Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas!!! We went to Blake's parents house for Christmas Eve dinner and to open presents. Caroline got spoiled of course! It was funny this year watching her open presents because she would open one and then want to play with it and would get so distracted that she wouldn't want to open anymore! I'm sure by next year, she'll be ready to rip into the presents!!!







Then we left there and went to my parents house and stayed there until this afternoon. We had so much fun hanging out with our family. Santa came to visit Caroline and left her with some cool toys!!! My mom and dad totally spoiled everyone again this year! They gave Blake and I a Wii. So, I guess I can say good-bye to my husband for awhile!!! He's now got an iPhone and a Wii to keep him entertained!! Here's Caroline on Christmas Eve night waiting up for Santa!


Christmas morning!




Getting ready to go to my brother and SIL's house for Christmas lunch.

Rocking out with Maddox's guitar. She seemed to be more interested in my niece and nephew's toys than she was her's!


Sweet girl was SOOO tired in this picture. She did NOT take a nap on Christmas day. Just too much to do and see!

Kendall with her favorite Christmas picture....her boyfriend Justin Bieber.

I think the best part of our Christmas was the beautiful snow. It started about 10:30 and didn't stop until we went to bed. We got about 3-4 inches in Cleveland. Caroline really enjoyed getting outside and playing in it!



Caroline ended up staying with my parents tonight since Blake and I both work tomorrow and the daycare is closed. Blake and I have been lost tonight without her home with us. It's amazing how attached your heart is for your children!! Caroline is in good hands though and will have a blast with her cousins tomorrow. I'm only working half a day tomorrow and then I'm off the rest of the week! Can't wait to bring in the new year!!!

Tis the Season!

Yesterday, we had our annual Christmas get together with my mom's side of the family at Hard Labor State Park. It's so much fun to get together and see everyone! Here's some pictures from our day! Sorry there's so many! I promised everyone I would post the pictures!!! But hey...I guess this makes up for not posting pictues in a week!

The annual family picture. Miss Caroline does NOT like to smile for the camera these days!

Kendall and Caroline! Best buds.

Grandma with her grandkids!

Caroline rocking away!

My niece and nephew! They love each other...can't you tell!!!

My mom and one of her sisters!

Caroline being a mommy to the sweet baby she got!

My cousin with his son and Caroline. The kids are about one month apart!

My happy parents!

My family! And, yes my dad is doing bunny ears on me! He's such a jokester!

Our entire family, with kids!

Mom and her sisters!

Dad and Blake being really silly! They wanted me to keep taking their picture! Such goof balls.

My aunt Lisa and her family!

My aunt Jane and her family!

My cousin Pat and his family!

All of the great grandkids with Katie and Chris.

All of the grandkids!

A pooped child! She didn't get a nap all day and fell asleep before we even got on the road!

But woke up when we got home to check out her loot! She got 3 babies, a dr's kit, books, and clothes!

Our Sunday

We have had a very lazy Sunday. Caroline was up all night last sick with a stomach bug so we decided to lay low today. It was a great day to be lazy since it's so cold and snowy outside!

When C got up from her almost 4 hour nap today, she went straight to the phone and wanted me to dial grandma's number. So I dialed it for her and she laid on the sofa just like this and talked to my mom and dad for about 15 min!



Boy, do I have my hands full. I can just see her now as a teenager sitting in her bedroom or on the sofa talking to friends! She LOVES phones. When I'm on my cell phone, she'll say "I'm gonna need my phone". And my response is always that I'm gonna need you to be a baby!!!

I start my new job tomorrow!!! I'm excited and also praying that this stomach bug doesn't hit me anytime this week. I've been so stressed the last 4 weeks that we would get sick right as a start a new job. It's just the kind of luck I have. I've been so careful about keeping C away from germs lately but it still somehow hit our house. I'm just so thankful it hit her last night and not tonight!!!

Have a great week and stay warm!!!

My life!

I don't know if it's just this time of the year or if it's just my life but I feel so STRESSED everyday b/c my to-do list keeps getting bigger and bigger everyday. With this cold air we've been having, it makes it hard to do anything after work...which means my Saturday to-do list is LONG! I've also been busy because this is my last week at my current job. I start the new job on Monday! I'm so excited but am in the process of training someone for my job so it's been crazy. I just feel like I can never catch up and I hate that feeling. I've been dreaming of just laying on my sofa at night watching Chrismas movies like the old days. Then I look at my calendar and realize there is no time to sit. And after Christmas we have C's 2nd birthday so I've been trying to think of what to do for that too.

So, you can see that my mind is CRAZY right now! Which is why I haven't been blogging in awhile. I do good to have clean clothes to wear these days! It's SO hard being a working mommy but it's also rewarding. I love that C gets to play and socialize with kids all day. She is learning SO much and for that I"m grateful. She says and comes up with something new everyday. On the way home tonight, I asked if she had a good day today and she said, "Zes (yes) I did. Play with friends". So I asked if she had fun playing with her friends today and she shouted, "Zes!!!". It was so cute!

In other news, my mom was so generous to me for my birthday and gave me a new camera. My last camera was good but it would take forever to take a picture and by the time it took the picture, Caroline was on to other things! Plus it got sand in it when we went to Savannah in August so it was time for an upgrade! Let me just say that I LOVE my new camera! Thanks mom! I tried it out last night and could not believe how great the picture was. So, I ran upstairs where Blake was reading books to Caroline and took a quick picture. Here's my two cuties!



Blake and I went to my holiday party last Saturday. We had a blast!! They gave us a free room to stay in so we took full advantage and had Caroline spend the night with my parents! It was just what we needed. Blake and I have not been out for a night by ourselves since Caroline was born. Our crazy work schedules can also wear on our relationship so a night just for ourselves was great! I had a great time with my co-workers at the party and will be so sad to say good bye to them on Friday. But God has wonderful things in store for my family and I'm excited for my next adventure!

Sorry for such a long and random post...just felt like getting my thoughts out tonight!!! I'm hoping that when I can knock some things off my to-do list that I will be able to relax and enjoy this time of the year!!!

A fun birthday!!!

Yesterday I turned a year older and a year wiser!!! Since Blake was off yesterday and since my birthday fell on a Friday (which gave me the opportunity to take a 3 day weekend) I decided to take off! We had a FULL day planned as a family. When I got up, my sweet hubby and child had me my favorite cupcakes, balloon, a card that C made for me, and a sweater. Then Blake says that he wants to take me to the AT&T store to buy a new cell phone. What a great start to my birthday!!! Blake and I had VERY old phones...I'm too embarassed to even say what they looked like but trust me...they needed to be updated! So, we both got new iPhones and LOVE them. How did we live this long without them???

After we got the phones, we headed to Leonx mall to ride the pink pig! Caroline loved it but sat so still the entire ride. It was funny.





Then we decided to go ahead and put C through the torture of seeing Santa! I knew she wouldn't like him but I wanted that yearly photo! I'm such a mean mommy!!! And, I was right...she HATED him. I mean shaking she was so scared of him.


So, we caved and saved her from the old man and took a picture with her! After we walked away, she said "Sweet Santa"! We laughed so hard! Guess he's not so bad afterall..or maybe it was the cute toy he gave her that helped win her over!


Then we came home for naps! I went to visit my friend Kim, who just had the sweetest little baby girl! Then we got ready and met my parents at a Japanese restaurant for dinner! Yummy! C loved the cupcakes!


Tonight, Blake and I are going to my company's holiday party! Should be fun! C is going to spend the night with my parents so I'm sure she'll enjoy getting spoiled!!!

Have a great weekend!