breathe

I know, I know. It's been a long time.

So it's been a really long time. Yep, really long. William just turned 3 last week. Birthday parties to William are like his reason to live! Two birthday parties full of Thomas the Train, and Toy Story and Transformers. What 3 year old could ask for anything more?? He asked for Jessie & Bullseye for his birthday and a chocolate birthday cake. I love that I can make his every dream come true at this point in his life. I asked him after his birthday what he wants to be when he grows up. His response " a dinosaur" & momma is going to be a "t - rex dinosaur". I love this little guy so much!

Happy New Year!

New Years Eve was fun. We went to our friends house that was packed with lots of toys, kids, food, and friends. Of course we left before midnight, tucked William in bed, and watched the ball drop and then went to bed ourselves. We're getting old!

Our first trip to the E.R.

Monday morning, 2a.m., our little clan was fast asleep, all three tucked into our queen size bed. I was nursing William, he on the outside when thud. One fell off and broke his leg. I called the doctor and the doctor said "no more monkey's jumpin on the bed". Nope, she said take him to the E.R. for x-rays. It was really traumatic for all of us. William crying in pain and not moving his leg, me crying thinking I'm the worst mom in the world, and Erik thinking the hospital is going to call social services on us.

William was a real tough guy. Smiling for the doctors like usual. He just has a buckle fracture on his tibia. It should heal in just about a week or two. We go to see the orthopedic pediatrician next week and they decide if he needs a hard cast. The E.R. doctors seem very optimistic that he won't. Our prayer is that he won't. A hard cast means 6 more weeks of an immobile William. Sad!

Just days before all of this he had finally figured out how to pull himself up on things and "cruise" from the table to the couch, to his toys. Hopefully he will be as good as new sooner than later.

William's first Christmas!

Christmas was great. God has blessed us in so many ways. William got everything he wished for. Erik and I did as well. And we got to spend lots of time with family and friends. Thank you God for loving us so much!

Snow...

We got all bundled up and headed out in the snow...

We didn't love it so much at first...

Once again, it just took us a minute to warm up to it...

We had lots of fun...

Can you tell?...

Just a short little update. Everything has been great around here. We're so excited about Christmas. There must be something about having a child around that makes you feel like a kid again at Christmas time. We did a little photo shoot in front of our Christmas tree with him and loved every single one. Here are a couple favorties.