Mommy Monday - Dec 2013

With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays I didn't have a chance to post much but here is the december update on the kids.

Age: 3 years
Height: 3ft 4in

Weight: about 37lbs

Favorite Food: Macaroni & Cheese with Hotdogs

Favorite Fruit: Bananas

Favorite Movie: Any cartoon Christmas movie

Favorite TV Show: Sofia the First

Other: Lilly really enjoyed watching all the different Christmas movies and helping me get ready for Santa to come. Her favorite part of the month was all the cookies we made especially the ones we made for Santa. And they must have been really good cookies because he brought her lots of toys this year.

Age: 1year+1month

Height: 2ft 4in

Weight: 21 lbs

Diapers: size 3

Eats: 2 bottles a day and real people food, no more jar food!
Favorite Food: Cookies

Other: Logan had his first real Christmas this year (he was only a month old last year) and this included lots of cookie eating and present opening! Logan isn't walking on his own just yet but he does fine getting around holding onto the couch and to our hands. 

Christmas 2013

This was our first Christmas in Italy, and it was a pretty good one.

I participated in the post Christmas Revue and we got to do all kinds of things with the kids, we decorated cookies and the Christmas tree, We were even sent a special guest by Santa. This was Logan's first real Christmas considering last year he was only a month old, and between that and his birthday he made out pretty well in the gift department. All in all it was a good Christmas for us, the only thing that would have made it better would have been having the rest of our family with us to celebrate.

here are are few pictures of our holiday season...

Happy Holidays everyone!

SANTA! Oh My Gosh! SANTA'S COMING ! ! !

Yes.

I am one of those people. You know the ones... The ones that get way too excited for Christmas, way too early. Yep, that's me! 

I think that fact that i have to order Christmas gifts super early due to being overseas and all just makes it worse.

This year we will be introducing a reindeer to the kids... Kind of like the whole Elf on The Shelf thing but way cheaper. I just couldn't bring myself to spend $30 on a doll, so instead I found this cute $6 reindeer.



I plan on doing all the same things with this as you could do with the elf.

There are only 43 Days until Christmas and me and Lilly watch at least one Christmas movie a day thanks to Netflix. Here are some of our favorite holiday movies.

• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
• A Christmas Story
• The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
• Polar Express
• Elf
• Home Alone
• The Santa Clause
• Jingle All The Way
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
• Frosty The Snowman
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• Mickey's Christmas Carol
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town
• Miracle on 34th Street
• Christmas with the Kranks

The list could go on an on. I promise not to post about Christmas again until after Thanksgiving.

Ho ho ho!!!

Merry Christmas!

So as some of you may know we went to Michigan for Christmas this year. Needless to say its been a blast so far! We went to our first green bay Packers game, took Lilly sledding and taught her to make snow angels, spent some quality time with our family, and woke up and exchanged gifts.

Lilly was so excited when she saw all of the gifts that Santa had brought for her. She wanted to play with every toy as she opened them. Once they were all open she couldn't decide what she wanted to play with.

Logan even got a couple of things. Obviously he isn't old enough to understand what was going on but he was not left out.

Once all the gifts were unwrapped and some toys opened for Lilly we went to grandpa's house for dinner. Now everyone is home and napping (except for me).

I'm so thankful that Mr. W and I had the opportunity to come home for the holidays and to give our kids a wonderful Christmas. And I just wanna say before I end this post, we all need to be thankful for what we receive this holiday season because not everyone is so lucky. I hope everyone had a great holiday!

Merry (belated) Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

So Christmas morning I got a surprise phone call from Mr. W. which was pretty much the best present ever. we didn't talk long but it was nice to hear his voice.

Our day started around 10:30ish and we opened our presents and since it was Lilly's first Christmas you can only imagine some of the things she got. Some items include a GIANT stuffed monkey, a "sing-a-ma-jig", and A ball that lights up and moves on its own... cool but kind of interesting. She had fun playing with all her toys but i think her favorite one so far is a little baby doll that her gammy and papaw gave her. She still has another Christmas coming in a couple of weeks when we go see my dad in Florida. By time all of the Christmas presents have been opened Lilly is going to have more toys than she knows what to do with, but i don't think she'll mind.

I hope everyone else had a great Christmas and has a very Happy New Year as well

Catch-Up

So I've been slacking in the blogging department for about a week now but I'm on vacation so can you blame me? anyways.... So last Friday Lilly and I left for Michigan. We flew from LA, to Dallas, to Chicago, and finally arrived in MI... Thankfully there was a nice USO center in the Dallas airport with a nice little kids area with a highchair and stuff so i could sit and feed Lilly in a quiet area. Not to mention how I was lucky enough to have my fabulous daughter be an angel the whole time... there was no crying or fussing on the airplanes or in the airports...

we also made a new friend on our flight from Dallas to Chicago... our flight attendant Christy... she was so sweet...

we finally got to MI and rested up and the next day was shopping and set up the Christmas tree with new ornaments and all. At the end of the night me and my MotherInLaw watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation... "SAY THE BLESSING" was our favorite line of the night.

