Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Traditions!
I read a cute blog the other day and it posed the question:
Does Santa leave the presents wrapped or unwrapped at your house???
This was fun for me to think about! When I was a child, Santa left our presents unwrapped! It was a big display!!! It was awesome!!! He also left a few presents wrapped but it was the big display that got all the attention. However, Santa always left Cass' presents wrapped. So our tradition with our kids will be that Santa will leave both wrapped AND unwrapped presents. However, I don't want it to be all about the presents. So I want to make sure that we have other traditions...cookie baking, going to see Christmas lights, spending time with both sides of the family, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Now that I'm older it is SO fun to think back about traditions when I was younger and spending time with the family, playing games, etc, are always my favorite!!!
Tiffani, Tommy and I would always sleep in the same room on Christmas Eve. We always had the hardest time falling a sleep because we were SO excited. We would play ABC category games (pretty sure we invented it!) and listen for ANY sign that Santa was in the neighborhood! We would lay awake until wee hours of the morning and wake up before the sun...seriously, 5am. My parents loved that I'm sure!! We would go slowly down the stairs and I remember the anxiety and excitement.
When we got older, it was the weeks leading up to Christmas that were exciting. Christmas shows on tv, decorating the tree, shopping, yummy treats in the house!!! We would sit around and play games and laugh and play.
Now that we are all grown and in different places, we still make sure we get together. This year Tommy and Tiff can't be here at the same time. We still play games, watch movies, and just hang out and enjoy each other.
For me, my love for this time of year came from a VERY young age, probably even before I had the ability to 'remember.' That is why I am trying to create fun memories and traditions for Nathan NOW. I want him to always have Christmas spirit!! For him, it might be about Santa and toys but I know later on he will understand that Christmas is much more than that.
What are you memories as a kid? What traditions did you have that you want to carry on with your family?
Does Santa leave the presents wrapped or unwrapped at your house???
This was fun for me to think about! When I was a child, Santa left our presents unwrapped! It was a big display!!! It was awesome!!! He also left a few presents wrapped but it was the big display that got all the attention. However, Santa always left Cass' presents wrapped. So our tradition with our kids will be that Santa will leave both wrapped AND unwrapped presents. However, I don't want it to be all about the presents. So I want to make sure that we have other traditions...cookie baking, going to see Christmas lights, spending time with both sides of the family, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Now that I'm older it is SO fun to think back about traditions when I was younger and spending time with the family, playing games, etc, are always my favorite!!!
Tiffani, Tommy and I would always sleep in the same room on Christmas Eve. We always had the hardest time falling a sleep because we were SO excited. We would play ABC category games (pretty sure we invented it!) and listen for ANY sign that Santa was in the neighborhood! We would lay awake until wee hours of the morning and wake up before the sun...seriously, 5am. My parents loved that I'm sure!! We would go slowly down the stairs and I remember the anxiety and excitement.
When we got older, it was the weeks leading up to Christmas that were exciting. Christmas shows on tv, decorating the tree, shopping, yummy treats in the house!!! We would sit around and play games and laugh and play.
Now that we are all grown and in different places, we still make sure we get together. This year Tommy and Tiff can't be here at the same time. We still play games, watch movies, and just hang out and enjoy each other.
For me, my love for this time of year came from a VERY young age, probably even before I had the ability to 'remember.' That is why I am trying to create fun memories and traditions for Nathan NOW. I want him to always have Christmas spirit!! For him, it might be about Santa and toys but I know later on he will understand that Christmas is much more than that.
What are you memories as a kid? What traditions did you have that you want to carry on with your family?
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
ONE MORE WEEK
...and we find out baby #2's gender...boy or girl??
We have been pretty busy lately. As soon as I upload pictures, I'll post them!
We have been pretty busy lately. As soon as I upload pictures, I'll post them!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Gearing up for the HOLIDAYS!!!
First, a quick look back at fun times, Christmas '08!
So I've made the executive decision and I'm decorating for Christmas THIS WEEKEND!!! That's right...I decided that since Thanksgiving is on the 26th, leaving us with slightly less than a month to enjoy Christmas decorations, I'm decorating BEFORE Turkey Day. My husband thinks I'm crazy, I think I'm just festive!!!
I'm also going to wrap up my Christmas shopping next week. I could be done now if I let myself but I can't stop thinking "gosh, this could be on sale next Friday!" So I'm forcing myself to wait and see how much money I can save ;)
Nathan know who Santa is. He talks about him quite a bit and loves when I sing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town!" We will go see him at the mall in a couple weeks and see how the face to face meeting goes...I think Nathan will like him better in books and movies than he will up close and personal. And for the first time EVER, I think I'm going to go to the parade in Corvallis the day after Thanksgiving. I've never been but have always thought it would be a fun time. So what better year than this one to go?! Anyone else going???
PREGNANCY UPDATE:
I had another appointment today. Baby sounds good, uterus is where it should be, etc, etc.
AND...I have only gained 3 pounds!!!! WOOHOO! Seriously, with Nathan, every time I went to the doctor is was at least 8 pounds. I'm working really hard this time to NOT let this happen. In fact here is what my cardio routine looks like at the gym:
20 min on Elliptical doing the Hill routine keeping my pace right around 6.0.
25-30 min on Treadmill. 3 min walk, 7 min jog, 3 min walk, 7 min jog, 5-10 min walk on incline.
I like to think this is helping. That and the fact that my body does not have any desire to eat a lot of sweets. Especially chocolate. I'm a little sad because those have always been my favorite things but happy that I don't have to worry about controlling those cravings.
OH YA...we find out what we are having on DECEMBER 16th at 9am...stay tuned for that!!!!
