Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Christmas 2011

This Christmas was super hectic but so worth all the fuss. We went from finishing crafty presents, to 5 Christmas get-togethers, and finally ended with a surprise Welcome Home Party for Zach! In addition, Brooks was fighting a bad bad cough. We brought our own box of tissues to every Christmas party! Poor kid was a champ tho and made it through.
Homemade Christmas gifts in the making...
Zach said I turned in to a stage mom during "art time." I just needed him to get a little more into the painting of the paper rather than the painting of the diaper! Ha
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Christmas Eve with cousins and Grandparents
We were hesitant to bring Brooks to Kentucky due to him being sick and there being another little one at the party. We just made sure to follow him around with tissues and antibacterial! He did pretty well, but had random spouts of fussiness. I couldn't blame him though, his cough sounded terrible!
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Christmas Day at my parent's house...
We got a late start to our morning because Brooks had a hard time sleeping with his cough. But he pulled through and enjoyed playing with all of his new things!
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awesome chair from Grandma
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Christmas Day with Zach's cousins and grandparents
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kid would not leave the mayonnaise alone!

Day after Christmas with Zach's Dad
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when he plays with his dinosaurs, he says "rarrrr" No lie, its the cutest thing ever.
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a sled to go with his awesome snow suit!
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one of many homemade gifts from Ann, including a growth chart for baby, bacon vodka for Zachary (yes, bacon) and vanilla extract for myself!

Christmas with Zach's mom
We planned Christmas with Zach's mom for right before the surprise party. Then claimed we had coupons for BDubs. Well planned! We also were visited by Janice's neighbors RJ and Martina who thoughtfully brought Brooks a Christmas present...so spoiled!!!
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her tree rotates!!!!
Surprise Welcome Home Party!
The surprise went off without a hitch! Thank you to everyone who helped me keep this a secret, therefore basically doing the majority of the work! And thank you to everyone who came to celebrate, it truly meant a lot to him!
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Just a few things...

1. Zach is home!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2. He jumped right in and gave Brooks a bath and read him endless stories!
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3. Zach finally got his way and got Brooks a mohawk
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Don't worry, without gel it looks super cute!
4. Zach has a mustache! EWWWW!
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5. Now I get to be in some photos with baby! I suppose I should start showering...
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6. Even with B's new hardcore 'do, kid still has love for his bear!
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7. Brooks LOVES art
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8. I love them!
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Loving the new camera!

Little Drummer Boy
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Like father like son, can't even do a simple task without using his tongue
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The book may or may not be upside down
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Look at those baby blues
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B's new favorite thing: bananas
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

New Camera!

Thanks so my birthday falling so close to christmas, and Zach now included in gift giving, I was able to bundle my birthday present/Christmas present/Zach's Christmas present and get a Nikon d3100 camera from my mother!!!!!! I am so happy! My posts will do the talking, they will be more often and with better pictures now!

It will take me forever to learn how to use all the settings and buttons and whatever else it has, but I'm so eager to learn it all. There are classes that I can take for beginners once I save up a little money, and I am really thinking about getting some editing software too, we'll see.

For now, here are the first photos I took with my new camera today. Brooks and I were on our way to and from our playdate this morning so I took pictures of our walk. I so wanted to take pictures at my friend's house (she has a new tiny little baby) but didn't want to freak her out with my million clicks.

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Brooks got that adorable hat in the mail yesterday from Zach's aunt Barbara. It was such a perfect surprise and luckily he kept it on!

We have so much to look forward to coming up and I am shaking with excitement that now I get to document it ALL with my new camera. Zachary will be home in exactly one week. FOR GOOD. As in never going back. Then I turn 25. Then we have a Christmas eve celebration. 2 Christmas day celebrations. And 2 celebrations the day after. I CANNOT WAIT!

Therefore, we'll be back!