He turned 4 months old on the 21st….my gorgeous little boy! We have definitely decided that he is our last baby (the last few weeks made up our minds…he has been sick, and a terror). I couldn’t imagine our lives without him though. We are blessed.

He loves to play now….he loves his Exersaucer and play-gym mat. He grabs for things and puts them straight to his mouth. So funny.

He has a check-up scheduled for Jan 6 so we’ll see how much he’s grown then.

His sleeping has got soooo bad these last few days (sickness). Right before mum got here he started waking up at 4AM to feed. This wasn’t too bad because I’d breastfeed him laying down in bed and then put him back in his bed until we all got up. He actually stopped doing it for about 4 days when we supplemented with some formula for his last feeding. He was sleeping 11-7! It was awesome.

Well then he gets sick with a terrible cold. He can’t breathe properly and is just so uncomfortable. Awful cough too

He wakes up all night! - And cries every 10-20 mins so I have to put him in bed with us and keep popping his paci back in. On top of being so tired and exhausted, I am sick too

His hair has started to grow some and his eyes are still blue (I thought they would change like Tayah’s, but they’re still quite blue).

So handsome

Tayah did a trial class of gymnastics while my mum was here (12.15.08). She loved it so much and we hope to put her in permanently soon.

In the morning the kids opened their stockings (Talon was with Crit this year) and then 2 big gifts each. Kyne opened his ELMO Restaurant (this was his biggest gift) and Tayah opened a Barbie Car and Barbie. We then ate breakfast and got dressed. Ricky and I then opened gifts from each other (even though we weren’t supposed to get anything for each other!). I got 2 rings, a Sephora Gift Card,  a front license plate with a British and US flag together for my new car (more on that later!), some chocolates, an engraving tool, wine preserver, Will & Grace season 8 on DVD and a GPS holder for a GPS that I do not have

I got Ricky a big bottle of Jack Daniels, an electric saw, a MP3 player, some chocolates, some Jack Daniels sleep shorts and some new Sonic Toothbrush heads.

The kids got quite a lot of stuff…we didn’t go quite as overboard as last year though. They also got a trampoline between them which was their main gift from us.

Pics:

Opening stockings.

I love the excitement on her face…she appreciated every.single gift she got….so worth it!

The gifts before opening.

Kyne with his ELMO kitchen/restaurant.

Around noon Talon and Crit came to do the main opening of the gifts (the kids waited patiently until Tal arrived). You can see our new Plasma HDTV that we got with Christmas $ from family.

The wrecked front room after present opening!

The 3 oldest eating their marshmallow pops from Santa.

It’s been too long since I posted….I have just been major busy with Christmas etc. We had mum visit for a week, lots of colds (Kyne was very sick, now Rhys is), Ricky was off work for a week, Christmas and all that comes with that…it’s just been a busy month. I am glad things can get back to normal now, but I sure do miss Christmas being over already….it was one great Christmas this year! (We already took our tree and decorations down….the house was too crowded with all the kids Christmas toys and we needed the room back!)

Mum’s visit was awesome! We did lots of fun things like seeing the Christmas parade in our hometown, eating out, shopping etc. We had our own special early Christmas and opened up lots of gifts. The kids got spoilt (as always) and so did Ricky and I. Here are some pics:

This was at the Christmas Parade. It was the coldest days we’ve had here so far I think (the last few days have been in the high 60’s to 70′!

Our ‘first’ Christmas with mum.

Our actual Christmas was so nice. We spent it at home just us (and Crit was here for the present opening). We made a lovely roast turkey (18pounder!) for lunch and I got some awesome gifts! - In the evening we had Becky and family over. We had snacks and played games (and opened gifts) and I drank far too much (I haven’t had that much to drink in 4 years, well ever really….it was a lot!).

Christmas Eve

Tayah in her Christmas Eve gift (Snow White dress).

(Continued soon………….)

Well first off our minivan has lost it’s heat…we took it to get checked out and it’s gonna cost $600+ to fix Apparently the radiator is cracked and leaking.

As for the kids, they are doing well. Kyne is sick (he always seems to be sick!) again. Tayah has been getting on my last nerve with her attitude (she is talking back all the time, like a teenager!), Rhys is being very good (he is such a joy these days) and Talon is his usual self (sometimes good, sometimes bad). Overall they are great though.

I managed to snap a few pics of the four of them on Thanksgiving. We went to Becky’s in the afternoon (well her mom’s) and then we did a big dinner here in the evening with Crit and Phoenix. It was a fun and tiring day!

All four of them……these were so hard to get!

My attempt at Thanksgiving dinner…..it was great homemade food (but I didn’t make it;))…