SOOO... Mike and I have talked for a long time about every Christmas (and all year for that matter) adopting a family or charity ect... This year, one of my personal resolutions is to do more of these types of things. I personally feel not only does it do a lot of great things for those of us that are less fortunate, but it helps us (and our children) appreicate the things we have WAY more and helps us to not get caught up in the material soooo much. By posting this I hope it is a way for ALL of you to hold me personally responsiable to KEEPING my resolution!! I plan on posting to keep you all up to date with our progress and to hopefully give everyone some inspiration and ideas of things we can all do. I am by no means planning on doing as much as I would hope I could do but just little bits! Next year for Christmas instead of buying gifts for everyone (except for the kids) we hope to adopt a family like ours. I encourage any one who wants to join in this to do so, also feel free to come to me if u need info, or would like to donate. This is gonna be A GREAT YEAR!!! Happy New Years everyone feel free to comment on all of your resolutions!!

Sorry for the delay having issues with my computer!! Merry Christmas everyone!! Well Santa came to our house BIG time (and Michaels grammy's, Michaels Nana and Papas, and pretty much everyone else house we've been too). The BIG toy Santa brought was his ball pit (the big frog at the top) he gets to use it in the summer as a pool too!! Mommy and Daddy pretty much had to wake him up that day first tme in months hes slept that late and we had lots of places to be that day! Plus we couldnt stand it any longer!! My WHOLE family came over Christmas Eve for dinner, it was great needless to say as usall it left me and Mike feeling as if we need a bigger house ;) Then Christmas day Mikes dad AKA Papa came over to watch him open presents, then off to Magas, Papas and Grammys house (my mom and grandparents) he opened a ton of stuff there (well we did, Michael enjoyed a wide cuisine of paper and bows, tasty!) we had a nice breakfast and then off to Aunties Jen and Uncle Joes house with ALL of his cousins and Aunties! (For the record Michael has appox 14 Aunties!!!) (Most of them blood). Then we had one last stop to the Crazy mans house that has appox 50-75 blow up Christmas decorations!! A MUST SEE;) FFEEWW that its another major milestone over :( MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Some pretty cute pictures if I do say so myself! Ok, ok sorry havent posted in forever but I am sure you all have noticed its CHRISTMAS!!! These are some pics w/ santa. (sorry if they are "dodgy" ;) LOL) If you read my cousins Tara's blog you know I had to take them off of their area and as you can see I dont have a steady hand so when you zoom its blurry. So of course I paid $20 for 1--5x7 so I had a good one!! ( I honestly dont think it is much better than mine) But what else is Christmas for but to shell out the dough! I am kiding of course Christmas is my favorite holiday so thats why I havent been posting because I try my hardest to do every possiable fun Christmas tradition there is, not to mention it is my busiest time at work. If anyone has a different or favorite traidtion they wanna share with me i would love to hear them! Hope you all enjoy the next week or two cuz thats about all we have left for this year. Probebly wont post again until after the holiday so everyone have a happy and safe holiday season---Lisa

BOYS WILL BE BOYS!!

Yay!!! Here they are the infamous photo's that I have been talking about and waiting for I promise I will stop talking about them! Thank you as usual tarapolcarophoto.blogspot.com

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

As like a lot of people like to do on Thanksgiving I wanted to talk about some things I am thankful for this year.
I am thankful for screaming babies at 3am, poopy diapers that not only fill the diaper but go all the way up the back and all the way down the leg (if you've every changed one of my boys diapers you know yesit is possiable), I am thanjful for a screaming baby everytime I put him down, and of course a baby that desides he wants his bottle an hour early when I am stuck in traffic and am 20min away from home (which is eternity a screaming baby).
Why you ask would you choose those things to be thankful for? Monday I was feeling miserable as I was up a total of 3 hours the night before with a teething baby and feeling a little hormonal as us women do sometimes ;). I took Michael to his P.T. appt (he has a minor neck condition and should grow out of it by about his 1st birthday) and as I am sitting there talking to this lady that is telling me how beautiful he is and I started to cry a little this women was there with her son who was probebly about 7 yrs old and she was talking with his physical therapist about how excited she is because they got him to blink in response to her and her husband. This little boy will never walk, never talk, eat, or do anything on his own and this women is so happy! How dare I be upset about a few missed hours sleep in comparison to what she goes through on a daily basis, and what she wont get to go through (like the first bump on the head from his first fall from walking).
In short this women was my angel for this Holiday season so I ask we all think of those who are worse off then us and remember them. I know it seems like with jobs lost and markets the way they are it seems hard to do, but I know I have my family a great husband who take care of me and loves his son to the core, and food on the table in front of me. What more could I ask for??
Happy Thanksgiving everyone I love you all have a wonderful day eating with our families (yes even if they are crazy and drama filled we will tke um'). ----Lisa

Well.....last month when we went to Michael's dr. (for a normal checkup) he casually mentioned to me that if he hadnt already Michael will probebly start to show signs of separation anxiety (SA). Well I didn't say this to him I didn't want to insult a man of his intellagence but "not my Michael", I said to myself. Not the little baby who is perfectly content playing by himself on the livingroom floor while I start dinner or playing in his highchair peacefully. That SA crap is for high strung babies with high strung mommies (unlike myself ;).

I WAS WRONG!!!

Apperently high strung mommies only get this way from going through the SA phase!!

LAUGHING OUT LOUD!!

This picture I took after I walked out of Michael's sight, (I was trying to capture the screaming face but he stops as soon as he see's me).

Michael went as a bumble bee for halloween. BEE HAPPY--and he was for sure (mostly). Michaels whole room is bumble bees so we decided to stick with that idea for his first halloween. He did get some candy and dont worry I know he is to little to eat it so I did =). It was an amazing day for it, it was sunny all day and actually got warm, so warm that we had to keep taking off his costume cuz he got too hot!! That never happens around here!! As a kid I can remember trick or treating in snow a few times.

Poltergiese action!

TRICK-OR-TREAT? I think this one is a treat for sure!

Here we are at the apple orchard and the pumpkin patch last Friday (Oct.24th). Tara and a WHOLE BUNCH of family and friends to take our pictures ( god bless her!!!). It was a great day minus a little wind but who doesnt love the rosey cheeks and flowing hair look. Tara was in her "zone" and yet still managed to smile and laugh all day! Michaels auntie Stacy came with us too, she took some pics for her class thats she is taken. I will definately be sure to post some of theirs later when I get them as I am sure they are a thousand times better then mine.

Tara in her "zone".

Taking a break with my boy!

Upside down baby!

ISN'T HE THE CUTEST!

Just some pics been meaning to post. I wanna give my cousin Tara a shout out as she of course took them (tarapolcarophotography.blogspot.com) As usual they are amazing. He was 4 months old in these pictures.