2010 Christmas Letter

Customized Stationery bt L & N! Click on it zoom in and to see it larger.

Ballerina Baby

Elia is ready to be a Sugar Plum!

Check out that bellyyyy!! hehe! I love it!

Potty Trained!!!

I kept forgetting to post this, but Noah is fully potty trained!!! Yay! Congratulations, Noah!!! :o)

It was a looong journey that began months ago, probably around April. He would first just pee in the toilet right before bath time, well, because that was a good convenient time to say, "hey, your diaper is off & the toilet is right there, go ahead and pee in it before you get in the bath tub". I guess part of me did it to prevent him from peeing in the bathwater he shared with his sister and loved to drink on occasion.

Then... it was a looong summer... and fall... of "naked boy" and pee on the floors and me saying "these are the last size 6 diapers I am going to buy", only to buy some a few days later being tired of feeling like I had a new puppy in the house. :o) It was NOT at all that the guy couldn't use the toilet, it was that it was SO NOT important to him, so he didn't put his full effort into making a commitment to doing it.

Then, he was partially there, he decided, yes, the toilet is for ME, but only for PEE! (haha, I just made a rhyme) But, he would not use the toilet for the other purpose... until about a month ago he passed over the threshold from toddler to big-boy! AWE!!! He still uses a pull-up at night time only. He naps in his underwear and with no problem!

Good work, Noah, our BIG BOY!

Life is Tough But GOD is GOOD!

The saying "Life's Good" has always erked me a little because even for those of us who have a "good life" or even a great one, or even the best life EVER, it is God who makes it good when we walk in the light of the truth of His word. God is the giver of Life so yes, in that sense, life is good, but it is good because God is Good and Life is a gift from God... so, I like the saying I heard today: "Life is tough (or can be at times), but God is Good!"

All this to say that I have pink eye and tonsilitis.

I hope to be better for a little Christmas party the kids are having with their little friends this Tuesday!

Project 365

My sweet friend, Lisa, has been so faithful to Project 365 and I have enjoyed watching her do it for... forever now... well, I have overcome the fear of failure (ha!) and it was SO much easier than I thought and it was fun! Thank you, Lisa you are a FAITHFUL person and friend in many ways! :o)

Monday, December 13th

We went to see Bright Lights in Forest Park, MA

Tuesday, December 14th

(See Elia's 3 Month Birthday Post)

Wednesday, December 15th

On the LOVE seat... AWE!

Thursday, December 16th

Elia fell asleep here, there and everywhere... here is one of the spots... Notice the box of crayons beside her... hehe! I was just sitting beside her eating a post-breakfast banana bread snack and finally enjoying my cup of pumpkin spice coffee and I looked over and she fell asleep on me. Too SWEET!

Bath-time, later that day. Yes, they still take a bath together. They tend to fight a lot in the bath-tub though, so we have been trying to get into more of a routine of having them bath alone, but a lot of days it is just easier to put them in there together. This picture makes me think of Men in Black. Ha!

Friday, December 17th
Floor time in the play-room/office! Wooh!
Evening snuggles and "A Christmas Charlie Brown"... The next day Liliana said to me, "Mommy, we are never gonna watch that show ever again cuz it says the "s" word too many times and that is not good". Funny how people say old cartoons are worse, I think the opposite is true... for me... anything pre-mid-90's is so not good for kids... too much hitting, the "s" word and just useless information... Haha... my opinion. :o)

Saturday, December 18th

The kids had a blast making their own peanut butter and fluff sandwiches for lunch!

FLUFF must meet tongue immediately!

Sunday, December 19th

Belly time! Trying to do this at least a little each day! The kids all love it... Noah says "It's belly time" and he says "belly" SO cute! Liliana is so helpful to play with her through it to help entertain her as it is at this stage more work than fun for Elia. :o)

Happy 3 MONTH Birthday, Elia!

I cannot believe our sweet girl is already 3 months old!!! Before we know it she will be eating solid foods, crawling, walking, etc, etc... Slow down time!!!

Her first pair of shoes! Sweet Lil Volz brought this entire outfit over to her last week.

Bubbles and lots of drool! I think she is working on teeth... Liliana and Noah both had their first teeth in their 4th month.
Noah brought the tiara in for her to wear... awe!

Love this face... busy with that toungue!

Talkin' to sister!

She looks so much like Liliana here!

AND she looks like Noah... a sweet mix of the two of them! Perfectly BEAUTIFUL!!!

Liliana pulled her up to sitting and she loved it! She did this lots today!

The first days of holding her own toys! AWE! She is really into bringing things to her mouth and learning all about them!

We are SO SO SO in LOVE with you, our SWEET Elia!!!

Partial Week-In-Review

Friday, 12/10/10

Elia trying out her Bumbo Seat for the second time. She was working so hard to reach her toy... a new thing she is doing... reaching for stuff very intently. She is also holding things more, like her blanket and small toys.

Thursday, 12/9/10
Heading out on our date with daddy to Cheesecake Factory!

12/9/10

Noah saying cheese...

12/9/10

They love each other SO MUCH!

12/8/10

New Camera

12/8/10

Elia looks like a doll in this picture! Liliana is making a silly face. :o)

12/8/10

Gonna try to do Project 365! BUT - Guilt free style... I can get OCD and hard on myself, so NO WORRIES if I miss a day!