Sunday and Monday weren't too adventurous. We ended up hanging around the house and wrapping Christmas presents and such, but Lilly did cut her second tooth and time with the family is always nice, especially when you rarely get to see them all. Tuesday was just hanging out at home again but once my SisterInLaw got home from school we made some amazingly cute mini cakes... Everyone got to try some, even Lilly

 and these are only a few.

Wednesday and Today Lilly and I hung out with my FatherInLaw since he has been off work for the holidays... I even made him some Pannukakku (Finnish Pancakes) on Wed. And today we went and did some last minute Christmas shopping and spent time with our cousins and grandparents.

and for those of you willing to try it here is a Pannukakku Recipe:

                    4 eggs                          1 c. flour
                    2 c. milk                       1/2 tsp. salt
                    1-3 tbsp. sugar            4 tbsp. butter

Beat eggs. Add milk, sugar, flour, and salt; beat well. Pour batter into a 12- inch heavy frying pan, which has been heated in a 425 degree oven with the butter. Heat the pan until butter sizzles. Bake for 20 minutes in a 425 degree oven until the pancake is puffed and nicely browned. Serves 6-8.

We Need A Little Christmas!

Christmas is by far, my favorite time of year. The Coolness in the air, the movies and specials on tv, and songs everywhere you go, and best of all the quality time spent with family and friends... what could be better?

This year is going to be harder than usual with Mr. W being gone, especially since it was supposed to be our first Christmas as a family, But luckily we have the opportunity to be with family. Going to Michigan for Christmas and New Years and then Florida to thaw out and spend some much deserved time with my Dad and sister. I'm looking forward to sharing a White Christmas with Lillian this year. As well as making some Christmas cookies to send to Mr. W and putting up the Christmas tree, and most likely watching Lilly and the cats pull everything off of it.

Sadly living in Louisiana we don't get much snow... last year it slowed 2 or 3 times but it melted by noon. And I am so excited to see what Miss Lilly does with all the fluffy white stuff.

Only 4 more days until Michigan
And
Only a month until Florida.

But until then there is much to be done... Last minute gifts to be bought, a house to be cleaned, Friends to visit, and bags to be packed. Its going to be a busy couple of days, but I know it will all be worth it.
Lilly is crying so I am off to mommy land once again

Dear Deployment...

I'M KICKING YOUR BUT TODAY!

                            love, 

                                    me ♥

Let me explain... so its been about 6 weeks since Mr. W left and as any military wife knows, you have your good days and your bad days during deployments, especially when you have a baby.
So this past weekend was a good once for us

Friday we went to Alexandria with some friends and had some dinner at chili's and I bought Lilly "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" [THE BOOK] Then we went to the main post chapel for the tree lighting and to visit santa...

and she even got a little teddy bear from him.
Saturday we watched some Christmas movies and went to a friends house for dinner.
Sunday was a nothing day but the Packers won!!!
[Go Pack Go]

Today was laundry day and Lilly was super cranky (I blame teething)
She also learned how to climb up the stairs with some help form me but we are slowly working on getting down...

and then while watching Rudolph and the island of misfit toys on ABC Family (the lame one not the awesome older one) and my Mother-In-Law pointed out that Lilly looks like Hermie the elf...

[Please not the insane resemblance]

Lovin My Life as A Mommy and Army Wife

Let The Fun Begin

Its FINALLY December!

And let me just tell you that I am SOOOOO ready for the holidays.

Sadly we don't have a Christmas tree this year, I figured we could wait to get one until Mr. W is back with us for our first Christmas ALL together as a family.

But I DID get some Christmas shopping done yesterday and today

and as much as I would love to tell you all what I got but some of the gift recipients read this so you guys are gonna have to wait... but they are pretty great!

But I CAN tell you what Lillian is getting since she can't read.

1. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 4 piece board book set [from Daddy]
2. A Pook-a-Looz Tinkerbell doll [From Mommy]
3. New 14k gold earrings [from Mommy & Daddy]

and yes it is her first Christmas and I'm only getting her 3 gifts but if you guys knew how much she will be getting from her grandparents you would understand why I'm not getting a lot this year. Plus I grew up with getting like one bigger/more expensive present (earrings) and few smaller ones. 

Two Weeks until Michigan and 5 Weeks until Florida!

Lovin My Life as A Mommy and Army Wife