Happy Valentine's Day

I woke up to a beautiful arrangement of flowers from my hubby today. He is the sweetest...He didnt even get home from work til 3 in the morning, but still managed to bring me home something....Gotta love him.... Christopher was given a stuffed dog and box of chocolates from me and daddy. He loved them and gave me a big hug and said thank you. We enjoyed some yummy heart shaped french toast. So its been a great morning....I have NO plans today. I feel like poo! I hope everyone has a great day!

SNOW!!!!

I have waited all winter for our 1st snow....I was very excited that we finally got some today. I was really wishing for a snow day, but nope schools were open which meant I had to go in. So Christopher and I got ready for work/school and off we went. By this point it was really coming down and the roads have not been treated or plowed yet. So we take it sloooooow....slipping and sliding but I am ok I have control...until we get to this big hill...there is a truck off to the side that everyone has to go around, but its only a 2 way road...so everyone is stopped...well I am sliding toward the car in front of me tap the breaks and pull onto this side street....I was a mess...shaking and crying I really thought I was going to crash...there was no way I was making it down that hill...so I called work..I am very blessed to have a wonderful boss who through my crying was able to calm me down and told me not to worry about coming in just to head on home....So we head on home slipping and sliding the whole time...45 minutes commute for what would normally take 5-10 minutes...So I got my snow day after all....although it started off very rough we ended up having a blast...Christopher loves eating the snow and couldnt wait to go out and make a snow angel....I am so glad that he still had his snow suit from last winter (THANK YOU GRANDMA!!!!!) and it still fits him.... we bundled up this afternoon and headed out for a bit with his buddy down the street. the boys had fun but we only lasted about 15 minutes before Chrisopher was freezing....they are calling for more snow this afternoon, but I hope the ice they are also calling for holds off. I don't want any of that stuff. Here are some pictures from the snow. Enjoy!

Christmas

Christopher loved Christmas this year....he had been counting down on his advent calendar all month and couldnt wait! Chritmas eve was spent at home just the 3 of us(we dont get Marissa til Christmas day at 6pm!) We had a nice dinner and then Christopher was allowed to open 1 gift. Of course that gift was new pjs to wear to bed....He wasnt very excited, but I explained that we have to have new jammies for Christmas morning. He loved them and was very excited to wear them after hearing that. I messed up though and bought them a size too big...so we just rolled them up! After opening the present we put out our cookies and milk for Santa and sprinkled our reindeer food outside on the yard for the reindeer(can't forget about them) we enjoyed reading "The night before Christmas" before it was off to bed. Someone was a little too excited and it took him almost a hour to fall asleep! He was up bright and early too. He couldnt wait to see what Santa had brought him. Santa was very good to both the kids. Christopher got a batcave, a robot, a remote control car, a game, new transformer sheets, and some other toys. Marissa got alot of craft kits. We went over to moms house where Christoper got lots more toys and a new outfit and jammies. Both kids got mp3 players from nana which they haven't put down! Mike's family cam over in the evening and the kids got even more stuff. Marissa was very quick to put everything away! Mike and I had a great christmas as well bought ourselves a nitendo ds and several games....we have been hooked since Christmas.Christopher wants to play all the time too. He says the only thing he didnt get for Christmas was a DS! maybe we will buy him one for his birthday. It was a great day for everyone. We have been very blessed this year! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a very happy new year! Here are some pictures.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

She's getting so big!

We got the chance to introduce Marissa to Katherine yesterday. She's growing so fast! Mom got a few pictures of all the kids together so I thought I would share them with you!

Halloween

I don't have too many pictures this year. Christopher was sick so we did a short version or trick-or-trating this year. Good news was that we had Marissa this year. Bad news was her motehr wouldn't let her come early so I didnt buy her a costume, but her a Mike made it home right when we were beginning so she got to come with us, just without a costume. Christopher was batman. He loves his costume and runs through the house with it. He actually has 2 costumes because my grandma bought him a dark knight costume and I bought him a batman one. Snoopy was a witch, but didnt want to wear her costume so Diego did. Our tradition of having Kim and Alexis over and getting Chinese for dinner was broken this year. COnsidering Kim had just got home from the hospital with Katherine she didnt want to bring her out. I don't blame her, but did miss trick-or-treating with my neice. I was going to visit them on my lunch break, but since my baby was sick I didn't want to bring any germs over. All and all it was a good night. Christopher was so funny telling everyone who called him batman to call him "MICHAEL" I have no clue where he got that from. We have more candy than we need, but eventually it will be gone wheter it gets eaten or not. It has another week and then its going in the trash...I am kinda tired of looking at it.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Katherine has arrived!

My neice has arrived! Katherine Danielle made her entry into this world at 4:27 pm weighing 7 lbs 13 oz and 19 3/4 inchs long! Mom and baby are both doing great. Christopher was very excited to meet her and said that he can't wait to see what she will be when she grows up!

Friday, October 24, 2008

October

I can't believe that its been so long since I last posted...I kinda forgot my password and since I am using Mike's email I had a hard time resetting it. Anyways...October has been a busy month. Between all the birthdays, work, and getting ready for halloween. The kids are great! Marissa just celebrated her 9th birthday!!!!! The best part of her turning 9 is that she was with us. She has never spent a birthday with us. We had a nice party over at grandma Cindy's. She got a new bike from us and about $100! She loved going to toys r us to spend that money. Christopher is still my little clown. Always doing or saying something to make me laugh. His new thing is writing and drawing. He writes everything and loves to draw. He now can write his whole name and is very proud that he can write it. He says his "2nd name" is very long, but has no complaints about writing his last name. They are working on learning all thier letters at school and he gets homework every week. Its hard for me to believe that my baby is doing homeowrk. He has had a busy month at school with the firetruck visiting and a field trip to the pumpkin patch. He actually went to 2 different pumpkin patches in 3 days! Mom and I decided to take both the kids to the pumpkin patch last sunday and although it was cold the kids had fun. Christopher had a hard time deciding which pumpkin he wanted he had to get the"best one". Then they got to come home and carve it. That was fun. Mike is supposed to carve the other ones that we have since he has the talent to carve them. Christopher has also been on me about decorating the house for halloween. So we will be doing that this weekend. I have some exciting news...My brother and his girlfriend are expecting their daughter on monday! I can not wait to meet my new neice Katherine Danielle. Kim is scheduled to be induced 1st thing monday morning and mom will be in the delivery room as Katherine makes her entry. I will be sure to post a update when she arrives!