The One about Christmas & New Years!!

Warning: PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!!

Christmas was a total BLAST this year! With Matthew being 

old enough to open his own presents and see the joy

 in his face when he did was just amazing!! 

My entire family was over at some point in the day.

However, we were not all together at one time.

My brother Steven, my mom &dad, my grandma,

and sister Kinsey were at my house all day.

My  sister Aubrey and her husband Ben as well

as my brother Clifton and his wife Sylvia (and baby Brighton)

popped in at different times in the morning.

It was a lot of fun! Matthew got a whole bunch of really

cool, new toys. The biggest being a plastic slide!! 

(the box says ages 2-6 years, but he is so ready for it!!)

He got tickle me Elmo.... So cute! (thanks grandma)

He got a couple of noise toys, which I would just

like to thank my brother Steven and sister Kinsey for.

Kinsey: Just wait til you have children....... Sweet revenge......

(she got him the most annoying singing car that NEVER STOPS!!!!)

and unfortunately the dang kid LOVES it. I may just lose my 

sanity in 2011...

I was so grateful to spend the day with my family. I wish we could 

get together more often!

Christmas Eve 2010

After Santa Came :)

Matty's Christmas Jammies

Aunt Aubrey, Uncle Ben, and Matty

He really wanted to be an elf :)

He is very into his xylophone :) Thanks Uncle Steven

LOVE the tie dye ;) My dad

No idea what she was explaining....

Matty looks like he's about to do something evil to daddy... hahahahaha

BEST present I got!!! YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mom and Dad

Matty is being consumed by wrapping paper. Playing with Uncle Steven

OH NO he's disappearing! :)

Opening his BIG slide!

I LOVE matty in this pic... me not so much

Matty and Aunt Aubrey

Me and My Grandma Lorraine

 

Oh New Years...

How I wish I was cool enough to say I went to 

some raging party and rang in the new year with a 

BANG!

but, I did not.

We had no plans.

Zero, zip,zilch, nada, nothing.

I think we may just be the most boring people ever.....

sad.

Berto had to work til 8 so after we picked him up

we ate and then drove around aimlessly trying

to figure out what the heck we were going to

do. We came up with nothing.

I wanted to go to Tempe Town Lake and see

the fireworks, Berto didn't want to deal with the traffic.

I wanted to head up to the top of the airport parking

structure and watch the fireworks from up there

(since its pretty close to tempe)

Berto didn't want to drive over there.

So we ended up settling and deciding we would just

go home and spend another New Years home, on the 

couch. BLAH

Thank goodness our friend Jaimie rescued us!

She invited us over to spend the New year with her and her family.

We had a lot of fun!

Thanks Jaimie!!

(at least I didn't miss New Years again....)

Refer back to last years new years post if you're curious....

As for New Years Resolutions,

I have none. I have never made any and still don't plan on it.

I don't like making promises that I know I won't keep.

Sure, there are things I would love to see happen

but I'm not going to force myself to do it because

of a list I made. No thanks, I don't need the pressure.

Apparently I attracted ALL the animals!!

Smoke from all the fireworks!

This one looks cool!

Matthew will be 18 months TOMORROW!!

I can't believe a year and a half ago I was blessed with

the best baby boy in the world! Time is going by way too fast!!!

We have an appt on Weds.

One thing I did do that I've been talking about for awhile is

switch pediatricians.

For those of you who actually read this and keep up I haven't

been happy with the one I work for . I don't agree with

how she treats Matty and I don't like the fact that I practically

have to get mad and tell her to treat my child before she does.

(She constantly says, "Let's wait and see if he gets better.")

WHAT?????

So yes, I have switched and our appt on Weds is with the new

pediatrician. I will blog all his stats and my opinion after. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! 

Goodbye 2010

Hello 2011!!!!

The hat and gloves are so darn cute! The smile was just the cherry on top!! :)

THE BIG SLIDE!!!