December

What a crazy month it has been!  So many holiday parties, so much food, shopping and fun!!  We had a wonderful christmas this year!

decorating cookies at my moms christmas party

I forgot to post this pic on my bday post

 

OK-the next pics are awesome!  At Gabes family party, the Santa they had coming for the kiddos didnt work out, so last minute, they pulled Gabe aside and asked him to dress up as Santa.

It was soooo funny! And he was such a good sport about it!

Andi was laughing so hard and kept saying how embarrassed she was!!

It was the highlight of the month!  HAHA

Andi with her dad Santa

Alex with Santa

Josilyn was so confused--so funny!

Gideon with his dad

Pinata fun

 

Christmas morning! The kids actually slept in! It was amazing!

 

Hope everyone had a wonderful christmas!!

 

Oh, and the best thing, Gideon has been scooting around on his tummy for a month now, but he officially started crawling christmas morning!  I guess the presents really motivated him! HAHA

And now that he can crawl, he is into everything!!  AHHHH!

 

Happy 27!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!!
This birthday has been pretty good so far!!  Gabe and I went out this past weekend and celebrated, we went out to dinner at Ruth Chris Steak House downtown.  OMG!!  I remember it being expensive and fancy when I went a few years ago..... but we spent $70 on just the 2 of us.... and I didnt even get a meal, I only got a salad!!!  Can you believe it!!???!! But it sure was nice to get away from the kids and just have some alone time with my man!  The food there is also amazing!!!  I had to have a bite of Gabes steak.... wow!  Best Steak EVER!!!  Also, the best frenchfries in the world!!  So delicious!!  I also went shopping this weekend with my mom! It was so fun, we shopped for christmas and then she bought me some new pants and shirts for my bday, which was so nice!!  I definately have needed some new clothes!!  Plus, sometimes with your bday so close to christmas, some people get you one thing and say Happy Bday and merry christmas!!  It gets annoying some times... but my mom has been good about separating the two. 
When I turned 25, for some reason it was a really hard birthday for me, maybe because I had just had a baby, and I felt so young to have so many kids, yet so old because of my kids, and man... I donno, it was just really emotional and crappy!  But this birthday has been the complete opposite!!  I think its because I feel like my family is complete and even though we have had a really rough and trying year, somehow we have made it through all the crapiness and its been fine.  We are surviving and learning and growing and I have just come to terms with life.  I think that things are looking up, even though I am getting old  haha  Hopefully when I turn 30 it wont be a crappy bday.  I hope all the rest of my bdays are this fun!

8 months

How is it that I had this little chunk only 8 months ago!??!?!! 

 

He is my everything!  I love him more than words can describe!!  He is learning more and more everyday!!  He is a joy to have in our home and I am so grateful for him!

Gideon is starting to get up on all fours... pretty soon he will be crawling everywhere!!  I have to vacuum daily to keep the house clean enough for him, because he rolls everywhere.  He loves to eat, and actually has started to wean himself from nursing, its very nice.  He usually only wants to nurse when he is super tired.  He would rather have baby food and snacks.  He still has no teeth (SO WEIRD) but he will suck on baby crackers and things until they are mushy and then he will eat them.  He is still very nervous around new people, he would rather be with his mom and dad.  He jabbers a lot and I cant wait till he actually starts talking.  It will be so fun to see how he grows up with all his big sisters!  Life is a joy and I am just trying to take it all in everyday!