Sunday, December 27, 2009

Merry Christmas!

It's been too long since I've updated...

We've had a wonderful holiday season. We have had fun with friends, Joshua got Baptised, our family had a great Christmas...we just feel so tremendously blessed as 2009 is ending. This year sure has flown by...but more on that later :).

Updates on everyone:

Nelson and Tiffany~Nelson is still working hard at trying to get mortgages to close in this crazy/still not great economy. We are blessed that his Mom works hard with him to try and make First Bay Mortgage stay afloat. We pray that next year looks better in terms of their business. I am luckily still able to stay home, and be a full-time Mom. This is quite a job, and anyone who tries it for a day would agree ;). It took me a good couple of weeks to adjust to being a Mom of 3, but I think I have it down now :).


Mikayla~Oh my sweet beautiful girly girl. She loves dancing, creating, art, dolls, being a princess, but the poor girl would trip over a feather. Not the most graceful little girl...but, she just gets up and brushes it off :). Mikayla also has amazing manners. She asks to be excused from the table after every meal, and always remembers her pleases and thank you's :). Such a lovely little lady she is. She will be the one to notice if you have a new hairdo, top, or make-up shade, literally, nothing gets past her, and she'll compliment you on it :).


Brianna~Has been affected by the new baby the most. She tries to jump on my lap whenever possible or act out for attention often. She has a very sensitive soul, and takes everything in. She gets her feelings hurt easily, but also loves incredibly deeply. Nelson would say this is a lot like me. Brianna loves dancing, and has rhythm (still trying to figure out where she gets that ;) ). Brianna can convince Mikayla to do anything, and is definitely the leader out of the two, but more shy with other kids.


Joshua~Is "talking", smiling, loves being held, adores his sisters, finally likes car rides, and is just a complete joy.


Here are some pictures...


Monday, December 7, 2009

Jesus is the reason for the season...

I love the conversations I have with my girls...here's one that I wanted to share. I picked them up from school today, and...

Me: Girls what did you learn today?
Brianna: Christmas is special because of Jesus
Mikayla: Not because of Santa or presents
Me: That's right, it's when we celebrate Jesus' birthday...remember how we make Jesus a b-day cake on Christmas?
Mikayla: Mommy, we shouldn't do that He can't have any of it.
Me: I know, but He's looking down on us, and He'd like to see us celebrate his b-day with some cake I bet :)
Brianna: How old is Jesus?
Me: Umm, well, He doesn't get older in Heaven.
Brianna: I'm going to make up an age for him...he's 17!

They are so funny. Their Christmas program is next week. I'm excited to see them with their classmates singing songs....I love this time of year!!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Likes/Dislikes

My boy is 8 weeks old, which is crazy. I held a week old baby today, and couldn't believe how huge/heavy Joshua is compared to the sweet baby girl I held today. I got in the car after my short visit and literally started crying. I'm not ready for my baby to get bigger. I want to keep him this snuggling sweet newborn forever. He's already in some 3-6 month clothes, and in size 2 diapers. He's a couple days shy of 2 months...craziness.

He is developing a little personality, and I absolutely love everything about him. Some of the things he likes right now are:
ceiling fans ;)
the baby swing
pacifier
his family
the stroller (falls asleep instantly in there :) )
mirrors

He dislikes:
loud sounds, he's still getting startled pretty easily (seems to be used to his sisters loud voices though :) )
stop and go traffic when he's in the car
being put down when he's awake ;)

I absolutely love being his Mom. The girls are so very in love with him too. I've started to not freak out as much by their contact with him. If I give them little jobs to do with him they LOVE it. We've been giving all 3 kids a bath together, and the girls love washing the baby's back, or getting out and getting his towel. It's really so sweet. He's still a night owl, I'm hoping he's like the girls and by 3 months is sleeping through the night.

We have a busy, exciting weekend coming up. Friday, Nelson and I have a date night; Saturday, the girls are painting pottery with Santa in Tampa; and Sunday we have a birthday party to go to...so I'm sure there will be lots of pictures to come :)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Holidays!


We had a great Thanksgiving! Everyone was fighting over Joshua time on his 1st Thanksgiving. One of the perks of having twins was that I didn't have to make Grandmother's upset to hold my own baby ;). It was really nice having my siblings all home. Joey came over and took amazing pictures for us. Would it be weird to have every inch of wall space covered in photos ;)?


I also started holiday shopping, and we decorated our house. I LOVE this time of year. The girls are at such an awesome age for it all too. I'm trying to soak in all of Joshua's firsts...can't believe he's our last baby. He's getting way too big, way too fast.