Tuesday, January 13, 2009

It has been awhile...

The Holidays were fabulous and so much fun! It was fun to have Ben home for 10 days of vacation, but nice to get back in the routine of things (no offense Honey!) Here are some pictures from the holidays:

This is a picture of my little Santa!! He is so chubby and cute, I had to capture it for blackmail!

My mom makes Christmas pjs every year for the grandkids and they are always so cuddly and cute. Thanks Mom!!!

Lo and Behold, Emily got a kitchen and a dollhouse from Santa. She was so excited. I truly believe having kids makes Christmas so much more fun! I loved to capture this sweet suprised face of total believement (if that is even a word).

Caleb's first Christmas...he is just wondering where these toys had been all along...Emily of course loves his toys as much as her own, if not more (of course).

The weekend after Christmas my parents were so nice (more brave than anything) and took all of the grandkids (except Caleb...stinker still nurses) for the weekend. They had so much fun, Emily still talks about it EVERY day!

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Caleb will be 10 months old on the 17th of January and I can't believe how fast time flies! He is a busy boy and it so dang cute. He recently discovered stairs and I am now constantly chasing him away from them.


Emily has just accomplished the most amazing thing....she no longer has a binki!!!! Hallefreakinlueia!!!! We tried the "dip the binki in vinegar" trick, by telling her that as she gets older her binki starts to taste yucky and it totally worked. SHE HATES IT and has not wanted it since. If I would have known that it was going to be that easy, I would have done it MONTHS ago!!! But oh well! She sleeps better and is just so sweet (mostly)! Below are some pictures from Emily's first night EVER without a binki. I am so proud of her!

I just started doing pre-preschool with Emily and this was the first day. This is a picture she drew of herself, it is so cute and so funny!

7 comments:

Trent and Julie said...

your children are adorable!!! I love your blog!! Thanks again for everything you do for Relief Society.

The Turnarounds said...

What fun pictures! Caleb looks So Handsome in his striped shirt and I Love Emily's picture of herself. She is a good little artist!

Johnson Family said...

I have waiting for you to update your blog!!! Looks like you had a great Christmas! I can't believe that little Caleb is 10 months. Wow it just flies by doesn't it. I am so glad that Emily was okay without her binky. I am still constantly trying to keep Karsons away from Kamden. Maybe I should try the vinegar trick. Well we really do need to get together soon. I think we would have so much fun!!

Micah and Jen said...

Yay your are back! I have missed reading about you guys! :) Your kiddos are soooo cute! I can't believe Caleb is that old already? Time goes so fast! And yay for you and the binki! Awesome! Good to see you up and running again! :)

Candice said...

Hmm, never heard of that vinegar trick before, interesting - and glad it worked! Nice pictures, thanks for sharing and glad you had a nice Christmas!

Courtney Ann said...

CUTE pics!! Yesterday when we asked her why the binki fairy brought her a bike she said "Cuz I wanted one." We ask her if it was because she gave the binki fairy her binkis. She was like "yeah, AND cuz I wanted one!" We were laughing sooo hard!

Melissa said...

I came across your blog looking at Adriennes today. You do a great job with it! I love to watch your cute little kids at church. You are a great mom. Have a good day.