Number Time

I bought this number activity book at a garage sale when Josiah was about 7 months old and I distinctly remembering thinking, "it will be forever until he actually can use it."  But alas, the time has come, he's officially growing up! Here's Josiah working on his numbers

House Makeover

Before - red Kitchen

After, Gray\blue Kitchen with Blonde\yellow ceiling

 Before - Green and Red wall together (never been my favorite)

 After - continuous gray\blue color going into the kitchen

I'm so thankful Brian isn't afraid of heights (apparently I kinda am)

 Before- Taupe color next to green wall

After (i like it so much better!)

That's what we've been doing lately! :-)



Sleep Bouncer

My little girl bouncing in her sleep - so cute!

Feeding Time

Well, my 5 month baby girl let me know she was ready to eat some solids by being fussy after each feeding for the past few days. So the last three days she's been seriously chowing down on some squash and sweet potatoes.  Josiah has really enjoyed getting in on this feeding Gracie thing.  He LOVES it.  Actually, they both love it! He cracks up and that totally gets her going.  What a joy to watch this brother and sister interact. Here's a glimpse of it for you :-)

Sibling Fun

Sure love these 3!

Josiah's proud of the snowman he made during our MOPS group.

Some rough housing with brother.  Josiah is really good at making Grace laugh, of course I usually pull out the camera at the tail end of their laugher.  He's still working on being gentle with baby sister though

Our 2010 Christmas

I sorta drug my feet on getting a Christmas post up because all our christmas pictures were taken with a camera phone :)  We didn't have a good camera to use that day, but we definitely have some good memories.  It was fun to see Josiah get excited about opening gifts.  He did a nice job of helping everyone  open their gifts as well.  Gracie spent the day sleeping, smiling, being cuddled and laying around in those beautiful bright Silks from her sweet Aunties (thank you Christie and Kelli!!!)  Brian loves his TOM shoes from Nathan, Josiah has played with his new Thomas the Train set non-stop since he opened it (thank you nana, grandpa and yiayia and grandad!!!)  Nana and Grandpa were able to be with us that day and share in the fun, which mostly included being entertained and playing with Josiah the entire day!  It was definitely the most quiet Christmas I'v had so far, but a nice one!  I am very blessed to have Brian, Josiah and Grace as my family. And how wonderful to have Nana and Grandpa with us as well.

Just a side note so I can brag for a minute. Here are the cute Pillow Pets that the kids got because of my couponing! I got Joey's for $.57 and Gracie's was a bit more expensive at $2.03!!  I love couponing !! :-)

A message from Santa

This is so cute! My dear friend Megan sent me this link so that Santa can send a personalized message to Josiah. It's Adorable! And Josiah is watching it over and over and over.  Here's a little video of him watching Santa's personalized message to him.  I think no matter how you celebrate Santa in your house, you shoudld make one for your kids :-) (Thanks again for sharing Megan!)
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