Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! We had a very busy last few weeks of 2009 with Christmas and my sister getting married. The following pictures are in no particular order, so please bear with me!

Also, mid-december Milo decided that he no longer wanted to sleep in his crib. One day as he went down for his nap he started screaming his head off. Fun, fun. He would hop out of his crib (which he hadn't done in over 2 months) and open his door. We had NO time to talk up a big-boy bed, and the next day we converted his crib to the toddler bed. We bought a Handy Manny pillowcase and decorative pillow to entice Milo into sleeping in it. We had a rough few days, but he now wants to sleep in his "boy bed" and still takes a nap!

Jesse in a suit for the wedding, his first suit ever! Very handsome!

The cake table, courtesy of me! Yes, the giant cupcake is ALL cake. Stacy had the cutest cake-topper, bobble-heads with her and AJ's picture in them.

Me and Milo. He was not in a very good mood that day and this is one of the only pictures I have of him being upright with a smile on his face. He spent a lot of the day laying on the floor, don't ask me why.
Me and Stacy before the ceremony. People asked if we were sisters at the reception...
We got a few inches a few weeks ago (nothing compared to the 12+ we have now!) and so we went outside to play. Milo did have on his hat but once we opened the garage and he saw his helmet, he wanted that on! This picture is right after he attempted to throw a snowball at me. He didn't like the snow sticking to his gloves but he was good at brushing them off, just to pick up more snow to throw it again.

Of course "diggie" had to come outside and "scoop and dump" the snow. Cute picture!

This is as close to Santa that Milo got on his own at the Mother's & More holiday party. He did let me carry him up there to get his present and say "Thank you" and "Merry Christmas". He hadn't taken at nap that day and spent a lot of his time on the floor, again.

Decorating a cookie at the party. He really seemed to enjoy that, luckily!

A close-up of the cupcake wraps from the wedding. I LOVE these things and I'm so glad Stacy wanted them! They were so elegant!
Grandma Bunny reading to Maizie. :)

Yes, I am one of those dorks that asked and received a Snuggie for Christmas! So what if I was a little excited about it????

Milo, Uncle Mickey, and Cei! How cute....

Have a great week and a great new year! We're supposed to get snow all week here.

Catching up!

It's been a few busy weeks, but here are some new pictures!

This is our beautiful tree! It's a lot more compact that any of our other trees have been and we love it! Every morning Milo brings me an ornament (a few times a day, actually) and asks me to put it back on. He won't tell me where he got it from, though!
Milo just barely fits in the drawer of his train table! I couldn't believe it when he tried to get in it again.
About a week and a half ago we went to Tot Skate at our local rink. Milo wore his skates for about 15 minutes then took them off himself (they were just the ones that go on over your shoes with velcro). After that he just took his push toy and ran around the rink. He would run it into the wall and tell me it was stuck. I really wanted him to exert some energy so once we "hit" one wall I would ask him if he could hit the opposite wall. We did this a few times. He had a good time and didn't want to leave when it was time. I think they have it again this Friday, so we may go.
This is Milo standing by himself with the skates on. He actually moved a little bit by himself and then would fall. He didn't get upset, he'd just get up and try again!
We decorated gingerbread houses and a train over the weekend and this is silly Daddy with his beautiful tree ornament that he did himself! I think he then ate it, I'm not too sure, though!
Milo LOVED decorating the train! He was so focused the whole time that he barely ate any of the candy! Once he was done he ate plenty of the candy, though! I think Maizie ate more candy than went on her house!
Milo was nice enough to share his Lucky Charms with future-Uncle-AJ. They were both having a great time!
I just thought this was a cute picture of Milo and Maizie looking at each other while eating their Lucky Charms. Grandpa Joe looks pretty good, too!
Milo still likes to sit in the toy box and play. I think he'll stop when he's too big to fit in it, just like his train table.

Milo has been LOVING the Christmas shows on tv! He has us all lay down on the floor with blankets and pillows to watch them. I knew we should've DVR'd some of them because he's asked for Snoopy and Shrek since they were on! We are currently watching "Yes, Virginia" that I DVR'd Friday night while we were all out.

I can't wait for some light snow to fall so we can go see the Christmas lights in one neighborhood.

Have a great week! Happy Hanukkah!

We got a Christmas tree today!

We went and got our Christmas tree today from Hensler's Tree Farm. I, of course, would like to have colder weather for this excursion, but I don't think we'll ever have a 50 degree day to go get a tree again!

Milo putting the topper on our tree. You should see the ornaments at his level, they are grouped together. At least he had fun!
Jesse carrying Milo in his usual fashion.
At Hensler's they have a big wooden train for the kids to climb on, and once Milo saw the sign, he pointed to it and told us that it meant "track". That kid amazes me sometimes!
Milo, Kalei, and Cei in the tree, all being ornaments.
This is the new cut-out at Hensler's. Since it's a train Milo loved showing me all the parts of it.

