Hi everyone!  Just wanted to wish all of you a very merry Christmas, Hanukkah, and happy New Years!
Here are Emma's FIRST ever Christmas pictures!  Enjoy!

 

 

Honor Roll Assembly

I am SOOOOOO proud of my two boys!  They both made honor roll for the 1st nine weeks of school! 

Noah made superior honor roll!  He had ALL "A's" and only 1 "B."   He is really enjoying being in middle school!  Plus, he was choosen to be student representative for his homeroom!He also made the swim team.  He had his first meet last weekend and did pretty well for his first official race!

Adam made principals honor roll!   He made straight "A's" on his report card!  He was also chosen from his class to be the student of the month!  Pretty impressive!

Both boys  tried out for a swim team last week.  They both made it and are now swimming a minimum of 3 times per week!  They both seem to really enjoy it!  What great exercise as well!

We are so honored and blessed to have these boys as our sons!  We love you very much!!!!! 

Keep up the great work!!!
                                            Noah

 

Adam

                                                            Adam with his teacher.

 

Noah at his swim meet.

 

Meeting Santa

Last week we took Emma to meet Santa for the very first time.  We are friendly with another little girl named Emma who has met Santa quite a few times already and loved him!  So I kept showing my little Emma the picture of her friend sitting on Santa's lap so that hopefully she would get the "idea."  It was finally our turn to meet Santa.... at first Emma wasn't so sure.  He gave her brothers high fives and then her.  After that, she was pretty okay with him.  She sat on his lap and played around with some bells he had attached to his waist.  He even gave her a candy cane.  I was pretty happy with the pictures- all I really wanted was for her NOT to be scared and start crying. 

                                             Isn't this Santa beautiful?

Thanksgiving!

Hi everyone-

So I bit the bullet and am now paying a whopping $2.50 per month for extra space.  I know so many of you told me that you have been blogging for years and have never come across such a thing.  However, I did- and it wouldn't go away!  So I figured the $2.50 wasn't so much to pay in order to keep blogging!

Last week was Thanksgiving!  We had so much to be thankful for!  I am so blessed to have such a loving husband, three beautiful children, a fantastic mom and dad, great friends, a job, my health.......

My mom of course had Thanksgiving dinner at her house!  It was delicious!  Emma enjoyed eating honey baked ham, turkey, and some mashed potatoes!

We have been super busy around here.  Emma got to see her first parade last week.  She really loved it!  She enjoyed watching all the floats, hearing the music, and seeing all the children dancing! 

My cousin from Baltimore has been down so the kids have all been playing and having a great time together. 

Emma is doing really well!  She is talking a bit more and more each day.  She is just as crazy as ever.  Her new thing now is to go down the slide either on her back head first or on her stomach!  Crazy!  And the funny thing is.... she laughs like crazy when she does it!

She has FINALLY made it onto the charts for her weight!  She now weighs 22 pounds and is at the 4th %!  Great!  She is blossoming right before our very eyes each day! 

Last month on her birthday I decided to try putting her to sleep in her bedroom.  She did such a great job!  I could have probably moved her even sooner!  But I really wanted her to be right with us in our room!   Can't believe how big she is getting! 

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

                                                             Thanksgiving Day!

                            Nana got her this sit and spin.  She had a fun time spinning on it!

 

 Can't believe how big my boy is!  He has the PERFECT body for swimming!

                                             Hanging out with her brothers and cousin.

                                     At the parade.  She loved watching everything!

 Is this the funniest face you have ever seen?  I don't know how I even caught this on the camera!

                                                   Love this picture of her!!!