Times to Remember

Yesterday Justin and I probably had one of the most difficult afternoons parenting our strong-willed little 28 month old. Hitting, slapping, whining, crying, you name it....it happened and our patience was tested. It didn't help matters that I spent all afternoon puking either. We spent a lovely morning at the beach and didn't get B home in time for his much needed nap. The day before he missed his nap time and took just a short late nap at a family party. As you all know, two days off schedule for a 2 year old = HELL for Mommy and Daddy. But today is a new day and I just wanted to blog and remember how incredibly sweet my little buddy can be (and is the majority of the time). Unfortunately, my vomiting has come back so I haven't been feeling the greatest the past few days. It was so bad this morning that Justin had to come home from work to take care of me and B. While lying in bed, B crawls in with me, gently pushes my head down on the pillow, says "Sweet dreams Mommy", and kisses my forehead. God has seriously blessed me with the sweetest son on earth. :)

Young Love

Dancing Machine

Happy New Year!

We packed up and headed to Tahoe for 5 days to celebrate New Years. We love going to the cabin and it was fun to see the kiddos enjoying the snow this season.

A TON of snow....

Our little snowflakes ready to go sledding.

My favorite spot of the weekend - in front of the fire. :)

New Years Day cocktails during nap time.

Playing Guitar Hero with Dan.

I love his baby blues!

Thinking he looks hot in his new snow gear.

The first of many trips down the hill.

Xmas 2010

Christmas was wonderful this year, but I'm giving myself a big fat F when it comes to taking pictures this holiday season. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get one shot of the 3 of us all dressed up before mass on Christmas Eve or capture many pictures of our lovely day spent with the Simons. :( We had such a nice, relaxing time celebrating with family and thoroughly enjoyed watching B get into the spirit of the season.

Xmas morning at our house. B was only interested in stacking presents, not opening them.

Justin had to get him to pull presents out of his stocking from Santa. I'm sure that won't be the case next year!

A new cash register from Santa, one of his favorite gifts.

Santa brought B a new play structure for the backyard and was nice enough to drop it off in the garage during the rain storm.

Opening up presents at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Auntie Dee and Dan got B a new truck. This was his favorite gift by far since all he talked about wanting was a "big truck".

Dee and Dan - such a cute couple.

Daddy got a new cooler and B loved pushing it around.

It's a.......GIRL!!!!!!!!!

On Monday we had my 20 week ultrasound. Justin and I were both so excited that we couldn't sleep the night before. The first thing Justin said to me when he woke up was, "All I keep thinking is, do I need to start saving for a wedding?" :) The appointment went great, the baby is healthy and everything looks normal. She had her mouth open the whole time and the tech said, "Looks like a communicator already." We had the doctor write down the sex and put it in an envelope (just like with B). We considered waiting and opening it together on Xmas morning, but like Justin told the doctor, "We are 2 Leo's - we can't wait and need to start planning!" After our appointment when we were alone together in the car, I opened the envelope to find a BLUE piece of paper folded up. I looked at J and said, "It's a boy." He said, "Well open the paper!" I could NOT believe my eyes. It said 'Congratulations you're having a baby GIRL.' I screamed and burst into tears. I have never been so excited in my life. We both wanted a girl so bad, but didn't get our hopes up since they told us at my 13 week ultrasound that the baby was probably a boy. I started getting used to the idea that I would be a mom with 2 boys and would soon convince J to adopt a baby girl from Asia. HA When we picked B up from the sitter and told him he was going to have a baby sister he replied, "No mommy, a boy." :) I've already bought a few pink outfits, a pink blanket, selected her bedding and picked up some wallpaper samples. I should be concentrating on decorating B's new room, but I can't help it. Girl stuff is so much more fun! Poor Justin has no idea how expensive our life is about to become!

Gingerbread House

We got together with some classmates, Lucy and Liv, yesterday to make gingerbread houses. The kids LOVED it. I'm not surprised that more candy ended up in their tummies than on the houses. :)

Stickers!

Into the mouth goes the candy.....

Busy at work. Liv and Lucy wore cute little aprons. B refused - he's SUCH a boy!

Mmm mmm mmm

B's first gingerbread house. He refers to it as "my castle". HA!