Toes

Well, I'm up. Before everyone else on a Saturday morning. Thinking I should take this time to spend on me, made some coffee, and now I might paint my toe nails, lol.

The game of life (Catching up with the Druba's)

Well hello there.......remember me?

I promised more than once that I would write and I never did. I have had a million reasons not to.

   Life here has been crazy since.....well really since Thanksgiving, but it rolled into Christmas, and on and on. I realized that I was way behind on photos as well, so I thought I would post some from the last two months. Not all, because after all there are a million I have taken between now and then, but I can spare some time for a few. I guess all the real crazy started around Christmas, and now it seems like months ago, not just one.
   The tree went up after Thanksgiving, and the kids and I decorated it. Norah was confused at why there was a tree in the house and why we were decorating it, but as soon as she saw all of the pretty treasures we were going to put on the tree I could see the approval on her face.

Speaking of faces, lol. We have had an amazingly warm winter this year, and several weeks ago the children were out playing in the back yard. Norah loves to play outside, loves to, and she was playing in the dirt while I was chatting with my aunt, when she turned around and I saw this!

Could you just die? Lol. She completely racooned herself with dirt, and was so, so proud. Here she is saying "Cheese".

Love my baby Girl!

She is such a character and I know I say this all the time, but she truly is, and I feel so lucky to have her my daughter. So here are a few more of her silly and cuteness, lol.

Norah is such a light in our lives, she definitely adds some more fun around here. 

Back to Christmas......

It was probably the best one we have had this far. The kids are truly loved by everyone, and we are so blessed to have all of the financial support that comes for Christmas. We were able to purchase some items for the children we really had wanted for them, and made the day special. Norah received a doll house for Christmas and a ride in push car. Patrick received a Lego table and new Lego's. The kids got oodles of other things, but those were the big ticket items. We did stockings and all, and a feast at my mothers later that evening. It was a perfect day, and Norah got the hang of opening gifts really fast.

Before Christmas, I wanted to get Christmas cards sent out, so I dressed up the kids and took some pictures. I took several of the kids together, but Patrick demanded his own photo shoot. Patrick is such a unique little man, and I love him so much, he will always be my baby boy, and it is so hard to look at him and see how big he is getting. Here are a few of my favorites of Patrick, lol.

He is a hoot, and loves to make funny faces and be in funny poses for pictures.

After Christmas Patrick got the stomach flu, as did Norah, but here he is all set up playing a game on the computer while he was sick, with Norah of course.

So like I said a lot going on. My sister moved in last week, and will be here for a while, and I am hoping for it to be a great experience for all of us. We worked really hard the two weeks before she came, and cleaned out our extra room, tiled the bathroom and painted, and so much more. By the end the room was set up for comfort and relaxation....I hope.

And last but not least today I wanted to talk about my husband, who I love dearly.

He is the best dad on the planet you know, I mean really. Here he is wearing Norah in the sling. She loves hanging out with him.

And they play so well together now. He loves her like a father should, and she is completely in love with him. And to top it off, as if he could not be even more awesome, he is an amazing husband as well. And this morning when I woke up, I found little love notes left all over the house for me. It was special for me, and made me feel loved. With all of the activity and stress the last few months it was a great way to cheer me up a bit. He is the best father and husband ever.