Thanksgiving Break 2010

Blake ended up getting his tonsils out about a week before Thanksgiving. I did it this way so that he had a week off from school for Thanksgiving break to heal. He was a trooper and has recovered quite easily and nicely. He has been busy eating ice cream for dinner and popsicles...all the finer things in life. He is now on a soft food diet for three weeks and I will be happy when he is off of that..hard trying to come up with enough soft foods to keep him interested. He is getting bored of eating the same things over and over and I can't blame him. While on break Addison and I ended up getting sick. It was the first time she has ever been sick! :( Made me sad. We are both on antibitoics now though and are feeling much much better. She has also gotten in two teeth at the bottom and is crawling now! All this happened in a week. I keep begging her to slow down and try to grow up a little slower, but it's not working.

So every year we celebrate Thanksgiving at Dad and Kim's the day after Thanksgiving so that everyone can have time with their own families and in-laws if needed. Since Ala's mom lives in New York this allows us time to just have dinner and be with our own little family. On Friday we headed over to dad's house with a car load of baby products and toys to keep Addison entertained. We had a nice dinner and the boys ended up making cookies and decorating them to bring home too. They had fin and had many many helpings of turkey and potatoes!

Checking out the tree at the Grandparents



Making cookies with Hayden and Grandma

Halloween 2010

Our little ladybug, Captain Rex and Mario.

Alex Turns 8!

Alex chose to go to the JW Marriott and stay the night with us as a family in place of a big party. I love it when the boys decide to do things like this. I don't mind spending the money when we get to spend some great family time together celebrating a birthday! We ate at the poolside restaurant and swam in the pool that is heated and the boys rode the waterslides. We made smores by the fire and stayed up late! It was great fun and we had a blast. We still did have a party at the house though with just the family. I can't believe that 8 years ago I became a mommy for the first time. Alex is such an amazing little boy full of love for his family and is so sarcastic and funny. He is our little love bug and cuddler!