MERRY MERRY Christmas 2011!

MERRY Christmas!!!

What a wonderful Christmas this year! Grady was REALLY into the whole thing, and it brought tears to my eyes and happiness to my heart to see both boys light up & be so excited over the whole day. The magic of Christmas has been renewed for Nick and I, and I was able to really take in the blessings of our family. The boys are so loved by their grandparents, aunts, uncles & extended family & friends. God is good!!

Christmas Eve! These outifts are TOTAL blackmail material :)

Grady in front of our tree...I love this one...he was so happy.



Cookies are out for Santa!

Gram's house...Grady picked out this Cinderella doll for his cousin Samantha

Uncle Scott & Grady on Xmas Eve!

Nick & Gram!

Nick and I on Christmas Eve

Nick & Uncle Scott putting together the boys new tractor on Xmas Eve...they finished at 11pm!

Santa has arrived!!!!

Grady was up at 5:45am!!!! We managed to keep him upstairs playing with his stocking and watching Mickey Mouse's Christmas in our room till 8am when Chase woke...

Gifts from Poppy & Carol!

TOY CENTRAL!!

Our adult gift exchange...Davey always cleans up!

Davey's FAVORITE gift...DORITOS...AND it was buy one, get one free, so he scored this Xmas!

Happy 10th Anniversary to us!

Nick and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary in NYC!! NYC was the first trip we took after we got married (except our honeymoon), so we thought it would be fun to visit again 10 years later...We had a wonderful time! Lots of walking, lots of shopping, Lots of food, and we even caught Spiderman on Broadway, which was absolutely amazing!!!

Eating dinner our first night...we loved to get a spot next to the windows...people watching is AWESOME in NYC...

I got us tickets to my favorite talk show, Wendy Williams....Nick was a good sport, and he actually ended up enjoying it...and I got lots of camera time (as I later discovered at home on my dvr)...we had guests, JWOWW (Jersey Shore), Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Suburgatory), and Ivanka Trump (post taping)...I had a BLAST!

Our spot in the audience...we got a good spot & it was all entertaining!

My girl, Wendy! She was actually very professional, and the show was well done.

During one of our walking trips, we stopped in a diner, and Nick got the BIGGEST piece of cheesecake! He ate the whole thing..BUT, it didn't stop him from eating LOTS more that day :)

More Family Photo Shoot

Family Photo Shoot!!

Moose on the loose!!

Angel face

Don't have time to add all the pics, but here's a teaser of our family photo shoot! My friend, Lynn's, younger sister Kelly is getting into the photography business, so we gave her a shot...she did great!

Gahanna Holiday Lights Parade!

The Gahanna Lights parade was back this year, and the Hague's, Hauser's & Gram were there! The kids seemed to really enjoy being outside & the weather was great!

My Grady boy...he loved the parade! He could do without seeing Santa...BUT, is very much looking forward to Santa bringing gifts!




Our Chase-monster...He just wanted to run & be free...and dance to the Xmas music!

Miss Samantha (as Uncle Nick calls her)...she loves to get her picture taken! And she loved the parade too!

The girls!!!
*including the baby girl in Aunt Lauren's belly!

Gram & Nick!

Gram & Grady!

Happy Thanksgiving 2011!!

Happy Thanksgiving! My dad made another delicious turkey this year, and we hosted both our families at our house! We ate, played games & visited! It was a great time!

Dad & his bird!





Grady was SO tired, I put him to bed at 7:30pm...when Nick and I came up at 11pm, this is where we found Grady...in our doorway! He was so delirious, he didn't remember doing this in the morning :)

Happy 10th Birthday Lola!!!!

In March 2002, Nick and I adopted our Lola-girl from the Humane Society. And believe it or not, she is 10 yrs old!!! Nick always says it's the best $50 we ever spent. She is such a good dog, and has always been a loving animal to us & the boys. I think some part of her knows her fate could have been different.

Lola got a birthday Christmas tree cake for her birthday, and we sang "Happy Birthday"!

She devoured it!!! of course...

Grady loves a good birthday celebration, so he was very into this event!

Thanksgiving Feast!

Today was Grady's Thanksgiving feast at school! I was the classroom mom, and Grady was THRILLED I was staying! He doesn't do well with the special events (out of his routine), so he was super happy I was there to see him through this event! It was a really cute day, and half the kids at school were pilgrims, and the other half were indians, and each class sat across from each other so the groups could mingle & snack!

My little Indian!

Grady & Ms. Lori...they have a special relationship, and are very close!

Grady's gal pal, Ella, and her feast!

Their "feast" consisted of goldfish, popcorn, raisens & pumpkin bread...so sweet!

Chase's Birth Day Fun!!

Today is my sweet Chase's actual birthday!! Since Grady had school, I wanted to do something special just for him!

His morning birthday picture! He seemed to get it was a special day

After taking him to Target to pick out a gift, I took him to a playground since it was gorgeous out!

After Grady got out of school, we went to daddy's work to pick him up for lunch at Wendys!

Birthday kiss from Daddy!

Mommy, Chase & Grady! Grandpa joined us too!

This was Chase's birthday treat on his birthday plate after dinner!

Yummy! He loved it!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Chase!

Wanted to share Chase's 2nd year video...enjoy!!

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Chase's 2nd Birthday Party!

For Chase's 2nd Birthday we had a party at Graeters Ice Cream, and the party was a great success...LOTS of kids, cake & play time! Chase really had a wonderful party, and he especially loved being sung to! Love him so much!!!

Party go-ers in the party room...there was also an indoor play area, which the kids loved!

Uncle Scott made cupcakes as going away favors...they were delicious!

All the kids singing "happy birthday"!

Iggy on the slide!

Chase and Sophie eating dinner...they are 1 week apart in age.

Chase's cake!

Chase DYING to eat the cake...

Chase shoveling cake in his mouth with mommy & Gram!

Mommy, Chase & Poppy!