"Mama, It's my very own Bethlehem!"

Christmas Eve started with daddy reading the Christmas story to the kids and then our new tradition of scattering "Magic Reindeer Food" in the backyard.  After leaving cookies, milk and a note for Santa.  Gracie and Nate were snug in their beds.  Donnie and I were up till three, setting up the Christmas tree.  When the kids finally woke up, Gracie ran into the living room and upon seeing the gifts under the tree said, "Mama, It's my very own Bethelehem!".  We gave Gracie a nativity set to play with and of all the gifts under the tree this was the first thing she noticed.  Baby Nate was in a daze until he discovered his scooter, very 1st. trike and his favorite item of the day... a very noisy jackhammer from Uncle Jimmy!  

Happy Holidays!!!

Today we dressed up to go visit Santa at the mall and finish our Christmas shopping. Nathan wore these very special Rudolph overalls that belong to his TT.  The overalls are over 20 years old and have now been worn by both of my kids... Never made it to see Santa, Gracie fell in the parking lot at the restaurant and skinned up her knee.  Good thing we gave Santa our list when we saw him at Nathan's birthday party!

Nathan's Birthday Party

Nathan's birthday Party was so much fun!  All of our amazing friends were here to celebrate our boy with us and even Santa stopped by for a visit.  

Happy 2nd Birthday Nathan John

The Birthday Boy

Cake Party!!!
Proud Big Sister

Gracie baked and both kids decorated Nathan's birthday cake today.  We cannot believe that our little boy is two years old.  Nathan is a great little guy.  He loves to cuddle, chase his sister and just be a part of whatever everyone else is doing.  Nate is just starting to talk.  His first words were CiCi (Gracie), Mama, Dada and Tractor.  A few of Nathan's favorite things (in random order) right now are...  

1. Daddy, Mama and big sister Gracie

2. Tractors

3. Scooby Doo

4.  Being a Naked Boy

5.  Sea World

6. Hitting balls off of his t-ball tee

7. Trains

8. Picking up dog poop in his big backyard with Daddy.

9. Friends

10. Motorcycles

11.   The Beach

12. Eating Apples (Mommy has to take the skin off first)

13.   Balls

14. Our BIG Backyard

15. Finding lizards in are yard and worms in our garden

Shameless Bragging

Welcome to our blog.  

Watching Gracie and Nate grow up, change and experience new things each day is our greatest gift.  

"Shamelessly bragging" about our kids and sharing our adventures with family and friends will be so much fun.  Please enjoy and let us know what you think!

Love,

Loraine