Christmas and new beginnings...

We had a great Christmas this year. It was jammed packed with activities. D had almost 2 weeks off from work, extra vacation time he had to use or lose. But those 2 weeks went by to fast. T had no idea what was going on. But loved spending lots of time with cousins and grandmas and grandpas.

T got new jammies on Christmas Eve. A tradition that I had growing up that I will pass on to my kids.

T got to meet Santa 3 times this year. But he only seemed to like the first one (who probably was the real Santa). The one time he did smile for the camera was the picture that went on our Christmas card. The other 2 times he did not enjoy it so much (I think the smelt like beef and cheese).

We sadly said good-bye to Christmas (although we will keep it in our heart for the rest of the year) over the weekend and hello to the New Year. As we ring in the new year we have many new beginnings to look forward to in our family. Our little baby boy is now officially a toddler. In preparations for our baby girl in a couple of months we are starting the transition of putting T in a new bed. He is very excited. He loves to jump on the bed and get up and down. This may pose a problem when it actually comes time for him to sleep in it. I am currently busy getting his new room set up. It needs some color and organization. I am really nervous about this new bed. I don't know how we are going to get him to stay in it. But I want to try to get it figured out before baby girl comes. I am very excited to get started on her room next. So I can feel like she is already a part of our family.

Update...

I have been slacking on my blogging lately. I really want to do better. We were so good when T was younger. Doing a post every week or so. I will try to update it more. I guess the problem is coming up with interesting things to post about.

I think this picture sums up what it has been like since we moved back to Washington. A little exhausting, especially with it being holiday season. We have been doing lots of family things. Which we enjoy. That is one of the main reasons we moved back, to be closer to family. But with things jammed packed every weekend and even through out the week it can get exhausting. We also have been traveling with D for work the past couple of weeks.
We went to Spokane last week. Which was great. We got to spend time with D's sister and her family. She has four kids and lots of toys. T was in heaven. We also got to see some friends that we haven't seen in a long time. So nice! This week we drove down to Oregon for 3 days. I got to do some Christmas shopping. Tax free in Oregon, so I had to take advantage. T has been a trooper for there long car rides. But we think next time we just might leave him with Grandma. It's not easy shopping with a 17 month old.

It's really hard to believe we have a 17 month old. He is full of personality. He is learning new things everyday. He has a pretty good comprehension of things now. It's amazing to see him process things and understand what your saying. He says all sorts of words like hey, ba-bye, apple juice, baby, monkey. D got him to say please yesterday. He loves being outside and around other kids. He doesn't quite know how to interact with others but he is learning. We love him and are so happy he is apart of our family. I can't believe we are going to have another one in a few months. I am trying to prepare myself but I have no idea how. T has been keeping me so busy I don't have as much time to think about it. Much different than when I was pregnant with T. We still haven't done much to prepare for her arrival. I am waiting until after the holidays and then I am sure I will be in baby girl mode.

Little Lion King

Happy Halloween!

T was dressed up as Lion King this year. He was suppose to be a monkey, but unfortunatley I packed his costume in a box that is somewhere in our garage that we can't get to right now. I was so bummed that I couldn't find it. I was able to find this adorable lion costume last minute which worked just that same.

At the Trunk-or-Treat with Grandpa. He really didn't get the concept of Trick-or-Treating. He only lasted about 4 cars and then got distracted.

T also went Trick-or-Treating with his cousin who is a year older and gets the concept much better. So cute!