First Snow of 2012

This week I'm going to try and catch up with some old posts that I had thought to do. Let's see if I can do this and get back on track!

On January 5 we got our first official "snow" of 2012. I put it in quotes because it really was a dusting, but to my kids it was about 5 inches and they insisted we go out and play in it.  How can I argue with cute? I can't. So as soon as we got up, I had to bundle them up and head outside before it all melted!

I know Aiden loves the snow. He'd play in it for hours if you'd stand out there with him. Emma? I was pretty sure she would hate it. I mean, who likes being cold and wet?! I was wrong.  She loved it too! She didn't love when it got on her gloves.  She would look at me and tell me, "Dirty" and then I had to clean them all off.  One thing she didn't like...her gloves. I mean, really?? Who makes gloves or mittens really with no thumbs??? I wouldn't like that either!

Here's some pictures from their fun outside!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y3W: Baby Number 3!

Surprise! We're pregnant!! I'm 12 weeks today! I think anyway. I'll explain why I'm slightly confused on all of this later!

So that's why I've been so lazy and slacking on the blogging.  This baby is sucking the life outta this Momma.  If I haven't been feeling like I need to run to the bathroom to get sick, I can't keep my eyes open.  One good thing about feeling yucky is knowing that everything seems to be okay in there.

Baby #3 will be joining us at the end of July/beginning of August! Bring on the maternity swimsuits!! :-)

Wordless Wednesday: Adorable

 

 Aren't they adorable? I sure think so! :-)

Christmas 2011

We had an awesome Christmas this year! Santa, Patrick and I really went a tad overboard, but isn't that how Christmas is supposed to be??

I was the first one up Christmas morning, which is a surprise because I'm usually the last one lately! It wasn't long before Aiden was up and I spied him peeking down the stairs as I was on my way to the bathroom. I sent him to wake Patrick up and then we heard Emma.  Everyone was excited to see what Santa brought so we headed downstairs!

Em has no clue what's going on

"Wow!" was her response when she finally saw everything!

The Mario pillow and shopping cart were the first things that caught their eyes

And she's gone shopping...

After the initial wow's and Emma taking her cart for a stroll we got down to business. I took about a million pictures, don't worry I tried to narrow them down.  Emma got a lot of clothes and babies/baby stuff (stroller, crib, bottles). This year she was really into opening her presents.  She would rip off tiny pieces and then hand them to us to throw away. And she's such a girl that when she found her necklace and hair bows in her stocking, we had to stop and immediately put them on! :-)

Aiden also had a great Christmas and got all kinds of stuff! Santa came through and got him the 3 things he wanted the most: a talking Lightning McQueen, a color changing Lightning McQueen, and a DS!  He wasn't too impressed with his new clothes unless they came with SpongeBob or Mario on them.

A fire power Mario was in his stocking!

Insisting we stop and put on one of her new hair bows

All dolled up

Going through stockings

Hanging out in her new princess tent

Here's some trash

Opening presents

He liked something a lot!

Christmas morning

Em's too busy for pictures

Checking out her new clothes

Sitting in her new chair opening presents

Aiden was very excited to show Emma what he picked out for her

His talking Lightning McQueen

Good little Mommy

What is it, Aiden?

A DS!!!!!!

Taking her babies shopping

Aiden picked out Mario pajamas to give to Patrick : )

It took forever to open all those gifts.  Here's what Emma thought about being done and having no more to open...

Is that perfect or what??

After presents we were able to hang out and play with their toys before heading to my grandmothers.  We were planning on heading over to the cemetery to visit Mom & Kevin but after opening gifts there just wasn't enough time and it was probably better to keep this as a happy day.

Here's a couple pictures of the kids in their Christmas outfits before we headed out.

Handsome Aiden

Pretty Emma

I love this one!

She's more interested in his feet

And now he's gotta check her out

Funny face time!

The Christmas Grouch!

Merry Christmas (2011)