Oliver is making big improvements in his speech! I sure am proud of the little guy! In this picture he is in a pretty important conversation with Great Grandma Ardie!! This little guy is very expressive with his face and gestures, it's so cute!
Christmas is only a few days away, and I feel like I'm more excited to see the looks on my babies faces when they open their presents, than when it comes time for me to open mine! We had a very fun family Christmas party at Aunt Nancy's last weekend, and boy was it music to my ears hearing all the babies/kiddos in our family running all over the place with their imaginations running a muck! I was blessed to have grown up with my cousins, and it makes me happy to see a new generation of our family enjoying each other the way I did with my cousins at family events. Life goes by so fast, doesn't it??
Ava now has this new "mean face" she likes to give us, but what kills me is after she's given the "mean face" she waits a few seconds and can no longer be mean and gives us this really cute but funny smile, like she knows she was being naughty but at the same time knows she's too cute to be mad at!!!
I also get to take advantage of having one of my best friends, Ashley Richards-Evans, living right down the street from me! Little miss Ali Belle has grown quite comfortable with her "Annie" and can also say it too, just melts my heart! Sometimes we'll have play-dates where Blair brings Oliver and Ava over to hang out with Raquel and I at the Evans house. Joel, Ashley's husband, is an incredible guy, who really is active in these baby play-dates we have, whether he be break dancing with them to music, showing Oliver a killer golf swing, or just partaking in their little baby world!
Nichole is in town for Christmas break, she flew in from Bangkok this week! So happy we get to see her for a bit! Now if only we got to see all the other little rascal relatives I have living over there in Bangkok as well!
And for some big news....Eric bought a house!!! Blair, Eric, Oliver, and Ava are going to have so much fun putting their "home" together! They will have a backyard for the babies to run around in and a swing-set to play on! Plus they are in a pretty good location, and it helps that one of Blair's best friends lives right down the street! Yay!
My work Christmas party was awesome!!! For starters, the guys in the office rented out the top of the restraunt Bella Itallia, and we had a dinner, told a few stories....maybe I shared too many lol!!! And then we had the gift exchange! I brought a picture frame with a card, that when opened, revealed the true gift....a gift certificate to Castle!!! :) I had so much fun, and am so thankful that I work with such weird, yet great little weasels! haha! Seriously, I have found a great job and for the first time in a long time, I feel like I'm right where I am supposed to be in life.
I'm truly thankful to all of my friends and family, and am wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!! I'm soooooooooo looking forward to the wonderful things 2012 has to offer! Change can feel good sometimes, and I'm on the right track! Let's do this!
xoxo
Christmas is only a few days away, and I feel like I'm more excited to see the looks on my babies faces when they open their presents, than when it comes time for me to open mine! We had a very fun family Christmas party at Aunt Nancy's last weekend, and boy was it music to my ears hearing all the babies/kiddos in our family running all over the place with their imaginations running a muck! I was blessed to have grown up with my cousins, and it makes me happy to see a new generation of our family enjoying each other the way I did with my cousins at family events. Life goes by so fast, doesn't it??
Ava now has this new "mean face" she likes to give us, but what kills me is after she's given the "mean face" she waits a few seconds and can no longer be mean and gives us this really cute but funny smile, like she knows she was being naughty but at the same time knows she's too cute to be mad at!!!
I also get to take advantage of having one of my best friends, Ashley Richards-Evans, living right down the street from me! Little miss Ali Belle has grown quite comfortable with her "Annie" and can also say it too, just melts my heart! Sometimes we'll have play-dates where Blair brings Oliver and Ava over to hang out with Raquel and I at the Evans house. Joel, Ashley's husband, is an incredible guy, who really is active in these baby play-dates we have, whether he be break dancing with them to music, showing Oliver a killer golf swing, or just partaking in their little baby world!
Nichole is in town for Christmas break, she flew in from Bangkok this week! So happy we get to see her for a bit! Now if only we got to see all the other little rascal relatives I have living over there in Bangkok as well!And for some big news....Eric bought a house!!! Blair, Eric, Oliver, and Ava are going to have so much fun putting their "home" together! They will have a backyard for the babies to run around in and a swing-set to play on! Plus they are in a pretty good location, and it helps that one of Blair's best friends lives right down the street! Yay!
My work Christmas party was awesome!!! For starters, the guys in the office rented out the top of the restraunt Bella Itallia, and we had a dinner, told a few stories....maybe I shared too many lol!!! And then we had the gift exchange! I brought a picture frame with a card, that when opened, revealed the true gift....a gift certificate to Castle!!! :) I had so much fun, and am so thankful that I work with such weird, yet great little weasels! haha! Seriously, I have found a great job and for the first time in a long time, I feel like I'm right where I am supposed to be in life.
I'm truly thankful to all of my friends and family, and am wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!! I'm soooooooooo looking forward to the wonderful things 2012 has to offer! Change can feel good sometimes, and I'm on the right track! Let's do this!
xoxo
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