Happy New Year

I wanted my last post for the year to have my favorite photos. I had no idea it would be so hard to narrow it down and gave up.  Looking through the thousands (I didn't count but there is a lot) of photos I took this year, it hit me how many blessing this year brought me. I am a very lucky woman and thank God every day for the life He has given me.  It's not a road I would have predicted but better and more rewarding.  This year was hard for many people and I'm very thankful Robert has a good job with a great company.  #1 place to work in Seattle baby! Woot woot!  We moved so that we could have the family life we always dreamed of and it was worth every penny, stressful moment and even though we'll be remodeling the heck out of it, it is our home,  the last we'll ever live in if I have my way.  My children are healthy, happy and thriving, I have a warm, safe roof over my head, and good food to eat. When Robert cooks that is.  I've made some great new friendships since we moved but I am trying to hang onto my friends from my old neighborhood as well.  I look forward to what 2011 will bring us.

Can  you picture two more perfect reasons to move closer to Daddy's work? 

I hope 2011 brings a little but not a lot of craziness into our lives,

messy, I know is here to stay. 

I'm sure we'll see our share of adventures and new experiences,

 along with some unexpected surprises.

With any luck, there will be many moments of pure joy,

 sweetness,

beauty,

tender hugs and smooches,

 life's little moments,

and lots of fun. 

But no matter what this next year throws at us,

we will face it together.

So long 2010. 

2011, bring it on!

Happy New Year!

3 in a day

Yesterday I took the kids to Twirl, a cafe/playspace for kids. They have supervised play on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9-noon.  With school out for the holidays, it was extremely busy with lots of kids.  It seems I wasn't the only mom who needed a break!  Beau and Lainey both really liked playing in their climbing area.  I think it's more suitable for Beau's age but Lainey didn't want to leave so what do I know.  Beau took a tumble down the stairs and bumped his head good, leaving a bruise just over his right eye.  I'm not one to freak out over the slightest bump on the head. If you've spent any time at all with these two, you know how they play.  

About two minutes after I took this photo of the two of them coloring in their Color Wonder books together, Beau fell off the chair, landing directly on his forehead.  That made bruise number two for the day.   This one is above his left eye.  I gave him "medicine" (baby ibuprofen) and he let me put some ice on it. 

Then after his nap, he wanted to help me make dinner and sat on the counter. He's done it a million times so I'm not sure what happened but I turned my back for a second and he fell on his head. Again. This time he got a bruise in between the other two.  He asked for medicine and ice again but he still ended up looking like the lumpy dumpy pumpkin from one of his favorite books.  Three nasty bruises in one day.  I don't know what I'm going to do with this kid!  I'm astonished that we haven't made a trip to the ER all bloodied up yet. Knock on wood. I know it's just a matter of time.