Christmas

Christmas was fantastic! Landon was so much fun this year and very quickly got the hang of opening presents. It can be very time consuming though because he wants to play with each toy he unwrapped. His Uncle Seth got him a drum set. Uncle Seth is in trouble for a VERY long time :) Landon actually loves it and is pretty cute when he goes to town. (pictures coming soon.) The playroom where the tree is was a huge disaster area. Toys and trash everywhere! We are blessed to have had a great time with both families and many wonderful gifts. Jerm and I cooked Christmas Day for his family, and I am proud to report no one has been reported missing :)

New Years is very fast approaching. I have been saying for a while that I can't wait for New Years to be here; to celebrate the end of a horrible year and to start fresh in 09'. I start to reminisce about all that we've been through this year and I make myself turn my mind off. I just can't do it right now.

I hope you all had a very merry and blessed Christmas. I know we did. Pictures coming soon. As soon as I replace our mouse. Landon somehow managed to snap the wires right in half. I don't call him "baby moose" for nothin' :)

A Near Miss @ the Hall's

If you're in the medical field... you know what a near miss is. For those of you who aren't... let me explain. It's like an almost DISASTER occuring. Something really bad that could potentially put someone's life in danger. Like overdosing them on meds, or administering the wrong type of blood. It's a big deal for it to...almost happen. 

A couple of days ago, Landon's glasses went missing. We finally ordered him a new pair about 2 weeks ago. Apparently the bigger the size, the more cash you shell out for them. The first pair we got in April after he had his accident was $150. These were $200. So imagine the desperation to find them after they went missing after only 2 weeks! We looked in all of his favorite hiding places. The drawers and cabinets, toy box, behind the tree, under beds & tables. We searched in the dishwasher, in the tub, through dirty and clean unfolded laundry. Jeremy even dug through a bag of trash that was due to go out the next morning. I moved furniture in the living room around in sheer desperation. "Please Lord I cannot afford ANOTHER pair of $200 dollar safety glasses!" Just when we were going to give up Jeremy pulled out the couch one more time and found them. They were stuck between the couch and the curtains. "Praise Jesus!"

This whole time we were searching for his glasses, Landon was jumping on the couch cushions we had torn off. He thought they were his own personal mini trampoline. Every time we asked him "Landon WHERE are your glasses?" all we got was "hmmmmmmm..." Thanks for the help son!

So all in all the near miss was avoided. Gosh I would have hated to put his life in danger if he actually would have lost them :)

A tree divided

Notice the "evidence" at his feet!

Does this tree look funny to you?  A little uneven maybe? Before we had a toddler, our tree was always pretty and fancy. A big bow on top with pretty snowflake ornaments. Most of them glass and glittery. It's not that I'm opposed to homey trees. I can't wait for Landon to bring home adorable trash bag wreaths and clothes pin reindeers to hang on our tree. We already have a couple of memorable ornaments. But in the meantime, this is what our tree looks like. All those pretty fancy ornaments clustered at the very top. He's already broken 5 glass balls! And he's obsessed with my Starbucks ornament which happens to be one of my favorites! Yesterday I found it in the toy box with his blocks! 

Our tree did not start out this way when we put it up. If you notice in the picture to the right, we did this by trial and error. After ornament #3 was demolished we started moving them up. After #5 came crashing down, I moved them ALL!

The surprising thing... he doesn't touch the presents. He doesn't even notice they're there. What's a gal to do? 

Snow in the deep south!

The outside of my parent's house during the "blizzard"

Our little Ham!

Bug meeting a real Frosty for the first time!

I know it has been a while since we posted. We are just enjoying the holiday season and counting our blessings. The snow this past Wed. was fantastic. We got out of our church group Wed. night and there was snow covering our cars. Our friends who moved here from Chicago to escape the snow were none too pleased! The rest of us were as goofy as our kids were. It was fantastic. Bug thoroughly enjoyed it. His daddy taught him how to throw snowballs at Mommy. Thank goodness none of them actually hit me.

His eye is fantastic. When he leaves it alone. We discovered the weekend after he got it that he was rotating it by himself. That is ultimately why it looked so thick and bulky and made his eye kind of bug out. We are in the process of teaching him to "fix your eye." Sometimes he turns it back around the right way and sometimes he just messes it up even more. We just attach the suction cup to it and rotate it around for him.  He's very much into telling everyone that he's two. Even though his birthday isn't until February. Why do kids always want to be older than they are?  

Things are fantastic with us. We hope they are well for you too! Promise to stay on top of the posting! Happy Holidays!