Josh and Kara's new life: January 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Winter wonderland

Well….last time it snowed and I tried to take the kids out by myself, I vowed they wouldn't go out again until they were at least 8….but I gave in when josh offered to help get them dressed and go out and play with us. And thank goodness I did, b/c we had SO MUCH fun! I had to bribe them with chocolate to get them back in the house…not to mention they were freezing!!

Colby immediately hopped on the sled...like he knew what it was for!

Zach acted like he liked the snow for a few pics...

but didn't have the best luck staying on his feet...

A and Z loaded up on the sled...Z wasn't too sure...

Mommy and her girl

A saying "YAY Snow!"

Z checking out the dogs

A posing for a pic

Mommy and Colby

Mommy and Zach

Colby was so excited to slide..

this is how he landed...

Daddy and Colby

"Mush Daddy!"

Colby goin for a ride

Mommy and Avery ready for a ride

A pullin the sled

Sweet Zach

Daddy and Zach....reapplying gloves for the zillionth time

Everybody helping mommy with the sled

And now with the fresh 5 inches we got today.....we might get to go do it again!!!

Zach was on a mission tonight....

Attempt #1

fail.

Attempt #2...

fail again.

Attempt #3...

yay! Success!

And the grand finale...

(sorry for the poor quailty....had to use the camera on my phone! if you can't tell what he's doing, the little slide was pushed up close to the chair, and he was climbing the ladder then trying to dive over the arm onto the chair)

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

I CANNOT believe it is 2011. That is crazy beyond me! We had a wonderful Christmas this year. The babies had SO much fun....which made me and Josh have SO much fun too. It's so much fun watching their excitement. They LOVED opening presents...and wanted to play with the toys immediately after they were unwrapped (Big improvement from just the boxes and bows they were interested in last year!) We made a few stops in our days of celebrating...Christmas Eve at my mom's extended family's get-together, Christmas Day at home in the morning, Josh's grandma's for lunch, then my dad's family for the afternoon, Day-After with Josh's family, then Day after New Years at my mom's with her brother and his family....lots of running around, but lots of wonderful celebrations!

In my own photo collection i took over the holidays, i selected my favorites to put in a separate folder....which narrowed the 550 pics to a mere 150...so instead of sitting here uploading pics all night, i picked my favorite of each baby at each get-together to share with the cyber world.

Here we are all dressed up on Christmas Eve...

Uncle and Zach...

Avery "Rowing boats" with daddy...

the gang...

Colby chekin out the dancing snowman....not so sure what to think...

Mommy and her babies....

My sweet family...(josh had to work christmas eve and christmas day...so we had to make the most of the time we got to spend with him!)

Zach and his new favorite book...

Colby checkin out his new toys...

Avery excited about her princess chariot...

The 2nd favorite gift...bowls of cereal =)

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!

Snuggles with daddy...

The christmas tree and gifts all ready to go!

Christmas Morning family pic...

Zach grabbed a toy and ran to hide with it! Only way to be safe around here!!! =)

Avery coloring on her new doodle board....they LOVE these!

Colby playing the new drum...with the new pot....

The big gift we had for the babies was transforming the basement into a playroom for them. We had the big 'reveal' on christmas morning...

Colby excited to have his pirate ship back!

Avery checking out the new kitchen...don't let this picture fool you....when she 'cooks', she puts everything in the microwave and pushes the buttons....i swear i use pots and pans!!!

Zach's FAVORITE! The new trampoline...

No such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen...

WORN out from a big morning...

Great-grandma Jenkins' house...with Avery...

Aunt Ronda's House...Colby and Uncle Mark....

Avery and Mamaw...

Cousin Kelly and Zach...

Celebrating with Josh's family....

Avery and her new pompoms from Aunt Jamie...

Colby and Elmo...

One of my best presents ever...with a very proud and wonderful papaw in the background...

Our New Year's Eve included a visit with Mamaw and some yummy chipotle for dinner....then bed by 8 for the babies and 10 for mommy...while daddy was at work.