Christmas Update

Here is the Christmas Card I ended up sending out. I got them out late because of indecision and frustration. But I did get them out. We got next to nothing for Christmas Cards this year. I think we got 5! Eek!



Aunty Amy, Uncle Kerry, Dante, Ariana, Kaden, and Bubba came to Minnesota for Christmas! They got here on Monday the 22nd in the morning. They actually got there before I got over to my moms! Kaden's asthma started to really act up in the cold. Poor little guy couldn't breath while we were outside. My mom and (maybe) sister, dressed Faye up in some necklace(s). She loved it!



Christmas Eve, we went over to Clayton's grandparents house. Maddox got some action figure type toy, a movie, and a Artoo Potatoo. Faelyn got a cool little phone, musical snail, a cute outfit. Both kids got a Target gift card. Maddox had a blast being chased around by a couple little girls. Lilly is 2.5 years old and Sophia is approx. 21 months. Faye is a pro at opening presents! I'm sure she'll need no help on her birthday! Must take after her Daddy! Maddox and I both take our time and try not to rip the paper too much.










Christmas morning we opened presents at home and then went over to my mother's house. Maddox got Hungry Hungry Hippo and a Star Wars DS game from Santa and you'll never guess what Mommy and Daddy got him! Faye got a Musical Inchworm and a Tutu and Leg Warmers from Santa and ... um.. oh a Diaper from mom and dad. We didn't wrap her diaper though. I put it on her for her 6mo pictures at the beginning of Dec and she's been wearing it since then! I'd like to list all of the stuff that they got in their stockings, from grandparents, aunts, and uncles, but between the two of them, there was a lot of stuff and a lot of small stuff and I do not want to leave anything out. I'm sure no one would be offended if I forgot something, but I would still feel bad! They love all of their stuff though! And I am so happy that my house is NOT over run by toys.. (completely) lol

What? A Guitar? From mom and dad? Who would have guessed?!















I don't know why she is so red looking... Maybe it's my computer screen? I don't know. I am a little embarrassed that those are the only pictures that I took. Christmas is always so chaotic and now having to help Faye with her stuff, It's really hard to get pictures of both of them! Hopefully we'll have more next year! I know my sister and mother in law got some pictures. Possibly my mother too.

On the Move!

Faelyn's up on all fours! She doesn't have the forward crawl motion yet. She gets her legs going and forgets to move her arms and falls on her face, but she goes side to side and backwards. She also can get around on her butt. I'm not sure how, but she was sitting and she would lean forward and sideways, etc to grab things and she would be further and further away from her original location. I watched her. The whole time. I did not actually see her move! I'm sure it will only be a matter of days or weeks before she is completely crawling and I bet before she turns 8 months.

On the 24th, Faye pulled her self up on her toy box. First she was pulling on the toy box, but it kept tipping over towards her and then Daddy held down the other side of the toy box and Faelyn pulled herself right up into a standing position. When standing, her toy box comes up to about her waist. This girl is going to be quite a handful!

We've started solids. I cannot remember the exact date, but she had 3 days of peas, 4 days of Avocado, 4 days of pears, 2 samplings of broccoli, and 2 days of cauliflower. Yesterday she had sweet potatoes. She went a couple days without having anything. Christmas Eve and the 26th for sure and I cannot remember when else. That might have been the only day actually. So maybe it was the 12th that we started solids...... That sounds right.

I believe that's all for now, so I'll get to the pictures now.












I have SO many pictures of Faye eating Avocado. Clayton got some pretty cute shots. I'm only going to post a couple of my favorite though.

Mostly Pictures

Not much to update here. Maddox has had some diarrhea for the past 4 days. He's pretty frustrated with it because he keeps pooping on the floor and in his undies. He is starting to get so that it doesn't emotionally harm him, but he's definitely to the point where enough is enough. Not to mention that he's on a diet of Banana's, Applesauce, dry Toast, and Apple Juice. I made some Rice for him, but I don't know if he'll eat it. I made a banana, applesauce, and apple juice smoothie for him yesterday and it took 5 hours for him to drink half of it and the other half he spilled on the kitchen floor. I really hope there is an end to this soon. Poor guy :(


When Kaden was here over Thanksgiving, my Mom, Amy, and I took the boys to "A Day in the Life of an Elf" (or something along those lines) on the 8th floor of Macy in downtown. Maddox was pretty freaked out by it. He did want to go through the part with the tree's and snowmen again, but Santa's workshop was especially scary to him. It was a little creepy! They were very old fashioned looking and all of the elves and animals, etc were motorized and moving.


















Later that day, Maddox had fun shoveling snow outside of Grandma's patio.



Maddox got tickets to Monster Jam for his birthday. Maddox, Faye, Daddy, and I went and had a blast. I love Monster Jam and a lot of my favorite trucks were there! Maddox was as excited as I was (lol)




Everybody we passed thought Maddox's little sister was pretty cute in her Teddy Bear bunting, cool girl hat, and giant ear muffs...





Superman was not one of the trucks that was competing that night, but Chad Fortune was there in the crowd. Later he came down onto the track (or whatever you call it).



A fairly awful picture of Mommy and Faye....



Poor little Faye! Hopefully these ear muffs will fit better by the 2009 racing season!



Maddox was a fan after Escalade was done with his free style. It was pretty awesome. He broke his back axle, or rod, whatever and his wheels were pigeon toed and he still finished his run, did jumps, and did bonus time! Maddox was impressed after he saw that the driver had a Mohawk too.



My favorite truck, Captain's Curse





Bringing out the big guns!



He makes everything look so easy!



Yep... She passed out during Grave Diggers freestyle. It's still a mystery to me. (And the guy in the background looks like Great Uncle Russ.....)



Max D. He bounced back from that. He bounced back from a lot!



Maddox and Grandma Diane play Super Spies a lot. They let Faye play and so I took a picture. Here they are with their "spy hats" on. They even got one for Faye!



Grandma Diane had her CD Player on and Maddox laid down on her floor to enjoy the music and read the number on the display



December 18th was the Last day for Maddox's preschool before Winter Break. They had a Teddy Bear Picnic that we were invited to. Maddox brought his lion.





Snack time. Never can get him to look at me long enough to take a picture...