Whoozits and Whatsits galore.....

This is the year to put down the remote control and pick up a book.  I grew up loving books and not watching TV so why have I become the mom that sits her child in front of the TV to keep her occupied.  This year I want to make a conscious effort to stop the movie watching and to read more with my child.  Not only do I think it help her verbal skills I think it will make her a more introspective child.  So heres to it.  Hopefully if she sees mommy reading she will want to too!!  Wish me luck.

Christmas 2009...

This Christmas we had a lot to be grateful for we had a new daughter and most of our family were able to be near us.  Evie was finally at the age that she was excited for Christmas trees, Santa, and even giving gifts.  We got our tree two weeks before Christmas didn't really put anything under it.  When Christmas Eve came we let Evie open one present ( ok maybe two! )  We read The Night Before Christmas and put out cookies and milk for Santa. Evie was very excited and hated going to bed.

Christmas morning we had a family breakfast planned with good food and lots of presents.  It was a beautiful morning and Evie slept in till about 8:30 am.  I was shocked she didn't bound out of bed and head downstairs to start tearing open presents.  When she did get down she was more interested in passing things out then opening her own, and she had a ton!!

After breakfast and presents we started getting ready for the rest of our day.  We had dinner planned at my moms house about 2pm.  We headed over there and again opened more presents, I was just amazed at how patient Evie was with passing out presents and waiting to open her own.  I hope she stays that way it was very sweet!  After presents we had an amazing dinner and played some Pictionary.  Pete and I kicked some major behind and took out moms down.  All in all a very nice Christmas!  On to New Years....

Let it snow...

I love the snow and we rarely get it here in Oregon.  Last year we had three weeks and eighteen inches.  I didn't even know it was supposed to snow today and now we have three inches!!! I tried taking Ma dy out in it and she wasn't to impressed but hopefully Evie and Pete can make it out to throw a couple snowballs!

Three years and two babies later....

Today's the day I begin again.  I will try to keep up with it more often and try to remain open and honest about my happenings.  A quick catch up on who I am.  I am a reluctant suburban mom of two beautiful little girls Evangeline Rose and Madelyn Grace, or Evie and Mady for short.  I call myself reluctant because I never thought I would be a mom or a wife.  I have achieved both of those in the last five years. 

I met my amazing husband 4.5 years ago over the internet.  The say when you meet the one you just know and that was definetly the way it worked with him.  He is an amazing man, I love him more everyday.  About 9 months later we found out that we were going to be having a baby, with much discussion we decided that getting married also sounded like a good idea. He gave me a beautiful ring on a cold beach and I said yes. 

Since I was pregnant we decided not to get married right away even though my parents really wanted us too.  We had our amazing daughter Evie on New Years Eve 2006 and life was perfect. We started planning our wedding soon after that and decided to get married on another beach just one much warmer, Hawaii!!  It was absolutely amazing and it could not have been any better. 

After getting married and enjoying life has parents and partners we decided it might be a good idea to try and have another baby.   After many failed attempts and a horrible prognosis from my doctor it finally happened in February 2009.  This pregnancy was not an easy one and I was happy for it to be over in October with the birth of our second daughter Madelyn. She was born a bit early and had a rough start but is doing amazing now.

I am currently on maternity leave and enjoying every moment of it.  We are planning a trip to Hawaii in about three weeks, I can not wait to be in the sun again.  I have one more month of leave and I am dreading my return to the working world.  My goal this year is to pay off as much debt as possible so I can work less.  I will continue to look for part time oppotunities so I can spend more time with my kids.  They are what is important to me.....not things.