My New Years Resolutions!

I totally thought this needed pics of my adorable little boys....

No. 1. Lose the last 10 lbs that have refused to come

off after giving birth! 10 lbs on somebody 5'2" is alot!

No.2 work out with my Wii fit everyday (not just for a week)

No.3 Cook real food at least 3 or 4 times a week.

(I dont really love to cook...)

No.4 Keep the entire house (inc. bathrooms, office, kid's bedrooms, ect)

clean at all times!

No.5 Be a better wife/ mother. I'm sure I slack at these

sometimes..

No. 6 finish painting our bedroom, Cam's bedroom

guest bathroom. (yes I'm really good at starting projects and not finishing them) (blame it on A.D.D.)

No.7 Keep our office completly organised and bookwork kept up all

year long!

No.8 Get Alex pottie trained!!!

No.9 Start to enjoy dishes, laundry, scrubbing toilets, because I have

a life sentence, so I might as well enjoy myself!

Our Christmas Adventure!

This year For Christmas, I was super worried about the kids not getting enough toys, due to the lack of income. They got so spoiled! Our livivng room floor is completly covered with toys and clothes! Danny and the boys got me a new nintendo wii! I was so excited! I also got the wii fit! I've had a heck of a time losing the last 10 lbs after giving birth to Camadoodles, but then again I really dont believe in dieting... That's another story, tho.
Anyhoo, I will start from the beginning! My big brother Rob flew in from Washington State Wed. night, so exciting! Christmas Eve we had dinner over at our house, not having the traditional Christmas Eve dinner. We had shrimp, corn bread, and a ham for the kids and non shrimp eaters, with a delicous spinnache/ strawberry salad. We hung out watching Fred Clause while eating our shrimp. Everybody started leaving, we started getting the kiddos ready for santa (bed). They had no problem falling asleep because I told them that if they were'nt good little boys and stayed up, santa would skip our house (yes, I'm mean!). Danny and I were up until 12:00 A.M. wrapping presents, then we went to bed, not even cleaning up the dinner mess! Cam was the first to wake up at 7:00 a.m.. Of course, I got up with him.. Then Danny aand Alex woke up at 7:30. Alex was so excited!! We had one of his toys set up already, so he ended up not wanting to open up any of his presents. Danny and I opened all the kid's presents then went over to the Bradfords for breakfast. We got to meet little Bridgette (so stinkin cute!). We got home went to sleep, woke up and I made funeral potatoes, and we went over to the Kohntopps for dinner! We came home and the kids WOULDN'T go to sleep!! They wanted to stay up all night and play with their toys!! Finally, by 9, they went to bed. Alex didnt go to sleep until about 9:30, but he played quietly in his bed with his new turtle nightlight. I'm now, extremly exhausted and need a nap!

P.s. cute story! Christmas eve, I went in Alex's room to check on him before going to sleep, and when I walked in he sat up in his bed and said "Santa?". Thinking this was so cute, and laughing I say," nope it's mommy. Santa hasn't come yet, so you need to go back to sleep, or he wont come. ".He then layed back down in his bed, proceeding to go to sleep. I thought that was the cutest thing ever!

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And, another post....

Alex hugging the "baby pillow" which is so sweet!

Alex refuses to take naps, most days, and it is not unusual for me to go into his room to check on him about 5:30-6 because of the silence, and he is sound asleep in his bed..

He thinks that it's really cool to chill out in boxes/coolers...

I dont think that I've done just an Alex post in a while... He is almost 3 years old (will be on the 1st of Feb). He is not pottie trained! I dont know if he's afraid to use the toilet, but he refuses to use it! I will put him on the toilet, and he will sit there, then stand up and pee on the floor. I dont know why exactly he does this, but I get tired of scrubbing pee off the floor, or carpet. So, He will have no choice this summer (hopefully before), but with him patience is key! He is starting to talk really well, still cant understand everything he says, but he is getting really good at talking in sentenses. He is a super funny little boy. For example, we were over at aunt noni's house (nadja) the other day and he was carrying around a toy. He kept saying mommy, this is really, really heavy! So, I told him that if it was really, really heavy, he should put it down. He looks at me and says, "it's ok, I strong enough, I work out!". It was so funny! I sat there and laughed! He never walks, always runs (but then again, he never did just walk). He is super crazy! He never slows down, we cant even get him to sit down long enough to eat, so he eats on the run. He has tons of energy, but with age is getting calmer. He is groing out of his shyness and will actually play with other kids, and talk to other adults. He is still a super, big, mama's boy! When he's is sweet, he is the sweetest little boy in the world, but when not in a good mood, LOOK OUT! Man, he can be cranky! We do love our little Rockets! He is such a good big brother, and he just has so much love for everybody! Hopefully that is a quality that will stick with him throughout the years! Love you monkey man!

Here's my delicious cake!

I'm getting old!!

So, My 26th birthday was last Friday... I feel like i'm getting way too old for comfort! I feel old, too! I have a hard time staying up past 10:30 most nights, I have a hard time staying up all thru the day without a nap. Next i'll be yelling at teenagers to turn their music down LOL! Oye! To get old... Anyhow, this is what Danny and the kids gave me for my b-day. A new bedding set for our bed (yes we have tons of pillows! I have pillows hiding behid pillows). They also gave me a big bag of pistachios. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pistachios! Danny made me a great steak and baked potato dinner with sauted mushrooms and onions! Then after dinner, we rushed over to Nadja's house because it was also Mattingly's birthday, she is two years old now! We didn't eat any of the b-day cake because Danny had purchased me an icecream cake from Baskin Robins! YUM!! So, when we got home, even tho we were still full from dinner, we ate my icecream cake! Watched a movie (without the kids) then I went to bed... one year older than the night before.