Nater's First Christmas

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas was really nice. We woke up and Jen & I took the babies to Grandma Vonna's! Grandma Veda, Aunt Dorothy, Mel, Trent, Stefo, and Gregg & his family were there to open gifts and have coffee :). The kids got a lot of nice gifts and Melissa & I got duck sweaters, crock pots and a really awesome cook book :).

After Vonna's we came back home and had breakfast (at lunch time) with my family and Ryan & Andi. Then it took Ryan, Andi, the twins, Jenny & I about 45 minutes to put together the kitchen set that Addie got from her uncle Josh..lol. After that fiasco we opened our gifts and spent the day eating and hanging out.

The only thing that could have made Christmas better is if Loren was here! I really miss him and I can't wait to be a normal family again!

Other then that, this Christmas was a success! Christmas is just going to get more and more fun as the kids get older :)

Only One More Week!

Ughh I miss my husband! I'm so so sick of waiting for him to finally be done in 29 Palms and COME home. These last couple months have been draggggging on.. I just have to hang in there for one more week! Unless they do what they did last time we only had a week left and make us wait another 3 weeks...

Just 1 more week!!

Addison Turns Two!

It's official! My baby girl is not a baby anymore. She's a big 2 year old!

I made her cupcakes for her birthday (and went a little nuts with the frosting) and we had some gifts for her but we're not going to have her birthday party until Loren comes home :) So until then, here are some pictures!!

Her pony from Grandma!
LOL

The only crappy thing is that I had my ISO setting wrong and didn't know it until after I put all her pictures on the computer so some of these pictures turned out grainy :( Wahh

I love you my big girl! Hope you had a great 2nd berffday! ;)

Jen's Senior Pics

Jen & I went out and about in EP a couple weeks ago to take her senior pics. We had a lot of fun and here are some of the results :)
Jump!
Lol these were fun!

After posting these on Facebook, I got requests from Kristy, Rachel & Veronica to do their family pictures! I would love to do that! :) Jen also wants me to take pictures of her and her 3 best friends. I would love to do this on the side! It's so much fun!

My Babies

Addison is growing up so fast. She's been using her potty a lot lately, counting everything and talking in sentences and not just single words. She's also picking up on everything we do.. Even the bad things. This morning I dropped my phone and she said "Ohhh shit." lol I couldn't believe it! This little girl is going get me in trouble.. She's also so good with her baby dolls. She sees mommy take care of Nathan and she does the same things with her baby. I even gave her a couple of diapers that she can have for her babies. She'll change them and wipe them then feed them with her toy bottles. Then she burps them and swaddles them and puts them to bed. So cute! She's going to be a great mom someday!

Nathan is getting sooo big! He is always smiling and cooing. He'll even stop in the middle of a bottle and just smile at me :) He's also a calm baby. He'll sit quietly in his chair in the morning just watching me make breakfast for Addie, myself some coffee, and his bottle before getting fussy.
I love my babies! I am so thankful to have such wonderful healthy kids :)

Nathan Turns 3 Months!

Nathan turned 3 months old on Dec 7th! He's getting soo big! I can't wait for his next appointment (at 4mo) to see how much bigger he's gotten. He's starting to coo a lot too! I'll talk to him and he'll copy me :) He is now in size 2 diapers and size 6mo clothes. I feel like as soon as I get him in a bigger size, it's already time to go up another size! I can't keep up with this baby ;). The only thing I don't like about this growth spurt is that his sleeping pattern is wayyy off. Instead of sleeping 4-5 hours, up for 45 minutes then another 4-5 hours at night, he's been taking mini naps from the afternoon until about 1am!! Then only sleeping 2 hours at a time :( It's exhausting.. But that's why they made coffee! I just hope we go back to normal soon.

Addison is still doing great with her baby brother! She still gives hugs and kisses and she'll share toys and blankets. She's also really good about knowing what is his and what is hers. She never takes anything away from him because she thinks it's hers. I think it helps that all his stuff is blue ;). And she stopped calling him "Ant" and starting calling him "Nate"..Lol.

I love my babies! Even if they give me a hard time sometimes, they are soo cute and funny :)

Lol he's looking at the mirror above him in ah ;)
Sweet baby boy

This month we are still looking forward to Addison's 2nd birthday!! I can't believe my little girl will be 2 already! And it will be Nate's first Christmas and the first Christmas where Addie will actually know whats going on!

I am also planning on doing Christmas pictures with the kids. Just the kids this year because Loren won't be home until January 3rd (long story). So I need to take those soon and I'm also going to take some pictures of just Addie for her birthday! :) Yay lots to do!