So I know I promised like what.... 6 months ago that I was going to update my blog. Well I had every intention of doing that, but got busy and just never did it. Then to top it off both our computers decided that they don't want to work... at all! So I haven't been able to really check blogs to much at all. Today I'm at my parents house and thought I could do a quick update while I'm here. There won't be any pictures, but at least I can update right?
Ok... Where to start??? Well I'll just go back to April when my baby boy turned 2. I can't believe that 2 years has already gone by... well now its been over 2 1/2 years. He is my best little buddy! He is so sweet and super funny!! He does the cutest, funniest things... We just love him to death!! For his birthday Anthony took the day off to spend with us and at this point Issak was still in kindergarten (weird). When Issak got out of school we went and had lunch at Cafe Rio then to the park to fly kites that they had gotten in their Easter baskets. It was really windy that day so it was perfect. We did get pictures but sadly can't upload them. :( Later that evening we took them to Jumpin' Jacks. They had so much fun! Our good friends the Homers joined us so all the kids could play. Then we had some cake and ice cream. It was a fun day and a fun way to celebrate his birthday.
In July Issak turned 6. Once again I can't believe how fast the last 6 years have gone. We went to Cowabunga bay right on his birthday. It was a ton of fun and he LOVED it!! We let him pick a friend that he wanted to invite and he picked his friend Marcus (Anthony's cousins little boy). They all came and helped make it such a fun day! That night we went out to dinner at the Spaghetti Factory, which he picked, and again Anthony's cousins family joined us along with my parents. We all sang happy birthday to him and they brought out ice cream with a candle. He loved it! (again we have pictures but cant upload them). A few months before his birthday he learned to ride his bike without training wheels. So for his birthday we got him a bigger bike. He loves it! All summer long he would ride his bike around our neighborhood. This year in August he started 1st grade. I seriously Can Not believe I have a 1st grader!!! I was so sad to send him to his very first day of all day school. But he did so great and LOVES school! He is super smart and loves to learn and has loved learning even more how to read. He is starting to read chapter books and does SO well! He is such a sweet boy and adds so much to our family! I would be lost without him!!
In August we also found out that we were adding a baby girl to our family! This is our last baby, so to find out that we were having a girl was SO exciting!!! I have loved getting all pink for her! She will be arriving in a short 3ish weeks, which can't go fast enough at this point. Just in time for Christmas! She is going to be the BEST Christmas present I have ever received!!!
On Halloween my kids were so fun! Skyler is big enough this year that he got the concept of going up to the door to get treats. He was dressed up as the cutest Angels baseball player, complete with a mini bat and hat! We asked Issak for a few months before what he wanted to be and he couldn't decide between a police officer or a knight. After a few trips to Halloween/costume stores he decided on a S.W.A.T Police officer. He looked awesome! Sadly it was so cold and rainy on Halloween this year, but that didn't stop us! We got our umbrellas out and went trick or treating. I stayed nice and warm with my little built in heater and luckily the rain slowed down just long enough for us to get through about 3 or 4 streets. Issak was crazy this year. He literally ran from house to house with my dad. We couldn't keep up. The rest of us got home and Issak was still out trick or treating! He had a massive amount of candy that I have really enjoyed picking at! :) It was so fun to get to celebrate Halloween for 2 days this year as well. On Sunday, which was really Halloween, we had a fun Halloween dinner at my parents house. They made witches brew (homemade root beer) that the kids got to stir and loved making. You make it with dry ice so it was nice and foggy.... if that's what you would call it. It was so fun!!
Now we just celebrated Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving for lots of reasons. One is that its a time of years for me to reflect on everything that I have to be thankful for. Although at times I really forget and start thinking of all that I don't have, I really have SO much to be thankful for! And even though I should think of these things all through the year I'm glad to have a special holiday to really make me remember. I also love to eat and I absolutely LOVE pumpkin pie!! My parents always have Thanksgiving dinner at there house and its so fun to get together with family and eat, visit and look at all the black Friday ads. We didn't go out shopping this year. I didn't want to have to beat anyone with my gigantic belly...
Now Christmas is just around the corner! I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Christmas. I love the feeling of the holiday spirit everywhere you go, I love the Christmas music and all the fun festivities there are to do with family all through the season. This year will be a little different with having just had a baby, but I can't imagine anything more special. It'll be so fun to have our sweet baby girl to remind us of the real reason we celebrate Christmas.
While getting ready for baby to come, we decided to put our boys in the same room. So we put together the bunk beds and moved Skyler into Issaks room. I was a little worried about Skyler being with Issak and waking him up and not letting him sleep well for school. But they transitioned so well! Skyler loves being in the room with Issak and Issak also loves having Skyler in there with him. Our boys seriously love each other and get along so great! I mean don't get me wrong they do have their fair share of arguing and not getting along, but for the most part they love each other so much. With Issak being almost 4 years older than Skyler I always kind of worried about how they would get along. But Issak is such a sweet boy and will play with anyone regardless of age. He loves that Skyler always wants to do what he is doing and that he thinks Issak is so cool! They are the best kids ever, I seriously could not ask for better children!! We are completely blessed!!!
Well there is SO much more I probably could have blogged about, but at least that's a start. Hopefully it won't be so long before I decide to blog again!
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