Jesse is behind the upside down tree. What a strong man! Cei did help him carry it randomly and Kalei kept telling me that it's a good thing we're girls so we don't have to carry things.
Kalei, Cei, Milo, and Jesse on the tractor ride to the back field so we could find out tree. And what a beautiful tree we found! I think it may be the best one we've ever had! It's a Fraiser Fir, which we've never had before.
This makes me smile! Milo watched people put their trees on the carts, so he picked up a trimmed off branch, put it on the cart, and wanted to help me push/pull it around! You have to look closely to see the branch.
John is so funny! He wanted to get Milo's attention, so he put these branches on his head and started calling for Milo. I think everyone besides Milo loved this, Milo just smiled! We were all laughing!

Have a great week!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I know we're excited about all the food tomorrow! I taught my neighbor's daughter (13) how to make French Silk Chocolate Pie today, she was very excited to be able to take it to their Thanksgiving tomorrow!

I've started knitting again and have been on a roll for the last month, making four sets of fingerless gloves and this adorable hat for Milo! He wears it for a few minutes then takes it off.

This was taken the first morning he got the hat.

One of the girls (ladies) I know was selling some things and so we bought this picnic table from her. Milo loves it (he wanted to play cars on it as soon as it was set up.). This is the day we bought it, November 22, and he ate lunch at it! What crazy weather!

This is the same day, and he and Jesse did some more yard work. I'm not sure how much Milo helped, but at least he's using his wheelbarrow.

We hope everyone has a happy and healthy Thanksgiving! Christmas decorations are going up all over the place, but with this weather it doesn't feel right!

Beautiful November Weather!

Happy November! We are having such beautiful weather here in Mishawaka! Sunny and in the 70s!

The only thing health-wise that's going on here is that Milo has his 2 year molars that are attempting to come to the surface. They're not quite there yet, but we can feel them. He continually chews on his hands and randomly drools. Quite interesting, since he was never a chewer and only gets drooly at teething times. I thought it was supposed to get easier on the kids as they got older!

My friend, Bethel, has a pair of these fingerless gloves and it inspired me to learn how to make them. This is the pair I made for myself, then I learned how to use double-pointed needles (which makes it so you can knit in a circle) and made my neighbor a pair. I'm currently working on ANOTHER pair for my sister-in-law!

Since it's been so beautiful outside, we took the advantage and I cut Milo's hair. This is the first time he wore the cape!

Milo on his Harley. He can reach the pedals but prefers to push it with his feet. He decided to tip it and then make it fall over. I took this picture right before it tipped.

Jesse drew Milo a hopscotch board on the ground and Milo looks like he's doing it correctly, but he just runs through it!

Drawing with Daddy.

Raking the leaves with Mommy. He loves when you rake into the pile and make them fly in the air and land on him! We didn't get any good pictures of it. Right after this, Jesse turned on the leaf blower and moved them all in about 15 seconds. So much for my hard work!

I came out of the kitchen the other morning to find Milo "hiding" in the coffee table. He thinks this is hilarious and backs his way into it! I think it's a good way for him to dust the shelf for me!

I worked a fundraiser at Chick-fil-a on Tuesday night and this is Jesse, Milo, and Princess Milkshake. I also got to do the "hokey-pokey" with the cow and the kids.

Jesse has Wednesday off for Veterans Day (Thank you, Veterans!), and it's also our 10 year anniversary of being together! 10 years! Dang!

Have a great week!

Halloween!!!!

We had a great Halloween! Milo stayed nice and warm in his monkey costume (thanks, Amy!) Milo had caught on very quickly to go up to the houses for candy. We went around with Michelle, Bella, Andrew, Brittiney, and Hula. After a while Andrew was taking Milo up to get the candy. They both had a great time!

The neatest thing that happened was as we went up to one house, there were a few people standing around a fire pit in the driveway. I said, "Come on, Milo" and two women's eyes bugged out, looked at me and said, "Is his name really Milo?" I said yes, and they said that there was another Milo in the garage. It was a 79 year-old man! We went in and talked to him, and he had NEVER MET ANOTHER Milo! What was even funnier was that as I was talking to Milo's wife, she asked me if I'd had him through Allied Physicians (insurance). I said yes, and she must do their paperwork, because she remembered reading his name when he was born and had gone home to tell her Milo! And the 79 year-old Milo was also born in August! I just thought it was a cool thing that happened.

After all their hard work of getting candy, Milo and Bella were drinking Andrew and Brittiney's drinks. Chocolate milk just wasn't enough for them, they needed Hawaiian Punch and Iced Tea!

Harley playing with Milo.
Monkey Milo on Daddy's back (he does this all the time at home, it's how he gets up the stairs to brush his teeth). What a cute picture!
Hula in her princess costume. She wouldn't wear the crown.
Showing some of his loot. He calls it a "sour" instead of "sucker". This morning he told us he wanted "candy, chocolate". Jesse told him he could have some after lunch.
Milo, Andrew, Michelle, and Bella coming back from getting candy. I don't know the random lion in the middle, she wasn't with us!
One of the first houses he went to for candy. He wasn't scared of any house or person, so that was good. He's very good at saying, "thank you" and "treat". Bella was really good at saying "trick or treat".
Heading out to trick or treat! They were smiling at Michelle, but at least they're both smiling!
Adorable monkey!

Have a great week! Only 25 days until Thanksgiving!