It's WAY too cold

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, I do not envy those who are working outside today. Hang in there fellas, spring is coming!

The big 1-0

Yesterday, Ian celebrated his tenth birthday! Double digits!

We had a really fun time last night with family, lots of laughs and cake of course! Everyone agrees that we are so blessed to have such an amazingly caring, sweet, bright, loving boy in our lives.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IAN BAE!

Snowy days

We were very lucky to have a white Christmas this year! I'm not sure I remember more than a few of those living here. It was really fun for the boys to play in. And we've been blessed with a few more little winter storms since then.

I like to look at the snow from the warmth of the living room, but yesterday I was feeling bad that I hadn't tussled around in the winter wonderland with Isaac. He wasn't thrilled to get all bundled up, but once we were out there he was in heaven!

One of our neighbors dogs hopped over the fence to join in the fun with us, after a few licks and a lot of laughs, she jumped back over the fence into her yard.

Isaac loved tasting the snow from different parts of the yard, which was hilarious. He just had such a blast, I forgot how much I don't like being cold!!

It's been a while. . .

I still can't believe that the holidays have come and gone. They seemed to flash by so fast before my eyes!

Thanksgiving was a big success, Ian and Michael helped me to create a marvelous feast, which we then schlepped to my parents house. Poor Isaac didn't eat anything except crackers that day, so his belly was too full for any turkey.

Christmas came zooming in at 100 mph. The boys had a blast making cookies for Santa. Who must have really loved them, because he certainly blessed us with lots of fun toys and gifts!

Baba and Gigi (Michael's parents) came to visit for the Christmas holiday, unfortunately we got slammed with a terrible winter storm, and he had to get home before he got stuck. Baba stayed the whole week, which was wonderful! We had such a great visit with her, and can't wait for them both to come back!

New Years was pretty quiet around here, I think we were all asleep, or just about, before the ball even dropped!

We celebrated our nephew Jacob's birthday, and now it's on to Ian's big day on Tuesday! I can't believe that he's going to be TEN! A whole decade old, man how time really does fly by.

Testing, Testing

I have to admit, the thought of the holidays rapidly approaching is giving more than just a bit of anxiety.

Thankfully, I bought Isaac a great Christmas sweater months ago. I bundled him up and we took full advantage this afternoon of the first bit of sunshine we've seen in weeks!!

Now that I have a plethora of photos to choose from, now I'm off in search of the perfect photo card to send out. Wish me luck. . .

Halloween Delight

I realize this is a tad bit late, but I'm going to just run with it.

This year for Halloween, Isaac and I were invited to a party just for babies. It was loads of fun! It was comical to try and line them all up for a group shot, but I pushed to get it done. These are the kids who we hang out with the most, and I have a feeling, we will for many years to come. I thought it would be a sweet idea to get a group shot of them every year. (notice how not a single parent is looking at the camera) Isaac was a tiger (thanks to EBay). He's really perfected his tiger growl, so I thought it was fitting.

We also went to a party at one of the local libraries, which was also a blast. There was a mini haunted house, tons of sweet treats, Isaac stuck to pretzels, coloring, and even a hay ride.

I didn't take him out that night, since he doesn't eat sweets, unfortunately I discovered he too is allergic to chocolate. A cupcake at the party, had bad results. We have many, many years to take advantage of the nighttime fun of Halloween. We tried to do it in reverse, bring all the sweets we had at our house to my brothers', but Isaac fell asleep before we even left the driveway!

The Pumpkin Festival

This afternoon, our favorite local farm, Morning Glory Farm, hosted a pumpkin festival! I'm not quite sure how I had never been before, or how I'd never even heard of it before, but I'm so happy that we went!

There were many pumpkin themed activities, pumpkin carving, painting, bowling, ect. Lots of pumpkin treats, pies, cakes, donuts, soups. And lots of other yummy smelling food, which is all grown or raised (beef/chicken) on the farm.

My mom, Isaac and I bundled up, it was so chilly today, and headed down the street. I could not believe how many people were there! The cars were backed up for more than a mile on each side of the road, before and after the farm itself.

Once we were there, we saw two young Alpacas, the same baby cows we had seen a few weeks before, they're still just as tiny. They must have remembered Isaac, because they welcomed him back with wet, warm kisses.

We went on a hay ride, saw a few gorgeous ponies, and admired all the glorious pumpkins! I'm not quite sure how it happened, but we managed to leave without eating anything with pumpkin, and we left without one! Ha, good thing we're close by!