Mommy's Little Helpers

No secret that I have been pretty useless the past few weeks. Thankfully I am recovering well, but I really haven't been able to be very productive...which is a difficult thing for someone like me who has everything scheduled, and is constantly "doing" something. :) However, my boys have been a tremendous, whether they realize it or not. They keep my spirits up (huge!), and even try to help me with my crutches and other knee measures I have to take now-adays. They are such bright spots in my day. And I am so very grateful for those who have come over to help with day to day tasks, as well as brought dinners for our family. I could not have gone through this process without any of you. THANK YOU!

Just a few shots of the boys helping me the past few weeks....they were pretty proud of themselves! :)

I know these last ones are a little hard to figure out....this is my first attempt at going downstairs after the surgery (probably about a week after), and the boys are helping me by "pushing" me down the stairs. It was pretty sweet actually. :)

Status Update

Just wanted to send out a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who has kept me in their thoughts and prayers this week. The surgery went very well, my doctor has said that my new miniscus fits "perfectly" :), and I am now at home recovering nicely. Definitely not a fun experience and has been tough so far with the pain, but I am so grateful for a fantastic surgeon, wonderful friends, and terrific family who has been here to help every step of the way. I really am a lucky girl. It looks like I am recovering just the way I should be right now, so let's hope that I will be up and going in a few weeks! Thank you again everyone, I truly felt your prayers on Wednesday and I can't tell you how much it meant to me and my family! We love you all!

Christmas 2009

We had such a fabulous Christmas this year! The boys finally started understanding what the lights, presents, crazy tree in the middle of the room was all about. We talked a lot about Christmas being a day to celebrate Jesus' birthday, and they even started getting this whole story about Santa. :) It is such a joy to see the holidays through the eyes of a child, and I feel so blessed to have two little men to make me even more excited! We did quite a few fun things as a family to celebrate, like making gingerbread houses, going to snowflake lane at Bellevue Square, drove around to look at Christmas lights, etc. Teage and I just had a blast watching the boys' faces when they saw a lot of "LIGHTS!!!"...I think that was their favorite part. And having a Grandpa that has about 50,000 lights on his house definitely helps a lot too!!!! :)

Some fabulous Christmas highlights.....we spent a great day with my mom's side of the family for the Bailey Family Christmas party. A lot of my mom's family doesn't live in Washington, and everyone came up this year for the festivities, so we had a blast. The boys got to play with their "cousins", they decorated cookies, we opened a huge amount of presents, it was so much fun!

This was actually on Christmas morning. The boys woke up to Santa having come and dropped a few presents for them along his way, including a brand new kitchen (which Teage and I found at Goodwill for 99 cents....the deal of the century!). They absolutely loved it and wouldn't stop playing even for their stockings! Papa Christensen and Auntie Sunni were there with us also, which was really fun.

Christmas Eve at Tutu and Poppi's house.....they LOVED their Mater bags. The boys had so much fun with their aunts and uncles making cookies, opening presents, and eating as much as possible!

Later on Christmas Day with Grammy and Papa. The boys are obsessed with baseball and they got new Mariner's blankets for their present! They absolutely loved them! But, I actually think their favorite part of the day was helping everyone else open their presents.....

We just had so much fun with all of our family and friends this year. What a blessed year we have had. I love this time of year also where we can look back and remember all of the amazing experiences we have had as a family. I am so blessed to have all three of my beautiful boys with me everyday. Though I am sure that I don't fully appreciate each of them everyday, I truly feel like such a lucky girl to have so many amazing loves in my life.

Big Boy Beds

So, Teage and I decided to take the plunge and put the boys in their "big boy" beds. We have been putting this off as long as possible, but since Lucas decided he wanted to climb out of his crib every day for the week before Christmas, we thought that this was the time. :) So, "Santa" brought their beds for them for Christmas. We were a bit nervous about this change for quite a while, but thankfully, the boys have been doing fabulously! We did put up rails on the side so they wouldn't fall out, you have never seen two boys that were so wiggly while they slept. But, they can get in and out all by themselves to which they think is the coolest thing in the world! :) And they have been doing great so far. It takes them a while to nap now, because they are so excited about their beds, but they don't get out! They even stay in their beds in the mornings until we go get them. Love it! So, we are thankful so far. And hopefully it will stay this amazing!!

D and L in their new PJ's, with their new Mariner's blankets, in their new big boy beds (well....Lucas' in this picture anyway)!

Christmas pictures to follow soon....

Also, I have started a little movie review blog (which will make perfect sense to all of you who know me way too well. :) ) If you would like to see it, it is on the sidebar -------> labelled "The Diaper Review".....let me know what you think. :)