Cayden got these cool rock star pajamas. they are super "warm and cozy" he said.
Jared got just pajama pants. He and Josh are too cool for pajama sets now so they get pants and can pick a t-shirt to wear with them.
My camera ran out of batteries for mine and Josh's pajamas but josh got fleece camo pants and I got a hot pink shirt with plaid pants.This is me shoveling snow. I have done this only 2 times in my life. This is number two. I did it once last year while I was pregnant with Kayla and kept contracting the entire time. It was much easier when you are not pregnant! Now I am hoping that I will not have to shovel snow again. Blaine got a snow blower for Christmas!
This year when we decided to decorate the tree, I thought that it would be really great to have a formal tree and a kid tree. I wanted a tree that was nice and matched. The boys were sad that I did not want them to put up all of the ornaments they had made. So.. we came to a compromise. Two trees. One in the living room that was very nice and matched, and one in the family room with all of the ornaments the kids have gotten and made over the years. Here is the kid tree. I do not think they look very happy.
There are some smiling faces. Josh took the picture so maybe he did not tell them to smiley first. Who knows.
This is a picture of the cute sign I bought while I was in St. George right before Thanksgiving. I have it sitting right above the kitchen sink. Just a nice reminder to believe. Note the super clean kitchen sink and counter? I did spent the night before cleaning so I could take pictures.
My formal tree. It sits right in the center of the living room window. I can not say how excited I feel when I look at my beautiful tree that matches in the formal living room. Note the area is partially clean. The picture I took during the day did not turn out as well as this one. Oops!
Kayla had her six month appointment at the doctor and her shots. She actually did pretty good after the shots. She was just tired all day. The doctor told us we could start advancing her diet, as long as she did not have any milk or soy in the foods we gave her. Well, I was thrilled that she could have rice cereal. I had picked some up the week before just in case we could start feeding her. I could not wait for her first foods pictures. Well I went home and looked at the box to read the ingredients. Guess what...yep..it had soybean oil in it. Dang it! Well, I decided that I could make my own rice cereal. Really, how hard could it be, cook the rice and blend it with some formula, and there you have it, right? Wrong, I ended up with a gooey mess that she did not like at all.
Look at this face! She hated it!
She just make funny faces and would not eat it. She did spit out more then she swallowed. Fortunately, there are brands of rice cereal that do not have and soy in them and we were able to return that cereal that she was allergic to and get some that she was fine with. Thank you Beechnut! (they are the ones without soy.)
This year when we decided to decorate the tree, I thought that it would be really great to have a formal tree and a kid tree. I wanted a tree that was nice and matched. The boys were sad that I did not want them to put up all of the ornaments they had made. So.. we came to a compromise. Two trees. One in the living room that was very nice and matched, and one in the family room with all of the ornaments the kids have gotten and made over the years. Here is the kid tree. I do not think they look very happy.
There are some smiling faces. Josh took the picture so maybe he did not tell them to smiley first. Who knows.
This is a picture of the cute sign I bought while I was in St. George right before Thanksgiving. I have it sitting right above the kitchen sink. Just a nice reminder to believe. Note the super clean kitchen sink and counter? I did spent the night before cleaning so I could take pictures.
My formal tree. It sits right in the center of the living room window. I can not say how excited I feel when I look at my beautiful tree that matches in the formal living room. Note the area is partially clean. The picture I took during the day did not turn out as well as this one. Oops!
Kayla had her six month appointment at the doctor and her shots. She actually did pretty good after the shots. She was just tired all day. The doctor told us we could start advancing her diet, as long as she did not have any milk or soy in the foods we gave her. Well, I was thrilled that she could have rice cereal. I had picked some up the week before just in case we could start feeding her. I could not wait for her first foods pictures. Well I went home and looked at the box to read the ingredients. Guess what...yep..it had soybean oil in it. Dang it! Well, I decided that I could make my own rice cereal. Really, how hard could it be, cook the rice and blend it with some formula, and there you have it, right? Wrong, I ended up with a gooey mess that she did not like at all.
Look at this face! She hated it!
She just make funny faces and would not eat it. She did spit out more then she swallowed. Fortunately, there are brands of rice cereal that do not have and soy in them and we were able to return that cereal that she was allergic to and get some that she was fine with. Thank you Beechnut! (they are the ones without soy.)Thanksgiving was fun even though both Blaine and I had to work. we bough most of our dinner from the Schwans man so it just need to be reheated. It was super yummy! Tammy and Lynn came over for dinner and we had a great time just chatting and watching football. I got home from work at 4 and Blaine had to leave at 8. I was just enough time to cook and eat and clean with a few moments to spare for enjoying the Holiday together.
No turkey for Kayla yet, she just had fun sitting in the highchair and talking to us.
Cayden picked out all of the black olives from the relish tray when he thought no one was looking.
Blaine made most of the dinner before I got home. He was stirring the gravy and thought he was funny when he made this face. I thought it was funny too.
Jared was helping to take care of Kayla and Cayden while dinner was cooking.
Josh helped out so much with the dinner. He has really stepped up lately and asks what he can do to help. He usually does not wait to be asked before he asks. I am so thankful for this wonderful family of mine. I am not sure what I would do without them!
No turkey for Kayla yet, she just had fun sitting in the highchair and talking to us.
Cayden picked out all of the black olives from the relish tray when he thought no one was looking.
Blaine made most of the dinner before I got home. He was stirring the gravy and thought he was funny when he made this face. I thought it was funny too.
Jared was helping to take care of Kayla and Cayden while dinner was cooking.
Josh helped out so much with the dinner. He has really stepped up lately and asks what he can do to help. He usually does not wait to be asked before he asks. I am so thankful for this wonderful family of mine. I am not sure what I would do without them!
