Dress Up

I'm going to try to highlight a couple of our favorite Christmas gifts in the next few blogs and the first are the cute dress up things that Brody got.

Here's one of the funniest and cutest gifts he got. Aunt Vicki bought him real cowboy boots and a real hat. It was hysterical watching him try to walk around in the boots! We are still laughing about it! I'm sure as he grows up, he is gonna want to dress up like a cowboy all of the time!

Here's our little "biker baby" costume. My parents bought him a motorcycle so of course he had to have the matching attire! Now he and Poppy will match!




Last, but not least in his eyes, is the DJ Lance hat and glasses from Yo Gabba Gabba! He looks so cute in it. It also sings songs from the show which of course he loves!

We want to thank all of our friends and family for making this Christmas so wonderful, what a nice way to end a pretty crappy year. Here's to 2010 bringing us all health and happiness, love to you all! xoxo!

Passing the torch

My brother and sister and I are notorious for giving our Christmas gifts to each other a week (or more) before Christmas. This year was no exception (well minus my sister) and we included Brody. I know, I know, we're bad, but it's all in good fun!!

Here is Brody opening his gift from Uncle "Gach", his first pair of hockey skates!!! What a great gift especially coming from my brother. I think I was more excited about them than Brody was. I was also a little touched.

It was almost like watching a torch being passed down from one generation to the next. Let's hope Brody is as good a player as his uncle. ;)

Reading is fun for everyone, literally!

Brody loves being read to! He could sit and listen to books for hours and not just books geared toward his age either, any book will do! I often get tired of reading him book after book, but how can I really complain about that?! The other night I was reading a favorite of ours, Merry Christmas Big, Hungry Bear, and Kiki jumped up to hear the story too! Brandon quickly ran to get the camera because this was definitely a Kodak moment!!! So, not only are we instilling the love of reading into our son, but into our cats as well!!

Best gift so far...

So my mom had a MRI today of her brain and we got wonderful news...CANCER FREE!!!! We are so thrilled and are hoping for the same news when she gets the scan of her lung in a few weeks. She finished her chemo treatments 2 weeks ago and had her last radiation treatment last Monday. That in itself was a big weight lifted for her and for me, I hated seeing her go through all of that even though she was such a trooper! (this picture was taken on Thanksgiving...would you think she just had chemo and radiation???) What a wonderful Christmas gift, but the best one ever would be to have a completely cancer free Mama! God has blessed us so far so hopefully the blessings will continue! Keep your prayers comin'!

And yet again...God is GOOD!!!!

Oh Christmas tree

Every year since Brandon and I have lived together, we've gone out to a Christmas tree farm and cut our Christmas tree down. It has become one of my favorite Christmas traditions!

We went this past Sunday and were so excited that there was snow, it makes it that much more Christmasy. We threw Brody in the backpack because there was no way he was walking up those hills in search of the perfect tree and no way I was gonna carry him in my arms either! The first hill was rough for me and I was cursing my out of shape body the whole time, but after that I was fine, thankfully!

It took us quite a while to find it, but we did! Brandon cut it down and took it down the hill to have it bundled and to pay the whopping $35 for it!!

They have a little workshop at the bottom of the hill that serves hot chocolate and candy canes which we all loved after walking around in the cold!

So here she is in all her glory! It is perfect if I do say so myself and it creates a smell of pine and oranges throughout my house! I love it! (it was well worth the money!)






And here's the finishing touch!

Santaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!

We took Brody to see Santa on Tuesday night. As you can see it didn't go very well. He loves Santa on t.v. and in books or even from a distance, but set him on Santa's lap and look out!

Ugh...

Well, here are the two new additions to our little family. Yes, there are TWO! Unbelievably, this was my non-cat loving husband's idea! Needless to say he is no longer a NON-cat lover. They arrived here yesterday and we've been lovin' them up ever since. They are super sweet and really cute as you can see. Brody was a little jealous at first but has slowly warmed up to them. The one in the back is the female and the one we originally chose three weeks ago, her name is Kiki (Brody named her!) The little guy in the front is a male and he was a last minute decision. He is really playful and loves to snack, just like Brandon, which is why I think we ended up getting him, they bonded haha! We are still trying to come up with a name for him so any thoughts you might have feel free to throw them out for us! So I say "Ugh" with the best and loving of intentions I guess, we shall see!!!