Alden's waiting game for Santa...

Giggles

This little man of mine...

Thanksgiving...and giving thanks!

This year we spent Thanksgiving at my parents house, last year we were with tom's family...we alternate every year. It was so nice to be surrounded by family just soaking it up! My mom always has such a beautiful spread with the best home cooked food a girl could ask for. Shout out to my motha...hey, ho! There are many things to be thankful for this year and every year. Health, love, family, laughter, forgivness, and LIFE! I am so fortunate to spend so much time with my very favorites, madi chase and alden james...and my hunny too of course. I hope that eveyone else had an amazing thanksgiving as well.

My Nephew Alan says it best..."thanks FOR giving!"

Baby Liam

So remember the pictue a few posts down of my friend Lindsay and I at her baby shower?...Her due date was like Dec. 15th or something. Well, her little man Liam decided to be born Yesterday, a full 4 weeks early. Weighing a heafty 5 lbs 8 oz..ha ha. Cute as a bugs butt...welcome Liam, I can't wait to spoil you rotten.

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Now it should be said that this is Lindsay and her husband Ben's first baby so this premature birth was totally unexpected. But Lindsay was a champ...when she finally showed up at the hospital to see why she was feeling so crummy, she was dialated to a whopping 8 cm...you go girl! Unfortunately, she was way beyond an epidural, but she still rocked the birth anyway.

Enjoy your new bundle of joy you two...

Chrissy's pet peeve #1

Chrissy is my little sister and she has given me one of her pet peeves to post...
-i hate it when people scrape the bottom of their yogurt containers with their spoons, dude, it's gone, let it go! Why don't you just lick it for christ's sake.

pet peeve #1:

I can not stand it when i try to put on my clothes after taking a shower. I hate how my shirt always gets rolled up high up on my back as i dance aroun like a fool trying to reach it. We've all been there, this is precisely why i often choose to wear a robe after my showers...just thought you should know.

Bounce-U

My little cousin Karissa turns 6 next weekend...but we celebrated her birthday last weekend with a party at a place called BOUNCE-U, it's pretty much a place thats full of inflateables that little kids (and adults) can jump and climb on. Madi and i really liked the big slide and the obstacle course. We all started out in one room for about 30-45 minutes and then they shuffled the whole party to another room for about 30-45 minutes. Man it was so fun, but i was sweating like you wouldn't believe. Then the last shuffle was into a private room for birthday cake and presents. Thanks Karissa for inviting us to all the fun. Happy 6th Birthday!

Lindsay Baby

so my good friend Lindsay is pregnant with her first baby, his name is Liam...so cute. Thanks Tory and Dean for the cool name! Anyhoo, last weekend we went out to her Baby shower in Elk Grove and enjoyed ourselves while she macked on some awesome gifts including a Coach diaper bag and about 30 packs of diapers! You go girl. Well we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Meyers. Here is a picture of us together at her shower.

Gramma Chelle's Angels

Recently we got a bad health scare with Tom's mom Michelle (aka Gramma Chelle), however, i am glad to report that everything is A-ok now. Thank God...literally! Gramma Chelle, we all love you so much and could never ever be ok without you...

Trick Or Treat

What a wonderful night i had with my two favorite Bumble Bees. This was the first year that madi really understood what Trick or Treating was all about. She walked up to each door with her cousin Alan and so cutely said "twik o tweet' and then she ALWAYS said "Tank you" .

And an added extra (which is always nice) my bestest friend Kelli (aka P) was able to join us in the festivities. Thanks P for all you help with the kiddos, and pretty much just your company...luv you! P just moved here from Montana almost two months ago, and i don't know how she feels about it, but i couldn't be happier to have her so close :) Not to mention the fact that Madi worships the ground she walks on!

Early in the day Madi went with Yammy Michelle and Papa Greg to her preschool for a Harvest Festival. All the kids were outside in their costumes running crazy. Madi ran into Alan, Yammy DeeDee and papa Mike while she was there.

Overall, Halloween was a Success this year.

