11 months!

Mila is 11 months! Where has the time gone? She is growing up so fast. She likes to get into everything and makes big messes for mom to clean up. She pulls all of the wipies out of the container, she takes out all of the tissues out of the Kleenex box, she empties out any cabinet that she can open, and she like to unroll the toilet paper and tear it into a million pieces. She also pulls the table cloth off the table so that she can reach the things she wants. (See below). She has been taking steps and every day she get a little better. She can slowly walk across the living room now without falling. She is starting to be a handful at church though, but I don't have to ask T.J. twice to take her out. :) But the thing that melts my heart is that when I pick her up she pats my back. She is so sweet! We love our little Mila!

Pine Wood Derby

Earlier this month was Timmy's first Pine Wood Derby. Timmy and T.J. had been preparing for weeks, and finally they had the car ready to race. But that night after the weigh-in, they found out it was underweight, so they had to do some last-minute weight adding.

He was so excited to see it go. During the first heat his car did really well, but we had to watch the second heat of cars to see if his would finalize. He ended up making it to the final 4. Boy he was so proud every time his car went down that track (and so was T.J. even though he was trying to hide it). His car ended up coming in 2nd and he got a trophy! It was a great night for Timmy. It was so great to see him so excited and happy.

Happy New Year!T

Happy New Year!!

We are so excited to start another new year and can't wait to see what fun things will happen!

This little boy started Sunbeams yesterday! I can't believe he is old enough already.

Me and my kids

Christmas cookies

**Disclaimer--The quality of these pictures are terrible because I had to use my old camera.**

Christmas Eve Camille made cookies for the kids to decorate for Santa. She was one brave lady to let all those kids have free reign with all of the frosting, candy, sprinkles, etc. The kids totally loved it. While the kids were decorating, T.J. and Anthony played Family Feud on the phone and Mila and Tate crawled under the table and hung on to their prison gate. We had an amazing time and were so grateful to spend the evening with our good friends.

December/Christmas 2011

We had so much going on this month. First we started out by taking our lists to Santa to Macy's and mailing them in their big red mail box.

It also snowed a little bit so the kids went out to play,

T.J. got me this beautiful nativity this year. I have been wanting a nice one for a long time. I love it!

Topher had a Christmas party at school. He was so excited to wear his Santa hat. When he got inside the classroom they had a big blow-up Santa and Snowman. He also got to sit on Santa's lap. He was one happy boy!

On Christmas Eve we went to the Muglestons house for dinner. It was a great dinner, but the company was even better. Camille made Christmas cookies for the kids to decorate for Santa (pics in the next post). They had such a good time. When we got home, we opened our Christmas Eve gift. Jammies!! Then we did all of our fun traditions before bed.

When we woke up the next morning we found out that Santa had come to our house! The kids hadn't been too bad after all....I was a little worried. ;) The kids got what they wanted and more. It was a good morning. We enjoyed the rest of the day spending time together and relaxing. It was so nice.

Mila 10 months

This little girl is 10 months already!! I wish she would stop growing already! She is so fun and her personality is so cute. She is pulling herself up onto everything now and has started to let go and stand on her own. She hasn't gotten brave enough to take steps yet, but that's ok with me! She gets into everything now too. She opens cupboards, pulls books off the book case, tries to open the toilets and the fridge, and eats anything on the ground. I am pulling stuff out of her mouth all day. Her favorite things to do right now are take a bath and wait by the door for the kids after school. She has developed quite a temper now too. If something doesn't go her way, she throws herself backwards, or cries in the stink bug position. I think it is so funny. She makes things interesting everyday. We love our sweet Mila!

Trying to open the fridge,

Getting into my pots and pans.

Waiting for the kids to get home from school.

Getting a book read to her by Timmy.

Timmy's 3rd grade concert

Timmy had another concert. He sang a song about veterans in a small group . It turned out very nice.