I mean seriously...

How cute is he?!
(yes, I'm quite biased)

Bunco!

We had Bunco at Gretchen's. Since there isn't anything "cool" to do for a theme in January, we decided to do a pajama party and bring breakfast foods. It was awesome - monkey bread, biscuits & gravy, hash browns, doughnuts, bacon & cheese croissants, and so much more! It was a good thing we all had stretchy pants on! LOL!

The gang: Melissa, Dee Dee, Carla, Gretchen, Mary, Jill
Tina, Jenna, April, Jami, Tracey, Misty



Jill keeps hoping to make it on the blog...Here you go, Jilly - your first picture on my blog!!

Me & my BFF (LYLAS, BFF&E, Stay the same; Don't ever change, I love Eric forever and ever! Good luck with the guys! Stay sweet!) Oh, sweet 80's!

Jill is telling a very animated story about Janie playing musical instruments!

Jami - Welcome to our Bunco group!! You fit right in. I think only 2 or 3 voted "nay". :)

Action shot: The roll of the dice. Wonder whose fingers those are?!

Jill found something quite hilarious in the background! Jenna must not have been in on that story. She looks a bit bored!

More action. Everyone is tallying their stars!

Jami and Dee Dee during a conversation where Dee Dee realizes she knows Jami's bro-in-law. If you were at the table, Dee Dee was ha-larious! OMG! OMG!

Thanks girls for a fun night out! Looking forward to February. :)

I'd like to give a shout out to my homeboy Bob for getting our Internet all fixed and set up for us. My 48 friends from FaceBook thank you too. :)

Mondays after a holiday are rough. I'm exhausted and ready for bed! I just wanted to update quickly. We are getting more and more settled in the house. I love it! Tonight, we unloaded the last of our "stuff" from a borrowed enclosed trailer that a friend loaned us. (Thanks, Kevin!) We got the garage cleared just enough to park my van in there. Fun! It's like a real home! Hopefully this weekend, Eric will get the garage cleaned out enough to park his car in there, too.

Looking forward to Bunco tomorrow night. We are all wearing our pj's and bringing breakfast foods. Yum! I'm making monkey bread and looking forward to eating it!! Gin, can't wait to see your house and everything you've done. I'm sure it is adorable.

Cute Levi story: Levi has recently been allowed to chew gum. He gets to put a quarter in the gum ball machine at El Nopal and get the little Chicklets gum. We remind him to keep chewing it and not swallow. He does really well. Today, after I picked him up, I let him graduate from one to two pieces! When we got home, I told him to put his gum on his plate and he could keep chewing them after dinner. (Gross) Anyways, he pulled out two pieces of gum. He chewed them both separately...one piece on either side of his mouth! What a character!!

Good to be back!

I'm back in the land of the blogs! It feels like forever since I've been able to update.
I love my new house. I love the space. I love my closets. I love my dishwasher. I love my bathroom. I love the automatic ice maker on the fridge door. I love having my laundry room on the main floor. But, most of all, I love it that my son is sleeping in his new big boy bed ALL NIGHT long!! Many of you know the problems we've had with Levi at night time since our vacation this summer. We switched him to a toddler bed and it was a nightmare!! He has been waking up 1, 2, 3, 4 times a night for months! It was like having a newborn again! He wouldn't even sleep in the toddler bed, but slept on blankets on the floor. So, with the move, we decided to "talk up" a big boy bed! We gave him my old bedroom furniture which has a full size bed. For 4 nights in a row, Levi has slept in his new bed without waking up at all! He also has been sleeping in a lot...until 8am! That's a miracle for Eric and me.

Levi sleeping in his new bed. What a cutie! Can you find him?? LOL


Levi's bathroom :)

Napie Time

I went in to check on Levi after he laid down for a nap and here's what I found:

Brigette gave Levi a picture of Katie (her dog) on Christmas day. Levi fell asleep with Katie on his pillow! How sweet!!!

It's a Date!

So, I realized I haven't updated about the house situation in a while. I'll try to make a long, dramatic story short. :)
We closed on our current house last week. We were hoping to already have closed on the new house but because of some bank issues on the seller's end, it won't be until Monday. So, we are in limbo right now! All of our belongings are packed up and loaded on a moving truck and waiting for the day we can unload. We can stay in our house until this coming Tuesday and then we will be homeless! We are sleeping on a mattress on the floor and only have some necessities here with us. Brigette gave us a small 3 foot Christmas tree so Levi would at least experience a few lights!

It's kind of fun living a simple life with no "stuff" to bog us down! LOL Here's a pic of Levi and Eric chilling on the mattress tonight. Levi is very excited about the new house and we keep telling him how exciting it will be to sleep in his new big boy bed!! We'll see if he will end up in the bed or on blankets on the floor!

A special thanks to everyone who helped us load the truck on Christmas Eve! You know you have a true friend when they help you move boxes and furniture on the day before Christmas when it is pouring rain!! Paul, Matt, Matt, Josh, Andrew and Brigette - you guys rock!!


Keep on going to see some fun pics from Christmas day!! :)

Levi's special Christmas train

If you've met Levi for any amount of time, you'll know that he loves trains. He adores them. This year, he got a very special treat for Christmas. Paul and Pierce won the grand prize at Bass Pro - a Bachmann train. When he got it home, it had a small glitch, so he called to see if they could fix it. They told him they would ship him a new one and not to worry with returning the one he had. So, Paul asked Eric if Levi would like to have it. OMG - would he ever!!!!! So, Christmas night, he got to open his gift from Paul & Gretchen...

Levi helping Daddy put the train together

Look at this face of wonder and amazement as he watched it go "round and round" for the first time

Paul & Gretchen, you guys are special people! I'm so glad we have you in our lives. Thank you for making Levi's Christmas even more special with something he will be able to treasure for many years to come! We love you. ;)