Farewell 2011- You were good to us!

This is most likely the last post of 2011 for us!

2011 started off a little rocky for us but it ended up wonderfully!

As every year does, it had it's ups and downs and in the end we are unbelievably blessed with our family, friends and many good things.

A couple of pictures from the past few days.  They are of the girls because getting Nicholas and Addison to stop for a picture is virtually impossible! I say that as they are, hopefully, up in their rooms resting so we can head to grandpa's restaurant for New Year's Eve tonight with friends and family!

The sisters hanging out the other night.  We're getting smiles from both of them now, just not at the same time!

Miss Mady in her newest accessory for at least the next 6 weeks!  We found out this past week that Mady has hip dysplasia and needs to be in a harness to help her hip joint develop correctly.  She's in the harness between 23 and 24 hours a day and really doesn't seem to mind it too much.  I took her out today for a quick bath and she did enjoy kicking in the bathtub which made me a little sad to have to put her back in the harness but if it means she'll be able to run up and down the basketball court and around the bases with no problems than I am A-OK with it!  As you can see, she's sporting some super cute leg warmers on her chunky little legs!!

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a VERY Happy and Safe New Year!

We hope that 2011 was very good to you but that 2012 is even better!

May your new year be filled with wonderfully endless blessings and memories!

Happy New Year from our Family to Yours!

The 26th

As we have in the past, we spent the day after Christmas with family!

After spending the morning playing with new toys and recovering from a wonderful Christmas, we packed up the car and headed down to P'burg to spend the afternoon at my aunt and uncle's house.  The kids were excited to get out of the house and see everyone and we were looking forward to more family time and yummy food!

When we got there Nicholas and Addison were in awe of the GIANT tree and the awesome train running underneath it!  They got to run around and play and they were even allowed to work the train a little bit, too!  I think we'll be looking into a nice train set some time soon!!

We had such a nice time eating and talking and just enjoying the day after Christmas with family!

Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas everyone!

We hope that everyone had as nice and as blessed of a Christmas as we did.  We were very lucky to be able to spend the past two days with family celebrating and enjoying the season.  

Last night, as we do with every Christmas Eve, we headed to Pat's dad's house for the evening.  The kids love spending time with grandpa and Aunt Liz and we always have such a nice time catching up and sharing the night before Christmas together.  Pat's dad makes a delicious dinner and we get to spend the night talking and watching Christmas movies and eating lots of delicious food!  And then the kids get to open up their presents and put on their Christmas PJs.  It's a really nice night we look forward to each year.

After spending the evening at Grandpa's, we usually head home but this year we headed to Grandma and Pop-pop's.  Each of the kids has woken up at Grandma and Pop-pop's house on their first Christmas and since it was the girls' first Christmas we thought it was only fitting to carry on the tradition.  We got to the house and the kids and Daddy went to bed while Mommy went to work finishing up some last minute Christmas prep with Grandma.  

When everyone woke up on Christmas morning it was clear that Santa had come and it was also clear that all of us are very blessed and lucky this year, and every year!  Mady and Carrington had no clue what was going on but Santa left a few things for them, regardless.  Nicholas and Addison, though, were so excited to see what Santa brought them!  They opened their presents and Nicholas even took a break to hand out a whole bunch of presents.  It was so wonderful to see how much the kids were enjoying the morning and Christmas, that was better than any gift I could have received!!  After presents, we enjoyed yummy breakfast and the kids went off to play with some of their new toys while the adults went off to recover!!

The rest of day was spent eating, playing with toys, and snuggling babies!  Not a bad way to spend Christmas!  

We are very lucky and grateful for such a wonderful day and year!  

Merry Christmas to you and yours from ours!

Christmas is Coming!

Christmas preparation is in full swing around here!

Dozens of cookies were baked over the past few days.  Our tree has been up since our annual tree trimming party a few weeks ago.  Christmas outfits and pajamas are purchased and ready to be worn. And this past weekend we attended the first of our two Christmas concerts on the schedule and then helped Grandma and Pop-pop to put up their tree and decorate!

Friday night was Nicholas' Christmas pageant and concert.  The kids did a great job and Nicholas was so excited to be singing for everyone.  We can't wait for Thursday to see Addie's concert and go to her party!

On Saturday, the kids and I spent the day helping Grandma to decorate the house and get ready to put up their tree today.  We were supposed to spend the day at the McGeary Christmas but since the girls are still so little and we're not really ready to expose them to a ton of people touching them, etc. we opted to stay home.  We were sad to miss everyone but we need to make sure to keep the girls healthy!

Today, Grandma took Nicholas and Addison to Morristown to see the Nutcracker ballet and they LOVED it!  When they got home, we decorated the Christmas tree and had a nice dinner with Aunt Jessica.  The kids had a ball and are now even more excited about Christmas coming!