Uh Oh Spaghettio...:)

One of our favorite meals around here is definitely spaghetti. It's easy, cheap, fun, and most of all EASY! :) Anyway...the kids love it, and we like watching them eat it. That's the best part. The clean up isn't nearly as fun, but none of that seems to matter too much. Watching Gavin pick up the spaghetti, getting it everywhere, reminded me of Bella when she was his age. She LOVED it so much. So...of course...I had to hunt down a picture of her eating it. She was just the cutest thing...I am saddened by how much she has grown since that time. :(

Bella

Bella eating spaghetti oh so many years ago...wasn't she cute and dramatic. haha She was always mad about something...that never changed. lol

Gavin

Gavin eating his first taste of spaghetti. His personality isn't much different than Bella's was, but he is a bit more easy going...ya know...less dramatic. haha

No boys or "baby sugies" allowed!

Bella...(shaking head)...I don't really know what to say about her...never have really known what to say. haha... She is definitely one of a kind I tell ya. She loves her baby brother (sugies), she LOVES oreos, and she loves organizing...but the thing she loves the most is...being the BOSS. lol Gavin follows her around in total admiration - wanting to be just like her and do everything she does. It is sooo sweet, but to her...it's annoying. She now says "Gavin Walter" a thousand times a day (only when he is doing something she doesn't like)...kind of like how I say "Isabella Marie" a thousand times a day. :) She keeps her door closed the majority of the time unless she has created a small, secluded area in her room where nobody (aka baby sugies) can come. Me oh my what a bossy boss she is...poor Gavin. But...the good thing is...he loves her anyway. :) Enjoy the pictures...they speak for themselves.

Private area...

(shaking my head in disbelief)...poor Gavin

Bella's favorite activity...organizing
She was organizing the diaper holder

Organizing the movies

Cutest, bossiest little girl EVER

New Year's Eve Extravaganza

We didn't do much all day...except be lazy of course. We stayed in our jammies for the majority of the day until we decided to take a bath....then the kids decided to run around in only underwear/diaper. Bella put on a show with her new guitar and microphone...Gavin listened in horror. Only a baby brother could love a beautiful, nasaly voice like hers. :) Once Chris got home, we put our jammies back on and headed to get something to eat and get some movies. :) The kids (Bella and Chris) decided to get the "fireworks" started early. Gavin was scared! It was sad. I tried to capture it all on camera...so here ya go...

The guitar just before the concert

Getting ready to perform

A little Taylor Swift anyone?


A little embarrassed that I was taking pictures

Not anymore...she decided to REALLY let loose

"Lala...please make it stop" haha!


Our supper


Indoor noise/confetti makers


Bella didn't really know what she was doing


It sure did scare Gavin though

Outside for a few fireworks...if that's what ya wanna call em :)

I call it a smokey mess

Bella didn't care...she LOVED it


Gavin seemed to like it too


I just love the way Bella dresses herself for cold weather...haha


A night is NEVER complete without a little chocolate

Well folks...this was it...our New Year's Eve. It may have seemed a little boring, but we wouldn't have it any other way. There is nothing better than spending it with the ones you love the most. Happy New Year everyone! :) I Love you daddy!!!

This and that - and a little "what's that?"

I don't have too much to post about. Nothing exciting really happens around here. ha! Well...it's exciting to us, but...

I can't believe 2009 is coming to an end. It's sad to me because Gavin was born in 2009...how can it end so soon?! That leads me into my greatest accomplishments of 2009:

1. Gavin was born 3/12/2009 - one of the best days of my life :)
2. I got away from my old workplace (lots of negativity there)
3. Started my own in-home daycare and LOVE it!
4. Made some dear new friends

It doesn't seem like a lot of accomplishments, but they are the greatest! I sure hope 2010 is just as wonderful. :) (minus a new baby of course) lol

Happy New Year!

"What's that?"



Gavin has been saying "what's that?", but it's hard to get on video. I decided to try again today and actually succeeded! He also calls Bella - "LaLa"...it's very sweet. He loves her tremendously....and she loves her "baby sugies" too (even though she totally ignored him in this video) haha

A very Eastham Christmas

I can't believe Christmas is over! I am a little sad... Here are the highlights of our first Christmas with Gavin (not in my belly). :) Santa came to visit the kids and even brought us a blue ray player, a new camera, and a gps thingy. The kids got waaayyyy too much....which leads me to my New Year's resolution: I want to teach my kids to be kind and generous. I don't want them to be greedy and unkind. It is ALWAYS better to give...that is what Jesus did for us. LEARN this lesson please! :)

I had so many pictures I wanted to put on here, but I couldn't post ALL of them because you would be here until next Christmas just looking at them . ha! So...I posted my favorites.

Playing on the bed with dad

Opening up their present from Aunt Jessica

Bella loved hers!

Gavin stuffed a whole piece of chocolate in his mouth...lol

Cookies for who? I thought they were for Santa!

Not for Gavin either!

Making the reindeer food

I thought this was cute...Bella and Chris...she looks tiny!

Daddy bought Gavin a JD tractor...he pushed it all over the kitchen

I am just glad there were some cookies left for Santa...lol

Christmas morning

This is how we found Gavin haha!

Oh MY! Santa DID come!

And...he filled the stockings too!!!

Bella had to put all of her stuff out of Gavin's reach...

I'm not sure he really cared...haha

Daddy and the kids

Bella's Hannah Montana guitar

I took this with the new Camera....I like it!

Gavin and Big Daddy

Opening the first present from Big Daddy and Big Momma

He loved it!

Can you believe I have 3 times as many pictures as what I posted! :) Be glad I didn't...huh? haha! I hope everyone has a happy New Year!

Santa Claus 2009

I had to share this picture with you! We went to Arvest bank in Bryant for a free picture with Santa. We LOVE free stuff, so of course we jumped on that! It turned out SOOOO great! I thought Gavin would be afraid to just be thrown on a stranger's lap...but he laughed and enjoyed himself! Bella was just in awe that it was Santa. Bella reminded him of what she wanted (barbie camper), and he reassured her that there were plenty of them back in the workshop. It was a great time for the both of them. :)