6 months

These pictures are about a week late, but I guess, better late than never :) Here is my handsome, smiling, almost crawling, six month old little boy!

Merry Christmas!

Forgive the sideways video, but this was to precious not to share :) Wishing you all a very merry and blessed Christmas!

Wedding Pictures

Finally I am getting these made and posted... :) The website I use to make them was giving me fits yesterday...grr... Anyhow, enjoy :)

Baby Food

Someone ate his first baby food today :) Mashed banana's were a big hit. Sweet potatoes, carrots, apples and peaches to come. My boy is growing up way to fast!

My baby sister got married yesterday! It was beautiful, wonderful, sweet, and completely perfect. :) More pictures to come...even though this one is pretty dorky, I still really like it :)

Stressed and Blessed

That is how I have been feeling lately. We have had a lot going on around here as of late, with my sisters wedding this weekend, getting ready for Christmas festivities, and the semester winding down at work. Most days I have felt like I am barely keeping my head above water, and I hate that feeling. I want to be that super mom who never lets anything bother her, who is super organized, and whose house is always spotless and laundry is always clean. And while I know that it is a bit unrealistic to have those expectations for myself, sometimes it is hard to keep those feelings at bay.



But aside from being stressed, I am also incredibly blessed. I was sitting at the computer tonight editing pictures that I took of Gabe while he was sleeping and I just felt so peaceful and blessed. Pictures of my sleeping babe were just what my heart and mind needed to feel peaceful again.

Finally...

We got a decent Christmas picture! And yes, Hannah and Gabe are wearing matching Christmas PJ's...I am soo that mom :)

My Baby Boy

I made an attempt at Christmas pictures of the kids last week. It did not go well. I took 121 photo's and this is the only one I really like. At least I got one though :) And he really is ridiculously cute :)

Wordless Wednesday

Just because she is cute :)

Busy, Busy, Busy

Oh me, oh my have we ever been busy lately. I keep thinking of things that I want to sit down and blog about, but by the time I have the kids in bed and actually have time to blog, I am too worn out to actually do it. However, I had some Coke Zero at my mom's house tonight, so I am all caffeinated up and ready to blog. Be forewarned, this will probably be a long post :)

The first, and biggest thing that has been keeping us so busy around here is that my husband has changed jobs. Anyone who knows my husband knows that he is very adverse to change, so this has been a really big thing for us. After working for his old company for almost 10 years, we made the decision as a family that it was time for him to move on. Things fell into place ridiculously quickly, and one week after resigning from his old job, he started working at his new job. The biggest difference is that he is now working from home. Since what used to be our office is now Gabe's room, and the computer is in the playroom/basement/family room, we have have been busy transforming part of the laundry side of the basement into a home office for Nick. Its not done yet, but here are some pictures of the progress we have made so far.

This is the before shot. As you can see it was fairly gross and a bit of a disaster.
Hannah and Grandpa working on painting. Hannah really thought the painting was fun, and for being only three, she did a decent job :)
Number one painter :)

Framing the new wall and doorway.
We now have drywall! Since this last picture we also have insulation in the drywall, a new phone line and new electrical wiring...and it all works :) Still some things to do, but we are getting there. :)

We also had family Thanksgiving with Nick's family this past week. We did Thanksgiving with my side when my sister from PA was up two weeks ago. One of the big traditions that Nick's family does is shooting trap on Thanksgiving. While I was a loser and didn't take many pictures at Thanksgiving, I did take some of my studly husband shooting things :)



We also put up our Christmas tree this past Sunday. I have to say that it was by far the most fun I have ever had putting the tree up. Hannah had an absolute blast doing it. She kept saying that the lights were sooo, beautiful, and I think that since Sunday she has rearranged the Christmas ornaments on the tree about 16,000 times. :) Christmas through the eyes of a three year old is a ridiculous amount of fun!

Daddy thinks he is funny :)
Hannah hanging up ornaments.
She wouldn't look at me so this was the best I could do. :)
Gabe hung out on the boppy and enjoyed the lights :)
He is so stinking cute!
I love my kids...and they love each other :)

And the final thing that has been keeping us busy is that my little sister is getting married in just a little over two weeks. It is such an exciting time! But did I mention that she will be moving to Northern Ireland (where her soon to be hubby is from) after they get back from the honeymoon...SOB...we already have our skype camera, so hopefully that will help...:(
Krissy and Geoff...aren't they cute :)