ChRisTmAs DaY... Hip Hip HoOrAy!

What a lovely Christmas day we had! This year Lane was very understanding of the whole Santa Clause thing, which meant we had to buy a few presents for underneath our tree. Lately Lane has been sleeping in till about nine, nine thirty. Since we needed to be out the door and to my parents at 8, he had to be woken up a bit early then normal. We opened his door so he could hear some noise...wasn't working so well. From the living room we start yelling " Lane, time to wake up". Nothing. " Time to go to Mema and Pepa's". Nothing. "I see some presents under the tree, did Santa come". Out of the quietness of his room we hear (in his deep Lane voice) HUH. Yep, did the trick! It took a whole 5 minutes for him to open the 3 gifts we bought him, then it was off to our parents!

My mom is very creative. Instead of our usual scavenger hunt for the adult gifts, she made up a question answer game to win our Christmas money this year.

Stephanie and Travis are trying to keep us up with the East coast. They are hooked on this game called Kan Jam so they got it for my parents.

Aunt Sunni let Rusty borrow one of Gunner's Christmas outfit's. He looks really cute in it and totally lives up to the saying's that were all over it. You can't see them but on the front it said Silent Night? and on the back ,Up All Night! We are getting better though:)

We had fun over at the Goodman's too!

Stephanie and Bryant gave to us this year. Casey loving his new work gloves and me excited about the fact that his dry callist hands won't be scratching me anymore! Grammy and Papa also got some fun new things for their backyard.

We are so fortunate to have all our family close by. I know I take that for granted sometimes but we truly feel blessed to be apart of such wonderful families!

Last but not least, my two cute Christmas boys at the end of a long, fun day.

We hope your Christmas was as MeRrY as ours!

Christmas Catch Up!

Boy do the holidays bring on some craziness! We like being busy so having it be Christmas busy makes it even better. This past weekend has been FULL of Christmas FUN! Party's almost every night, spending time with the people you love most can sure put you in the Christmas SPIRIT!

Here is Rusty doing what he loves... laying on the kitchen counter top starring down the cabinets. Uncle David decided to join him.

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Annual Lindblom party at my parents

After our yummy mexican dinner we had a program. Our talent was singing the hymn "Oh Say What Is True" that my parents and siblings memorized. It's a really hard song. In the first verse I have no idea what every other word means. Lane also got up with Mema and sang Jingle Bells which is his favorite Christmas song.


"Dashing through the snow, on a trailer full of hay, over the culdesac we go, laughing all the way"


not the best pic of me but Rusty looked too cute to not post it



Partay #2... Udall Cousin gift exchange!
Lane got a gift from Addison this year. How did she know a bat and baseball are some of his favorites:)


The married grand kids do a white elephant exchange. We brought a sam's club economy sized bag of Nestle's chocolate chips with flour and sugar to go along with it. We got Costa Vida gift cards in return, YEEES!!

Goodman Progressive Dinner!

To start the night off we went to Stephanie and Bryant's for hot chocolate and sing and dancing to the Santa Poky! (you put your santa beard in you put your santa beard out... super cute!)

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Few more days till Santa comes! Merry Christmas from our blog to yours!

Update

Yes, we are still alive over here! Everybody knows how it goes with new borns. That was the one thing I was dreading. Being home bound for a few weeks, especially with the weather FINALLY turning into winter has been hard. Don't get me wrong, it has been well worth it though. We have been loving Rusty! He is such a good baby. He is 2 weeks old and now weighs 7lbs 3 oz. The doctor says he is a keeper, I have to agree!

Since I last posted things have been pretty low key... which I will take! While I was pregnant I would get random panic attacks on the thought of having 2 kids and trying to take care of them by myself while Casey is at work. It really hasn't been bad at all, much easier this time around then it was with just Lane. Of course taking care of myself is on the back burner and you know it's bad when you don't brush your teeth till 4 in the afternoon, you haven't shaved your legs in 2 weeks and yes that rotten milk smell is coming from you. I haven't looked presentable since Thanksgiving, therefor I only have one picture of me with Rusty. Oh well, someday I will make it out in public again! I have a good baby and 3 year old and that's all that matters!

I thought this was hilarious. My mom had been sick the whole week after Rusty was born so she didn't get to see him for a while. She is a baby crazy person and it was KILLING her to not be able to hold him. She rummaged up this get-up so she could hold him for a bit.


I took Lane over to my parents to play for a while with the neighbor girls. They were outside riding bikes and all of a sudden Rachel comes over with a mouse in her hands that she swiped from the cat that was about to eat for lunch! Lane would NOT go near it and we got a kick out of him being freaked out over the mouse and the girls put it in a container for a pet. Maybe we don't need any girls in our family after all!

Just had to show a few pics of our Rust man.

Even though he can keep us a little sleep deprived at night, he is well worth it! I also have to thank those who have helped us so much during the first few "rough" weeks. I couldn't be more grateful for family who will call up to bring us some of their dinner on more than a few occasions, my sis in law Stephanie who has come and gotten Lane to play at her house way more than she should and for the soup nazi episode that was on Seinfeld at 2 in the morning that kept me from falling into a deep sleep in sitting position. Truly all tender mercy's that I am most appreciative!

These Are The Moments...

... that we have been waiting for the last 9 months! Rusty James arrived on November 24th at 7 in the morning weighing 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 inches long. He is just the sweetest boy and we can't get enough of him!













The hospital wasn't allowing any children under the age of 12 to visit. Since we had a parking lot view my mom brought Craig to take a peek at Rusty through the window. We thought about bringing Lane but figured he would get mad that he couldn't come in and be with us so we just waited till we came home for their first time seeing each other.




As you can see Lane is the best big brother, always wanting to hold "it" or giving Rusty kisses.




I think I have another thumb sucker on my hands!


Since Rusty came 2 days before Thanksgiving, that meant he was just in time for his first family gathering! We snuck over for a bit to eat a yummy lunch (for Rusty a nice nap tucked inside Grammy and Papa's closet) and to take family pictures.




We truly are thankful for this little guy and are excited to start another chapter in our family!