Monday, December 26, 2011





Here are a few Christmas highlights. We had a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Anna sprinkled the glitter around the house that Santa had sent in the mail so he could find us on Christmas Eve. Sawyer enjoyed his first Christmas and made out with TONS of toys! Mommy and Daddy are exhausted....Anna got us up at 3:48 to open gifts. And no, we didn't give in but let her get in bed with us...for the FIRST time. Noone fell asleep again and finally threw in the towel at 7:00 and got up. Santa treated us well and we all had a great day. More pictures to come!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Snugglebug

Who could pass up a sweet snuggle from this little guy?  Certainly not me!  He's got his Mommy, his Daddy and even his big sister wrapped so tightly around his little finger.  He has a special place in each of our hearts!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas Past

I found this looking at some old pictures today.  It was Anna's first Christmas.  It feels like it was yesterday.  We have  a photo screensaver on our computer and whenever I point out "Nonna" to Sawyer, he smiles.  Today he waved at her picture.  I am certain she met him before we did.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011


Anna and Sawyer had fun playing together this last Sunday.  Sawyer just LOVES watching Anna and always has a laugh or two for her.

Christmas Decorations

Ron had some trouble with the Christmas tree lights this year....

Friday, December 16, 2011

You Know How They Say Some People Look Like Their Pets?

This is my brother Ricky and his dog Bowie. Click on the picture to enlarge it. I really think they look alike!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Why We Won't Be Getting An Elf On The Shelf

Last week Anna came home from school and shared that all of her friends have an elf at home that watches their behavior and checks in with Santa regularly. If you haven't heard of "The Elf on the Shelf", it is a kit that comes with an elf doll and a book. The book explains that Santa has sent an elf to watch over the children and the elf reports back to Santa each night. The kids get to decide the name for the elf together. You read through the book with your child, it explains all the rules, then each night mom and dad move the elf to a new spot while the children are sleeping, hence making him appear "real". Well, last evening Anna was drawing in the family room after dinner. I went around as I usually do each night collecting pjs, underwear and towels for bathttime. I laid the towels on the toilet seat like I usually do and went to put some laundry away. I called for Anna to finish her drawing and use the bathroom as it was time to shower and get ready for bed. All of the sudden, Ron and I hear a blood curdling scream. Enough to crack windows. She comes flying out of the bathroom completely terrified and screaming so hard she can't even speak for several seconds. Ron and I ran over to see what was the matter and at this point Sawyer starts crying because she is scaring him. After several times of us yelling over her "What's the matter?" She finally gets out "elf" and "bathroom". Ron runs into the bathroom and finds nothing -like he really was going to find an elf in the bathroom huh. I calm her down as we walk to the bathroom and as she sheepishly peers into the bathroom, she shares that she wasn't expecting to see the bath towels sitting on the toilet seat and made the assumption they were an elf. You all know its very easy to confuse bath towels piled on the toilet as an elf right??? So, in case you were wondering, we won't be one of those families getting "The Elf on the Shelf".

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Our Little Heartbreaker


Could this little man be any cuter? He just melts my heart. 11 months old tomorrow too!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Real Problems

So Sawyer has been a real crab since Friday night....teething I guess however I don't see any pearly whites making their appearance yet. When things aren't status quo, I have a very difficult time coping. I'm not sure why but my anxieties crop up and I struggle with things. His fussiness and neediness have been wearing on me and with Christmas shopping and all that has to be done this time of year, plus missing my mom a lot, let's just say I haven't had my rose-colored glasses on and I've been wallowing in a lot of self-pity.

Well, I guess the Lord had other plans for me today because this morning while shopping in Kohls for Anna's teachers' Christmas gifts, I walked by a young mom pushing her three/four year old in the cart. The mom was talking on her cell phone grumbling about one thing or another and I didn't take much notice. That is until she started yelling that she was the one who had been cheated on (obviously her husband was the one on the other end). She yelled at him for having countless affairs and how could he just think that now he was going to take the house away from her and the kids besides! She said she had seen receipts in his pockets that said he was in once place at a certain time when he promised her he had been somewhere else.

I immediately got nauseous thinking of myself being in that position. I then realized that the complaining I was doing (mainly in my own mind) was really trivial and quite ridiculous. Here was someone who truly had real problems. I contemplated if I should offer to push her daugther around in the cart so she could finish her conversation in private but I thought she might think I was some psycho kidnapper. Instead I made a speedial phonecall to Ron to tell him how much I loved him!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Christmas Tree Time!



We ended our Thanksgiving weekend by buying our Christmas tree. This will be Sawyer's first Christmas and we are all very excited!