Welcome to 2011

I can't believe it is already 2011! Where does all the time go?

We had a great Christmas, but I am glad it is not for another year. I finished putting up the last of the lights outside the house today. We finally had some warm weather and thought I would take advantage of it, before the cold comes back next week.

Our Christmas was great! We went to my aunt and uncles on Christmas Eve, which is a tradition unless we are with Larry's family. When we got home Carter thought he saw Santa in the sky (bright star), he was freaking out. He was so excited and screaming, "Ho Ho Ho." We ended up not getting him in bed until 10:30 that night. My mom also stayed the night with us and she slept in Carter's bed while he slept on the floor in his new Lighting McQueen sleeping bag.

Luckily, no one woke up until 8am Christmas morning. Carter was a bit upset that Santa did not come to his room and wake him up and that Santa left a few cookies (will learn for next year). Carter got a Leapster 2 and Natalie got a new outfit and a plastic horse that she can sit on, but all she does is carry it around the house.

The following week was slow in some ways and fast in others. Do not get me wrong, I love my kiddos, but Christmas break is a little long, especially when it is cold and you are stuck inside all day with kids that are still wired from the excitement of Christmas. We made it threw however, with lots of patients on every one's part.

Natalie got another RSV shot, so that was good. She is also getting in the last of her teeth, her canines. She woke up New Year's Day at 4am with fever, but has not had any since. I finally was able to look in her mouth and they are breaking through the gums now. I hate teething! Carter was never really cranky or feverish with his teething, but Natalie, well she is a different child.

It has been 2 weeks since her ear tubes were put in so she got a normal bath last night. We actually have tubes where she can get her ears wet; nice. So far so good, with no illnesses...Knock on Wood! Natalie does seem to be talking a lot more since her tubes. I am not sure if it is that she can hear better now and/or that we are taking her pacifier out more. Either way, it seems to be working. I am excited to see how her hearing has changed when we go back for her follow-up in February.

Carter started school back this week and we are getting back in routine. I have also decided to play catch up on my last year's resolutions:

1. Photo Books caught up and ordered - all done for 2010, except December which I need a few more pictures from Christmas

2. Natalie's 1st Year Book - all done except for 2 pictures, townhouse in Dallas and the current one we are in (yes, she lived in 4 different homes her first year)

3. Make the Blog into a book we can keep - found a site and have played with it, but now I need to get to work

4. Update our Wills and Medical Documents - I know, but this is really important to me for us to update them. We made our wills when Carter was 4 months old. I have done all I can and now it is up to Larry (with me on his case)

5. New Resolution - Get Natalie off the bottle (she just won't take a sippy cup at all) and to sleep through the night (will once or twice a week, I need this to work sooner than later)

I also finally caught up on my bible study. I did 6 weeks worth in 1 day. I know, that is bad to be that far behind and I can promise I will never do it again. I love my study and hate I got that far behind. We are doing the old kings; 1 and 2 Kings.

I think that is all for the New Year so far, minus the Razorback loss last night in the Sugar Bowl. I am still proud of my Hogs though.

I will keep you posted on my New Year's Resolutions. The first 4 are no problem, then 5, please pray for me. I need Natalie to sleep through the night and get off the bottle so bad. Our bottles are starting to get nasty from the amount of use and I am not going to buy new ones, so whether she wants to or not, she is coming off the bottle...it is time.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a great start to 2001! I have the cutest picture of the kids from Christmas Eve I will post later. I need to get it from my uncle. I took a bunch with my camera only to realize I did not have the memory stick and to be honest, I have no clue where the memory stick is; priceless.