At 12:16 this morning I woke up feeling not so wonderful... This was actually a blessing in disguise. I stayed home from church and slept for over 3 hours and got some much needed R & R. And even better, Ethan's parents currently have Eth and the children over for dinner. So my rest continues. I'm finally feeling better, I've eaten 3 pieces of toast. Wow and I know, huge progress. Now with a quiet house, I can actually update my blog. So lets get going!
Time keeps flying by and the kiddos are keeping me in a constant state of exhaustion. Maddy continues to be 2 and having the expected daily melt downs, but is still a smarty pants, cutie pie most of the time. Elliott is growing at an amazing rate. He is 3 months and is sporting 6 month old clothing. He is a smiley, happy fellow who doesn't cry very often and is very patient.
Life has been fun and crazy we enjoyed a whole month of Christmas festivities!
Annual Ginger Bread Houses....
This year we did ginger bread houses with our friends the Stangers. We stayed pretty traditional, but Shawn made an impressive log cabin. Maddy attempted a house, but basically ate candy the whole time. The next day she was sick and had diarrhea, awesome!
Pre-Christmas with Mike and Karen...
We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and fun opening presents. The highlight of the evening was Maddy's trampoline.
Anniversary...
Ethan and I semi-celebrated our 7 year anniversary. Due to the chaos of Christmas and travel, we never went out to celebrate. We actually spent our anniversary night at a super 8 motel near the airport, in separate beds, each sleeping with a child, and enjoying a magical Mc Donalds dinner! Good thing we love each other and it didn't really matter. We'll have to make it up, good thing we got many more anniversaries ahead of us!
Christmas in New Jersey...
Christmas in NJ was wonderfully, crazy. We had 13 people crammed into my parents house. Ethan, Elliott, Maddy and I all shared the same room during most of the trip. It was great to be with family. The best part of the trip was the time Maddy got to share with her cousin Lucy. They got along great and had fun together. We would have gone out and played more, except Maddy gets really carsick. She puked 4 times on the way to my parents house from the airport. She arrived at my parents house in just a diaper. Poor girl. Thanks to Mom and Dad for dealing with our craziness!
Ethan went back to Iowa before me, so I flew back to IA with kiddos alone. It went really well. While going through security, the lady checking my ID asked if Maddy was four. When I told her Maddy was 2 and Elliott was 3 months, she replied, "Wow, you grow 'em big!" Ha Ha. We got delayed in Chicago (shocker, stupid Chicago) but fortunately that had a play place for children there and Maddy got to get out her wiggles.
Blessing...
After we got home we had Elliott's blessing. We just barely squeezed into his outfit!!! The blessing was wonderful. Elliott fussed and whined a little during the blessing but when it was all over smiled and giggled as Ethan sat back down with him.
Life is crazy. Life is good.
