Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

What a blessed Christmas we have had!  Christmas Eve we always go to the Candlelight service with my family and then we head over to my cousins. This year we had some kinks in our evening, but it was still great spending time with my extended family.  We played games and Lesh and I both won a prize.  It was a good time.

Christmas day we woke up and Nathaniel LOVED his gift from Santa.  We took a video of him with his new trike!  I just loved Christmas this year seeing the awe  in his eyes and the excitement.  It was priceless!  I'll have to get Lesh to post it later.  Our Christmas gifts to eachother this year are our wood floors we installed ourselves. I will write about that later this week. 

We did some last minute wrapping and then headed over to celebrate Christmas with my In-Loves.  We had a great time.  Nathaniel got a motorized Thomas train set that glows in the dark from his Nana and Papa.  He really raked it in this Christmas with lots of Thomas themed gifts.  I pray yours was special too! 

Lesh and his dad making pigs in blankets for Breakfast- it's a tradition!

Nathaniel enjoyed riding his new trike!  His feet barely reach the pedals but he'll grow into it.

This is an amazing house that has all their lights set to an FM radio station.  We drove last night and saw it.  Truly AMAZING!!



Oh What Fun it is to Ride!

Last week we took Nathaniel on a hay ride to see Christmas lights and we had a great time!  Nathaniel enjoyed picking the hay and throwing it overboard.  He especially loved the trains all lit up on peoples front lawns.  We had a great time with the Caraway family too!  I love Christmas! There are so many fun things to do! We have many more events to do and can't wait to tell you about them!

Christmas In My Home!

I LOVE to decorate for Christmas!!  It is so much fun to pull all out the bling covered ornaments, trees, and garlands.  I haven't put up my tree yet though because we are installing our own wood floors! Yahoo! WE have been wanting new floors and we finally did it!  Anyways, that is for another day and another post.

Here is what Christmas is looking like so far in my house!

I have all my mugs out so that we can drink hot chocolate anytime!

I found this at the Nutcracker Market several years ago.  I love it!

I don't have a fireplace so this is where I hang our stockings!

This is what I use to hold my Christmas cards.  This was my first one last week!  It is much more full now!

What does Christmas look like in your home?



22 Months

Nathaniel turned 22 months last week, the day after Thanksgiving.  He is such a hoot and is always making us laugh.  There are so many new things he does and I can't believe that in just 2 months he will be two!
Here are some things Nathaniel does at 22 Months.

-Says well over 50 words and many new phrases- "I love you," "I love mama/dada," "Come on!" "No more," "I like..."  "Oh man"  and so many more!

-His eating has changed a little.  He usually grazes and then one meal a day he pigs out.  It's pretty amazing what he can eat!  He eats every kind of food we offer him and I'm so thankful that he isn't a picky eater!

-He has hiked his leg over the railing in his crib, but hasn't tried to get out yet!

-He can almost brush his teeth on his own, but needs a little help.

-He has 12 teeth and more coming in!  His teeth are slow in coming in.

-He likes to brush his own hair, but it usually looks messy, but very cute!

- He can partly take off his shirt and can totally pull his diaper off himself.  He always has to wear botoms of some kind at all times or he will pull off the diaper.  One day I came in at nap because he wasn't falling asleep.  He had taken his diaper off and peed all in his crib.  Glad he didn't do number 2!

-He loves to give hugs- not just side hugs, full on bear hugs sometimes tackling the poor little girl or boy.  He is touchy feely and loves to touch people all the time.  He enjoys holding hands and giving kisses.  It is too precious!

-He can use the Iphone and Ipad like a pro!  He is his father's son!

-I'm not sure how much he weighs or his height, but I think he is either right under or at 30lbs. 

I am enjoying seeing his personality blossom!  He is a blessing in our lives!

Katy Christmas Tree Lighting

My friends Wendy and Miranda invited me to the Katy Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Katy Heritage Park.  They had crafts and games for the kids to play as well as many school and church choirs perform Christmas songs.  Santa made a visit too! 

All three of us gals have boys pretty close in age.  We love to get them together when we can.  Wendy's daughter Carly loves to be around them too and Maddie is Cooper and Chloe's older sis that helps out a bunch!  The kids had a blast playing and dancing on one of the porches at the park.  It's really starting to feel like Christmas time!