Collin's Big Boy Bed

We are going to blame this one on Daddy-but it had to happen eventually. Daddy got out the big boy bed and put it together. Collin seemed very excited but of course any change wreaks havoc for a week or so. The first night he lasted until about 3 am. The next night I think 5am and last night, not at all. We slept on the couch!! Actually, he fell asleep in bed with Wyatt and when I came up to bed, it woke him up and there was no returning from that mistake! I took him downstairs and we fell asleep on the couch. I think he's playing us so he doesn't have to sleep in his bed!! He gets up about twice and sneaks out of his room but we just tell him to go back to bed and he does-so far! We will see what the next few weeks bring. He has been such a good sleeper, hopefully we didn't mess it up!


All smiles until reality sets in at bedtime-lol!


You have to jump on it to make sure it's sturdy!!





Bye Bye crib! ;*(


Night Night! Fingers crossed!

The 3 Musketeers get their picture taken-kind of...

What can I say???

Crazy Christmas Catch Up

Well, at least a start. Once again I have fallen behind and been MIA from my blogging duties. The decorations are put away, the tree is at the curb and best of all the food is GONE!!! So now perhaps I will have a little extra time to catch up with our lives and our blog!!




This was actually a very good Christmas. I was ahead of the game with my shopping and wrapping. Thanks to Trina, I don't really have to worry about cleaning and getting the house presentable. A cleaning lady is worth her weight in GOLD!! I love my cleaning lady...love her, love her , love her...yes, I love her! I haven't cleaned a bath tub, toilet or floor for as long as I can remember and you know what? I don't miss it one bit! Anyway, I was fairly prepared this year and didn't have too many stressful moments. Maybe a few, but nothing holiday ruining! No family drama to speak of. Collin got to spend a lot of time with his cousins, we did lots of fun Christmas stuff and we actually had some relaxing down time almost every weekend. Sometimes I contemplate changing my days off so that Collin is home with one of us 5 days instead of 3 but then I think the together time we spend on our weekends just hanging out is priceless. He gets the best of both worlds-mom and dad!




So on to our holiday!! Of course, I remember I still haven't covered Thanksgiving but it will give me something to blog about in February when we are bored out of our minds with cabin fever.




I started off the Christmas season by making an Advent or Christmas countdown calendar. Collin loved tearing into the little cup every day to see what was inside. Some days he got presents, like a puzzle or a book and other days a little trinket like a Christmas stamper. Everyday there was candy! I think that was why he was so excited-he doesn't usually get candy at home so it was a big treat. I found out the kid loves chocolate and Christmas candy corn. He would always grab the chocolate and stuff it in his mouth like we were going to try to steal it from him!






We had our family picture taken in the beginning of November for our Christmas card and Santa just happened to be at the mall that day so we took Collin over to visit. It's always a crap shoot with any small kid, a camera and a stranger in a funny suit but he did pretty well. It was good practice for the next 50 times he would get his picture with Santa in the coming weeks!








To be continued...