Monday, January 31, 2011

He Done Writ! :)

I came out of my bedroom after getting ready this morning to find that Alex had done this to our whiteboard:


Hooray! He knows all of his letters really well, and we've talked about which letters are in his name, but he's never actually written anything by himself before! I'm so proud of him that I will totally forgive the fact that he erased my grocery list to do it. :)

Now, using the same photo I shall present to you some of the happenings in our home of late.


And there's your dose of random for the day. You're welcome.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


We had such a wonderful holiday season this year, and I hope you all did too! We got to spend Christmas Eve with my parents and my brother's family in Richfield. Alex loved being with his cousins. They acted out the nativity and we all sang songs in harmony while Jill (my sis-in-law) played the piano.

On Christmas morning, my dad made his traditional huge brunch. Everything was amazing, but let me just say: cream cheese and Nutella crepes. I died. :) Then we got to spend the rest of the weekend with Josh's family while my parents headed down to Arizona to see my brand new niece Hailey (congrats to Lindsay and Bryan)!


On New Year's Eve we got to hang out with our dear friends the Reedys and the Armstrongs. We had much delectable food by Chef Angie, a lot of fun, and basically no sleep. Good times, good times. :)


In other news, we recently moved Nathan's crib into the same room as Alex's bed. It was rough the first couple of nights, but now they seem to do fine and I have a space for my computer besides the kitchen counter! We've converted Nathan's old room into a playroom for the boys and a craft room for me. Which means I better start crafting, huh. :)

Also, look at that little tooth on blue-eyed man up there! It was going solo for a while, but has finally been joined by two more. He loves to give big cheesy grins to show off his teeth. And his big brother keeps me laughing with all of the silly things he comes up with. Three really is a fun age most of the time. We love our boys!