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 :)

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!

Nathan Ray

We welcome with love
Nathan Ray
September 7, 2010 at 4:07pm
6 pounds, 3 ounces and 19 inches long

Loren, Kim & big sister Addison

Swimming!

Addison & I love the pool :)

Lol! She wanted to taste ;)

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day, Loren!

This Father's Day wasn't that great.. Loren is still down in 29 Palms so we sent him a card and a finger painting from Addie. Because of the military, holidays seem to always get messed up.. I've never celebrated a Mother's Day with Loren, we didn't see each other for 3 out of the 4 Valentines Days in the military, but Thanksgivings & Christmas' are usually pretty good. Loren is going to find out this week if he can come up here for 4Th of July/our 3 year wedding anniversary! Hopefully he can!!

I can't wait for next year when we'll be able to celebrate every single holiday as a family!

May

Addison & I moved back to Oregon at the end of April so that I can have Nathan up here and get ready for Loren to get out of the military by December. So this May was a lot of fun! We went to a bunch of Kevin & Curt's baseball games, played in the park, went to Boatnik, watched Ryan play softball & did a lot more fun things :)

She loves her Uncle Curt!

Giving mommy a cheerio
Grandpa and Addie

At Ryan's game

At Boatnik in Grants Pass

Auntie Jen & Baby A

It's Been A While...

Easter!!

She likes Guss' doggy bed...and my phone ;)

Cutie-Pie!

Kisses!!!

Before our Fight-Night.

Silly girl!

This was when I was 14 weeks :)

Kiss!

I'll only ever have to go back to this stupid base one more time! :)
(for Brent's homecoming)

Cow tongue...

I love her!

She's a special child....that's for sure..

Another Easter pic.

Baby-Yoggy :)

Sadie

My dog wears eye-liner ;)

They sleep the same :)

Painted Piggies!

I painted Addie's toes today! Don't worry, I read that as long as she doesn't normally suck on her toes (which she doesn't anymore..) then its perfectly safe. Don't her piggies look cute?! :)

And we also have been putting gel in her hair to keep it curly :)
Oh, and I had some fun...

Silly girl!

Loren & Addie watching a movie :)

Not much has been going on here since we got back from our trip to Oregon.. Addison isn't walking on her own yet but she's really good at it while holding on to something. It started to get really hot again here but the past couple days it's been raining! Thank God! It's soo nice when it rains.

Today was Loren's 3 year anniversary in the Marines. That means only 1 more year!! Yay! I can't wait until we can move back to Oregon and start something new.

Also, Loren & I have made a deal with each other about our tax returns... He really really needs (wants) and dirt bike. He's been spending the past 3 days trying to convince me that its a good idea to get him one. So, I said that if he gets that, I want to spend my half on an iPhone & a good digital SLR camera. And, of course, he said "deal!". I guess it looks like we are going to spending that money on toys this year. Which is OK because we need a little more fun around here. =)