Babysitter

I don't do New Year resolutions, but at the beginning of the year I did decide that I need to get out more sans kids- both on my own and with Tony. About a week ago I went on care.com and posted a job for last night. I got a lot of responses, narrowed it down, and then Tony and I agreed on one. We paid for the background check, I talked to her on the phone, and bam!, we had ourselves a date night. 

Unfortunately, I picked a night when playoff football was on so while our destination was my "choice," I was advised to pick a place with TVs close to home (so we wouldn't miss much of the game in transit)...

All in all, we enjoyed our night out and Asa had a great time with the babysitter. Little Norah also did a great job and our kids were reportedly easy. ;)

Best of all, both kids were sleeping within half an hour of our return and Norah slept through the night!

The BFFs Meet Again

Norah and Addie having fun while their older siblings played :)

Crazy Asa

"Hiding"

Passed out 

Wearing Daddy's boots

"Mama, take my picture!"

Sweet Norah Pics- Dec/Jan

In her bassinet

Smiles

Being silly with Mama

With older sister Paddy

Tummy time

One of my favorites!

Sledding!

Asa went sledding for the first time last weekend and loved it! Tony and I took turns alternating between going down with Asa and sitting in the warm car with Norah. :)

Oh, a piece of advice: don't tell your kid you're taking them sledding with a plan to pick up a sled at the store on your way to the hill. Sleds are NOT easy to find! Who would have thought given we're in COLORADO?!? We lucked out at store #3. Whew!

Christmas 2014

We had a busy Christmas Day! We woke up early (as usual). I rushed out to the living room ahead of Asa to capture his reaction to Santa bringing him a train table! Sadly, I didn't actually press the record button. However, Asa looked right past the train and was solely focused on finding Hank (our elf on the shelf). As I'm sure you all know, Hank LEFT Christmas Eve night not to return until next year...

We explained this to Asa but he thought we were joking and continued his search while we patiently waited for him to acknowledge his gifts.

He was excited about the train table and Legos but the flashlight and Daniel Tiger figurines were the real hits. He also graciously opened Norah's gifts for her and placed all of them in her lap on the swing. Pretty cute.

After playing a little bit, we hustled to get ourselves ready for a Christmas Day flight to Texas and the dogs ready for Camp Bow Wow!

Once we got to Texas, Norah met her Uncle Michael and Uncle Christopher as well as cousins Molly and Luke. Then, we opened even more presents. In fact, Asa decided at one point that he had had enough and no longer cared to open any more...

Norah met her Memo (my dad's mom) on Friday along with my Uncle Brent and Aunt Andrea. Such a fun time!

Holiday Fun

Practicing posing for Christmas card pictures.

Sweet Santa jammies.

Asa at the Botanic Gardens blossoms of lights.

Asa's school Christmas program. They were supposed to sing carols but Asa just sat there and refused to participate. I've never heard the kid sing which is odd...

Santa visited the kids at school!