December Daily Day 13-Pictures with SAnta/Christmas Cards

TOday was a long day not to mention i was up late last night catching up on my scrap booking. This morning was quite busy the boys had pictures at 11am which turned out perfect. We were up pretty early this morning getting the boys ready to go. THen when we got to Walmart the lady informed me our appt. was at 10am not 11am but no on showed for their appt either so she squeezed us in. The boys were FASt the first shot was perfect but we choose shot 3 because their smiles were much bigger, it stuck. Then after that we had to shop a little because we were taking the boys to see santa at 12pm and it was still 11:30 by the time we were done with pics. SO we shopped around a little and of course ended up buying the boys more darn toys for Christmas. The boys road on these little red bicycles and refused to get off them. We would take them off walk away from them then set them down....and of course they both would run right back to them. After the finished riding the bikes it was time to see Santa but SAnta wasnt their yet so we checked out, grabbed some food from Mcdonalds ate and then took babies back to see SAnta. Babies were tired by this time so they were being little brats. WOuldnt let us hold them so we both chased one all around till it was their turn. I didnt take a picture with them because my eyes are still swollen from the allergic reaction i had, so their dad sat with them. AT first Ashton didnt want to sit on his dads lap and see him but SAnta was so good with the boys and got them to warm up quickly. They were laughing and smiling with him, it was so adorable. The picture turned 0ut really cute but we're going to take them one more time next week so i can be in the picture with them. After we left Walmart Nick took me to the hospital for my eye infection and he ran with the boys to grab anti-freeze from my parents. IN that time babies didnt even fall asleep, after nick picked me up and we went home we laid the boys down but it took them forever to fall asleep. I think they were overly tired from all the running around. It was a long day but im glad we got some stuff done.

Then after dinner i ran back to Walmart to make our Christmas cards for this year. I thought for sure it wouldnt take me that long but in ended up taking forever i ended up being there for about 2 hours. I made three different Christmas cards because i couldnt decide on which one i liked more or which pictures to choose. All three turned out so cute though and Nick loved them so that was a plus. NOw its just going to be hard dividing them up and choosing one to send to family members or friends because we love all three. It was a busy day and not only am i worn out but i feel like poop and just want to sleep. SO GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!!!!

December Daily Day 12- Dinner With Matt Amanda & Kayden

Tonight we had dinner with some friends, the boys ate halibut for their first time but them seemed too like it for the most part. We had a lot of catching up and talking about all the gifts we bought for our kids. Kayden did very well with the boys usually shes pretty shy bout she warmed up to all of us pretty quick. WEll she kept giving NIck funny looks kinda blank looks but over alll she did good. Brody wanted Amanda to hold him alot, he kept touching her bellly saying BABY even though she isnt fat or pregnant he still thought so. The kids played for a long time even watch a movie but werent to interested in watching it. The boys were so happy to play with New toys that they dont have at home. They especially liked Kayden's pink couch the kept climbing on it tipping it back wards. Over all in was a great dinner date, we all had alot of fun, being so busy we all dont get much time to get together so it was nice. WE took a million pictures of the kids playing together, Kayden didnt really like having to share all her toys with the boys but it was understandable they are the exact same way. ACually i think all kids are a little protective over their toys but thats normal when they're toddlers. After dinner we kinda drove past a few houses with Christmas lights but not to many. The boys were enjoying loooking at them i think, they had smiles on their faces laughing at mommy for getting so excited over all the lights. Here in a few more days we will go out just to find all the cool Christmas lights in town! Love the holiday season but December is always so hectic.

December Daily Day 11- OUr Family Traditions

For day 11 I decided to do our family traditions and take pictures of the boys ornaments and our light house. Every year we will buy the boys their own ornament as well as one for dad & I. Then we also decided every year the boys will give away a couple of their toys to toys for tots so they understand that Christmas isnt all about receiving its about giving to. AND its about spending time with your loved ones and celebrating the birth of jesus. Another tradition that we want to do every year is buy a little house that lights up and eventually we will have a little town, this year we bought our first one which is a light house. IM so excited for Christmas to hurry up and get here i cant wait to see the look on the boys face when they open all their presents.

December Daily Day 10- OUr FAnily

For day 10 i basically took pictures of our family and made a page with pictures of all four of us. We didnt have much time to do anything today because we had our bowling night tonight and work in the day. SO by the time we got home it was 9:30pm and their wasnt much time to do an activity with the boys. But after the boys went to bed i printed some pictures and hung 2 new photo albums one in our room and one in the living room. Then i hit the sack because i wasnt feeling well had an allergic reaction to some make up and my eyes swelled pretty bad and itch like no other.

December Daily DAy 9- Hanging Christmas Lights!

I was a busy woman last night, redecorated my living room finished fluffing the tree cleaned the house did some more laundry and even dusted the living room. Nick watched the boys for a little while, i went shopping for our tree skirt (found a cute one) some more christmas lights and ordered the boys their personalized ornaments for this year with their picture of them. The only thing i dont know if i like is i cant put their name on them so i was a little disappointed about that. I'm gonna look on line to see if i can find ornaments with pics and names. There's wont be here till the 17th so i have a little time look else where...Not to mention i dont have to buy them till i pick them up. After i got back from shopping Nick and Neville went to work on Nick's sled over at the neighbors. They were gone doing that till 10:30pm and i was at home entertaining the boys and redecorating. I put the tree skirt on after vacumming all the frost that was all over the place but as soon as i turned my back Brody pulled the tree skirt off! DArn IT, those little buttheads. Of course i put it back on and so far they havent pulled it off again but im sure in the next 15 days it will happen again! When they got back Nick put the outdoor christmas lights up for me, i was so freaking excited! They look so PERFECT i love CHRISTMAS its the best time of year, thank you my love YOU ARE THE BEST! :)

December DAily Day 8-Play DAte

Today was a fun day the boys had a couple friends over for a play date. My girl friend Emily brought her two daughters over to play, Cassandra who's 6 and Alex who's a year old. They had a lot of fun playing together, Ashton really didnt like sharing any of his toys so he was getting a little frustrated at times. The boys and Cassandra colored these little piggy banks Emily grabbed from the bank & of course they were much more interested in ripping them up and throwing them on the floor. My little rascals are so handsome and growing way to fast!

December DAily Day 7- ADVENT CAlendArS For Ash & Bro

We bought the boys avdent calendars for Christmas. It's the count down to Christmas with chocolate candies inside for each day. The boys definitely dont understand what they're for but they do know one thing for sure there's chocolate inside. EAch day I give them their piece which are(little) then put the calendars up HIGH where they cant climb to because if they can they will. When i put the calendars up tonignt they were so mad at me and threw huge fits. I didnt break though hahaha..instead i gave them both gingerbread cookies thinking that would distract them but as soon as they finished their cookies...Brody brought me into the kitchen and started pointing at the cupoard saying chocolate. LIttle sugar addicts!