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Friday, December 31, 2010

4 star - 2010 review

2010 was 365 days of Saturdays...the favorite day of the week to me. Always fun ~ Always happily tiring ~ Always someone to play with ~ Always chores to be done ~ Always popcorn and a movie after a cheeseburger dinner kinda day. And to me, there were 365 days of them in a row.

We did it a little backwards in 2010. Our love grew all the while my belly grew too, with our little Reese. We married just a smitch before she came.. It all seemed to have its own perfect timing..our timing. In the last year I realized what marriage is..what marriage means. I realized that raising my children to be good, responsible caring people that serve others is my oppurtunity - not my job.

Jax grew up so much..not with just his height, but with his confidence. His schooling exceeded what already was. His example to his little sisters is impressive. And has made both Chris and I pleased as punch with the love and the need to protect them that he has shown.

Gracie Girl has gone from crawling to walking to an uncatchable run --- Her words are coming together...and we can’t be more excited to be able to listen to her thoughts instead of trying to figure them out. She has taken on the role of big sister swimmingly. She doesn’t do anything without Reese. And I swear those two know what each others babbles mean..cause they will smile and laugh at the same time after a stream of unknown sounds come from their mouths.

Reesey is scooting!! She can’t seem to catch up with her big sister fast enough. It feels just like a few weeks ago she barely came to us. She is still the most easy going baby... a perfect addition to our little happy family.

2010 was very good to us. And it only gets us more excited to see what 2011 has in store.

Here’s to our family..and 365 more Saturdays coming our way

Thursday, December 30, 2010


This is super cute now Reesey Piecey..
But if you try to pull this crap in 20 years, you're grounded!!!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Good Morning ~


The girls don't skip a beat when they wake up..they grab their toys and its on

Reesey is always the most chipper in the morning..she gets the smiles out of ya in no time

When I look down - pretty much most of the time - this is my view. Beautiful, huh?

Sass is always the welcome committee for Bubba..she has to touch him first.

Despicable Me = G n' R's morning coffee

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Our Christmas..

Awesomest would be the one word I would use to describe our Christmas..but they say pictures say a 1,000 words, so I'll let them do all the talkin'...















I know.. it was awesome - the awesomest!!!

Saturday, December 25, 2010



Merry Christmas to all.. And to all a good night..

Friday, December 24, 2010

Tonight..


May visions of sugar plums dance in your heads my babies...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Rally Point...

I've been counting down all week for Christmas. We have completed our lists and checked them twice. Presents are wrapped and food is just waiting to be gobbled. We are ALL completely excited for the big day. Tonight though, I realized the count down has changed from a Christmas day count down, to a count down of when my Gracie Girl will come home. This week is her bioMom's part of the Christmas holiday, and ours will start Christmas day at 1 pm. She has been gone 3 days. 3 days!! And I still have 2.5 days to go..

Oy.

Jaxman said at dinner tonight, that he is saving his presents to open for when his little sister comes home, so she won't be alone opening her presents. His heart is the best. Selfishness has never reared its ugly head around this humble young man of mine. I hope his little sisters will soak up his awesomeness..

So we will wait. Wait with all the patience we can rally up for Christmas morning and more importantly - the return of the missing piece of our "yiddle" family...it'll literally be "like Christmas" on Christmas, when our Gracie Girl is back home.