ChRiStMaS 2009

We had a great Christmas this year! We went to our friends house Christmas Eve and made pizza and had a great time. Then we came home and opened one present. It has always been a tradition in our family to open Christmas jammies on the Eve..so we did that and then watched small one. We left cookies for Santa and put the kids to bed.

Christmas Eve

our friends have these bikes that the kids ride around the house. they love them!

maybe one day we will have a house big enough for that.

*the kids showing off their Christmas jammies*

ChRiStMaS dAy!

Sadie was the first to wake up and was so excited to see all the presents. She was also super excited that the cookies had been eaten by santa.

~~sadie and her dolls~~

she loves the kitchen that santa brought her.

Parker was funny because he opened his stocking and then was done and didn't want to open any presents...I guess he got everything he wanted in his stocking. :)

Ella didn't really understand what was going on, she just had fun walking around and playing with all the stuff that had been opened. Her favorite thing was actually a card that she got from her grandma that sings when you open it. She literally sat and opened and closed it for like 10 minutes.

emy gave sadie, parker and ella these cute little pillows. they are so soft and seriously so cute!

I hope ya'll had a great Christmas!

And have a Happy New Year!!

wanna sit on santa's lap?

I was doing dishes the other day and Sadie & Parker were playing in the other room. I could hear them talking about Santa Claus and sitting on his lap and telling him what they wanted for Christmas. I came in to see what they were doing and this is what they were up to.......

......they made they're own Santa Claus's with their favorite blankets. It made me laugh so hard. Kids come up with the funniest things!

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*i just wanted to warn you that this is a LONG post...

I feel like I have gotten so far behind....I don't even know where to start. But I will just start rambling and hope that I can get everything in.

We had a great Thanksgiving! We stayed here in Nashville and got together with some friends. We of course missed our family and wished that we could be with them, but the Tolks and Clarks made us feel right at home.

Ella turned 1!!

She is walking all over the place and screams her little guts out when she wants something. Sometimes I wonder how such a small little thing can be soooo loud! Her hair is taking its sweet old time growing, but I am sure it will be here soon! :) I love to go get her in the mornings because she is so excited to see me. She really makes me feel like I am the greatest person. She loves to eat in the bath, but Tyler thinks it is creating a bad habit....sometimes I just really want her to eat her veggies and when she is in the bath...she is too busy to think about what she is eating so it works out great! Climbing the stairs is her favorite thing. She will get up one stair and look over at me to see if I am watching her and then just smiles and takes off climbing. She really is a stinker! She is getting so fun and has so much personality.

Parker's hair is growing back. I have really missed his curly locks. He is seriously the sweetest boy I have ever met. He will come up to me periodically through out the day and cuddle me and give me kisses...just for no reason. I love that boy!! He is starting to be less of an annoying little pest of a brother to Sadie and plays with her more. It is so nice and is making my life so much easier!! He loves to eat, well I guess I should say...he loves to snack. He could snack ALL day long!! What I love about Parker is that he will try new things, he is adventurous.

Sadie is so sassy you wouldn't even believe it! Sometimes I feel like I am talking to a 16 year old. She is smart and funny! I don't have her in preschool right now, but I am thinking that I might get her in the beginning of next year. She loves to dress up and pretend that she is getting married. Her and Parker marry each other almost everyday. She does things that truely make me laugh so hard. Today when I was putting on my eyeliner she said "mommy, why are you putting that on your gums, you know...your eye gums"?

She has the best personality.

Emy (tyler's sister) is living with us and LOVING it! Actually I don't know if she does, but we love her living here. My kids have really enjoyed it! Sadie makes her sleep with her on the weekends when she doesn't have to wake up for work.

Tyler does not know where he will be working next summer. We both want to stay here. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it here and would love to live here longer. (did I mention, we love it here?). We are not getting our hopes up though. If he doesn't match anywhere then we will be looking for a dentist job either in Nashville or Utah. We will know the end of January what we need to start planning for. It is hard not knowing what we will be doing next year, or where we will be...but I try not to think about it too much. I am just enjoying the time that we have here in Nashville because it may not be too much longer.

Here are some fun things that we have been doing:

nErdY thIrtY pArtY

**spending time at the park**

OPRY MILLS

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!