New Years Eve

We celebrated new years at home by ourselves this year mostly because we didn't get invited to go out anywhere. It turned out to be super chill and lots of fun. Caleb was out at 7:30 like usual, he goes to bed like clockwork. Since Madison is older and capable of staying up we let her stay up until 9:00 and celebrated east coast time with her. she had her first soad or bubbly drink ever! mostly because I dont believe in introducing stuff like that to kids for as long as possible. To say she was excited and addicted is a massive understatement. she thought she was soooo special and she drank that stuff like it was liquid candy.

 After a few "cheer's" with daddy and mommy we blew off some poppers in the house. Anthony got some great shots. Madison wasn't actually strong enough to pull them alone but mommy put her hand on Madison's and just helped out a little.

I have to admit I was surprised at how loud the poppers were and that it did not wake up Caleb. It was a very fun night and some good quality time for Madison with mommy and daddy.

My Favorite December Pictures

 Smoothie Time!

 I love having a boy so i can put his hair in a mow hawk!

 He Gives me the look on the top everytime i get the camera out...like he's annoyed the paparazzi is here again or something...the second picture is 2 seconds later where he's forgotten he's annoyed already.

 the look again

 He made that big old mess of patato heads all by himself ...and he was not happy when i cleaned it up either.

 more of "the look"

 okay I forgot i was mad at you mom.

 Night Time playdate with kylie and brayden

Its a rareity that Madison falls asleep in the car but she is out cold here and she slept the whole way home.

Dayton christmas

its always a toss up weather we do Christmas with anthony's mom and donnie before or after christmas this year it happened to be after.

 

 Caleb did really well for it being so late at night when we did Christmas but Anthony had to work until late so we squeezed Christmas in right before bed time.

 I cant wait to get to play this with her. since she knows her colors really well it should be lots of fun.

Madison got so many cool things from her grandma Ruth, grandma Teresa and Donnie. lots of clothes and toys. we're blessed they came and that they love our kids so much.

Cloud 9

Hitting 9 months is a big milestone in any babies life. There are so many things that change. My favorite is that they can eat off the table. no food is off limit except the 5 high allergy foods which are: peanut butter, egg whites, strawberries, honey, and whole milk. Caleb is already eating plenty of chunky food and really its very difficult for him to eat food that is very thin. The thinner it is the more it falls out of his mouth. The shots at 9 months are so minimal it comes down to just a TB test. Since I'm a nurse i can just read it at home and I don't have to take him back to the Dr's office two days later. They also get all their statistics in height, weight, and head circumference. Here's Caleb's:


18lbs 2oz
29 1/4" long
17 1/4" around his head

This boy is starting to get into everything and anything he can. The worst is when he is in his walker. He can reach way too many things in the house and he can move it anywhere he wants. He has also gained a few new skills this month.

• he has begun crawling on his tummy for most of the month and at 9 months and 22 days he started crawling on his hands and knees. He's very shaky and super slow.
• Pulls up to standing position on his knees from sitting but doesnt get on his feet or even attempt to.
• Sits for a prolonged time (10 minutes or more)
• He has developed a preference for the use of a left hand, which i hope passes and he goes back to his right hand
• Responds to simple verbal commands like asking him to wave bye bye
• Comprehends “no no” and usually ignores me when i tell him no
• he Puts arms in front of face to avoid having it washed
• He loves to fight me when i try to put his diaper on
• He eats every thing! you cannot leave anything on the floor and vacuuming is a daily thing 
• Still eats 4 bottles a day and is now eating 3 full meals a day
• learned how to suck on his baby food pouches

 Caleb and his best buddy brayden

Finally Celebrated my birthday

Every year I get shafted and very few people if any remember my birthday. its the worst and I always throw my own party which is kinda lame but at least i get to celebrate right? This year instead of buying a cake or making one myself I decided to go to my favorite cupcake place...my delight cupcakery in ontario. I got 12 different cupcake flavors and let everyone choose the one they wanted.

 I had the snicker doodle cupcake

 Anthony had a toasted coconut cupcake

 Madison had a chocolate chip cupcake with chocolate frosting and peanutbutter chips

 Kelly had the oreo cupcake

 Amanda took the duce de leche to her boyfriend andy

 grandma had the chocoalte cupcake with chocolate frosting

 my mom and Caleb had a strawberry cupcake (notice that Caleb refused to look at me for the picture...he was going to make sure he got some of that cupcake)

 Amanda had the vanilla vanilla cupcake

clearly Madison enjoyed her cupcake

there's no picture but my grandpa had the smore's cupcake (he ate his too fast)

My mom and grandma donated to my new bra fund (since i'm still wearing nursing bra's i figured its time to move past that), Amanda got me a nice set of wall flower's from bath and body works and man do they smell good, and Kelly got me another reusable cup since I'm slightly obsessed with them!

Christmas Afternoon at Grammy's House

Our Christmas schedule is different every year. this year my mom didn't have to work on Christmas day because she had surgery on her foot a few weeks before and it didn't heal well. so after we were done with our Christmas in the morning we cleaned up and headed over to my mom's house to do Christmas with their family. we ate lunch first but after our huge breakfast it was hard to eat much. We were all pretty full except Caleb. who at one point got very angry with me until i realized that he needed a bottle and I totally spaced it (best mom award right there) he was a much more happy camper after he got his bottle.

 Mama Opening all these presents is making me tired

 didn't even have to tale it out of the box

 her minnie mouse obcession was fulfilled at grammy's house.

Caleb got tons of clothes that he desperately needed and Madison got a good mix of both clothes and toys. It was a great Christmas and my mom and sisters spoiled Madison and Caleb greatly.

Christmas Morning at our House

We dont have kids that are desperate to open presents so we let madison come in and come see all the cool presents that Santa brought her and then we had breakfast. Caleb had eggs with cooked apple in it. this was his first "big" boy breakfast instead of baby food. He did great.

 The rest of us had eggs with cheese, cinnemon rolls, bacon, and hashbrowns.

 After we had breakfast and cleaned it up we moved into the living room and did our own chirstmas.

 ready to open presents in their Christmas pajamas's.

 

we opened stockings first. I wasn't sure Caleb would even participate but he did. He wasn't too into it at first but once he saw the paci in the bottom of the

 in his stocking we put books, a monster truck, and some new pacifiers

 

then on to the good gifts Madison got a doc mc stuffins kit to give check ups

 some foam building blocks

 Santa Brought Madison a new razor scooter.

 Caleb got 2 new pairs of pants, some books, some toy magnets, and several new shirts

just a few of mine and anthony's

I'm totally in love with my new kitchen aid that the kids and Anthony got me.

 his angels baseball camping chair

 a Tom Brady patriots jersey

and a Gerber utility knife

Christmas becomes more fun every year. I'm already excited to start planning for next year! I also think next year we will try and find a way to integrate the store of Christs birth so we can remind the children of the real reason for Christmas.