Tis the Season!!!

Helping Christy & I decorate the tree! (Thank you again, Christy, for coming and helping us!!! We all enjoyed having you!)
My ornery little guys!!!

Our attempt at a family Christmas portrait:

Happy Holidays everyone!! This is my most favorite time of year!! Though I don't always enjoy the constant state of being busy, I do enjoy the get togethers, the giving, the decorations, my kids' faces when they see christmas lights, pretty white snow, christmas trees, THE FOOD!!!

Did anyone else get some fantastic deals on Black Friday?! I know my cousin, Amanda, and I did! We had a blast and shopped til we couldn't keep our eyes opened any longer! :-)

I'm happy to say that I am 90% finished with my Christmas shopping...I started wrapping presents the other day too but I still have LOTS to go! :-/ It's getting harder and harder as the kids get older to wrap presents and them not see any of it! I have currently high-jacked my office/extra bedroom for present-wrapping craziness! LOL! The boys are not allowed in there right now. It's only going to get harder as the years go on I'm sure! Still, I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!! :-)

Got the tree up and the decorations out. Decovin is a bit saddened we don't have outside decorations as the other night when pulling up to our driveway this was our conversation:

Decovin: "This is boring!"

Me: "What is?"

Decovin: "This house with no lights" *sigh*

Me: "Well, you're going to have to talk to daddy about that."

Hahahaha!

Guess I know what I will be purchasing at the "after Christmas" sales!! :-)

Camden, on the other hand, is IN LOVE with the Christmas tree and ornaments...everyday he gets up and goes directly down to the tree and spends a few minutes perusing the ornaments and talking about them. It's really cute!

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Camden is doing really well potty training...we pretty much have the potty part down...now to get the poo! We still haven't managed that one. hmmmmm....we'll figure it out soon enough!

Decovin, Camden & I got our flu vaccinations yesterday...FINALLY! It was the first time we were all well enough to go get it! So we are now good to go! Though my arm is real achey from it. :-( The boys did the nasal spray version so they didn't even fuss!

Starting tomorrow, the days are going to go by super fast with all the activities that are coming up! I'm gearing up for the hustle and bustle...Season's Greetings & Happy Holidays!

Lots has happened in a week!

So I started potty training Camden this week. He hasn't exactly shown a HUGE interest but he isn't oblivious like Decovin was...so I thought...I'll try for a week and give it a go...

Day one: Several wet undies later and we never went in the toilet...oh well.
Day two: WE MADE IT IN THE TOILET!!! TWICE!!! But, we still wet a few pairs of undies.
Day three: We let him pick out his own underwear at the store...Buzz & Woody no less! :-)
Day four: Only a couple of accidents and several hits in the toilet but took him to my in-laws and he only went once for them and peed 3 times in his pants...
Day five:WHERE DID MY BABY GO?!?! Aside from waking up wet (haven't convinced him to go to the bathroom immediately after waking up yet), he has not only gone in the toilet 5+ times today...he has done them ALL BY HIMSELF!!! Literally! It's like it just clicked! WHOO HOO! I hope he keeps up this momentum. He did also attempt to poo in the potty but he quit soon after a quick toot and then pulled his pants up and pooped in them instead (luckily I had him in a pull-up for easy clean-up!) Phew!!

THREE CHEERS FOR CAMDEN! HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY!

Friday I dropped the boys off with my mother-in-law and then I met up with Christy & our friend Melissa to see Harry Potter!! It was awesome!
Immediately following the movie I headed out in rush hour traffic to go to Cameron, MO to see my cousin, Amanda and her hubby. Derek adapted an 80's TV show for the stage and his high schoolers put it on. It was a cute show and I got to meet two of the original cast members from the series. :-)

Got up early the next morning and hung out with Amanda and Derek until it was time for me to head down to get my boys and then head home. That night I joined my neighbors to the Burlington High School play, "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown"...I took Decovin with me but left Camden with a babysitter. It was D's first live show. He did pretty good...only got a little antsy during 2nd half. :-)

Currently have been feeling a bit under the weather and hoping it has run its course and subsides.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!! See you all soon!!

No fun days.

Thursday & Friday were dedicated to my grandfather. The visitation was filled with lots of family and friends...he was well loved! The funeral was a nice service and well suited to my grandpa.

Saturday the boys both woke up with nasty coughs but no other symptoms. This morning, however, Decovin started throwing up. This makes for a no fun day for sure. Poor thing. Hoping he starts feeling better soon. So far, knock on wood, we have no fever. *crossing fingers* this is a 24 hour bug and he will be fine.

A request: Positive thoughts &/or prayers for my cousin Michelle.

Sad.

Sunday, November 7, 2010 my Grandpa, Paul LeRoy Long, passed away. He was a kind, gentle, soft spoken, sweet, caring, & loving man. He will truly be missed. Love you Grandpa, rest in peace.

It's November?! Wha?!?!

Halloween has come and gone and we have the candy to prove it!! Man, I was excited to get the candy out of the house so I would stop nibbling on it...but as soon as we emptied our bowls to the last trick-or-treaters of the night, we unloaded the boys' stash and it filled right back up!! Ugh! The funny part is we took them to a community Halloween Party in New Strawn and they got their buckets filled up in a matter of 45 minutes!! So we hit Decovin's teacher's house and then headed home to pass out candy...Decovin and Camden were satisfied with what they got they actually BEGGED to stay home and help Aunt Christy pass out candy! So that's what we did! It was AWESOME!

We had 94 trick-or-treaters in all and the boys loved seeing all the kids in costume! It was fun! We all stayed out on the porch and passed out candy! It was a very fun, chilly, but fun night! And just like that! POOF! It's November!!! Weird!

This month will probably start the holiday hustle and bustle and before we know it, it will be 2011! Crazy! I've already started Christmas shopping, I have a long ways to go, but I have at least started! :-)

Happy Voting Day! See you at the polls! TTFN!