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moving right along...

Wow, it has been too long. Hello little blog, remember me? We've been busy and I have been catching up on Facebook and as a result, I have neglected my blog. But, there have been a couple of things that were just too big to let pass without a mention. My dad celebrated a big birthday this month. Last Saturday we took him to one of our favorite places to celebrate, the Dal Rae. I ate too much. I think we all did but damn it was good. And as my mom likes to say, "tomorrow is a new day". I love this photo even though it is blurry.


The boys had so much fun too. They love Papa and Grammie. It was great because we had the back room to ourselves, Audrey fussed a little and our waitress brought out some breadsticks. Audrey now has a thing for breadsticks, go figure. I think they feel great on her mouth which is getting new teeth all the time! She's been a little fussy lately and she is usually a really easy going baby. It will pass.
Her she is with her messy hair. This kid has so much hair! I just cut her bangs and I need to cut them again. I am trying desperately to avoid giving her a mullet. Thank goodness the sides are getting longer. She surprised us all on Sunday when she took a step towards Harrison. He had been rolling his soccer ball back and forth with her and sure enough, she walked to him! Oh boy. I knew I didn't have a lot of time. Two days to be exact. Last night she walked all over the living room. It's official, no more crawling for her. :) She has also for the most part, given up her morning nap. :( Oh well, I knew that wouldn't last either. She does take a great afternoon nap, at least when she is not teething.

School is going well. I am already planning for next year. I love curriculum. I have found some great things that really work well for us.
And now I am off to get my haircut, I need one so bad it's not even funny.

it all worked out in the end.....

I had a rough night last night. Audrey inadvertently swallowed a nail. Yep. A nail. She had a cheap little rubber duck that lights up when you touch the sensors on the back, and I knew they were loose. Why I didn't throw it away will always gnaw at me. Yesterday I noticed the duck on the floor and something told me to check it. Sure enough, the sensors were gone. I amazingly found one of them in the seat of her saucer. Charlie, unbeknownst to me had given it to her to play with. In the matter of minutes, they were gone. So what do you do when you think your baby swallowed something? Call the doctor of course. He called me back right away and recommended I take her to Urgent Care to get an x-ray. I knew how small it was and I decided that because she was fine, that I would take her today if I didn't find it. Well, fast forward to this morning. The things we will do as a mother never cease to amaze me. After I changed her diaper I put on a rubber glove and sifted through the ahem....poop. And, voila! There it was.
More to tell later. That incident kinda trumped everything else.

one year old!

Who me? Yes!

finally

It's finally here, our Mini that we ordered back in August. Robert and I picked it up yesterday afternoon. I have yet to drive it, I need some practice with the stick shift, it's been a long time since I've driven one. I got to play catch up with Robert on the freeway while I followed him home. He is in love. It is pretty cute though, right?

Happy #8, Harrison!

Today my first born turns 8! Happy birthday, Harrison. You are a light in our lives every single day. xoxoxoxoxo

Christmas 2008

We had a pretty good Christmas here at our home. Christmas Eve was spent with Robert's mom and sister. We all went out to dinner then headed to Grandmama's for gifts. The boys could hardly contain themselves through dinner. And Audrey? Well she handled it all very well. She got impatient with me and our waitress, Roxanne picked up the spoon and started feeding her and she didn't mind at all. Heck, as long as someone is feeding her she's fine. She looked so sweet in her velvet dress that Grammie made. The only downside was that it was a long evening. We are going to have to figure out a different time next year so everyone can get a good night's sleep.

Christmas morning the boys woke us up around 8. I was thankful, I thought it was going to be much earlier. They ran into the living room to find Wall-E sitting there waiting for them. Harrison got a Nintendo Ds and Charlie got a Leapster2. We had a great time with our gifts. After opening, we enjoyed some Monkey bread.

I started the mad dash to clean up and get ready for Christmas dinner. My parents and sister and her family came over around 2. We always start with our stockings first, then dive into the gifts. The boys got the Playmobil circus from my parents. Oh boy, can you say excited? My sister surprised me with a popcorn maker. I have always secretly wanted one, and the funny thing is that I was with her when she bought it and I never would have guessed in a million years. We enjoyed a Honeybaked ham dinner and some yummy desserts. We got the giggles over my mom's frosting which had candy cane chunks in it. It always seemed to get really quiet whenever someone would take a bite and all you could hear was, "CRUNCH, CRUNCH." It was a wonderful day that ended with my niece and Robert playing a round of Guitar Hero. Maddie won too. ;) I almost forgot! Charlie's tooth fell out that night. He was so excited and relieved , it has been worrying him ever since he first found that it was loose. Just look at how proud he is.