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!!
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!
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!!
Happy Halloween to everyone. We had a pretty good one. I must add first that Finley was a bit moody all day, in fact I found myself wondering why he was a Bee and not a Crab for Halloween...anyway. Our friends Jessica and Bree came over to spend the evening with us and do a little trick or treating. The kids played and we had some dinner and got them dressed up in their costumes. Finley the Bumble Bee and Bree the Chicken. I must say both were just adorable. We headed out in neighborhood for some trick or treating. The kids couldn't handle a lot but we got go around the block and visit a few houses. It was fun but a lot of work for us mommies as we mostly just carried the kids (while pushing the strollers) between houses. It was Miss Bree's first Halloween so that was special. Finners was too little to trick or treat last year so it was his first time doing that. Altogether we had a good time, a bit chaotic, but fun. Here are a BUNCH of pictures from our night.
Before all the fun started in his Halloween shirt being silly
Getting dressed on the couch pre-Bee. Finley looks like a stagehand at this point. A little action between the Chicken and the Bee
Mommy and the Bee
Just squeezable!! What it looks like when you strap a Bee into a stroller... and a Chicken... Loot Mommy and the Bee on the street Jessica and the Chicken I just thought this shot of his "stinger" was hilarious The Bee is down Going through their loot Mom, can I have this Kit Kat?? Watching Sesame Street winding down after the festivities were over...all buzzed out. Playing before bedtime...
Today we had a fun playdate with Mary and Isabel. Finley actually fell asleep in the middle of it on the floor...he had not napped beforehand after having a really crappy nights sleep last night. The kids interacted some but mostly just parallel played but at one point both were playing with the activity table... do you like Finley's "baba"? Seriously, this kid is addicted to his bottle. Anyone have any pointers? He refuses to take his milk from a sippy cup. He still takes his milk in three bottles a day and only water in a sippy cup besides that. He still hates juice. Anyway, my bottle challenge will continue but we had a fun day catching up with Mary and seeing how big Miss Isabel has gotten.
Finley's true love these days is trucks. Digger's, to be more specific...
Can you believe I got those adorable Truck pajamas for $1.00 at a garage sale this summer?? They were brand new, never worn too. They found just the right kid to appreciate them though.
He was watching Sesame Street all the while...hence the deer-in-headlights look?? Finley's second love...Elmo.
As you can see I was busy changing up my blog. Well, as I scrolled ALL the way down when previewing I see the my yellow ribbon widget says 1st Sarge Mike? What the hell? I am pretty sure it did not say that before? Please, tell me if I am crazy or if you noticed this? Who the heck is 1st Sarge Mike? Ummmm, I am pretty sure someone hacked the general HTML code on the widget site for this because I tried to create a new one 3 times and they all came out saying 1st Sarge Mike... Sorry Top, I don't know you so I guess I am going to give up my yellow ribbon for now till maybe I can figure this thing out?? Is that unpatriotic? Oh boy. I support all of our troops! (I just don't want random 1SG names on my blog?)
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