Monday, December 29, 2014
Well, the end of the year is upon us and we have so much to be grateful for. It is a little overwhelming to sum up the entire year, and i would be a little redundant in doing so since I have been keeping this blog, so I will refrain. But, this past month has had its fair share of excitement with a lot of it being in the past week and even more being in the past 24 hours.
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| We visited Santa and Mrs. Claus early in the month. Maddie wasn't so sure about Santa. Sarah didn't have a care in the world. |
We celebrated Christmas with both sides of the family over the course of the past two weeks and had a wonderful time! We exchanged gifts and were overwhelmed by our family’s generosity towards us and our two girls. They have way too many toys. And all I can really say is that I don't know what's more fun: being a kid on Christmas or being a parent. We LOVED watching Maddie open her gifts this year since it was the first year that she really understood what was happening. Plus! It was Sarah'a first Christmas, so that made it extra exciting, too!
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| Maddie barely cracked a smile on Christmas morning because she was so focussed on opening all the gifts. She was so excited and loved it so much! |
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| LOVE!!! |
Phil had given me a book with instructions on how to sew hats earlier in the year and I was so excited about it that I took on the task of making hats for our family members for Christmas. It took me months to finish them, but I made quite a few. I wish I could have gotten a few more done for some people I missed, but the truth of the matter is I ran out of time and patience. One hat, in particular, was so frustratingly difficult and painful (physically and emotionally) that, upon breaking 3 needles and drawing blood from pin pricks, I finally called it quits. I think I did pretty good in the grand scheme of things, though. You can see pictures of the hats by clicking here.
We saw Phil’s side of the family at a few different events, ate tons of delicious food (I could live off of Nathan’s sweet potato fries, his mock barnaby’s pizza and Phil’s dad’s mac n cheese) and ended one of the days with a bang! Literally, Nathan’s bedroom door “Banged” open after the locksmith worked his magic to free poor little 3-year-old Charlotte from inside. She had accidentally locked herself in the room and, after trying to instruct her on how to turn the key and unlock the door herself, we had to call in the professionals. Our brave niece was finally out after about 2 hours and we all breathed a sigh of relief.
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| Phil sporting his new "Old Man Jacket and his cashmere-lined leather gloves. |
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| I love my new gold earrings! |
We spent Christmas Eve at my parent’s house and a little time with Phil’s mom. Christmas Day was celebrated at Danielle’s for the second year in a row. Boy, can she throw a party! Between the two days, I don’t know if I’ve ever eaten better in my life (my dad makes the best lasagna EVER and Danielle can cook a turkey like its nobody’s business).
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| Sarah and my Dad on Christmas Eve |
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| Maddie loves her Auntie! |
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| Christmas Eve with Grandma Jones. |
All in all, the holidays were wonderful.
The girls are doing great. Little Sarah is growing up so fast! I feel like she is growing even faster than Maddie did. Every time I look at her she is doing something new and her face is changing from the newborn look into a more developed baby face: adorable! She is smiling ALL THE TIME and seems to respond to her name. She gets excited when we say “Sarah” and loves making eye contact. We even got to hear her giggle this past week, which was a truly special treat.
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| Someone is happy about her Christmas presents |
Within the past 2 days it seems like she is on the verge of rolling over. It’s funny that I was concerned only 3 weeks ago that Sarah seemed to favor looking to her right side because now she is trying and trying and trying to roll from her back to front by turning to the left. What an answer to prayer that we won’t have to do any early intervention for tight muscles in her neck!
I am also pleased to announce that Sarah has successfully taken a bottle for the past 2 days in a row!!! We have been trying for months with no success, but I was finally able to get her to suck a pacifier yesterday, which led us to try the bottle again and it worked! She then took it again today! So, we are hoping that this sticks and we can get her to continue to feed this way so that Phil and I can maybe go out on a date and leave the girls with a babysitter. Any volunteers????
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| Another crazy highlight from this month was out flat tire. :( Thank God it happened about a block away from home and everyone was safe. |
Maddie seems smarter all the time. She is talking in long sentences now and recounts to me events from the day. We were able to spend some time with my friend, Erica, and Maddie’s friend, Rory, a few days ago and when we went home, Maddie couldn’t stop taking about Rory, saying her name and telling me about the “burger sandwich” (i.e. cheeseburger) and the choo choo train that we saw at 2Toots. She kept saying it was, “so so fun.”
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| Mads and Rors at 2 Toots |
The biggest development that has occurred is our attempt today at potty training. Wowza. What a day! but, I am going to leave these details for the next blog post lest this one get way way too long. So, for those of you wondering about the excitement that I mentioned in the "past 24 hours," you will need to wait. Mwuhahahaha!!!!
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