Merry Christmas!

Ok..so I am a little late. Merry Christmas to all! I feel like I have had a million zillion things on my mind, so many things to accomplish and so little TIME to do it all! Thankfully I was able to accomplish a lot with MANY MANY thanks to Jake's cousin, Leighanne, who came over the other day so I could get some baking and cleaning done (the laundry folding, ironing, and cleaning of MY room and bathroom is put off to another time however).

This post may be a little random as random thoughts have filled my head for the past two weeks and I want to post them. I will post how our Christmas was once I get some photos uploaded to show with it.

So here are some things I've been thinking about. I know, I'll admit it, I'm wierd.

1. I wish I had a recorder embedded in my brain that could transmit my thoughts to a computer and sort them out for me...you know, grocery list here, blog comments here, to do list here...what a handy little thing that would be!

2. Is it bad that the new Mariah Carey Christmas song makes me feel like a high schooler again? Probably bc her first Christmas cd came out when I was IN high school...that makes me feel old!!! But the song doesn't!!!

3. I love the song White Christmas. I love Bing Crosby. He has a voice that makes me just melt. I love watching the movie too. He reminds me of my Grandpa...especially when he whistles.

4. I love the movie Elf. I don't know why. It's another Christmas favorite. I have to watch it numerous times during the season. It makes me cry. Why..I don't know. I always get choked up when they start singing outside of the park.

5. Speaking of Elf my friend answered her phone all yesterday by saying "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" I wish I had thought of that!

6. I can't stand some Christmas songs. I don't know why. "Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away" Really? As a Christmas song? Hmm...dislike.

7. I really love holiday dinner. Both Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love lots of food to choose from. I love leftovers. I wish we could have more holidays if they involve lots of food.

8. I am very sad to see the holidays end. It just seems like BOOM everything is done. I don't know why..I just get depressed...and then BAM my birthday. Used to be special..now not so much.

9. If I wish hard enough will my personal house cleaning fairy appear?

10. Do those little octagonal playpen things work?

11. Where can I buy magic beans to grow a money tree?

12. When will they develop a transportation device like on Star Trek. I would like to go home to visit but a 3 day car ride or 4 hr flight + airport security with 3 children under 3 does not sound like fun....and it's not cheap either.

13. I miss my family a lot. Sometimes I wish we had moved to Florida so that we would only be a days drive from home.

14. I miss snow...sometimes. I really just miss that stillness you feel at night when it's snowing and you go outside and it's so quiet. Unless you've experienced this you have no idea what I am talking about.

15. I love being married to Jake. I love him. I love having someone to talk to. I love being near him. I enjoy having fun and doing things with him. More days off together would be appreciated.

16. I love my kids. I wish I knew how much fun they would be. I wish we had them sooner. I would have a dozen if we could financially afford it AND I could stay at home with them.

I think it's funny because random things just pop into my head all the time. I wish I could record them sometimes. Jake thinks I'm funny. We'll be talking about something and then I'll blurt out something and he'll just look at me. I have to go through the whole process of how I got to that. An example of this..when I was typing about White Christmas my thought went to the movie Elf because it's a favorite then The Muppet Christmas because it's Jake's favorite then my comment would have been "I didn't like Animal when I was a kid". Jake would have been like "We were talking about White Christmas! What are you talking about? What animal? There's no animal in White Christmas!" Tee hee. I know...I'm wierd! 

Christmas Photos

We had our photo shoot last Saturday and this is our results. I LOVE THEM! What an advantage it is to have a photographer for a husband. I can't imagine having to take the kids to have someone else shoot them. Just getting these was a lot. Trying to get two babies to cooperate...phew! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

My Jonah

My Noah

Twins!

Gotta Love Us!

Brothers!

I may not be a baby anymore but I'm still CUTE!

Elijah kinda likes the boys

So I caught Elijah "tickling" or what looked like attempting to tickle Noah yesterday. He was talking to him in a high pitched voice saying "Noah...ticka ticka...you gonna smile? I your big brother...I love you..you gonna smile?" It was soooo cute!

conquering the world

sometimes i wake up and feel i can do this. i have this list of things to do that i am determined to whittle down bit by bit. and then reality sets in throughout the day and i realize i was a fool for thinking that i could actually get something done.

christmas is coming and everything is hustle and bustle. i am almost finished shopping. believe it or not, its easier to shop than get things done at home. did i go shopping on black friday...no..for the first time in years. i just didn't see anything that i really wanted to fight for and quite frankly felt a little depressed and overwhelmed. i figured i would do a lot online. i felt a little better on saturday and ended up taking noah and leaving the other two with daddy. surprisingly by 2 i was home and pretty much done. sunday we put up the tree. now there are boxes everywhere to go through and put away. it will all get done...soon..maybe..but not today. oh well.

Busy Bees

I figured I would do a quick update while I feed the boys and Elijah is quiet before all of us go to take a nap.

To say that it is busy at our house is an understatement! The boys are awake for longer periods of tome now andduring that time they have decided that they want social interaction. I don't know who told them that they were entitled to this..teehee. It nakes it a little more challenging for housework as before I could put whoever was fussy in the Moby Wrap and still pick up things or fold laundry. Their desire to interact has led to decreased productivity on my part hence me having to use Noah's crib as an overflow storage unit for my clean laundry awaiting its folding time. I have somewhat kept up with dishes as we only have so many kids cups/plates. Anyway just don't pop by my house expecting anything remotely clean.

Yesterday I decided that since I really don't get much done at home it might be a good time to do some Christmas shopping done. I work every other day for the next 2 weeks and after that I'mm sure it will be a nightmare...especially with 3 kids and a double stroller. Anywho..I did get some things and think between online and a few things on black Friday I should be set. I have 4 people completely shopped for. Yeah!

I said a little about the boys but really they are doing great. Still spitty and snotty but gaining weight (13lb7oz and 12lb12oz this am) and REALLY starting to interact. Sunday school Noah kept gurgling at me when I looked away from him bc he wanted me to smile and interact with him.  Just too cute! Jonah does the same...just want to squeeze them!

Elijah keeps getting bigger and bigger. We got himsome shirts while shopping. 3T..what a bgi boy! He started to imaginitive play. Way cute to hear! He wanted me to be his horsey today. He had his Jessi hat on and his pop gun. He said he wanted to go shoot his brothers. Lil' rascal! I made his cardiac cath consultation today...December 2nd...We have to go downtown to PCH for it. Jake's (Lord willing) coming with me. It sounds like they are looking at February for the procedure...just keep us in your prayers for that.

Well,better go. Gotta try to catch a nap before I have to leave for a meeting and then work.