Christmas 2010

Unforunately, this post is one without pictures of Christmas. As I was uploading my pictures, I found out that someone had accidentally erased ALL my Christmas pictures, and left me with a few pictures of feet, the ground or the ceiling...which leads me to believe it was my beautiful BumbleBee who wanted to be just like her mommy and capture the moments with mommy's camera. :) Gotta love it! Actually it's quite sad since I had taken some ADORABLE pics over Christmas...

But back to Christmas! I will say that there was a chance we were going to be snowed in due to the "Snow-nami" that came by Thursday afternoon through Friday morning... however SuperHubby being so committed to the holiday spirit made sure we were able to get out of the driveway and street. After five hours of driving, we made it to Fargo for the family Christmas Eve, full of yummy foods Grandma Ellie made everyone, and lots of present opening that followed. The mounds of presents were overwhelming, and even though the family agreed on drawing names for one gift per person, it seems everyone's generosity was overflowing! BumbleBee, Tiger, and Monkey received so many beautiful presents! Between LOTS of art supplies, fun Little People sets-Noah and the Christmas Navity, and even rosaries, our children were truly blessed with lots of wonderful things!

We love our family so much and are so glad to have them.

One fine Saturday, the snow was a'falling... in fact with the drifts, our front door was piled with snow! Enough for us to consider it a blizzard! So what's a family to do but decorate the Christmas tree!

In fact, we had so much fun, with all the kids tacking on the ornaments, having fun dancing to Christmas tunes, getting excited about the navity! Advent has gone by so quickly, and with only 4 days left until Christmas, we can hardly believe it's almost Jesus' birthday!

So as we prepare for the birth, we find ourselves closely watching our Advent calendar, exciting our souls for placing the baby Jesus in the nativity scene, and wrapping our gifts for our loved ones. YAY! Christmas!

So what are your Christmas traditions? I'm all ears!

Preparing for Christmas

As the season continues with strong force (and faith :), our little family is gearing up for our first Christmas "brag" letter. Granted, I don't think it's too braggy, but it is super cute! We incorporated each of our children and their bubbly personalities with a GREAT photo "film strip" instead of the regular family photo card. Think of going to a mall, and being in one of those photo booths and you get the strip of pics after? Yup that's what we were going for :) PLUS it's small enough to fit in a wallet/purse yet the pics are big enough so that you can actually see the kids faces ;)
So how did I do it? Let's just say... a lot of patience, stuffed animals to occupy hands, and a blue sheet that I used as a backdrop :)

Hope our family and friends enjoy them :) Let me know if you'd like an update letter/photo :)

Below are some fun "practice shots"

He LOVES animals!!
She is just a little model!

Sharing their animals

On the time out chair... but as a prop :)

BAM! PERFECT SHOT of the timples,

granted I do note that there's a little too much lighting on it.... next time :)

Cooking Cuties

My two year-old LOVES to bake! Although I enjoy my kitchen, I've never been gifted in cooking, I have grown to love the time I get with my daughter to bake different recipes. Since it is the holiday season, I finally busted out one of my favorite cookie recipes: the peanut butter Kiss cookie! And Bumblebee LOVED every minute of it!

First thing to do while waiting on the preheated oven: unwrap the Kisses!

BumbleBee LOVED doing this little task!

T-man was our watch-boy!

He kept track of his big sister and made sure she was on task!

As BumbleBee worked hard, she LOVED making the peanut butter dough balls

Awaiting her creation with her "friends", note each one has a bib on too!

After all the fun, it was time to take care of her baby

while Mommy took care of her own baby boy!

Thanksgiving 2010

Great time in Fargo! Wish I had more time to write... but here's our Turkey weekend in photos!!!

Da Babes

My three little ones... love it!

Monkey: oh my little dimples
T-man and his big boy cup!

She's really into coloring, I mean, designing :)

Updates

It's been too long! Can you tell we're ever so busy in our home with three tots under two and a half years old? It's been marvelous though! I've even left the house with all three kiddos for doctors appointments, grocery shopping, and even work! Our little Monkey even went to a 4 hour work meeting with me for the March for Life! It was possibly the best meeting I've ever attended... there were three babies around the table in addition to my own! YAY Life! Well here's some pics to keep you comin' back for more!

T-man LOVES pointing! And please note the tuff of hair that never seems to stay down
Bumblebee got a new winter coat! She LOVES it!
and even gets upset when we try to pull it off her

My Little Monkey is now 1 month-old! I can't believe it!