Cruise Update

I am planning to leave on the cruise in a less then 12 hours. My bags are pack and I am ready. However Codi, my sister-in-law and sitter, has been delayed on both legs of her flight here with her two small children. Her finally arrived about 10 hours later then originally planned. I am sure you will see more of the harrowing details on her blog later. Right now I am struggling not to take it as a sign that I should stay home too and feeling really bad that one day into the trip Codi has already gone through so much stress and she hasn't even started the babysitting bit yet.

Cruise?!?

Nate and I are planning to go on cruise next week. Or at least Nate is. I am having serious doubts about leaving my babies. I totally trust the sitter (my saintly sister-in-law Codi) I'm just not sure I can handle being away from them for a whole 9 days! Oddly enough it's when they are miss behaving that makes me want to stay home the most. I am considering staying home...


How could I leave this face!

Runs in the Family

Most of you know already that Nate loves to snowboard! He has talked about taking his son snowboarding for years, long before we ever had a son. Trey is only 2 so we didn't think it would happen untill next year. However, we have had a TON of snow lately. Nate built a couple of ramps in the backyard and was messing around on his board the other day. All on his own Trey stepped into the bindings and let Nate push him down the ramp. Nate is very very proud.

Christmas Continued

Grandma and Grandpa Broadbent are here to visit this weekend. They brought some Christmas gifts for the boys. This was the first time Smith got to open anything. On Christmas day it took so long for Trey to open presents that it was time for Smiths nap before we got to his.
Trey was very excited to open more presents.
Trey played with his new toy ALL day long. I've never seen him so calm and focused for so long. It was great. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Broadbent.
Trey just being silly.

So Big, So Fast.

I just can't believe how big Smith has gotten already. This week he has started to sit up on his own, if only for 10 seconds at a time. He has also just about mastered rolling over from his back to his tummy. These seem like small things, but they are very exciting for us. The thing I can't seem to accept is how much quicker time passed with the second child.

Christmas gift

Trey's big Christmas gift this year was a potty chair, YEAH! He was very excited about it while it was still in the box. He carried it around the room for a long time Christmas morning. Once it was out of the box his excitement quickly dwindled. Too much work I guess.

So we thought we would just start with Smith. Is 5 months to soon to potty train?

Twas the night before Christmas...

I can't wait for Christmas morning! The boys don't know what's going on yet. I tired to explain Santa and such to Trey but I don't think any of it sunk in. I have done all the shopping, and wrapped all the gifts. I even made a breakfast casserole like we had as kids. I put the boys in some matching Christmas PJs and tried to snap a cute picture. Trey would not cooperate and didn't like Smith touching him. He just wanted to look at the camera. YEAH Christmas!