Wednesday, December 31, 2008

What a Strange Trip It Has Been!

Wow, December 31st! What a quick year this has been. I just can't believe that it is the last day of 2008! Is it even possible? So much has happened this year, I don't even know how to sum it all up.

I guess, let me tell you about our Christmas. It was wonderful; possibly the best Christmas I have ever had! On Christmas Eve I made bread! I haven't done that in I don't even know how long! It was SO nice to do. I really enjoyed kneading the dough. I may definetly have to do that again some time. The that afternoon we went to Eric's Mom and Dad's house. Rebecca, Jeff, Richard, Tiffiny, and Sarah came too. We had such a nice time. Both girls got SO many toys and clothes, it isn't even funny. We had some great food and desserts. It was such a fun day. All the girls were so cute watching them play together, or annoy each other, however you want to look at it.

We stayed home on Christmas Day. I've never done that. I almost didn't know what to do with my self. We got up, I made Monkey Bread. We got the girls up and we opened gifts and watched the girls play...they are so dang cute! We ate breakfast and just played and watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Then Eric's Mom and Dad came down for the day and my mom and dad came up. We had ravioli for lunch and played games and had a wonderful Christmas. I did miss my dad's side of Christmas, but it was great to be able to stay at home.

On the 28th, we went to my cousin Crystal's house for my mom's side of the family Christmas. It was great to see everyone and we had MORE good food. I made Pierogies. It was kind of emotional. This was the first time someone made them since Grandma died. Everyone said they were good, so I hope I did them justice. It was great to see everyone that was there. The ones that weren't are missed, all of them.

So, now we are playing catch up. We are going to my friend Carli's parents house tonight for New Year's Eve. I am doubting we will stay late as the girls are going with us. We are going to play cards and games though so it should be a lot of fun.

So, what a lucky year it has been. Jillian joined our family and is such a blessing as is her big sissy. Layla is a wonderful big sister (usually!) and has grown up so much this year. She is getting close to being potty trained, if we could just figure out the going #2 thing. She got her first stitches and has learned so much. Sometimes it just amazes me how smart she is. Jillian is almost walking by herself. She cruises along on everything and can walk and push things. She is babbling all the time and I am just waiting for that first "Mama"!!

I hope that your year has been as wonderful as ours. I hope your 2009 is blessed and well-filled. May God be with you throughout the year.

Enjoy these pictures of Christmas day here in our house...we sure did! This is a LOT picture heavy!
Love,
Theresa

Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas!

May everyone have a wonderful Christmas! May the joy of the season be with you and may your Christmas be filled with many great memories for the years to come! God Bless!

Merry First Christmas Jilly! Merry Christmas Layla! I love you girls so much!

Photobucket

Monday, December 8, 2008

She's OK

Just wanted to touch base and let everyone know that Layla is feeling fine. She will remember her stitches every now and then and tell me her head hurts, but other than that she showed no signs of slowing down. She keeps wanting to jump on the bed so it must not have traumatized her too bad! :) Thanks for all of the concern and prayers!
God Bless,
Theresa

Friday, December 5, 2008

Guess She Got My Grace

Well, it is official. Layla has unfortunately inherited my gracefullness, or lack there of. This morning, my MOMS Club (R) group was here for a get together and Layla and her friend Aubrey were for SOME unknown reason jumping on the couch. Now, Layla knows she is NOT supposed to jump on the couch so what she was thinking I have no idea! So, you guessed it, she fell off of the couch and hit her head on the corner of the coffee table. She was bleeding pretty bad as most head wounds do and I was just trying not to throw up on her (as I do NOT do so well with blood). My friends were wonderful and helped me get her ready to go to Urgent care. I ran next door and got my neighbor to come over and sit with Jilly. Then Aubrey's mommy (Cindy) helped me get Layla in the car. Once we were at the doc office, Layla was a champ. She let the nurse and Doc check her out and didn't fuss. She wouldn't let them take her temp, but no surprise, she never does. Anyways, the doc said she needed stitches andwe put her in this papoose thing so she couldn't wiggle around and she sat SO still while he stitched her up. She didn't cry or fuss a it. I am SO proud of her! We stopped and got a Happy Meal on the way home and I let her eat it while watching a movie. She has been a very big girl today and such a trouper. I just thank GOD that she is OK and that it wasn't much worse. The doc said there was no concern of a concussion or anything so we were very thankful. I tried to take a picture of the stitches, but not sure how great they turned out. You be the judge.
Photobucket
Layla smiling in spite of it all!
Photobucket
And one of the shorty monster!
Photobucket

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

What Big Teeth You Have!

Jillian has 6 teeth! Can you believe that? Four on top and 2 on the bottom. I hope she gets a little bit of a break now with teething, it has been a bit of a nightmare.

Layla did something REALLY awesome yesterday. We got "Blue Hat, Green Hat" by Sandra Boyton from the library yesterday. We've had it before and she really likes it. Well, she crawled up in her chair and started reading it. Now, I am sure that she isn't really READING it, but she knows it by heart and can recognize the word placement! How cool is that?!?!? Here is a video to check out her new skill! Admit it, our girl is a GENIUS!!