Good Bye 2009!!

It has been another great year for us, lots of happiness, laughs and prosperity.

A year in review:
Brooklyn: moved to a toddler bed (Jan) became a big sister (April) and potty trained (Aug), started preschool (Nov)

Brycen: was born (April), rolled over (July), Sat up (Aug), Crawling (Oct) First words -momma and dadda (Nov) Cruising across furniture (Dec) Hopefully 2010 brings your first tooth buddy!

favorite quotes of 2009...
1. Mamma!! and dadada!! - Brycen
2. Mommy, I am so glad I have a brover! Brooklyn


most adorable moments:
1. Brooklyn singing tinkle tinkle to her brand new baby brother.
2. Brycen sitting with mom and dad comes in the door, I ask him who's here and he says "dadda dadda!"

Most heroic moment: Daddy fixing stuff. "my hero daddy!" Brooklyn

Best vacation: Trip to the cottage in October
Worst Drive: To Brockville in labour and we ran out of gas

Worst day of the year: Brycen's febrile seizure and hospital trip
Best days of the year: Brycen's birth, Brooklyn's Christmas this year! (So fun!)

Most difficult challenge of our lives: The sleep deprivation (boy you are a terrible sleeper)
Greatest feat: Brycen learning to crawl...that kid was determined.

Good Bye 2009 you were good to us and we are hoping for a purposeful and rewarding 2010.


Just a little FYI: For the first time in almost 20 years, a bright "blue moon" will grace New Year's Eve celebrations worldwide.

Christmas Pictures

It's Christmas Time

What an exciting few days we have had. The kids had so much fun and have ben super troopers with all the late nights and broken naps.

Christmas morning was awesome, we left cookies and milk out for Santa and Brooklyn was so thrilled Santa ate them and drank the milk. We left Santa a letter and he wrote back, he filled the stockings and left presents. She loved it and she really loves to see everyone too. She is so social, once she gets past the shy part. All in all it was a great Christmas and a Steller 2009.

PICS TO COME

It's Christmas eve

I am so excited for it to be the first Christmas eve Brooklyn kinda gets the Santa thing. We baked our Santa cookies to leave for him, we will sprinkle reindeer food on the lawn and then we will head out to the traditional Italian feast at Nonno's.

I love Christmas!!! This is when all the prep work (cooking, baking, planning, buying, shopping ect) This is what we all wait for!!!!

(PICS TO COME!)

He is on the move

and the jump, today he jumped out of his crib and landed on his head. Silly Boy! He is fine but man he is busy!

Tis the Season!!!

to be busy running around like a chicken with my head cut off! So much to do in so little time. I have really come to learn that if you only look forward to CHristmas day you will be sadly disappointed at how quickly it will all be over. SO....I have tried very hard to make lots of things special throughout the month. Some things are writing our letters to Santa, going to look at Christmas Lights, decorating the Gingerbread house, the grand ole tree hunt, The parades, Breakfast with Santa, Ornament exchanges, reading the night before Christmas the night before Christmas, visits to see Santa, Christmas Baking and who can forget plenty of Christmas Shopping!

I am definitely trying to focus on the season of Christmas so that it all doesn't end so quickly.

I tell ya though I am having some Christmas Blues, we are 3 days from Christmas and I can already feel that ending coming and it is making me sad. Focus on the here and now Gina!

Breakfast with Santa

December 12 2009

Is feeling ever so thankful

for the way our lives are going.
We have a beautiful house that we have personalized to turn into our 1st home as a family.
We have food in the fridge and in the cupboards.
We have presents under the tree for our family
We have money in the bank and we have money to afford not only the necessity's but the things we want to.
We have come along way baby!

Dont Blink!

Cause just like that your baby's growing up to fast. Today I held a 2 month old, she was 12 lbs! She had those jerky movements and the bawled up fists and those precious baby coos. That was when I realized my baby is growing up, not that he is old by any stretch but he isn't a newborn and in 4 months he will be a year. Where did these last 8 months go????? Life goes by as I was planning each day, waking up many times at night and basically just living life.

As much as there are moments where I just wish my kids where grown up there are moments I wish I could just freeze frame this instant. Like when I am kissing there baby cheeks or listening to them tell me they love me. There are so many precious moments I know I am going to miss as they get older I just hope at the very least I can always remember these precious moments!

I love my babies!

Blast from the Past

December 2008

Precious Moments

Cause some really are more special then others!

Peek a Boo

You are soo cute! Mommy loves you!

The good ole Christmas Tree Hunt

Christmas is a special time

This is the first year that my vision as a young person feels truly complete in my heart. I have a great husband and my 2 perfect babies. This is how I always pictured my life to look like. I am so happy how I have created my life.