Something strange is happening....

Something is occuring tonight that rarely happens in my world...I am HOME ALONE!!!!! Hubby is off at work, Mo is at the beach (lucky duck), and Dabba-Do is spending some quality "only baby" time with her Nana and Paw Paw. So for tonight it is just me, myself, and I. What to do...What to do... I think I will start by taking a nice long, hot bath (BY MYSELF!!!). Tomorrow morning Hubby will be home and we will be off on our overnight adventure together. A weekend away is along time past due and we hope to make the most of our few hours. Girls are being spoiled rotten, and I am sitting in silence. I think it's safe to say everyone is happy tonight...except for maybe hubby.

I finally got some free time

I have been wanting to update my blog for quite a while. We have been doing lots of things. I think if you scroll on down you will be pleasantly surprised at all of my updating that I managed to get done today in between loads of laundry! Enjoy!

A Brother's Christmas

Last night we had Christmas with Hubby's mom, step-dad and brothers families. We had a wonderful time. Thanks to Aunt KiKi and Uncle Matt for hosting all of us. When we all get together there is quite a crowd. There are eight kids alone (and number nine soon on the way...but not too soon we hope!). The night was filled with love and laughter and few tears...too be expected with that many kids playing and sharing. It was wonderful to sit back and watch the kids open their presents. I even got an unexpected gift...a homemade pillow case made just for me by my nephew B-10. I hope you enjoy the pictures. We attemped to get pictures of all the kids which you would have thought would have been more difficult than a picture of the four brothers together. I think you will see it was easier to get the kids! Merry Christmas!

Number 1 was in the paper!

Last Friday Hubby and I joined Mo and the rest of the pre-K class to make gingerbread houses. A man was there from the local paper taking pictures of the kids. He sat down right across from Mo and took like 5-6 pictures. We figured she would be in the paper and she was! Enjoy. If you want to see the actual acticle you can go to
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news941031.html

Christmas program

It was to be a fun-filled evening. Unfortunatly it didn't quite get to turn out that way...but Mo was cute none the less. She took part in the school's big Christmas Extravaganza and it was that and so much more. I shouldn't dwell on negatives so I won't say much more. The pre-k class was very cute all dressed up as angels (we know the truth!). They sang two songs. I have it on video, although you can't really hear them singing due to the great amount of noise taking place all around us :( There are lots of pictures of the girls that I took before we left...but they were so cute all dressed up in their Christmas dresses that I couldn't resist and they too some cute pictures so I have decided to include them all. I figure if you are looking at my blog you are here to see pictures of them anyways, so enjoy! Mom made Dabba Do's dress (and yes, Mo has one too but she had to wear white). Mo's dress was hand painted by a friend of mine's mother. Didn't she do a great job (Dabba Do has a matching one).

The start to the festivities

The first weekend in December brought our first family Christmas get-together. This one was new this year and came as a result of our families growing, changing, and moving around. We had a wonderful time with being together with the Halls, Browns and Garretts. The girls both got a finger puppet fish, and a coloring book with crayons which they loved. Number 1 got paper dolls which she immediatley started playing with and Dabba Do got a magnetic paper doll set which she asks to play with most every morning. Most importantly we got to visit with family and enjoy being together. I love Christmas time!

Christmas Parade

Our town's Christmas parade is the equivalent to the Queen coming to town. Everyone is either watching the parade or in the parade. People come from miles around. It is quite funny actually. Nonetheless it is always FREEZING and this year was no exception. It started out okay but once the sun went down and took its heat with it it got pretty chilly. The theme this year was a "Family Christmas." We took that as our church family. We wanted to incorporate some of the Lutheran Christmas traditions on to the float. Martin Luther was the first person to put candels on a tree so we have our candles. Also, according to German tradition rather than Santa bringing the presents on Christmas morning it was Jesus and the angels. Thus, the angels hanging from the float. The girls had a great time.

What we've been up to

I actually have several pictures that I need to upload of the recent events. We've already started our holiday season with a get together with part of the family. The girls loved their gifts and haven't stopped playing with them. Unfortunatly the Dabba Do has been a little under the weather as have I. Dabba Do has decided for three days to run a fever over 101 or higher. I am managing to get over my cold nicely and am hoping to get some new posts up soon with pics. I helped throw a babyshower for my sister-in-law and you can check out either one of their blogs to see how that went. Hope to provide you all with wonderful pictures soon...oh and I mustn't forget Christmas parade pictures. It was cold...oh so very cold.