even when Nico was a baby, I did all these things and Daddy would just roll his eyes and say he doesn't even know or won't remember. But to me it's not that he remembers it's about the memories he will have by looking at pictures or video, and that's what it about. The memories and to possibly pass it on to his children one day if he chooses to have a family. Then on Christmas Day, we get up and get Daddy up to go downstairs to see what Santa has left!!! The last 3 years, I have been more excited than Nico but hopefully this year he'll be really interested in it.....if not we will always have next year, right??

So with 7 days left, the excitement has begun and the countdown starts as we get ready to continue on our family traditions!!! Now if only I could get my shopping done.......

What are you favorite memories or family traditions?

Merry Christmas!!!!

Update:

Nico's Christmas Program went really well. I dropped him off at his classroom, and then he came on stage not crying, not fussing but being a good boy!! Not that was surprised....OK I was a little bit.....they put reindeer antlers on them and sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and then they had drums and sang Little Drummer Boy and finally another song, I am not really sure what it was but it was cute to watch all 12 boys in his class sing! Yes, I did say his entire class is boys!!! Afterwards, Grandma's and Grandpa went into the "big room" and had cookies and punch. It was a fun night and also great to see Kaitlyn and Kourtney perform an opening number that Kait choreographed herself!!!

All in all a great night was had by all, and all the kids did a great job!!!

I have video, but unfortunately it was so dark in there all you can see is darkness but you can hear the kids. Pictures are posted on my Facebook page, and I'll try to attach some to this post later for those who aren't on Facebook.

Hope everyone is almost done shopping, I am not unfortunately but we'll get there!!!!

9 Days and counting.......

WISH NICO LUCK.....

LET'S PRAY HE DOESN'T CRY....

FOR HIS CHRISTMAS PAGEANT TONIGHT....

UPDATES TOMORROW......

An Ordeal

Where to begin, where to begin.....so we have been talking for some time about joining the YMCA for two reason, first for something we can do together and we both need to exercise and two because the classes for Nico are so much less expensive if you are a member. So it was great when we got to join last week and they gave us our official tour, which the place was so big it was a little overwhelming but we can go to a few smaller YMCA's which we will probably end up doing.....but I regress.....

So last night even though I am still fighting a bad head cold, I told Daddy we need to try to go for a while. We ate dinner, Wendy's, there is a joke about eating fast food and then working out but again I regress......

So twice I asked Nico if he had to go potty..."no Mommy, no Mommy" I said are you sure, "No Mommy I don't have to go." So even though in the back of mind I knew I should of made him sit on the potty, I didn't and we were off. We got there and got lost for a second and finally found the playroom for Nico to be signed into, got my number to collect him and we went back downstairs to put our stuff in a locker. As I was waiting for Daddy, and waiting, I hear my name over the loud speaker and Daddy comes around the corner and I said, "That was my name wasn't it?" He nodded and we were off back upstairs thinking what could he have done in less than 5 minutes already???? Did he hurt someone, did he get hurt?? Oh no, I walked through the door and the girl says oh here she is and proceeded to tell me he peed his pants. I am thinking, seriously!!!!!! I was sooooo embarrassed, and he was soaked and of course it wasn't just a little bit, it was all down his pants.....I apologized three times and we left as I was thinking next time I am NOT checking him in, it's Daddy's turn. And they are thinking, the new kid here we go........although they were very nice about it, I am still embarrassed today!

So our first adventures of working out, we never touched a machine and heard all the way home screaming......"I WANT TO PLAY!!!"

Until our next "peeing" adventure....

The Difference 2 Years Makes.....

Who can believe in 10 months Nico will be 4????

October 2007

1 Year Old

October 2009
3 Years Old

Until Next time......