Santa Claus...

One thing Nate and I decided to do on his R and R was take Finley to see Santa. We took him to East Towne Mall here in Madison, the same place we took him last year. In fact, it was the same exact "Santa"...ok, I know there is only ONE Santa...duh :)
Anyway, I will let you all be the judge of this one.

Who is more scared? Nate and my vote is for Santa... like a reindeer in headlights...




Every time I look at this picture I can't help but laugh. Figures our child would scare Santa and not vice versa. I will say I was proud of Finley for doing so well. The kicker was when Santa handed Finley a "digger" to hold. Finley then knew Santa spoke his language. It all went bad when I walked 2 feet away because the photo lady asked me to come preview the photo as she would take it. Then Finley started to melt- you can see a little trepidation forming on his face as the picture was being taken... he was thinking I might leave him there with Santa and Nate. What can I say, I have a momma's boy!!

He's Home!!

Hi Everyone. Yes, I am still a blog slacker but just wanted to put out there that Nate arrived safely this afternoon after starting his journey from Iraq on Sunday. After a "small" glitch yesterday everything is A-ok and we are home together as a family. Finley is very happy with his Daddy so that is great. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening hanging out and playing and had dinner with Nate's parents who came up to see him and brought us dinner. Nate is pretty tired and jet lagged so we will keep it low key for the next few days before heading up to see my parents, both sets of his grandparents and also going to the Packer game on Sunday with Nate's best friend and his girlfriend. We are looking forward to the next 2 weeks of fun and just being together!

Here are a few pictures from today.


Happy Family


Nate, Finley and Aunt Chris


Already playing with trucks

and reading books

Still here...

Yes. I am a total blog slacker. And for no good reason really? This last week and half have just been tiresome and kind of boring, aside from the daily grind and anticipating Nate coming home on leave. He will be home around this time next week!! He leaves for his loooonnng journey home on Sunday the 14th. Yay!
My mom is coming down to stay with me tomorrow and help me out a bit. Friday night Finley is spending the night at Nate's parents house so that I can go to some bright and early Army briefings on Saturday. And there you have it. I am back posting a couple things to make up for the absence.

Did I mention I am totally excited for Nate to come home? So excited I have myself worn out with trying to get things done (yeah, that I haven't done in the last 9 months- whatever) So I can't promise many posts honestly for the month of November as we will be pretty busy by next week and enjoying being together as a family!!