Happy Holidays

I know I'm just getting around to posting the craziness. I finally got the decorations down yesterday. And for those of you who know about my finger it is soooooo much better. I go to the Dr again today just to double check before coming to Utah but it is almost healed so no trip to the hospital this time. Anyway here are some pictures from Christmas.

Cael got a batman mask from Santa and so he's been pretty much wearing it nonstop. We have to call him batman when he's wearing it and then he'll take it off and say "me" so we know we can call him Caellum again. In this picture Javin thought it would be fun to wear Cael's mask from Christmas so they could both be Batman and fight the bad guys.

Cael is quite the drummer. Usually he sits in daddy's lap but in this picture I was cooking (which pretty much sums up my Christmas day) and everyone else was downstairs. Cael climbed right up and decided to drum by himself

I think my lemon meringue could almost rival mom's I was so proud!!


Everyone opening presents. Looks like Amira even got in on the action


Javin was so excited to go downstairs and just couldn't wait. Notice the batman stocking.

Our tree was really pretty this year. It was even more pretty before Javin decided to put the "snow" on it. All of the green fuzz is from a cushion on our folding chair that was coming apart. Caellum and Javin loved putting it on the tree and I figured what could it hurt.
For those of you who are wondering about New Years. We all ended up in bed about 8. We told Javin he could stay up so I went to lay down with Cael and fell asleep. At 10 Ryan came to wake me and told me he was going to carry Javin up to bed he had fallen asleep about 5min after I went upstairs with Cael. So, I ended up in bed earlier than any night in history and the kids were asleep too. the next morning Javin woke up crying because he had wanted to stay up until Midnight. Oh well there's always next year.
Hope everyone had a great 2008.

Santa Sightings

This year Christmas has been so fun. Javin is so excited for Christmas and has been counting the days. Cael loves to hear about Santa and loves to see the lights, presents and trees. They are both so excited and we're glad to get to start our own family traditions for the kids but miss the fam in Utah!!



Robby (our apt complex manager) dressed up as Santa and walked through the apts today yelling ho ho ho and merry christmas

He then was at the office for the kids to come and see him. Javin spotted a fake right away and Cael was super excited.

We went to lights of the south this year with the Winn's and it was really cool. This is one of the castles sitting on top of the swamp. You ride through the lights on a tractor drawn hay ride. Javin of course could not contain his excitement.

Playing after the lights

Javin and Kade! Javin was so excited to go with these guys!!

Cael didn't want to look at me.

We couldn't get Cael to smile but the kid was so excited to see "sasa" and sit on his lap.

Good thing the real Santa was at lights of the South since the one at our apt was "fake"

Cute Kids

I like to cuddle with my daddy!!

Most of the time they love each other and play super cute.

Javin's homework time. Usually Cael wants to do homework too so we get out paper and crayons for him to do his homework.

Caellum helped me set the table by putting every single piece of silver ware that we own on the table. He is such a good helper

I just thought these pictures were cute and wanted to let you all see them.

Birthday Fun

Happy Birthday



I can't believe Cael is 2!! He's getting so big and is such a little boy.



He didn't quite understand Heavy Heavy hangover and of course none of us got him to wish us anything but one day he'll get it.

Javin is barely taller than the chair. He had more fun than Caellum did.



The official BATMAN cake. Caellum loves him!!


The next day playing with birthday presents.

He's 2

Today is Cael's birthday!! Poor kid had to endure the doctor with all of the shots that go along with it. They also wanted to do blood work so I had to hold him in my lap while they stuck him with a needle and drew blood. I felt so bad for him. Luckily he isn't quite as dramatic as Javin and once it was over he stopped crying and only said ow a few times. He's so tough.
Last Tuesday I went to Javin's school for a party and had so much fun with him. He's such a great kid and was all excited to see me. And then Thursday we went over to the Weiler's for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a lot of fun and such good food. Thanks guys we loved it. We then went over to some of our friends from the Star Wars game for desert and the kids loved their older boys who made them oragami and let them play with their cool toys.
On Friday, After the craziness at work, we dropped the kids off at Cari's (thanks so much) and Ryan and I went to Atlanta to the Manheim Steamroller concert!! YEAH!! Before the concert we went to dinner at the melting pot and it was delicious. It's been a long time since Ryan and I had good quality alone time and we had lots of fun. The food was delicious and the music was excellent. The only down side is that because of work I didn't get to see the kids for 2 whole days. I missed them but at least Ry got some good quality time in. I wanted to take pictures but the battery has been dead forever and i can't find the camera stuff to charge it. Hopefully we can find it and get pictures of Cael's Batman cake and opening presents.
We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and love you all

TWILIGHT

SO, I know this is a huge deal but last night I went to the opening of the movie Twilight. Cari got me hooked on the books and she and a bunch of friends were going to the movie so I tagged along. It was a lot of fun!! I love hanging out with the girls and just being silly. We laughed and even giggled at those awkward moments and the crowd cheered when each new character was introduced. I must say I think I liked it more having read the books because you know what they are thinking better. We had fun and I was extremely tired at work today but so worth it. Next time there's a fun movie premier sign me up. By the way, thanks Lynds for the pictures that I stole from your blog. Love ya!!

It's finally gone

After months of saying we need to get rid of Cael's binky it's finally gone. We cut two of them and were on to the last binky. It was being used for nap and bed time and anytime that Caellum just needed a little extra comfort. through no magic of our own the last one is gone. Cael lost it and Ryan and I have searched this house like crazy. He went to bed last night without it and i have been searching on and off today and can't find it anywhere. Caellum is now down for his nap without it and now I think if we do find it we will have to throw it away and never let him know about it. We wanted it gone before we come to Utah so I guess fate has stepped in and made the decision for us. I have to say I will probably never let a kid get this hooked again. Javin never used one but Caellum kind of needed it. Anyway, it's gone
On a fun note Cael and I went to Javin's school to eat lunch with him today. He was so excited to see us and couldn't stop jumping up and down and giving me hugs. I love how excited he gets about things. and I probably should cherish the fact that he's so excited to see me and doesn't care who sees him giving his mommy a hug and kiss. It was fun and Caellum loved being at school.