Merry Christmas!

We are on day two of our Christmas celebrating, but to be honest, I think we have celebrated the entire month! Below are some photos of our recent activities!

Our neighbors and friends, Joe, Carrie and Emily, came over for a gift exchange a few Sundays ago. Emily is four month's old and we thought it would be fun to dress them a like. Thanks to my mom, they looked so cute!

Of course we had to work in making Christmas cookies one weekend. I got Natalie this adorable apron on our trip to Estes Park, CO in September. I can't believe how cute she is in it! Yes, that is a gate around our tree! I didn't want to be telling Natalie "no" all month, so I just made it where she couldn't get to it!

Natalie is a huge helper now. She loves to wipe the floor clean and help daddy vacuum!


On Monday I decided to take Natalie to the YMCA to go swimming to burn off some energy. I thought she was so adorable in her cover-up. I did forget that we bought her swim suit when she was 4 months old, so it was a little snug. I should have put that on her Christmas list!

Christmas Eve morning Natalie and I were sorting gifts, some of them where going to my mom's for later that evening. Anyway, I went to get a drink in the kitchen and I guess Natalie decided she needed a break too, as she found wrapped gifts to have multiple uses!

When I am in the kitchen Natalie always has to have an eye on me and this is her favorite seat in the house. The bottom of the refrigerator. She loves to just hang out in it! Mom got her a kitchen stool for Christmas. I think she is a little short for it, but when she grows into it, it will be wonderful!

On Christmas Eve we went over to my mom's to open presents. Of course Natalie got a ton of great things and Jeff and I didn't do too shabby either! She was so good while we were there. Mom had gotten her a mug with her name on it and I think she played with it for like an hour! She just put stuff in it and took stuff out of it. It was really funny. She also loved a Tinkerbell pillow that mom got her. Yes, it is the same dress she had on in the other photos, but I just loved it and it was machine washable! Can't beat that!

Christmas morning at our house was full of fun for Natalie! She was super surprised as you can see when she saw all the presents from Santa! I wish it was Christmas every day! Jeff got me some new PJ's, shirts and a nice candle. I think he enjoyed his new shoes, video game and wallet. All in all, I think we both did pretty well!

In the afternoon we went to my grandparents. Below is a photo of all of us together. 4 generations of women there! Amazing. It is too funny when we go to my grandparents, they have this little poodle and Natalie hates it. I have figured out that she hates all small dogs. We have a 70lb. labradoodle and she is all about it. I guess she just doesn't know what to do with little dogs!

We plan on celebrating with Jeff's side of the family tomorrow! We hope everyone had a magical Christmas!!

Welcome to Blogging!

My friend, Kendra, started a blog!

http://maikorimoments.blogspot.com/

I am sure it will have some great stories! We are so excited for Christmas. Tomorrow all the festivities begin!

Natalie & Santa - No Captions Needed

Big News!

There was lots of big news in our house this week!

First, I quit my job on Wednesday. I hated it and wanted to stay home with Natalie. Starting Jan. 15th I will be able to! I am so excited and have already started networking and planning our days with activities and friends.

Second, Natalie is going to have to have tubes in her ears. :( As you have read on the blog, she has been sick over and over again. We took her to an ENT doc and they scheduled her surgery for next Tuesday. I really hope it helps her out. They said it would.

Third, I guess there wasn't anything more exciting than one and two!!!

Have a great weekend!

Catching Up

I don't have lots of time to post, but wanted to get some new photos up. I have to get to bed...I am so tired! :) They are just for fun, the family one is from Thanksgiving. I also posted some videos of some new things Natalie has learned! She is so smart and funny!

Jeff and I are still feeling terrible, but Natalie is feeling great! In fact she has just been adorable...of course. :)

The teacher told Jeff that Natalie likes to color, so tonight I bought her some colors and a book. And can you believe it? She colors!! It feels like just yesterday I was sitting in a chair for hours nursing her and now she can color? Life goes by too quick. I love this outfit she has on too. It is too cute!

I got this apron for Natalie when we went to Estes Park. I thought it would be great for Christmas cookie making and I think Natalie agrees. Aren't her piggie tales too cute.

I saw this shirt and it just cracked me up. If you can't read it, it says, everyone is thankful for me. She got the zebra for her birthday and is really taking to it. Carrie and Joe and Emily were gracious enough to get her one too and we took it to daycare so she could have double the fun on it.

1st Year Professional Photos

I forgot to add these to my blog below when I posted!