We Caught Santa

Carter's been questioning the reality of Santa this year, so we decided to hide a video camera and see if we could catch him when he stopped by our house....Now he knows that he is real!! He must not have liked our cookie that we left out for him though, 'cause he only took one bite and then left the rest. Oh well, Carter enjoyed it.

Leah's Surgery

Leah had her tonsils and adenoids removed on Tuesday. She was such a brave little girl. Not one tear was shed and she never questioned why she was there. She did get a little nervous when they wheeled her back to the triage area to wait for the doctor. That's where we met Jill who quickly became Leah's friend. Her job was to show the pediatric patients what they were going to see and what the doctors were going to be doing before they put her under. She had a doll that she put the anesthesia mask on to show Leah what they were going to do and then she let Leah play with her stethoscope and her big bag of fun toys while we waited. After that Leah was relaxed and when they took her back for surgery she was in really good spirits.

After the surgery she was really tired but still in good spirits. She was awake for a little while then she took about a three hour nap. She slept like a rock due to the combination of anesthesia and the fact that we had to wake up at three-thirty in the morning to get to the hospital on time.

When Leah was finally awake she ate some jello and drank some Gatorade. She was pretty much back to her old self, so we got to come home that same day, thank goodness. Though the hospital was really nice (for a hospital) there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed.

Thanks to both Grandma Nelson and Grandma Welker for loving and caring for our sick baby Mila at home. Also thanks to a great visiting teacher who gave Carter rides to and from school. It was nice to know that everything was OK at home, so we could be with Leah. THANK YOU!!

Early Christmas

My mom gave our kids a swing set for Christmas and Jason spent a day and a half putting the dang thing together. I knew it wasn't going to be the easiest thing to put together, especially by himself, but the instructions say it will take approximately 2 hours...Who are they kidding?? And Jason's good with tools...
They still haven't had a chance to even be able to play on it yet because of us going out of town and now the rain... Maybe they'll get to enjoy it by Christmas.

THANKS GRANDMA!!

Thanksgiving....and more

I'm having a hard time keeping up....can you tell?

We had a great Thanksgiving this year with Jason's family. I can't remember the last time that we got to spend Thanksgiving with his side of the family, so it was really nice to be able to go.

His sister made the THANKSGIVING FEAST... Her husband deep fried the turkey and Jason and I both thought that it was the best turkey that we've ever had!! Everything was so good!!

Our kids truly get spoiled when we go there. Here's Grandma Nelson & Mila.

We also got to visit with Santa for the first time this year. Here we are waiting in line.

Carter asked for a basketball (even though we have two) and Leah asked for a Barbie. Good thing Carter didn't ask for what he said he was...an extension ladder. He said he needed one so he can fix stuff. Go figure...

My kids are so easy when it comes to Christmas. Hopefully it will last when they get older...

The kids helped Aunt Cindy decorate her Christmas tree while we were there and that's all Leah talked about was going home to put up OUR Christmas tree. I'm not very good at letting them help with ours, so they loved to be able to help!!

Grandma decorated her yard while we were there too.

Here's Mila during our pit stop in Globe. She hates her car seat, and the minute she gets out she's as happy as can be.

We finally got our tree put up. We have a train that goes around it and Mila loves it. She gets so excited every time it comes around and cries for the remote if she sees someone else holding it. I'm so glad she's not mobile this year because she already tries to grab the tree or anything else she can get her hands on when she's near it.

Yesterday was Jason's first day of vacation and we were able to get all of our Christmas shopping done. I stayed up late and wrapped them all and when the kids came downstairs Leah begged and begged to open them. She is just like me when it comes to surprises and hates not knowing what's in them.

Handy Manny...eat your heart out.

Jason and Jeff finished my mom's built-in-barbecue grill. It turned out so nice and now I can't wait until Jason can do ours! It even has an outdoor oven..Can't wait to try it out....

Aren't they handy??

Jason is on vacation next week and now it's my turn for the honey do projects...YEA!!