FINALLY!!!

I know you are all very VERY excited to hear more from me (ha ha) but we FINALLY got a new computer (no more shattered laptop screen) and I can now post more entries (and type A LOT more) using our new computer rather than my iphone!!!  WOOT WOOT!!!

OK... So, what have we really been up to?????

Well, tis the season for crazy, busy schedules!!!  The first weekend in December, we spent at my mother in law's house.  We had a great time.  We hung out with some friends sin kiddos Saturday night and then had our big family Christmas on Jon's side of the family.  It was a great weekend!  The kids were pumped full of sugar within minutes of the family Christmas and they loved every minute of it!

We had our family pictures taken by my bestie, Sarah McConnell Photography (www.sarahmcconnellphotography.net) on the following Monday. Also, I was able to spend some quality time with my bestie earlier that day when her daughter, Layla, came to play for an hour or so.

Kalyn turned 11 months old. :(  Time is going TOO fast and she is in a hurry to grow up!  She is crawling on hands and knees (still doing the boot scoot sometimes) and going up the stairs and even starting to cruise around furniture.  She's been pulling herself up for a while now and sometimes I don't even mind when Nolan pushes her down because then I don't have to do it ;).  I just am not ready for her to start "toddling."

Speaking of toddling.... actually... I'll get to that in a moment...

Wednesday, I met with a good friend, my mom, and my aunt for dinner on their annual Christmas shopping trip to Des Moines.  It was fun to see my mom and aunt being silly :)

I have been keeping busy with Pampered Chef.  Two shows this month and booking my January to the brim!!!  (YOU SHOULD ALL CONTACT ME TO HOST A SHOW!  JANUARY IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!!!!!)

I spent some time with some good friends from back home last Friday! We went up to the local establishment after a Mary Kay party at my friend Jess's house.  We watched our own Wade Sundell rodeo on TV in Vegas!  Woot Woot!  10 days full of rodeo with a lot of hopeful locals that Wade will be TOP in the WORLD!  How awesome!  So proud of him!

Brayden had a birthday party on Saturday for one of his friends from preschool.  It was interesting.  He was completely out of his comfort zone.  I guess we had to start somewhere.....

And with my other posts this week, that leads us up to today.... SO... back to TODDLERING.....

NOLAN... he LOVES school.  He goes to Toddler Talk once per month.  He doesn't even look back once he walks in the door.  He loves his teachers (miss melody and miss anna to name a few) and he LOVES all the playing, singing, and dancing they do!  He has been potty trained since the second week in June and I never get tired of hearing people compliment me on how awesome he is doing!  I'm a proud Mama, what can I say!!!???? I am just glad that we will have a year of potty training under our belt before he goes to 3 yr old preschool this fall!!!  He loves school so much.  We cannot really hold him back!  He is SO ready socially and he works SO hard with us and his speech pathologist to say more.  See, Nolan was a bit delayed on his speech due to his history of ear infections when he was a baby.  It was a rough time for him and (I believe) it also through his balance off and delayed him walking.  That part is pretty much made up, but I really do believe it and I know your balance deals with your ears and so on .... Just call me Doc!

So, Brayden..... Well, after months of watching and waiting and a few visits to the doctor/specialists, we are getting his LARGE tonsils taken out on MONDAY!  He has NEVER had strep or any other sore throats that we know of or ear infections, but he snores, has sleep apnea, and chokes all the time on spit, water, anything.  I would hate to see what his tonsils would look like if he were to get an infection!!!  Unfortunately, that means that he will miss his Winter Party at school and miss school for an EXTRA week... Feel free to stop by and say hi!  I feel bad but I really do think it's for the best.

That is enough for now!!!  Have a great night!!!