Santa Claus

So my boys have been lucky and have been able to see Santa a few times this season.  The first was at Christmas on the River where we stood in line to see the big guy.  Then today Santa made a special visit to Garrett's preschool and Daniel got to go too.  They had a great time!

Here we are at Christmas on the River.  Daniel wasn't to hip on the idea at the time.

Here is Santa at the Preschool!

Garrett was very excited.  All the kid were a little nervous and not wanting to sit on his lap.  We were asking who wanted to go first and Garrett raised his hand and said Me and walked right up and sat on his lap.

Daniel was a little more into it this time.  What a cheeseball!

for FREEE!!

I am so excited about the wonderful promotion that Shutterfly is doing this Christmas.  They are giving bloggers 50 free holiday cards!!!  I have only used Shutterfly in the past for prints and their quality is great and they have super fast shipping.  I am really excited to try them out for holiday cards and share this promotion with you.

Shutterfly has so many fun things that you can do with pictures.  I love using my pictures for gifts or art work.  A few things that I love to do with pictures are make personalized calendars, photo ornaments, and of course holiday cards.  

Here are a few of their holiday card designs I love:

So cute, so merry, perfect if you have kids!

Love this classic, elegant design.

And for those who love a more retro look!

They seriously have something for everyone.  I am so excited to get started on our holiday card for this year.  Happy Shopping!!!

Crazy Boy!!!

Sometimes being a mom to two little boys can be quite the adventure.  You never know what kind of disaster you will have to deal with next.  From milk swamps on the kitchen table to corn up the nose at dinner, they never cease to amaze me at the trouble they can find. 

 Well the other day we had quite a doozer.  Chad was just getting ready to go to his class and Garrett was sitting at the kitchen table.  Suddenly there was a big bang and a loud scream.  We go running into the kitchen to find Garrett lying on the floor with his lip bleeding.  

We run him to the sink to get him cleaned up and find that he as actually bit through his lip.  Yes, all the way through!!!!  I wasn't sure what to do, do we take him in, let it heal on is own, what?  

We called around trying to figure out what to do and finally decided to just wait and see how it healed, but it sure is scary to have to try and decide what to do when your child's health is in question.  He has since healed just fine and you can't even tell that anything even happened. 

Here are some pictures of the exciting event.

The inside of his lip

And the outside where you can see that he bit all the way through.  The crazy thing is all he did is fall off of a kitchen chair.  

Under Construction....

Yes it is true!!!  

(yes our children are crazy!!!)  

Our boys have something to share with everyone and if you can't tell by the pictures they are excited.  Daniel may not know yet what is really going on but as the time draws closer I think he will start to figure it out. 

If you haven't figured it our yet we are expecting #3!!!! Our first doctors appointment was on October 12th and it was wonderful to see the little one and see the heart beat and know that everything is going well.  The due date is May 20th and we are very excited for our little Spring baby to arrive.  

I just had to include some of the sonogram pictures.  These may bore some of you but we were excited to see them and know that the baby is doing good!

And just so you know I tried really hard to get a normal picture of the boys but they would not have it.  Here is a few of the beauties we got...

Right before I took this picture Garrett said "This is hard!"

To infinity and beyond....

I had to post some pictures from my little man Garrett's birthday party!  His birthday was on the 1st of July but since Grandma and Grandpa King would be in town on the 8th we decided to celebrate then.  We had a Buzz Lightyear party because Garrett is a little obsessed.  

Here he is with his Buzz Lightyear towel and wings (Emily, my sis, made him the wings)

His Buzz Lightyear spaceship cake

The Cake (My mom and I made it)

His Buzz Lightyear pinata.  I should have gotten a picture of the after math of the poor little pinata, We let Garrett and Daniel have a go at it and then it was Chad's turn.  He hit is so hard that in one whack he split it right in half.  He even broke a few of the pieces of candy inside :)

We also got to go and do a few fun activities with the Kings while they were here.  We went and fed the ducks, got Reed's dairy Ice Cream, and went to the visitors center.  

I am a Mother

What are little boys made of.....

July 1st, 2007 the day Garrett was born.

I can't believe it but today is my little Garrett's birthday!!!!  He is now a big 3 year old!!!  He is such a wonderful little boy and I feel so blessed to call him my son.  

July 1st, 2008 Garrett's first birthday.

July 1st, 2009 Garrett's 2nd birthday.

This was taken just a few days ago and is one of the most recent picture I have of him.

He is such a wonderful little boy.  I have to say one of his best qualities is is sensitive and caring nature.  If anyone is hurt or sad he will come over to make sure you are alright.  Whenever I hurt myself he will ask "You okay mommy?  I sorry."  He love to give hugs and knuckles.  His imagination is amazing.  He is coming up with stuff all day long and is always pretending to be a different animal.  Buzz Lightyear is his favorite right now and will pretend to have wings just like buzz.  

We just love him and feel so blessed to have him in our home.  

WE LOVE YOU GARRETT!!!!