Two Christmases down....

It has been a crazy week - even crazier than usual - but we are now fully in holiday mode! Last Sunday, I kinda flipped out realizing that I had so much to do. So last week was full of shopping, wrapping, doing Christmas cards, and making holiday treats. I was hoping to get it all done by Friday so we could just enjoy the weekend and we made it! Everything is done and we have been celebrating all weekend - now we are looking forward to continuing the celebration in MD this week.

First of all, I need to let you all know that I'm enjoying my Christmas present to myself right now! Waylon is at work, Noah is at school, and I'm on the couch with coffee! :-) My plan today is to do laundry and pack - but mostly just relax!

Noah had been fighting a cold and has had some goopy eyes - we took him to the pediatrician this week because of his eyes and they confirmed that he had pink eye. So we've been struggling with eye drops this week. They seem to have helped but now he has a sty or something to that effect. We are hoping it will clear up soon so we don't have to go back to the doctor.

One of the many errands Noah and I ran on Thursday was to get him new shoes. We have been so lucky to get so many hand-me-down shoes but Nana wanted to treat Noah for Christmas so we took a trip to Stride Rite. Noah was so cooperative and sweet at the store (he's still having 'moments' but it's getting better since he seems to be feeling better). We found the perfect pair - it's so fun to have NEW shoes! :-)



Our weekend started on Friday night with dinner at Red Robin with Frank, Janet, and Maddie. Dinner with two toddlers is always interesting! :-) We sat in a booth and it was Noah's first experience with a booster seat. Maddie and Noah both toppled to the side a few times but they were no worse for the wear! :-)

Saturday morning we took a trip to the mall while one of our cars was having some maintenance work done. Noah walked throughout the whole mall and played in the play area for a while. It was nice to just stroll through the mall instead of running around like mad people trying to finish shopping!

After Noah's nap, we packed up the car and headed over to Nana and Grandad's house for our first Christmas celebration! Let me just say, there is something special about a grandfather and a grandson, no?! Each grandfather has their 'thing' with Noah - with my dad it's playing 'tent' and with Waylon's dad, it's playing 'train' - this involves Noah wanting Dick to pull/push him around in ANYTHING. It's so cute to watch!

We had such a great time celebrating with two kids in the family now. Savannah wasn't too into the presents yet but was so happy and enjoyed the festivities, too. Noah is getting the hang of opening presents and LOVES all of his new toys. I think his favorite is the Little People garage - every time it's time to leave the house in the past few days, we've had to pry him away from it!

Pictures from Saturday afternoon -

This fire truck was Waylon's when he was little -
Waylon's dad cleaned it up and even waxed it for Noah!

Happy girl!
Grandad showing Noah how it works
Happy family
One of Waylon's favs -
Waylon's parents got Sidney Lowe to autograph the picture of the two of them together!
Grandaddy and his babies
(see how Noah is holding Savannah's hand?? - so sweet!)
Opening the Little People Garage
Grandad, Nana, Mickey, and Noah :-)
Playing train! - Noah has Grandaddy trained. :-)
Me and Savannah

Sunday morning, we got our other car worked on and went to Wal Mart to run some errands while we waited. Couldn't resist pulling out the camera for a few silly shots there! :-)

The hat said Miller Lite! :-)
Sunday afternoon we were back to Nana and Grandad's for a celebration with extended family. The attendees - Great Uncle Ronnie, Great Aunt Robin, and Cousin Justin, Great Uncle Royal, Great Aunt Danita, Cousin Megan and Cousin Cameron - and all of 'us' of course


Savannah in an adorable hat Megan gave to her
Sean, Savannah, Megan and Danita
Playing with some cool puzzle cards with Uncle Royal!
Wearing a homemade hat compliments of Uncle Sean
Savannah taking a break with Mom
After all the pushing and pulling on Saturday, Grandad went out to find something special for Noah - this is what he found! :-) Noah LOVEs it.

Checking under the hood before starting the engine.

This is so fun!!!

Noah wanted Grandad to read him a book before we left
(thanks to Megan and Cameron for the great book!)

So, it's been a crazy weekend and we get to start all the celebrations again soon! We leave on Tuesday for Maryland and will be there until Saturday (although Noah and I may stay a little longer, we'll see).

I'm not sure if I'll post again until after Christmas, so if not, we hope you all have a great holiday!