As Dora Would Say....

WE DID IT!!!! WE DID IT!!! WE DID IT!!!

We arrived safe and sound in sunny Florida yesterday at noon time. Our original plan was to travel on Friday but due to the lovely winter weather our flight was cancelled and rescheduled for 7:30am Saturday morning.

So I am happy again to report that my boys all traveled like champs and were perfect and we are now enjoying our Christmas vacation in the warm weather while it looks like everyone else at home will be having a white Christmas!

Daddy Down!

So what I thought was going to be a very productive and fun weekend turned out to be not exactly that. Long story short.... Cookie sprained his ankle and has been on crutches since Saturday. I feel awaful for my husband and I wish that he could walk and be perfectly well but to be really honest I feel bad for myself. I now am the only one to who can do the laundry, the packing, the cleaning, and everything else that goes along with our trip to Florida. I know I will get it done but an extra set of hands would be nice. On top of it all I now will be traveling with a baby, a toddler, and a criple on Friday which I am sure will have it's fair share of stories to blog about. Say a prayer my husband has a miracle cure and suddenly can walk or at the very least that I do not kill him before we arrive at my parents house on Friday.

AWFUL SIMPLY AWFUL!!!!!

I can not get this out of my mind, poor sweet, polite, kind, & good hearted William got PUNCHED in the face today on the bus! Yeah "Jacob" who is a 4Th grader punched William in the face while he was talking to his friend Abby & took his hat. I bet everyone is wondering what William did....he simply told him that was his hat and took it back. I guess this boy Jacob has been screwing around with William all year on the bus and he usually just squishes him but two days ago he pushed him and took Williams seat and then today he punched him! William told Shannon he thinks it was just an accident, how can he (William) be so kind and good hearted? I am so angry & can only imagine how my sister feels. God help the first little kid to put their hands on my boys or even worse the first girl that breaks their heart, I swear I will kill them!

I hope that this little boy Jacob gets kicked off the bus and that Santa brings him nothing but coal for Christmas!!!! Oh & watch out everyone because Kiki is getting William karate lessons for Christmas and he will be a black belt before we know it!!

Well Worth The Wait...

TWO HOURS, we waited on Sunday to see Santa. Sunday morning we went and had the boys pictures done & while there we had this fantastic idea that we would also visit Santa. So, after we were done with our appointment we grabbed a drink and a quick snack and headed over to get in line to see Santa. I had been hyping Elijah up since Saturday in hopes that he "might" want to sit on his lap. Little did Cookie and I know that we should never have taken our leisurely time to get in line because there were already 60 people in front of us! Now mind you there was no sign of Santa yet since it was Sunday and he did not come on until noon time and it was 11:45am but at noon time on the dot the man in red come out of a secret door in the wall. Elijah's face lit up and was smiling ear to ear all and I have to admit that I am a corny mom and this brought a tear to my eye. Elijah followed Santa right up to his post and waved at him and watched as other boys and girls visited with him. He came back to tell me all about it and I asked if he wanted to sit on his lap and with great excitement and answered yes....so we waited and waited and waited till finally we were next. As soon as the kids in front of us got up Elijah ran right up and sat next to Santa and began rattling off his list, "I want play doh, lego, dinosaurs, books, and I share with my brother! PLEASE!!!" he repeated it several times & I know that Santa was listening. Samuel did not really know what to take of Santa and he just looked at him and tugged on his beard. I was just happy he did not cry & that we got a decent picture.

There are not many people I would wait 2 hours in line to meet but I am so happy that we waited 2 hours for Elijah to meet Santa because he has not stopped talking about him since. This is going to be a great Christmas!!!!

Samuel's Six Month Check Up

Believe it or not Samuel had his 6 month check up yesterday. I can not even believe that 6 months have already come and gone so quickly. Then on the other hand I do not remember what it was like to only be the "3" of us, to come and go and not worry about feeding anyone, to sleep laying down, and to have personal space. I have to be honest I am surprised at how easily we have adjusted to having a second child, I myself thought it was going to be more challenging than it has been. Please, I am not complaining I am very happy with how it has turned out even though Samuel does not sleep for any amount of time unless pressed against my chest. As a matter of fact as I type this he is wrapped in my Moby wrap (thank you Sue) and sleeping soundly.

Anyways, Samuel's appointment went well he is 17lbs 11ounces and 27 1/2inches long perfect for his age! He has right on track and is sitting up perfect by himself. rolling all around the room, and has mastered crawling in reverse. He laughs all the time, loves music, loves to watch Pugsley (at least someone does), but most of all he loves anything and everything that involves his brother Elijah. A few things he does not like are peaches, having his diaper changed, and when a ball rolls away from him and he can not get it because he does not yet know how to crawl forward.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREAT GRANDMA!!!

Happy Birthday to Elijah & Samuel's Great Grandma! We are going over to celebrate tonight. Elijah has been practicing singing Happy Birthday and is very excited to have cake!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZIO LUIGI!!!

Happy Birthday to Samuel's Godfather Zio (uncle) Luigi!!! The boys and I had a lot of fun making homemade birthday cards for him. Elijah, thinks Luigi is the best playmate ever! He was very sad today when we were leaving to go get his hair cut & not going to Zio Luigi's birthday party. He was so upset that he had a complete meltdown and wanted me to call Michelle and ask her why there was no party.

Happy Birthday Luigi we hope you have a great day & a fantastic year ahead!