Christmas & New Years!!!!

This was Christmas Eve at my parents house, looks like everyone was good this year!

Well Christmas and New Years Eve is officially over! We took down our tree today while Tyler was taking a nap...and although I defiantly was ready for it, it also is a little sad. You spend all this time decorating and before you know it, its over in a flash! 

Christmas Eve was great with my immediate family, of course Tyler got spoiled by his Grandparents by getting trains, clothes and several other toys. Chad and I also got spoiled by Tyler's grandparents! I got some gift cards to my favorite stores (the only thing I asked for since I can't fit into cute clothes now, and it give me some motivation to get the baby weight off after so I can go buy some new threads) Chad got some really warm carhart bibs for work, and we also got a joined gift of DVD players for the car. I was super excited about that because that is what I wanted to buy from Target on black Friday but I couldn't get up to do it this year! The babies will really enjoy watching some cartoons when we are driving in the car! Thank you again to my wonderful parents!!!!!!!!

Daddy and Ty 

opening some presents

action shot

My hubby and I <3

Anne G at 19 weeks, and Me at 33 weeks. Anne also found out she is having a GIRL so our little cousin babies are going to be so close in age and hopefully can be great friends!!! :)

My parents and all their grandchildren!!! there will be 2 more (for sure) in 2011!!! So exciting!

So Christmas day was also great! Tyler and Chad and I had our own little family gift exchange! Tyler got a lot more from Santa!!! Then after that we all got ready and went to my Grandma's house for some more family time with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. It was a great day!

Tradition alert!!! Growing up my sisters and brother and I would run through a door of wrapping paper to the tree full of presents...It was my favorite so I decided to carry it on to my little family...Tyler didn't run through it but he did open it like a big present and then run to the tree.  I was really great to share that with my little man!!!!!!

Ty and his new keyboard!!! :)

His new tricycle from Santa

Ty and his new train table!!! He LOVED his new big boy room! We got it all on video of him running in there and going straight to that table it was great!

Ty in his new big boy bed!!!!

Tyler at his Great Grandma's house on Christmas day

After Christmas day we had the Lightner Christmas on Sunday the 26th, Ty got some really cute jammies from his Grandma Sherry and a train ride on thing from his aunt. Then on Monday, we had another with Cathy, Andrea, and my mom. Tyler got more awesome trains for his train set and some cute polos and really cool interactive book. Tyler really is a lucky little boy to have so many people who love him!!! 

So I realize that I should have broke this blog up into 2 separate blogs, but I have been so busy lately that this is just how they came...SORRY and thank you to those who have stuck it out for this long of a blog haha! 

New Years Eve was also great, Chad and my Dad installed a new water heater, so we don't have to worry about our basement flooding when it actually goes out, Ty, Maga, and I hung out and ran a couple errands while the men were at work :) I think it is so cute that Chad and my Dad can bond while doing a little manly work! And I am so thankful that my Dad is such a handy man that he can help us when it comes to home improvement...Pretty much my family is the bomb! (yep I just said the bomb...lol) Then we got ready to go to a little NYE party that was kid friendly so Tyler had lots of little friends to play with :) Ty loved playing with all the new toys (at times we had to remind him to share), it was really nice to get out and hang out with different families that are in the same stage of life as we are. Hopefully we can all get together again soon! Chad and I were at home by 9:30 and stayed up for midnight and went to bed directly after! No we weren't at some crazy party with a bunch of alcohol or at the club dancin the night away, but I would not have changed the way we spent it for anything!

Since it is 1/1/11, New Year's Day I should talk about my resolution for the year. It is to cook more different/healthy foods for Tyler to try and cut down on our fast food. Also I would like to try to be more patient with my Hubby, sometimes I feel like I don't give him enough credit for all he does for us, and I need to show more appreciation for that! I love him so much!!!! I wanted to do a little more than just to lose weight witch I know is a super popular one, and yes I will be losing weight from the baby weight but its not my resolution. Its just a normal goal.

2011 is going to be a great year!!! We will be welcoming little baby Aubrey soon (in a little less than 6 weeks) and Tyler will become a big brother! Chad and I will celebrate our 2 year anniversary already! I could not ask for a better year to come!!! Happy New Year everyone!