One of my goals for 2011 was to be better at blogging and keeping the blog updated. So, I've decided at the end of each month I'm going to try to do a quick run down of what we've done in the last month and any other important or funny events that happened!
*We started out the month by doing Christmas with the Duffs. We also celebrated New Year's with them and the Henggelers!
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| Sammy opening a present |
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| Daddy helping A.J. open his present |
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| Cooper in the middle of all the present opening action |
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| The "little" ball Gramma got for the kids! |
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| Alaina having fun |
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| Cole, Lucas, & Sammy |
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| Lucas playing the flying chicken game |
*I went back to school on January 4.
*Tiny T., my dog of 18 years that lived with my mom passed away on Jan. 6. She'd had a rough week and Mom was running the Doggy Hospice.
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| Tiny in her younger days |
*The Stomach flu hit us ALL -- It started with Sammy & A.J., then Jeff, then Me, and then Mom got it. :(
*Snow Days -- we had three snow days during the month of January. Snow days are hard with two little guys under the age of 3. See this
post for some snow day pictures.
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| Sammy helping Daddy scoop the walk |
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| Helping make snow ice cream |
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| Sammy's first snow man |
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| Shortly after this picture, Sammy beheaded the snowman! |
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| We made our own tent/tunnel one day! |
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| A.J. in the tent/tunnel |
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| Silly A.J. |
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| Reading his truck book in his jammies! Snow days are perfect days to stay in your jammies! |
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| We set up the tent on one of the snow days! |
*After being in the house because of snow we needed to get out for a bit so we took a quick day trip up to Squaw Creek to see if we could see any wildlife. All we saw were some birds, turkeys, and a raccoon.
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| Sammy trying to use the binoculars |
*RV Show -- we're thinking about driving out to see my brother this summer, so we're looking into getting a new camper. We went to the RV show and got a lot of ideas about what we want...now if we could get a weekend with no snow, maybe we could actually go look at some? We also took Grammy to the train restaurant and then to look at dishwashers -- ours wouldn't drain. We priced them, came home and Jeff unplugged it and replugged it in and it WORKED -- woohoo, save our money a little bit longer!
*Prepared for Snowpocalypse 2011 :)
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| Sammy |
Sammy LOVES to help. He doesn't like to hear A.J. be upset. He loves to play in the snow when we can get out there. He loves his cars. When he asks for a car, he knows which one he wants. Even if you think you found what he's looking for it might not be the right one. He likes to use his shubel (shovel) out in the snow. He really likes Dora and Diego. He pretty much knows his colors. He likes to eat fruit -- asks for it often when we're home on snow days! :) He also really likes Cheese Slices! When we finish taking a bath he sends his bubbles to Uncle Bubba's house. We're starting potty training -- pretty inconsistent right now. Some days he'll tell me when he needs to go. He LOVES to flush the toilet -- guess what, that water goes to uncle Bubba's, too! :)
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| A.J. |
Wow, A.J. is growing and changing. He has 2 bottom teeth and is currently working on 4 top teeth. The top middle teeth are pretty well in, now just keep working on the other 2 :) He LOVES his brother. He likes to mimic people. Daddy taught him to say "Uh-oh" He says Mama and Dada. He crawls everywhere, and pulls up and walks along furniture. If you try to get him to walk and hold your hand he just sits down and crawls instead. He does have a bit of a temper -- if you don't let him do what he wants, he'll "throw" himself on the floor. He LOVES bathtime. Oh, and he loves his food....he could eat and eat and eat and eat.....
