Greys first day of school

Greyson started a new preschool on Jan. 4th and he loves it. He enjoys his "new friends" and loves the swing. Every Tuesday is share day... so far he"s shared his favorite book and his e.r. bracelet.

On his way to the first day of school
Posing with his sleeping sister

a little wary of going inside

when I picked him up he loved it and still does

Sissy girl

Loving the exersaucer

Monster Jam

Daddy and Grey went to Monster Jam last night and had so much fun. Geoff has been talking about bringing Grey to it for at least a year and now that Grey is sooo into monster trucks, it was time for him to experience the Jam. We had written it down on the calendar so that Grey could see when he would be going...well, my goodness, he checked that calendar everyday. So when I was able to tell him yesterday morning that he finally got to go he was soooo excited. We tried to get him to take a nap cause we knew it was going to be a long night, but that didn't work. Instead he just fell asleep in the car on the way there. They both had a wonderful time. Despite the fact that we had Grey try on the ear plugs Geoff had gotten him numerous times, he elected not to wear them. He like having his fingers in his ears instead!

In the kitchen...so excited to leave
So loud

Daddy and Grey

Grave Digger...his favorite

Alyssa's bridal shower

Alyssa had her first bridal shower last Saturday... Celina and I threw it...it was a scene of hot pink and plum. I did all the decorations and Celina did most of the planning. We had such a good time with all Alyssa's friends, and there are a lot of them. We had yummy tea sandwiches, plenty of champagne and lots of desserts. Gifts were given...a lot kitchen stuff mixed with a few special "things" for alyssa. It is all happening...the wedding is so close.

Emerson's health

So my sweet little lady has a urinary tract infection!!! So unfair. She came down with an unexplained fever last monday that then reoccured on Saturday, and again on Sunday...Monday I took her to the doctor where they put a catheter in her to retrieve a urine sample. It came back positive for a uti. So the next step is to have an ultrasound and an xray taken of her kidneys and bladder to determine if she has something calle VU reflux. So we went today to have another catheter put in her =( but the dummy Dr couldn't get it in, so I had a hysterical baby and nothing that came of it. We are now going to be sent to another facility where there is access to an icu nurse who is more familiar with performing procedures on infants. We are waiting a week or so, so that Emme had time to recover from her experience this morning. But bless my little girl....she is still smiling!!!

Christmas Eve and Emerson's first Christmas

Christmas Eve is a newer version to our old tradition. We have continued to make it a easy dinner and just lots of fun and chaos with the kids...just how family gatherings should be. So we headed over to the Shwams for chili bowls and salad, followed by some pretty strong peppermint martinis. After dinner we opened gifts, which the kids were super excited about. Greyson loved the idea of unwrapping gifts this year. Every day he asked if it was Christmas day yet. I was so happy to finally be able to tell him he could open gifts.

PJ time

He kept hugging his stocking saying he loved it

my big boy

Me and my sisters...been a while since we got a pic together...slide show??

Once we got home we quickly made the plate for Santa and the Reindeer...Greyson made the best cup of chocolate milk for Santa. Then Greyson said a sad goodbye to his elf on the shelf Stuart...didn't realize he liked Stuart so much. We had to explain his job was done for this year, but he would be back next year. Then we read books and off to dreamland.

Then Santa went straight to work....




Christmas morning Greyson was barely awake when I went in to check on him and he sleepily said "can i open presents now?" I told him to go wake daddy and then it was time. Well, we should have made him wake up a bit more, cause his reaction to his gifts wasn't quite what we expected. He was dazed, and confused, slightly grumpy and just quietly starred at the toys. When he looked at his bike his reaction was " not that one!!!" Yeah, wasn't quite what I was hoping for. But he came around, woke up a bit and started to play with his Criss Cross Crash...which he had been asking for forever...then he finally looked at his bike again and said "oh, what a cool bike!" Weirdo!!!

Then pretty girl finally woke up and got to experience her first Christmas morning. Brother helped open all her gifts and she just watched.

Brother showing Emme her gift from him... a little pink telephone , pull toy thing =)

Santa brought Emme her first doll...she grabbed a hold of it right away. It's as big as her.

We keep practicing on his bike. He is getting better each time, he's a little timid.
I am shocked on how timid he is, I thought he would be crazy speed racer like he is on his wiggle car, but the heighth thing is making him very nervous. Can't wait til he picks up the pace so that we can take a descent walk together.