Hello out there. It has definitely been awhile since I last posted. Things are going great on our end. We enjoyed the holiday season and I must say that this Christmas was one of my best ever. Will has been on leave since Christmas Eve (he goes back to work tomorrow) so we have spent a lot of family time together. Although I have enjoyed having him home, I'm ready to get back into a regular daily routine with the boys especially since Will will be gone for training quite a bit over the next few months.
We managed to sneak in a mini session with What the Focus Photography over the holidays. I planned to send out Christmas cards but that was an epic fail. I figured I'd share some of our pictures here and just plan to send out cards during the year (maybe for Valentine's Day). Anyways, here are a few shots that we took at the Weiden Christmas Market.
Anyone recognize that "Elf" quote?! Love that movie. Anyways, Liam got to see Santa today. I thought we were going to have a meltdown but he just sat on Santa's lap. He looked up at him and then lightly touched Santa's cheek. It was all smiles and waving from there!
Liam and Santa 2011
In other news, our little man will be one in two days! We took birthday/family pictures on Sunday and are in the process of planning his birthday. This has definitely been an interesting, fun yet tiring week and it's only Wednesday! We will be back soon with lots of pictures and one year appointment stats.
It's almost time for my favorite holiday so to get in the spirit of Christmas, I decided to participate in this meme. If you decide to do it, let me know and I'll check yours out!
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps them!
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? I like white lights but now that we have Liam, I'm thinking about giving colored lights a chance.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? I've never hung mistletoe but I think I may this year.
5. When do you put your decorations up? Day after Thanksgiving (or sometimes after Thanksgiving dinner)
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Receiving our presents from my aunt in Chicago.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I never believed in Santa...I feel like I missed out though.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes!
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Usually just lights, tinsel and bulbs. I really want to have a standard Christmas tree decoration as Liam gets older.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I love the snow until I have to go outside.
12. Can you ice skate? I've never gone. Maybe this will be the year for a trip to the rink.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Liam. He made his entrance nine days before Christmas :)
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with family and eating lots of food.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Usually peach cobbler.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? My family doesn't really have any traditions. I hope to make plenty of them with Liam and Will though.
17. What tops your tree? Ribbon.
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
I prefer giving gifts.
19. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum? Yum.
20. Favorite Christmas show? How the Grinch Stole Christmas
21. Saddest Christmas Song? Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters
22. What is your favorite Christmas song? Christmastime is Here - The New Frontiers
I had so many plans for Halloween but procrastination got the best of me. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that I had expected Will to be home for Halloween and once we realized that wasn't going to happen, it just didn't feel the same. So, like a bad mommy, I waited until the last minute to get Liam a costume (he was Robin and I was a bunny). We met up with family and attended a Trunk or Treat event. I had never heard of this before but it was at a local church and was a safe way to entertain children with games and candy. After the event, we met up with more family to do a little more trick or treating. Liam fell asleep on the way there so he slept through all of the house to house candy gathering.
I am really glad that I decided to get him a costume and take him out. We spend a lot of time at home so it was nice to be able to get out and spend time with other kids. Liam seemed to have fun (during the part he was awake for) and I even got a chance to sneak his mask on while he was napping.
And now to the fun part: A few pictures!
The past week or so has been pretty laid back for Liam and I. We've been trying to stay cool, getting the house in tip-top shape, attempting to crawl (well, mostly Liam, I mastered crawling years ago), mailing birthday packages (post to come once Will receives his package in the mail) and enjoying the festivities of the 4th of July holiday.
Our town has an annual fair-style event for the 4th of July holiday so Liam and I attended the first day of the event along with his godmother, Krystal, and her daughter. It was unbelievably hot and things too a turn for the worse when Krystal passed out while getting food. She was fine after drinking water and sitting for awhile but needless to say, that was the only day we ended up at the fair.
I can't seem to find my camera so I snapped a few pictures of Liam pre-fair on my iPad.
Baby Wayfarers and he loved them!
"Please Mom, no more pictures!"
We did partake in a few 4th of July festivities including a barbeque on the 4th. We stayed away from the fireworks for two reasons: 1) Liam is far to small to do anything of the sort and 2) I am a little scared of fireworks. It I had my way, Liam would only want to play with sparklers but since that's very unlikely, fireworks will be a Daddy job.
So, all in all, our holiday was pretty mellow. We're relaxing this weekend in preparation for a week of daycare and hotel room living since I have to work at my base. Hope you all have a relaxing weekend as well.
