Movie Night!

So the kids got to have movie night in the family room the other night. They love to bring out their blankets and pillows and eat popcorn in the family room (which is fun for them becaue I Never let them bring food in there!...hahaha). I forgot what movie they chose but they had a great time!

Our little Baby.....But not for long!!!

I cant believe she wont be our littlest in just a couple months. She has grown up too fast! Well atleast she is doing pretty good on the potty and doesnt have her passy anymore. Those our my worst things to try to do with a newborn baby. We'll just have to see how she does with the whole jealousy thing. She is such a big girl (30lbs. )and has a mind of her own so Im hoping she will be nice to her baby sister!!!!!

Sydney finally lost her first tooth!

BEFORE: on Monday night she had a loose tooth and we could see the big one coming through.


After: Steve had Friday off so he decided to pull it out while he was home so he wouldnt miss anything. And Sydney had no problem letting him pull it out! So the toothfairy got to come to our house. YEAH!

Trip to Wa/ New Years!

Kierstin and I with our Big Bellies!! We are both having girls and Kiersin is 34 weeks and me 27

Christmas at Grandma Suzie's

Sydney, Westin and Steven watching movies together

Westin = Pool Shark!

Grandpa Brooks and the kids

It snowed Tuesday night, so we put the kids to bed and then went out and played in it. haha..nice socks Steve!

It was sooo awesome to see Brittny and her 2 cute kiddos (havent seen her in over a year! ) and Traci and her cute little boy! Thanks so much for coming by you guys it was great to see you!!

Sydney was just a little excited to see all of her cousins again... they had so much fun together!

We had a really fun time up visiting friends and family...I was hoping for a big storm in the mts. so we wouldnt be able to get home. It was too short of a visit, but we were happy to make it up there at all.

Christmas DAY!

Christmas day was sooo relaxing! Eventually the kids were able to fall asleep on Christmas Eve and Santa was able to come do his thing (the best part for me!!). Sydney came in our room at 1 and 2 am and asked if Santa came and I told her to go back to bed. I was the first to get up and went in Sydneys room and then Tori got up and last as always the boys got up. It was a fun day of eating, relaxing, playing with toys, and oh yeah packing! We had Krispy Kremes for Breakfast and cooked (well warmed up) a REALLY good ham for dinner!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve! We made good snacks and ate them....watch Christmas movies and the kids got to open 1 present which is always Christmas PJs (one of our family traditions).

Christmas is almost here!!!

We decided to act out the nativity this year in our sad costumes.... lol! The kids loved it and I think Steve had the most fun dressing up!! Steve was a shepard, Steven was Joseph, Sydney was Mary, and Tori was an angel. I narrated.

Stevens sneaky self

Tori calls this vest her "HO HO HO" I think she thinks she is Santa with it on.
We have been busy baking, shopping, and wrapping gifts and cant wait for our 1st Christmas with just us. We are going to do a lot of eating! We are also very excited to head up to WA to see our family the day after Christmas. Cant wait to see everyone...We are going to miss you Leif and Rachel!

Tori's TWO

For Tori's Birthday we just layed low since it was like 10 degrees out and didnt want to go out more than we had to. Sydney still had school, but we tried to make it a fun day for Tori. we got up and gave her our present (the play kitchen) and made blueberry pancakes, made christmas bread and a puppy dog cake (that totally didnt turn out...it tasted good, but thats about it!) Then we did happy meals for dinner, had cake and presents! She was so tried by the end of the day.

Off to see Annie- the musical

Steve got Sydney and I tickets to go see the Annie-musical at the Nampa Civic Center. Besides being a little tired, it was great! Sydney loved it! She wasnt sure what to expect because this was her first play so she thought it was going to be EXACTLY like the movie and kept pointing everything out that was different. Thanks Steve for dealing with Tori while we were gone!!! (She goes a little crazy if I dont put her to sleep!)

Tori's Potty training!

I never really knew when I was going to start potty training her, but last Monday she woke up dry for the first time and so I quickly put her on the potty and she went. We had been taking her in the morning and at night, but only once in a while. So that first week she did awesome and had maybe 3 -4 accidents for the whole week and even went number 2 like 4 times. I am so in shock about her progress, that I cant help but post it all over!!!! Im soooo proud of her. Now I know what it means when they are actually ready and not ready. Of course there has been a day or two when she hasnt wanted to go and so Ive had to brib her, but she also has been surprising me with holding it when we go to the store or church. Anyways I am sooo excited because potty training is not my specialty and I HATE IT!

Christmas Tree!

We usually always go to a tree farm and cut down our tree, but since there are none around here we had to go to a Lot. We got this nice noble for $30 which is less than we've paid in WA, so it turned out alright. Some of them at the lot were priced at $79...Crazy! So last night we all decorated the tree..even Tori. It was fun! the kids did a great job..of course we had to rearrange a few ornaments afterwards..lol!

Steve and his cheese balls!

We went to Sam's Club yesterday and Steve had to get the biggest jar of cheese balls I've ever seen. Do you know it actually says REAL CHEESE on the label....yeah right!

Thanksgiving- 09

Steve's dad came down for the Holiday and we had a great time with him here. Thanks Steve for coming to visit!

Christmas lights

Steve put up the Christmas lights on the house!!!!