Merry Christmas to all...

Alyssa and my conversation before we went to bed...

Alyssa: "Oh mom, that's Santa" (as she talks about the Santa she had just seen on the TV).
Me: "Yes, honey, that was Santa".
Alyssa: "Santa brings presents".
Me: "Yes, honey, Santa is going to bring presents really soon".
Alyssa: "Santa bring toys, and clothes, and presents".
Me: "Yes, honey, Santa will bring toys and clothes and presents".
Alyssa: "And cake, Santa bring cake too".
Me: "No, honey, Santa will not bring cake. This is Christmas not a birthday party".
Alyssa: "Oh, Christmas".
Me: "Yes, Christmas".

She cracks me up!

We are pretty much all set for Christmas. I still have a couple gifts to wrap and then that is it. I can't stop getting things for the girls though. They are going to be so completely overwhelmed by toys over the weekend. It's crazy!

Yesterday at work, a girl came up to me and said she had a TMX Elmo that she was going to take back if I didn't want to buy it. I stewed over the decision to buy it for 4 hours! I kept thinking that I am done with both of them and they don't need any more toys. But, on the other hand, I think Alyssa really will like it and I even think Morgan will get a kick out of him giggling and laughing. So, I bought it. Santa is going to bring it to both of them for Christmas.

I've already decided next year I WILL have a plan for Christmas. Each child will get a certain amount of money that we will spend on them and we will NOT go over it (too much...hee hee). I'm going to take more time to carefully plan out gifts and what I want to get for them. This year I didn't have a plan, bought too much, and spent too much.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!!

I'm still here.

So, has it really been over a month since I last posted?!? Oh my gosh, where is this year going?? I can't believe how extremely fast this year has flown by!

I'd love to come on here and tell everything that is going on and has been going on, but I just don't the time to write THAT much. So, I'll try to summarize everything.

My baby girl is growing up way too fast. She is 9 months today! NINE MONTHS! She has developed such an adorable personality. She loves to watch her big sister and play with her toys. Alyssa isn't so fond of sharing them, but Alyssa does love her little sister very much.


Morgan still isn't rolling over regularly. She has almost done it a few times, which makes me believe that she can, but she chooses not to. This time around I'm not too worried about it. I'm enjoying the immobility while it lasts. I know once Morgan is moving she is going to give me a run for my money. Alyssa was an awesome baby...never got into anything. I can already tell by Morgan's behavior that she is going to be a pistol.


Alyssa is also growing way too fast. She has the most amazing little 2.5 year old personality! It is so fun to have someone to communicate with and play games and cuddle and say "I love you mommy" all the time. She has her toddler moments, but she really is a good girl!! The potty training is still going. She doesn't want to go #2 in the potty, but most of the day, she is dry. She likes to roam the house naked though and really fights me to put underwear on. Santa is going to bring her some Ariel underwear, so hopefully she will be excited to wear those. When she roams naked though, she never has an accident. So, in that respect we are doing awesome!!















Here are a couple pictures we put on our Christmas cards this year. You know how hard it is to get two babies to cooperate for a photo shoot. Well, it's damn near impossible.

As for me...I'm going strong. I've been busier than ever trying to get everything together for Christmas. We heard some bad news of my mom having breast cancer. That was some hard news for me to take. She goes in for surgery tomorrow to have a lumpectamy and hopefully after all her treatments and everything she will be cancer free. She really is in good health, so I have faith that she will recover very well from all of this.

I continue to go to Weight Watchers and just hit my 50 pound mark. If you want to see a couple pics, check out my weight loss blog! I'm super excited to still be going strong with eating the healthy way!

More to come soon in the future!!