Our Thanksgiving

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!  We got to spend it with Jordan's family at his mom's house.  The food was so good and it was so much fun spending time with family.  We even got to see Rachel and Charlotte for a little while which was an unexpected surprise.  And of course it was great to see Kelly and Tyler too, we just love their gorgeous little girls!  Grayson was a little fussy but we handled him pretty well and Tobi had a blast playing with Kendra and Abby.  I'm so thankful for so many things this year, my wonderful husband, my two handsome little boys, family, employment, food for our tummies....I could go on and on.  We are so blessed and I'm so happy to have had such a good year so far.

Rachel and Lottie's party

This last weekend we went to Sean and Brynn's house to celebrate Rachel's third birthday, and Charlotte's first birthday.  Tobi was so excited, he LOVES birthday parties, and it was so fun seeing the kids and watching the girls do their gifts.  Kelly let Tobi help Charlotte open hers which was very nice of her, Tobi loved opening her presents for her.  Rachel was cute too and I'm so glad she loved the Minnie Mouse toy we gave her.  Tobi wanted to steal it for himself!  I'm so glad we got to celebrate with them.

Happy Birthday Rachel Roo and Lottie Lou!

Tobi's Curious George Party

We had Tobi's birthday party this last Saturday and he was so excited, it was all he talked about for days.  He kept asking me if all his fun friends were gonna come and eat birthday cake with him, and sing the birthday song, and then he was gonna open presents.  It was so cute to see how excited he was for his party.  We got to the church and quickly set everything up, in typical Stephanie style, we were running quite late....the next time people offer to help me I am saying yes to them all!  We did have a few bratty moments where he threw some fits, but aside from that it went pretty good and he did have a lot of fun with his friends and family.  I decided to do a pinata again because the kids seem to really love it, and again it was a big hit.  It was so cute to watch the really little ones do it, especially my nephew Ben, he is such a riot!  We did cake and ice cream, and of course Tobi opened his presents.  We did a book party so most of his gifts were books, he did still get a few toys from people which made me glad because I was worried he'd be disappointed with all the books.  He loved it though and seemed excited about everything he got.  I am so grateful to have such loving and supportive friends and family.

Thank you to everyone who came to support Tobi on his special day!

Our First Snowfall

As you all know, we had our first snowfall of the season this last weekend.  We bundled Tobi up so he could go out and play while Jordan shoveled the walk way.  He's never really gotten to go out and play in the snow before and he looked so adorable in all his snow gear, I could have gobbled him up!  Okay, not really, but I sure wanted to squeeze him a ton.  He was so excited to play in the snow and he had a blast.  He even swindled Daddy and Grandpa into making him a snowman, he's quite the persuasive little fellow.  I usually hate the snow but watching him enjoy it as much as he did made me hate it a little less this year.  Who knows, maybe this year I'll actually enjoy the holiday season...we'll see.  Once a Grinch, always a Grinch, that's me!  I'm very excited to get some snow gear for myself so that the next time we get a big snowfall we can go out sledding, I haven't done that in years and I'm sure Tobi would love it.

One month!

My sweet baby Gray is one month new already!  I can't believe how fast time is going by and we're already getting the cutest grins from him.  He has continued to be such an amazing baby and we are so lucky to have him.  Tobi is starting to interact with him more and more and it's so cute to watch him with his new little brother.  I can't be happier with our life right now.

Tobi's THIRD Birthday!

I cannot believe my baby turned three today!  He is getting so big and each day with him is more fun than the last.  He is such a bright and funny little boy and I am so proud to call myself his mom.  Jordan got off of work early and as soon as he got home, we opened presents.  Grandpa also made it by during his lunch break for presents and we were glad for that.  Tobi was thrilled to have a bigger crowd watching him tear into his gifts!  He got super spoiled with a bunch of cute Curious George stuff and the Fisher Price Serving Surprises table that is also a mini kitchen.  He was so excited and couldn't wait to get it set up to play with.  Yesterday I took him with me to Walmart and let him pick out his cake mix, frosting, and icecream.  So today I baked his cake and we sang him the birthday song, which he was SO excited for, and then he got his cake and icecream.  He picked out the sprinkle party cake mix, with vanilla frosting and sprinkles, and then birthday cake icecream with blue frosting and sprinkles in it.  See a pattern ha ha?  The kid loves his sprinkles!  All in all, he had a very good birthday and he knew it was his special day.  He was so cute and so excited, I was so happy to celebrate his special day with him. 

Happy Birthday my sweet Tobi!  I love you so much!

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was SO much fun this year!  Taking Tobi out was such a treat for both Jordan and myself and he had us cracking up.  All month he kept telling us about Halloween and how excited he was to wear his costume and go get candy.  We took him to the first couple of houses where he politely knocked and said, "trick or treat!"...then after that he would knock and say, "please, I have more candies?"  Jordan and I were laughing so hard.  Then he would say, "thank you, I go get more candies!".  He's such a riot!  Then as we went to the next house he would say, "another house?  I can't believe it!".  We took him around my parents neighborhood first, then we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Bourne, followed by Grandma and Grandpa Fleming, and finally Grandma and Grandpa Coates.  We also trick or treated my Grandma Coates's neighborhood for a bit, so Tobi got a pretty good haul for a two year old.  By the end of the night he was telling us that he loves Halloween and it's his favorite.  My mom was amazing enough to watch Gray for us so we didn't have to take him out in the cold, and boy that was nice!  Plus, she loves her little Gray bear so it was fun for her too.  We are so glad we got to take Tobi out and have such a good time, the holidays are definitely so much more fun now that we have kids and we are so excited for the years to come!