Question of the Week

When in the world did he get so big?

Wordless Wednesdays

Great Pictures from the Wedding

I was able to capture some great pictures from the wedding and I wanted to share them.

Grammy's Wedding

On 1/1/11 at 11:11 am Dave's mom a.k.a Grammy was re-married. It was such a joyous day. After a time of mourning the loss of Craig she met a man who also lost his wife way too early in life as well. The relationship took off and low and behold we had a wedding.



His name is David (which is a very popular name in our families). We are so thankful that Grammy is happy and has someone to share her life with. We were thankful to be able to share this day with her and wish Grammy and David a long life together.

His First Snowball

I have a feeling this will be the first of many snowballs.

Question of the Week

Will Thomas ever quit screaming for his pacifier during his nap?

The Train

Thomas got a train for Christmas. He loves this train. Loves it. He plays with it all the time and if isn't not in the mood for sharing he will grab all of the cars and yell "MINE".

Arden has to remind him every so often that she likes trains too so he will share with her. Throughout the day they will sit down and just play with the train.

Look At Those Lashes

Paci Free

On Saturday Thomas went to sleep without his pacifier and he didn't pick it up all night so I ran with it. Tonight makes night number 4 without it. Last night he had tears in his eyes and his lip was quivering but he stayed strong. He's doing great except naps.

During naps he gets really upset and has a hard time falling asleep. Last night I cut the tip of the pacifier so it doesn't work. Today I handed it to him when he asked for it during his nap. His smile was so sweet that I almost felt guilty, almost. He put it in his mouth and then he took it out and looked at it. He tried it again and he handed it back to me and said "you take it."

He still wasn't happy but after a few tears he took his nap.

Here's to being paci free in 2011!

Question of the Week

Will we get this much snow tonight?

Wordless Wednesdays

The Best Christmas Show

Arden worked really hard practicing her songs for the Christmas program at her school. Her two favorite songs were Joyful, Joyful and Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. She sang every word and did her best. She told me the night before she had a little stage fright but overcame it the next morning.

Overheard

Thomas: "Momma, Where go Daddy?"

This was his first sentence. Dave was pumping gas in the car and Thomas couldn't find him. So hard to believe he's going to be talking a mile a minute soon.

The Nutcraker

Arden and I ventured into the world of ballet and saw The Nutcracker this Christmas. We had a good time but it was a little long. I think we would have done better if they would have left out the intermission.

Arden now does ballet around the house. She prefers to dance to Christmas music. She's so much fun.

Here we are before we left for the ballet.

Christmas at the Library

One of our favorite Christmas activities was Christmas at the Billy Graham Library. We had such a great time. It was a simple celebration with lights, horse drawn carriages and a live nativity.


There was also a talking cow inside the library which was Arden's favorite part of the trip. Actually, this activity might have been our favorite holiday treat.




If you ever have the chance to go to it I would recommend it. We loved it.

Where to Begin?

It appears that December turned into an unexpected blogging break. We were extremely busy with the holidays. Hopefully, I can catch up with pictures and stories and then start off the new year with our daily happenings.