Alden James

A moment to reflect on the awsomeness that is my son. I gotta say, i love this little man so much it makes my face hurt. I think because all i do is smile when i think about him, or see him, or kiss him, or snuggle him, or think of him...oh wait i already said that...hee hee. He is just the most perfect little thing, so smiley, he reminds me so much of my dad, we even call him little papa mike! He definitely has the irish temper though, he can go from 0-60 in like a blink of an eye...the nice thing is that he never holds a grudge and he is very quick to smile any time i tickle his ribs with my nose...you have to be there i guess. Anyway...here is the tribute to the most amazing little boy...Alden James

It's Raining...It's Pouring!

Madi likes the rain...mostly because she really loves her rain boots and her rain coat...can't blame her though. I actually got really jealous as i watched her dance and jump in the puddles with her boots on...i wanna turn!

The Pony.

We took Madi and Alden to Apple hill a few weeks ago...For weeks before we went all Madi could talk about was riding the Pony. She talked about how she would pet him and hold on tight and say giddy-up and what not. So needless to say, after 30 minutes of standing in line at High Hill for the pony rides, giggling with anticipation as we inched closer to the front, standing at the rope as the next one to choose a pony-watching the other kids finish their ride, needless to say as i picked madi up to finally help her butt meet the saddle...she freaked. No way was she gonna ride that horse, i mean pony, And seriously, i picked the tiniest pony there was, I've seen Great Danes that are larger. She liftes her legs in the air and wrapped them around my waist as she not so quietly proclaimed NOOOOOOO! uh ha ha...i begin to sweat as my heart starts beating faster...the other parents are staring...the other kids are on their ponies ready and anxious to begin their rides. Their moms and dads have their cameras raised as they wait for my little 'princess' to decide what the heck she's gonna do...ride? or leave? So I ask her what she wants to do and she insists that she wants to ride the pony, so again i attempt to sit her on the saddle and again she freaks. You'd think i would just walk away at this point, which i was going to do, but then another little girl came in and sat on the pony and Madi stinkin lost it. 'MY PONY" she began to cry. So i told her SHHHHHHHH madi, lets wait until after this ride and then you can see if you want to go on the next one. (the pony attendant said it was ok to just stay there and try again) so we waited, the whole what, like 5 minutes until the ride was over. Again i approach microscopic pony to place the princess' butt on the saddle...and again, no joke, she loses it. So tom and i packed our sh*t and got the hell out of dodge...I know what you're all thinking. Why didn't we just leave after the first time that she refused to ride? This was what Tom proposed, and of course, he was right. Anyway, i just thought that i should give her time to ease into it...she had been talking about it for so long...she even has a little pony rocking horse at home that she loves to ride...well, the pony incident was just a pre-curser into the rest of the day unfortunately...but we still had fun and still got some great pics of our sweet little peanut, that we love soooooo much, even though she's really bossy and quirky...we wouldn't want her any other way.

i haven't forgotten

so it's been over a month since my last post. I guess i just got so behind and then i thought i could never catch up again, but i'm taking steps forward...just bare with me. To save me time and space i will just say that in the last 5 or 6 weeks we have done many fun things incluing camping in tahoe and many fun outings, i will only post a couple of pictures because i am just moving forward from here...but let it be known that we did do those things, i'm not a complete waste as a mom hee hee.


Well, my newest obsession is starting to make baby food for Alden. I read it on Katy's blog how she makes Claire's food and i'm so excited to start making his. My dr. wants me to wait until he's 6 months like Madi was when she started solids, but i don't know if he can wait :) Maybe just a few more weeks, in the mean time i'll just make it and freeze it until he's ready.

here are a couple of pictures from our camping trip at the end of august. We had such a good time. Both kids did awesome sleeping in the tent (madi had a hard time in the middle of the night and always ended up in bed with me...HELLO, the best part of camping is SNUGGLING.

My littlest man!

At the River

This last weekend I decided to take the kids up to the river with my parents and Alan so that we could all get a little energy out...and I could have a little adult conversation. Madi had so much fun playing with Alan, swimming, and climbing rocks. We were there all day on Sunday and Madi refused to take a nap...but on our way home that night her and Alden crashed hard!