Where has the year gone..

What a year it has been.. Katelyn turned one, has learned to crawl, is attempting to walk (but prefers crawling since it is faster for her right now), and is becoming more and more sassy.. 

Noah joined us on Halloween and life has been a whirlwind since.. Katelyn is not sure what to think of the boy that has taken over her house.. but she is pretty good for a child that has not had to share her world until recently. .

Thanksgiving was a success, we had close friends over and shared a small (number wise) dinner and great company. It was a far cry from the chaos of previous years at Ben's aunts, but it was quite nice, nonetheless. 

Christmas is fast approaching, as I  have realized there are only 2 more weekends until the Big guy in Red comes to visit and we still need to shop.. argh..  happens every year.. 

We did pick up this years special ornaments though. One for each of the kids and one for the family. The tree is down from the rafters and ready to go up on Monday.. We will also be getting a real tree at some point soon. It will be fun to see how many times I have to chase Katelyn away from the trees.. 

We are prepping for the arrival of St. Nick on Tuesday.. It is a tradition that Ben's family has observed.. St. Nick comes on Dec. 6th and fills the kids stockings.. Santa doesn't fill them on Christmas Eve.. Since in my family Santa always filled them on Christmas Eve, we will be observing both traditions this year and in future years.. 


We had the kids holiday pictures taken and as always, Katelyn was a ham. She cried when we left because she didn't want to leave. 


And who said kids are afraid of Santa? Not my child, she loved him.. We saw Santa yesterday and Katelyn is a big fan of the big guy in red.. 

Z