Sledding

December 24, 2009

Mommy and Eliana sledding

Jamie and Shane along with Josh and I took our adventurous little girls sledding Christmas Eve. Ethan stayed home with Nana. We were 100% positive he would not like sledding. I think he did not mind..when we got back he was watching CARS..his ultimate favorite. Both Eliana and Abigael loved sledding. Eliana had no fear, although she did not like the cold snow flying up in her face. Who can blame her?

Getting ready to go sledding

Cousin Abigael

Daddy getting ready to take Eliana sledding for the very first time

Mommy and Eliana

Winter Wonderland

December 23, 2009

Two days before Christmas, Colorado got hit with a huge snowstorm and we got our White Christmas after all! It was beautiful and I loved it! This was really the first time the kids were around any snow of significance. Eliana loved the snow and wanted to play in it any opportunity she got. Ethan did not want to have anything to do with it and avoided it like the plague. He did not even want to walk in it..poor guy! By the time we left Colorado he was comfortable enough to walk through the edges of the snow.

Get a Texas girl around that much snow and she goes camera crazy, needless to say I ended up taking a crazy amount of pictures! I'll just choose some of my favorites!

Before the big snowfall hit...there's Ethan walking around the patch of snow and Eliana going right into the middle of it ;-)!!

Mommy and Eliana

No mom, my hands aren't freezing!!

I love this pic!

Ethan & Eliana's first plane ride

December 17, 2009

3:00 a.m. - Wake up kids who wonder what in the heck is going on
3:30 a.m. - Hit the road to head to DFW airport --kid's are wide awake and think they are on an adventure. Our neighbor, Keron, graciously went with us so he could drive our car back to our apartment.
4:00 a.m. - Arrive at DFW. Unpack and wait and wait for the lines to open up. So glad my husband said we needed to arrive early. The line got REALLY long while we were waiting.
5 something- Go through security line..get up the front of the line and realize we need a "mock" ticket for Eliana. Josh went back to line while I waited. Not for long though. Went through line. We had to take the kids shoes off, coats off, get all the bags and car seat through...quite the experience. Ethan did not know why he had to take off his shoes and why they took his milk so he had a mini meltdown. I felt sorry for the people behind us.
Finally get through line and find some breakfast, which made the kids happy.
6:30 - Board plane and have to wait for about an hour for everyone to board. Eliana got a bit antsy at times but did super great overall.
7 something - Take off. Ethan stared out the window for the longest time while we were taking off. Super cute. He looked at books and toys all trip and hardly made a peep. Eliana, on the other hand, did not have her own seat and got somewhat fidgety. She went from Josh's lap to my lap and from toy to toy throughout the trip. However, she did GREAT considering she was only 15 months old.
9 - Arrive at Denver and are super exhausted but so glad we are there.

Waco Christmas

Decemeber 12, 2009

We had an early Christmas with my family before leaving for our trip to CO. Here are a couple of pics.

A rare picture of the cousins together...this was the best one out of the five I took. This was a funny moment because Dad, Lindsey, and I were all taking pictures and trying to get all the kids to look at the camera. I even think there were some bribery in there ;-)!

Ethan looking at his new book
Eliana in her Christmas dress with her baby doll

We are still alive and well...

For those of you who faithfully read my blog...come on I know you are out there..I just wanted to drop a quick note saying we are alive and well! We have some computer problems on our main computer and have not been able to update our blog! I have tons of pictures from our Christmas Vacation in Colorado. The kids had a great time!

Ethan & Eliana are doing well. Ethan turns 3 next month (on the 15th)...yes you heard me right 3!!!! I can hardly believe it! He still LOVES CARS and wants a "CARS Pancake" for his birthday. I am not sure if he means CARS Cake or pancake. If any of you have seen him eat pancakes, you know he loves pancakes so he might indeed mean pancake! We are trying to get Ethan to talk in sentences more, instead of baby talk and he is getting better, but he is still our quiet boy. He is a sweetie and is content with playing by himself. He'll play with trains or cars all day if we (or Eliana ;-)!) would let him!

Our little whirlwind, AKA Eliana, is now 17 months old and is the exact opposite of Ethan. She is busy, verbal, and our little social butterfly. She goes down the aisles in the grocery store saying Hi to all that pass. She does not sit still for long and jumps from toy to toy! She seems much older than her 17 months. She does whatever most 2 year olds can do and she says just as much! She got interested in the "potty" in Colorado and will sometimes tell us when she needs to potty.

I'm staying busy with my two kiddos and would not trade it for anything. There are days when I wonder if it would be easier just to go to work, and yes it probably would but it would not be as rewarding! I adore my kids and even when they drive me crazy there is no other place I want to be!

I'll be sure to post pics soon!

Trip to Dallas Aquarium

November 27, 2009

The day after Thanksgiving we took a trip to the Dallas Aquarium. We have heard good things about it from a lot of people. We were not disappointed. The kids had a blast and we did too!

It is hard to get two toddlers to look at the camera at the same time!

Ethan and Eliana looking at some bird (I think!)

Sharks were swimming in the sides and top of the tunnel..very cool!

Ethan looking at a giant sea turtle

Our Thanksgiving

November 26th, 2009

I thought since it is almost Christmas that I would get some pictures from our Thanksgiving up! Isn't that just like me?!? We spent Thanksgiving at my Uncle Gary & Aunt Patty's house. Of course, there were lots of food and a Cowboys game (which they won thankfully!), and family (which is the most important thing!) The kids had fun playing in the leaves in Gary and Patty's huge backyard and Ethan had a blast playing with all of the matchbox cars they have collected since having two grandsons.

I had to include this pic taken that day

Ethan in mom's tennis shoes

Eliana eating her Thanksgiving dinner
Eliana playing in the leaves

Ethan and Papaw (Dad wasn't ready for this picture ;-)!)

Eliana wearing Cliff's ball cap with my cousin Amy in the background