Two Twelve So Far

So far this year has been very low key. We know it won't last, but it's been nice to finally enjoy some down time together as a family.

Matt starts work this Friday. The changes this will create will be HUGE for us but it will be good none the less. Back to reality!
For a few more days we will enjoy sleeping in together, playing games late into the night and fun family adventures during the day.

Here are some shots of our year so far!

A new bouncy  house opened up in our hood so we took in the sights. SO MUCH FUN!
It's possible Matt and I played around too...
Sam's daily routine is to wake up at 9am (lucky, we know) take a shower and then get warmed up in Mommy and Daddy's bed. He likes to be all snuggled up while he dries.  
We rented out our spare bedroom this year to a friend named Kelly. With her came her cockatiel, Thisbee. Sam LOVES to have her hang out on his shoulder.

Sam enjoys dressing himself and since we spend most of our days pent up in our home, we allow it. One day he chose Spiderman Pjs, robot shoes and his owl backpack. Gotta love his style!

Sam got his Mommy's sleepy genes. On most days he puts himself down for a nap and never whines when it's bed time. He's super easy when it comes to rest. One day we found him like this:

Fast asleep.

For Christmas Papa and Tutu got Sam this HUGE lava-lamp-aquarium. He loves it and asks for his fish every night.

Hopefully we can fit in a few fun activities this week before we lose Matt to Boeing!

Our 2012 Resolutions

Holly

1. To be more proactive, patient and positive.
2. Become more organized and less cluttered.
3. Spend less time on work, more time with family and friends.
4. Dedicate more time and energy into teaching Sam.
5. Save money.


Matthew

1. Work hard at my new job.
2. Get A's in my last two quarters.
3. Knock up the wife.
4. Serve others
5. Get fit. (back to honeymoon shape!)

Samuel

1. To learn how to say "Shrek" without it sounding like the "F" word.
2. Ride my bike more often.
3. Less whining.
4. Learn how to read.
5. No more binkie at night!

A Christmas Miracle

Dotty laid her first egg on Christmas.

Let Heav'n and Angels sing, we don't have to eat her.

Christmas 2011

Our family was lucky enough to get 3 days of Christmas this year.

On the eve of Christmas Eve, we opened our first gifts to each other, pajamas.

Sam was THRILLED to get Spiderman pj's. He demanded to put them on right away and then asked Daddy to help him touch the ceiling, because apparently that's what Spiderman does.

Then, on the actual Christmas Eve we had dinner and opened presents at my parents house with my little brother, Cory.

He and Sam are good buds. They love to wrestle and play together. Sam was also very excited to have Dundee there, my brothers dog, to play catch with.

After opening presents Sam and Grandma sat down to watch some movies while the rest of us relaxed as well.

Christmas morning came and Sam had a blast opening his stocking goods from Santa and his gifts from Mom and Dad.

Buzz Lightyear!

Matt and Sam got a Circus Waffle maker, so after presents were finished we ate breakfast and got ready for the day.

We arrived at Matt's parents house that afternoon to eat dinner and open more gifts. We were all spoiled, yet again, but I think that Sam mostly just enjoyed ripping the paper off of everything. He opened his own and assisted with everyone else's as well.

Matt's Mom had been fighting a bad infection for weeks, so exhaustion made it really hard for her to enjoy her Christmas. She opened all of her gifts first, and then went back upstairs to lay down. Hopefully next year she will be back to her usual self! Her Chemo treatments are working!

We hope that everyone had as Merry a Christmas as we did!