Pirate Blake (Christmas Catch-Up)

Just catching up on posting a few more pictures from back in December!

 

Blake got this Jake and the Neverland Pirate ship from his great grandma...it was a huge hit!!

Christmas Angel

Here are a couple of pictures of Olivia before we went to visit Santa this year.  She was all proud and excited, but by the time we reached to the front of the line she chickened right out and didn't want anything to do with jolly old St. Nick!

 She is STILL talking about Santa every day though (yes, on January 24)...she is obsesses and always wants to know where he is. 

 

She says "where's Santa?"

I say "North Pole"

She says "why?"

I say "making toys"

she says, "Oh...babies" (her favorite toy is a baby doll)

We have this exact same conversation EVERY SINGLE DAY! haha

Hopefully next year she can actually TELL Santa what she wants.  This year Blake relayed the message for her (so cute).

Birthday Cake!

These pictures are SO old...from back on December 14th at the kids b-day party.  BUT, alas, here they are!

 

Blake was SO excited about his Madagascar cake...Liv was just excited about cake in general :)

Cousin Addy, Liv, and Blake

 Digging in!

 Little Liv is always the best eater of the bunch.  Never have to worry about her getting enough :)

Birthday Party...(way late)

Blake turned 4 on Dec. 13 and Liv turned 2 on Dec. 15 (b/c December isn't crazy enough as it is...I decided to have a couple kids then), so we had a family b-day party on the 14th!

 

It was just immediate family in attendance.  My parents, Ryan's parent, Ryan's grandparents, Ryan's sister Dani and fiance Chris.  Ryan's bother, SIL Arlee, and cousin Addy.  That still makes for a crazy/loud party!

 

Of course Blake wanted his favorite food..tacos, so tacos it was.  He originally wanted to serve cereal, but I told him that probably wasn't appropriate for a dinner party.

We never have a problem getting Olivia to eat.  Blake has always giving us a struggle.  If it is edible she WILL eat it.

Present time!!  We have been on present overload for the past 3-4 weeks.  B-day and Christmas = chaos!

Sweet Livi-kay

SOO many gifts!

 

Giant Mr. Potato Head was a big hit!

Lately....

Just a few Instagram (galgo1ae) pictures from my phone lately....

 

Look at how long Olivia's hair is getting!  It looks so cute in pig-tails.  I really should get her a haircut....but I cannot bring myself to cut it off!!

Pretty Liv after waking up from a loooong nap on New Years Day.  She didn't stay up until the ball dropped the night before, but she did stay up way past her bedtime!

What I'm reading now....it's a oldie....but I haven't read it yet.  I am just starting..and honestly an not that into it yet.  I have so much stuff going on that reading is falling on my priority list each night!

Liv at her 2 year well visit.  I can't believe my baby is 2!  She still has a ridiculous fear of doctors (stemming from her issues/surgery when she was a baby I believe)...but she is getting better.  She is healthy and weighted in at just over 25lbs (35th percentile) and measured in the 65th percentile for her height.  Just perfect :).

 The day after Christmas Ryan and I traveled to Detroit for the Little Ceasers Pizza Bowl.  I had to work prior to the game...and we won!  Yay CMU.  The roads were CRAZY bad on the way down when I snapped this.  Luckily we drove the truck and had 4WD.

My angel babies sleeping snug in their beds....I could watch them sleep forever!!

I think that I will do my first pregnancy post (#3) tomorrow!

BIG news!

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care…..yep, that’s right, all THREE of them! Ryan and I are excited to announce that baby #3 will be joining our family in June!

 

Thankgiving with sister

Mary and Shawn were able to come home from Denver for Thanksgiving!  It was great to have them home for the weekend.  We are sad that they cannot come back to Michigan for Christmas though :(.

 

Mary and dad with the turkey. 

I wanted a nice picture of Blake with his aunt Mary...you can see how that was working out for me...

 This one wouldn't be too bad if Blake was smiling...

 This is what happened when I asked Liv to get in the picture too....story of my life...ha.

Winter fun

This is our first full winter in our new home...and the home has an added bonus....a sledding hill right in the back yard!!  These pictures were taken in November after the 1st snowfall.  We since have gotten a better base for sledding!!

 

Little Liv checking out the hill...

 

My Blaker...the hill is pretty big...and fast!

Daddy and Liv ready to head down!!

My boys :)

Blake isn't sure about going himself...you can see by the snow on his hat that he did a face-plant, or two!! ha.

 

 wheeee....at the bottom of the hill!

 

 If only we didn't have to walk back UP the hill!!

Blake is so proud of his snowman....first one of the season!