Happy New Year 2010

I just finished purchasing 2 books that will have all our blogs in it. I am so excited because Blake and Grayson will get to have a copy for when the grow up and I hope they can look back. This is history in the making.

So here we are in 2010. Wow is all I can really say. We had a great New Years Eve with our friends Kristi and Sean. Their kids (Maddie and Connor) play so well with ours and I am so glad that we all have become friends. I had the best Pomegranate Margaritas ever ever ever. They were so easy to drink but it made me very sleepy. Our house was sound asleep by 10pm but it felt good when I woke up rested. I needed those extra hours of sleep.

Final post of 2009

Dear Blake and Grayson

You boys are growing up so fast and everyday is always an adventure. I hope that you will enjoy these blogs/journal as much as I have enjoyed writing them. We have had some remarkable events happen in 2009.

- First Blizzard
- First Kids Closet Connection Sale
- Mommom and Poppop moved to Vienna, Austria
- Swine Flu was everywhere
- Disney World in May
- Myrtle Beach for July 4th
- Daddy traveled overseas a fair bit
- Mommy went back to an office job
- First trip to Great Wolf Lodge
- Trout Fishing in Cherokee (August)
- 2 new cousins were added to the family (Wyatt and Lilly)
- Our first major car accident (Blake still talks about it)
- Finally figuring out how to play the Wii that we got last Christmas
- Sold the Grandy, NC house! (Bittersweet)
- Built a 6 ft fence for Chance and Dakota
- President Obama took office
- Billy and I went to Jamaica in Feb with great friends
- Blake had his 2nd set of tubes
- Grayson has crawled, walked, run, and became a toddler overnight.

So we have accomplised a lot in 2009 and am looking forward to 2010. Our goal is to slow down and spend more time as a family. We are truly blessed to have Blake and Grayson in our lives. They make us laugh till we cry.

We love you and wish you happiness in your lives. We love you no matter who you are or what you do. Thank you for coming into your Mommy and Daddy's lives. We needed you more than we ever imagined and look forward to next year no matter what challanges or truimphs- we come across because as a family - we will succeed!

Love you!
Mom & Dad

Blizzard 2009

We had 20 plus inches fall onto the DC area over the course of a weekend. This much snow hasn't fallen in this area for many years. It was amazing that we had to shovel in shifts. We could shovel and then look out an hour later and it didn't look any different. We had snow drifts up to our 6 ft fence.

Christmas Tree / First Snow

Each year we pick out our tree over our anniversary weekend (Dec 4th) and yes we have been married 5 yrs now. We always go and cut down our trees. It is a big deal for Billy and I to take the boys and cut down the perfect tree. However - this year we had to go buy one because we were getting our first snow storm and it was coming down pretty decent and we knew that the boys wouldn't last long if we actually tried to cut one down.

We still managed to get a great big tree (10ft tall) but it just isn't the same as the adventure of cutting our tree down. So here are the pictures of after we got our tree and then playing in the snow.

Preschool Program

Blake had his winter preschool program on December 3rd. Blake practiced his songs this year at home and knew all the words so it was nice to know what was coming.

We got to watch Jilly's class go right before Blake's class. It was not a shock that Jilly knew every word and every motion to each of their songs. Blake sat very quietly and watched her class.

We feel so lucky that Blake has great teachers and friends in his class yet again this year. Thank to Mrs. Cohrs, Mrs. Monach, and Mrs Janda. They truly have the heart of gold and Blake loves all of them.

Grayson going potty

Who knew that at our little monster, aka Grayson would try to potty train himself. Grayson has been sitting on the potty for months but nothing ever happens. He has the whole routine down because he has watched Blake everyday.

So on December 2, 2009 - Grayson walked into the kitchen and touched his diaper so I asked him "Do you need to go potty"? Grayson ran into the bathroom and I put him on the potty. We were there for a few seconds and he then pooped and pee'd in the potty. He wiped himself and then washed his hands.

We were shocked and go very lucky but we are crossing our fingers that potty training Grayson will be a lot easier that it was with Blake. Only time will tell.

Back dating some events

So we have been busy lately and I haven't been blogging very much. I am going to get caught up the best that I can so I can print this off as a journal for the boys to be able to have as grown ups. I want them to be able to pass along to their kids and so forth.

So here we go!