Updates...

I am not even going to come up with some clever reason as to why I have neglected this blog for over two months because there is none. I am just too busy with the kids, shopping, holidays, bdays, moms group, cleaning and just every and anything else life throws in my plate. When I finally get a second to sit down and think about my blog I can not come up with anything interesting to write about so I just end up surfing the net instead.I guess I just gave you a cleaver reason even though I said I wasn't going to...sigh. Then there was the time about a month ago that I sat down and wrote the most awesome entry ever and then it disappeared right when I was finished. That had me so mad I didn't even think of blogging for over a month.

So this will be quick! Little G is yes over a year old now. He is running, climbing everything, throwing tantrums, clapping, stacking blocks, and is basically very physically advanced for his age. When we go to Mc'D's or Chickfila and they have those big tunnel systems with the slides he actually goes right up them like all the other kids and goes down the slides. He is amazing. He is also a handful. He will make anything into a step stool to get where he wants to go. If he wants to get up on something he will find the wipe box and take it to where he wants to reach and climb right up. He will also bring me pretty much anything I ask him to like his blanket, juice, or a toy. I am not just talking about pointing to it and he gets it but if his blanket is totally out of sight he will run around til he finds it and then he will bring it to me. He is sooo smart! The only thing he isn't doing much of is talking. If I say something he will repeat me but day to day he will only say Mama, daddy, hidee, and sometimes unny for our dog Sunny.

He had a great first bday party with all our family but dumb me scheduled it right at his nap time so we couldn't get a smile out of him the entire time. So much for good pictures. He had a cute froggy cake that he stuck his feet in when we sat him on the table to look at it. When it came time to eat it he didn't really care too much about it. He loved the icing and ate a decent amount of that but he didn't get anywhere near as messy as I had hoped he would. He got tons of gifts and unlike his sister at this age who only played with the boxes the toys came in he actually was really interested in all the toys! He acted gracious for every gift he got and gave each of them attention before moving on to the next one. When it was all over he spent the next couple of days carrying a huge bundle of balloons around. It was so funny too because all you could see were the balloons moving all over the house because he is still so tiny. Yes, he is only 18lbs and I have no idea how tall but every where we go people have no clue he is a year old and they think its amazing to see him running around like he does.

Miss G is becoming such big girl. I can honestly say I do not even want to think about her fourth bday coming up in Feb. I cant believe she is already four and this is the first year it has made me extremely sad to think about her getting another year older. It seems like I hurried the first three years because I couldn't wait for her to be a real person and now she is and I don't want her to keep growing. I don't want her words to become perfect like they have. I want her to always pronounce her L's like W's and I just don't want her to not be a baby anymore. Why do they have to grow up? I feel like I am going to blink and she will be going out on her first date and I will and it will happen so soon. She talks NON STOP. I thought a year ago that she talked too much but now I don't know how to deal with it. Her mouth runs from the moment she wakes up until she falls asleep and hey it doesn't even stop then! She talks nonstop in her sleep too! We really have to tell her to be quiet a lot because it just gets overwhelming after a while and her voice starts making me want to scrap my eyeballs out of my head and well I couldn't live without my ear plugs sometimes to turn down the noise. I know I should just love it and live in the moment because the years will come when I will wish she would talk to me. Sigh. She is such a big girl.

Christmas is here. The presents are all bought and the baking has begun. Its going to be a big Christmas for Miss G because its the first one that she really really gets. Last year she was excited for about a week leading up to it because thats about all the attention span she had but this year she has been talking about it for months and she is about to jump out of her skin waiting for Santa to fall down the chimney. Every time she hits her brother and I punish her she will run to me after time out and beg me to still tell Santa to bring her presents. She knows if she is naughty he wont come. That still doesn't stop her from slipping up from making mistakes. Little G has no clue that anything is happening but he sure loves trying to pull the tree over. It ain't going to happen though because that baby is bolted to the wall with heavy wire. He still pulls off the ornaments though and I only have ones he can play with at the bottom. When I clean up everyday I hate to put at least 25 ornaments back on the tree that are scattered around the house. He also loves looking at the lights on the house. We haven't put lights on the house for years but Miss G saw another house behind us lite up a few weeks ago and said "Mommy, can we please have lights on our house too?" and I couldn't resist.

The kids are both clamoring for my attention and I smell a really nasty diaper and its lunch time so I really must end this update even though I have so much more left to tell. If I don't get to update again then I wish all of you a very merry Christmas!!! Don't forget what its really about. Miss G is so excited to put baby Jesus in the manger on Christmas day on her Advent calendar. Everyday she keeps putting him in there and I have to tell her its not time yet. So sweet.

Giving her brother a huge smooch. She loves him most of the time!

With her pumpkins!

Miss G with her little brothers pumpkin!

She was of course a ballerina princess!

He was a grumpy octopus and Halloween was so hectic this is the only shot we got of him dressed. Sigh. I hate it when that happens!

Getting in trouble!

This was my toy when I was her age and I pushed dolls around in it. I guess this is her idea of her baby doll.

His froggy cake on his bday!

Mommy and unsmiling Little G

Yep, this is how almost all our family pics turn out.  I am the only one actually noticing the camera.

About to let his sister blow out his first year!

Yep, eating his cake with a tear in his eye!

Happy his bday is over and he can climb all over his new toys! He loved this one!

Our tree!

You better be nice!

I wonder what he is up to...

I see you!

One swtich in each hand!

Carrying him around like always! Little mommy!

Comments

[Ellegirl]

Yay! You're alive! LOL

Are you sure that's not the Rockefeller Center tree in your living room - gee whiz that thing is HUGE! Beautiful though! You have a ton of decorations on it!

You did a great job catching us up on your life over the past 2 months - kudos to you!

I've got a climber too (though he's not officially walking on his own yet), he knows how to climb on top of our couches, furniture and he pushes his activity table around and uses that as his step stool. He's super fast and super quiet most of the time, which really means I can't take my eye off him anymore even for 30 seconds!

How's Lil G sleeping these days?

[Lindsey]

So glad to read your update!!! Love the tree and the kids are adorable as always!! I think the family pic is so funny-you ARE the only one looking at the camera and that's what makes it cute! OF COURSE MOMMA is on the ball! Have a great Christmas and enjoy every minute with your family. (((HUGS)))

[Monica C.]

I'm so glad you finally updated. Your kids are as gorgeous as ever. I think you're one of the few families I know where the baby boy looks like Dad and the baby girl looks like Mom - it's usually switched!

Hope you guys have a safe and wonderful Christmas!

[Angella]

Nice to meet you!

You have a BEAUTIFUL family and take great photos of them :)

[Melany]

Your tree is STUNNING!!!! Our family mostly look like that too lol