rain rain go away

Poor John received four shots today and Grace got one. John was traumatized but Grace took it in stride and didn't even cry. She told me she was "being brave." I think it helped that my mom gave her a doctor's kit for Christmas. She has been busy making us "all better" with shots and by listening to our hearts and looking in our ears constantly. Of course to add to our delightful day there has been a major down pour and I just looked out the window and the garbage man managed to drop a dirty diaper on our drive way which probably has been sitting there getting soaked for about 4 hours now. nasty.

In other news I finished Mocking Jay last night and SPOILER ALERT I wasn't that excited about the ending. I wanted her to be with Gale, Peeta just seems too big and doughy. Anybody else read it?

Wedding Anniversary!!!

It is my anniversary today and poor Neil is trapped in Dallas so I am going to list four reasons I am glad I got married to a certain gentleman four years ago.
1. Neil makes muddy buddies for me without being asked- this is especially wonderful when I am pregnant
2. He works hard so we don't have to worry about homelessness, starvation, and nakedness
3. He likes our little kiddos
4. and most importantly he can hang curtains :)
XOXO Happy Anniversary!!!
I just wish I could go back and relive my wedding day, it was perfect. And talk about perfection, take a look at this-
YUMMM

Happy Birthday John!!!

OK blogger is hating on me and the pictures are loading all weird- sorry if the captions don't match the pic!
Here are some pics from John's big day

Lets just say his cake contained two pounds of chocolate mousse, thanks Grandma!

"Hmmmm, what do we have here?"


John surprised us with his mad fork skills- but it proved more time effective to throw off the constraints of society and dig right in
Here are Neil and John
And after much deliberation and sampling I think John decided he liked the cake after all
After some clean up came presents and Grace was happy to help John out with the unwrapping
More presents
And a kiss for the birthday boy!

Chicago

Guess who turns 1 tomorrow?

Little John-o! And he loves having his picture taken.


And here is a picture of Gracies with the littlest snowman ever that she built with her Aunt Maricruz. Grace pounded on the door and demanded a carrot. I assumed she wanted it for her snowman's nose but no- she just wanted a snack.
And finally here is a picture which reminds me of my childhood. My brother Ty attacking someone :)

Jingle bells, Jingle bells

Hurray! I have only one more Christmas present to get! The kids and I flew to Chicago and I have been out shopping with my mom so, of course, the one person I still have to buy for is her. My brother, Ty, claims John took his first steps today while I was up stairs but I'm not sure if I believe it. Grace has decided she prefers to call Santa "that ho ho guy" instead of Santa. John has discovered biting and apparently it gives him great joy. I plopped John down on top of my littlest brother Troy and John proceeded to attack his bottom and give it four vicious chomps before I could grab him. Then he tried to bite his Grandma's leg and chased her around the couch. Keep in mind he was laughing hysterically during all of this. The little turkey. Grace also delights in "putting stuff up high so John-o can't get it" quote from the G-ster. Oh and we are having a little girl!! I don't think I posted when we found out because I was waiting to scan the ultra sound but it doesn't look like we are going to be doing that any time soon. So yes it is a girl and I bought her the cutest little dress this week :)