Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Mike found this truck on ebay for Alex.  It isn't plastic!
Alex loved Aberlee's Monkey chair
Alex loved his pancake!
Kate would put on all her presents!  Here she has on a  hat, minnie mouse PJ's and jacket from Gram and PawPaw.  She also have PJs on from Aunt Kristin and ladybug boots!
Just a few photos from our day!

Our Christmas day started with pancakes made by PawPaw!!  Alex loved them!  Then we started to open presents.  It took one person to hand out presents to everyone and then another person to guard the presents from Alex!  He just wanted to climb over them to get to the train that was under the tree!  All 3 kids get great during opening presents and Kate would open something and then want to put it on!
We had an early turkey dinner and we really just enjoyed our day!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

the mall train


It was a rainy day so we took Kate and Alex to the mall with Gram.  They had a great time walking around and dancing to music in the stores.  Gram took the kids on a train ride and they LOVED it!! 

Magic house

 Alex as President

daddy & Kate inside bubble

Aunt Kristin got the girls matching dresses and stocking!  so cute!





Yesterday we took all 3 kids to the St. Louis Children's museum. It was a rainy yucky day here so it was a perfect day to be inside!! The museum was huge!!! All 3 kids had a great time!! Kate loved the bubble room & the 3 story slide that she was flying down. We were there from 9:45 until almost 2. Both kids were so wore out that they both fell asleep in the car on the way home!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Kate and Aberlee


So sweet!!

Matching PJs


Mike with the kids!




Santa Aberlee

Alex loves his cousin Abbie

Aunt Kristin got the kiddos matching PJs!!  So cute!!

Trip to St. Louis

Last week started with Kate's Christmas program at school.  Mike, Alex and I attended and watched Kate and her class sing Jingle Bells.  My throat was bothering me a little bit on Monday and by Tuesday afternoon I was running fever and felt awful!  Mike took over kid duty, thank goodness, and I headed in to see the doctor Wednesday morning.  The doctor wasn't sure what was wrong really, I thought I had strep throat and he thought I had the start of a sinus infection and maybe even mono.  I started an antibiotic and probably didn't feel much better until Friday morning.  Kate was out of school and I canceled the play date we were going to hold on Thursday morning, so sad.  We were supposed to leave Saturday morning for St. Louis for Christmas to visit Mike's sister and his family, but we decided to leave Friday afternoon.  We thought it might be easier with the kids for us to drive at night.  I'm not so sure it was a good idea.  Kate was happy watching movies and when we turned off the movies at 8:30 or so she went to sleep.  Alex on the other hand was a different story.  Poor baby.  He would fall asleep and then wake up whining 10 minutes later and this went on forever it seemed!  We stopped for gas at around 10ish and after that Alex was happy and yelling "ta da" and making noises by putting his hand up to his mouth and moving it back and forth.  He was like this for a while and then went back to sleeping for 10 minutes or so and then whining.  He was so sad and I was unable to sleep, but Kate got some sleep.  We got to Kristin's around 2AM.  We left home at about noon.  It was a long trip but we are so happy to be here!!

It was so exciting to meet our niece Aberlee, who Alex calls her "Abbie."  Both kids have been super sweet with her and have loved playing with her toys.

We bathed all 3 of them together:
cousin Aberlee

the cousins all in the tub

Aberlee                 

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Visit with Santa

Our HOA provided us with a visit from Santa in our home! Alex screamed for his Mama, but Kate did great!!

Kate with Santa!

Christmas outfits


My dear friend Kelly made the dress and tie to match for the kids! So cute!
His "cheese" smile

Alex as Santa

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Alex loves his tractor!!!

Kate's cowgirl look!

Christmas time

Last night I hosted a Christmas party for my Mom's group. We had about 15 ladies here with lots of yummy food, drinks and desserts. We played games & exchanged gifts via a white elephant game. We even sang some karaoke into the early hours!

So where were my kiddos during this party?? My sister & brother-in-law were glad to take the kids for the night. The kids had a blast & Kate has been saying all day that she wants to go back tomorrow to spend the night with them again!! Jes even did an art project with the kids for us for Christmas! It's a canvas with each kids feet & hands on it with their name! Mike & I will treasure these always!!

This morning when we picked up the kids, we all exchanged gifts. Kate is now a pro at opening presents & pretty much opened everyone's presents!! She loved her gifts from my parents & Jes & Brian! As soon as we got home she wanted to put on a heart outfit my sis gave her with the "princess"cowboy boots (what she called them) & monkey hat that my parents gave her! Alex loved his Elmo from my Aunt Julie & a tractor from my parents. Jes & Brian also got the kids a fish tank & I can't wait until we get back from the holidays to add some new members to our family!! Brian & Jes have a few fish tanks which the kids love to look at so I know they will Love having one of their own!!

Thursday, December 8, 2011