Happy New Year!

2011 was definitely a great one!

Merry Christmas!

The boys and Santa!

The boys saw Santa!  Jackson was nervous, yet rambled off his list Red Ryder BB Gun style when Santa asked him.  Our pictures were iphone style since Santa was free.  Instead of paying for Santa, we paid for a horse-drawn carriage ride, just the four of us, through downtown.  The boys got some oohs and aahs and it was so much fun!

Happy 6 Months!

Colby, Colby, Colby, we love you SO much.  I will give you a proper 6 month picture post in a few days.  You are so mellow and adorable.  Daddy's little mini-me and a mama's boy.  Not really interested in food, we started the day before Thanksgiving.  I will have to post the video of that because it's hilarious.  Not much of a sleeper, but such an easy-going dude.  We love you bunches.

Happy Halloween!

Birthday Weekend

Lucky little Jackson didn't have a 'party', but instead had three days of celebration.  Cupcakes at preschool, cupcakes at the Harvest Party, and a chocolate cake with strawberries on his birthday.  For his birthday dinner he picked corndogs, french fries, and strawberries.

Happy Birthday Jackson!

Today you are 3!



We brought cupcakes to celebrate at preschool this week.  The teacher said to have such a happy 4th birthday.  I said you were turning 3 and she was shocked, I guess since you're already in the three year old class.  She said you're just so mature and what a great job we've done.  She makes us feel pretty good about you :)



For your birthday you wanted a "Roary Race Car" and a "Girl Camper".  Of course we had no idea what these really are.  So, when the girl camper finally came on TV, you showed me.  It's a Barbie camper.  So cute and funny.  You said, "It's a camper where you can relax, watch TV and take a bath, and somebody gets to drive," just like a little commercial yourself.  Oh those silly Barbie girls.



We took you to the store and you were all for the Playmobil Family Camper.  Whew.  You really just wanted a camper to play with and had only seen it in a Barbie commercial.



You are a talking machine.  Thank goodness for DVD players in cars because without one, I think we wouldn't get a word in.



You are kind, gentle, and loving.  The best big brother.  You ask to hold your little brother at least once a day.



You like hamburgers, candy, cupcakes, broccoli, egg sandwiches, and apples.  Apples are your favorites and you could eat five a day.



Happy Third Birthday!!!

Happy 5 Months!!!

{2 days late}



Happy Monthday Colby!  You are 5 months.  And such a joy!  It seems this month you've suddenly grown up.   You can grab things, play with things, roll around, and love the exersaucer.  You turn around and look at everything.  You sit in your highchair with us for meals, even though you aren't getting any.  You're so patient and observant.  We just hope you stay our mellow kid :)

Naptime

Naptime has gone away in our house and we miss it a lot!  Unfortunately, even though Jackson isn't taking naps, doesn't mean that he doesn't need one.  4pm sometimes looks like this,



And here he is a year ago :)

Napa Style

I've forgotten to post that we had a wonderful mini-vaca.  Donnie and I won a free night's stay at Mount View Hotel in Calistoga at his fire appreciation dinner.  It had to be used before the end of this year, so we wanted to use it while the weather was still nice.  We had a great time!

Of course my camera never came out of the bag, but we got a few iphone pics.

We started at Madonna, fabulous as always.  Then we went to Alpha Omega, I looked up somewhere that would allow us to picnic.

Then we went to Joseph Phelps.  Joseph Phelps is one of the wineries I went to on the day I met Donnie.  We all received a complimentary bottle of wine that day, and I forgot it in the hotel room in San Francisco that night.  Donnie will never let me live that one down.  We were going to buy a new 2005 bottle (the year it was) that day, but they were $225.  Yeah, unfortunately not going to happen.  

This couple I posted on Facebook and people seemed to think it was us?!?!  No, the guy was wearing shorts embroidered with marijuana leaves, lol. 

We ended the night by checking in, dinner at the Calistoga Inn, and the Hydro.  The purple drink is Donnie's, which he took two sips of and was done, undrinkable.  I said I would trade him, took two sips and said no way.  Gross.  It sat there full until the bartender noticed and gave him a new drink :)

The next morning we headed out to see the Caldwells!  Colby got to see them and Logan for the first time.  And stayed a bit too long because there's too much to talk about!

Such a great trip, hopefully we win again this year!