So I've made the executive decision and I'm decorating for Christmas THIS WEEKEND!!! That's right...I decided that since Thanksgiving is on the 26th, leaving us with slightly less than a month to enjoy Christmas decorations, I'm decorating BEFORE Turkey Day. My husband thinks I'm crazy, I think I'm just festive!!! I'm also going to wrap up my Christmas shopping next week. I could be done now if I let myself but I can't stop thinking "gosh, this could be on sale next Friday!" So I'm forcing myself to wait and see how much money I can save ;)
Nathan know who Santa is. He talks about him quite a bit and loves when I sing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town!" We will go see him at the mall in a couple weeks and see how the face to face meeting goes...I think Nathan will like him better in books and movies than he will up close and personal. And for the first time EVER, I think I'm going to go to the parade in Corvallis the day after Thanksgiving. I've never been but have always thought it would be a fun time. So what better year than this one to go?! Anyone else going???
PREGNANCY UPDATE:
I had another appointment today. Baby sounds good, uterus is where it should be, etc, etc.
AND...I have only gained 3 pounds!!!! WOOHOO! Seriously, with Nathan, every time I went to the doctor is was at least 8 pounds. I'm working really hard this time to NOT let this happen. In fact here is what my cardio routine looks like at the gym:
20 min on Elliptical doing the Hill routine keeping my pace right around 6.0.
25-30 min on Treadmill. 3 min walk, 7 min jog, 3 min walk, 7 min jog, 5-10 min walk on incline.
I like to think this is helping. That and the fact that my body does not have any desire to eat a lot of sweets. Especially chocolate. I'm a little sad because those have always been my favorite things but happy that I don't have to worry about controlling those cravings.
OH YA...we find out what we are having on DECEMBER 16th at 9am...stay tuned for that!!!!
Monday, November 9, 2009
14 weeks and counting
I am now just over 14 weeks...which also means I have officially started my 2nd trimester and over 1/3 of the way there!
In 5 weeks we will find out if we will be having a boy or a girl...any guesses?
I'm feeling TONS better...still have yucky moments but feel great for the most part.
45 minutes of cardio at least 5 days a week to avoid gaining over 35 pounds.
Next appointment, the 16th!
Heart rate of baby...161.
Just some random info!
On a side note, I have re-found my love of crayons and coloring books. I have yet to find a new Christmas coloring book though and it's driving me insane!!! Anyone know where I can get one??? I've tried Wal-Mart, Target and the Dollar Store...going to KMart today.
In 5 weeks we will find out if we will be having a boy or a girl...any guesses?
I'm feeling TONS better...still have yucky moments but feel great for the most part.
45 minutes of cardio at least 5 days a week to avoid gaining over 35 pounds.
Next appointment, the 16th!
Heart rate of baby...161.
Just some random info!
On a side note, I have re-found my love of crayons and coloring books. I have yet to find a new Christmas coloring book though and it's driving me insane!!! Anyone know where I can get one??? I've tried Wal-Mart, Target and the Dollar Store...going to KMart today.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Halloween pics
You might have to click the pics to make them bigger...I don't know how to enlarge them by myself...they are cell phone pictures.
Nathan describes these pictures "Look, all my friends on there!"
"Nay Nay wearing dog."
"I eating ice cream...yumm, I eat it all gone!"
"NAMMA! Tick or teeting...I want to see Nampa Bob on there!" (sorry, no pics of Grandpa Bob!)
Nathan describes these pictures "Look, all my friends on there!"
"Nay Nay wearing dog."
"I eating ice cream...yumm, I eat it all gone!"
"NAMMA! Tick or teeting...I want to see Nampa Bob on there!" (sorry, no pics of Grandpa Bob!)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Stuff!
My Freshmen Volleyball team's season has come to an end! Last night was our last game. At the begining of the season I wasn't sure how their win/loss record would turn out but they did great!! They had 4 wins and only 2 losses in league! I was very proud of them. The Varsity team goes to State playoffs next week so I'll give updates on that later. I'm glad that my life will be slowing down. This time of year is my favorite so it will be nice to have this time at home.
I am going to be looking for another part time job. I've got my feelers out there so hopefully something will work out. I'm only looking to work close to home so I won't have to include a couple hours drive time to my work day.
Sunday is November 1st!!! I can officially be excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas! Is it to early to decorate the house :)
Pregnancy this far...not bad. I had several (about 5) weeks of all day nauseausness. That is gone!!! So I'm feeling really good. I'm already showing. I feel like I look like I was with Nathan at 17 weeks and I'm only 13!! It's crazy. I'm also doing about 45 minutes of cardio about 5 days a week to try and control the weight gain. Those who know me well know that I gained A LOT of weight with Nathan and I refuse to let that happen again.
Cass had surgery to laser out two kidney stones. His recovery is uncomfortable and sometimes quite painful. He did great though and will feel better in the next few days. We hope he doesn't have to go through this again any time soon.
I am going to be looking for another part time job. I've got my feelers out there so hopefully something will work out. I'm only looking to work close to home so I won't have to include a couple hours drive time to my work day.
Sunday is November 1st!!! I can officially be excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas! Is it to early to decorate the house :)
Pregnancy this far...not bad. I had several (about 5) weeks of all day nauseausness. That is gone!!! So I'm feeling really good. I'm already showing. I feel like I look like I was with Nathan at 17 weeks and I'm only 13!! It's crazy. I'm also doing about 45 minutes of cardio about 5 days a week to try and control the weight gain. Those who know me well know that I gained A LOT of weight with Nathan and I refuse to let that happen again.
Cass had surgery to laser out two kidney stones. His recovery is uncomfortable and sometimes quite painful. He did great though and will feel better in the next few days. We hope he doesn't have to go through this again any time soon.
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