Fun times in January

So far we have had a fun year. We have had birthday parties to go to for the kids, watched football games, and other good times. Below are some pics from the last few weeks.

Tyler & Lindsay earlier this week. Poor Tyler got scraps on his face...still not sure what happened though....

Awe, they are too cute!
What a great big brother!

Before the Steelers game on Sunday:

In their little oulfits:

Go Steelers!

Playing Wii after the game with the neighbors:

Shanna & her little cutie, Brayden:

Tyler at Nathan's Bday Party:

Tyler's Class at Nathan's Party:

Lindsay loves to put food in a bowl and carry it around snacking on it. Here's a shot of her in the kitchen carrying around her little bowl:

I had a stomach bug the other week. So I stayed up in my room and worked from home a bit. Tyler insisted on coming up and sitting with me for a bit. He brought in his pillow, blanket and stuff that he needed to do his own 'work':

Still doing his 'work'...very serious :) He can write a few letters now...has mastered the letter 'T'

Christmas 2008

Christmas was really fun in our home this year. We had visits from Tracy & Nicole, Trev's parents and friends over for Xmas eve. Tyler was very into all of the Christmas activities and was looking forward to Christmas morning. Here are some pics from Xmas Eve and Xmas.

The week before Xmas..waiting for Santa to come on the fire truck. Tyler and I went together. It was FREEZING and Santa was 40 mins late!! but we had tons of fun!

Kimberly & Jo on Xmas Eve:
Lindsay playing with Kaitlyn:

Orbital Girls...Courtney, Heidi & me:

Tyler leaving cookies for Santa:

Xmas Eve after Santa Came :

Tyler coming down the stairs on Xmas morning once he saw the presents:

Tyler showing his excitement!

Santa left a present outside:

Lindsay, Tyler & Gma setting up the PSU set from Gma & Gpa

Lindsay pulling around her little doggie that she loved:

Xmas Dinner

Gma & Gpa with the kids

Gma & Lindsay in their matching pjs

Lindsay on xmas:

Pre Christmas Chocolate....

Here are some pics from the weekend. Nicole, Tracy & Olivia came to visit us. We had lots of fun.

Lindsay

Olivia

Olivia, Tyler & Lindsay

Tyler helping to make fudge with mommy...he did a great job!

What a good helper.

Stirring the fudge...

This was too funny. We got donuts from our visit with Tracy & Nicole. The next day, I caught Tyler performing surgery to carefully remove the chocolate off of one of them...

Another angle of the operation..

Its Beginning to Look a lot like Xmas!!

Well, we have started to get ready for Xmas. And what a fun xmas it should be. Tyler is soo excited for Santa to come. He seems to really understand it....especially the part about him wanting a scooter, skateboard, bike, and snowboard...ummm...we will see how that goes :) Tyler is definately making xmas extra fun this year with his excitement for everything!!

Here are some pics from this weekend. I attempted to get a pic for the xmas cards that I am very late on getting together..opps!

Cheese:

Awe!
Too cute!

Miss Lindsay in her little dress:

Tyler smiling nice!

Our tree & mantle all lit up!

Our first xmas where we actually have a fireplace!!

Our Tree:

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving this year was very busy! First we went up to NJ the weekend before. I went to Lea's baby shower, then we had dinner at my mom's, then on Sun we had dinner at my dad's. Then on Thanksgiving we traveled up to PA to spend it with the Fettermans. We also got to go over to the Bloom football game, which was a hit with Tyler. He sat and watched the whole game!! Here are some pics from the last week.

Lea's Baby Shower. Me, Lea, Alexis, Leslie (also prego) and Alli:

Our Italian Cousins Carolina and Angela. It was their first time to the US and their first time having turkey. So of course they got the wishbone:

Mom and Lindsay:

Our new nephew Christopher:

Christopher with his giraffe:

We got to visit Scott and Liz while in PA. Annaka and Tyler got along very well! So cute!

Here they are posing:

Our niece Olivia was all smiles:

Kristin & I at the Bloom game:

Trev & Tyler at the game:

Tyler and I all bundled up:

Reverse order...Tyler got the big piece of the wishbone:

Gma & Tyler getting ready to tug the wishbone: