We have survived the holiday rush!!!

I can't believe Christmas has come and gone. My girls were soooo into the lights this year it was heart warming. The first time I plugged in a set of lights to see if they worked Hadley came over and goes wow Mama that's beautiful...I knew it was going to be a good holiday!! All car rides consisted of sissy's side, my side, mama why isn't it dark??! LIGHTS!!!!
So appropriately so we went to the festival of lights, man was it cold! But here's daddy, always so proud pushing his two snow bunnies around.



Gwenyth could see I promise she's just lopsided in this pic!

We got to see Santa and his reindeer resting for the big day. Hadley was so good at it, "hi Santa, bicycle for me? Bicycle? Merry Christmas!" It was too precious and yes she did get her bicycle along with a thousand other things :)

If you can't tell the next pictures were on my cell phone so they are a little distorted, but you can get the hint. Two very bundled children...

This one almost made me cry, Gweny can sit at the big girl table now and eat her meals, how did that happen so fast?



Lastly, Hadley is crazy. That's all I can say here...

Girls

Gweny is such a little helper, and her relationship with her Grandpa Elling is too sweet. She worships the ground he walks on, won't let him leave a room and especially won't let him hold other babies (Mason).

This is her explaining what papa should be doing...

Lastly handing him what he needs...

Great Grandma Lucy cannot get enough of these girls and Hadley asks about Lucy all the time!

Classic Hadley, picking her nose?!?!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUSBAND!!

Can you believe it????? Mark turns 30 today. I was going to do 30 things I love about him but well I just don't have enough time :) Plus thirty just isn't enough, wink wink!!



I love you so much baby! Hope you enjoy your special day which started with Hadley singing happy birthday to him!!!!! And Gweny was so excited to see him she woke up at 5 AM screaming!!! This pic was taken in Chicago this past weekend on our regular Chicago trip.




So much has changed around our house. Gweny started walking really well about a month ago and will NOT sit still. This is one of her first days walking and she was already multi tasking hahahaha....



She's also trying to be just like her big sissy and very entertained by the potty!!



Lastly, this big girl woke up on Thanksgiving and decided she didn't want diapers anymore?!?!?!?! So needless to say she is on her way with being a grown up. A few accidents (particularly number two) but she's sleeping without a diaper and doing really really well!! (Thanks mom and dad :) )

We're Back

Over the holiday Mark and I were fortunate enough to get away, and spend some quality time together with my sister and Doug. Kid Free was our theme song. We spent 7 days in sunny Cancun. Highlights of the trip included riding atv's through the jungle and going to sink holes, visiting the Myan ruins, snorkeling, me contracting a "parasite" (not really went to the doc, blood work was fine bites are going away), Mark falling off a pool chair, Jessica having a baby "just five months ago," and blue margarittas (way too many on Thursday morning). It was just what the doctor ordered. The resort was gorgeous and very wide open...

Comfy couches with great views...

A quick rain, which we spent in the pool left us with a beautiful rainbow.

A sinkhole we stopped at. Didn't swim in this one, it was the day after the jungle adventure and we all had our fill.



Lastly the ruins....It's actually huge, those of you that don't know that we were just really far away.