My Montage 1/27/10 at OneTrueMedia.com

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Puppy Annabelle

Our friends brought over their new puppy to play with the boys. Jude absolutley LOVES "woo woofs" and they had so much fun playing with her. Roman loved giving her kisses and "snuggling her" on the couch. I really would love to get them a dog..maybe one day....

Snow in the South

On Sunday we took the kids to blackbeards cove- they had a snow machine and hills set up for sledding. the boys have never seen snow and they loved it! it was so much fun to experience that with them in the WARM weather! They loved the hot chocolate and roasting marshmallows after! What a beautiful family memory.xo

Romans Room Makeover...on a budget.

Romans room really needed a makeover. It was so blah and dark..cluttered. We had started doing a rockstar theme but it didnt really fit him and never really came together.

We decided on the dinosaur theme because I found the bedding at Ross for 12 dollars. The biggest splurge was the rug which i got at target for 20.00. I couldnt pass it up because the colors were perfect! and it tied everything else together. We got 3d puzzles which will aid as decoration at michaels for 1.00-3.00. The lamp i re did from goodwill. It was three dollars and I painted a toy dinosaur we had and added rocks with a glue gun from the dollar store. I painted the shade and added ribbon and glued tiny plastic dinosaurs on crawling up the metal post.

The wallpops were from ac moore and i used two 40 percent off coupons. The stuffed iguanas were from the dollar store and the do do bird with perfect matching colors was at ross clearance for 2.00.

The tree and bamboo we already had outside so i just cleaned them off and brought them in. We got rid of a bunch of clutter and the big old tv and are having a garage sale this weekend.

Christmas

Wow! What a great Christmas season. I am just now recovering my house and family. We had four christmases. We went to church Christmas eve. It was a great time as most of kates (step mom) family was there to celebrate. We took up two whole seacoast rows. Go us! Then we stopped by Roz's(andrews mom) where she gave the boys and me matching pajamas. We headed home quickly to get the boys in bed for the big day...and santa and mrs clause enjoyed a glass of champagne by the christmas tree.
On Christmas morning I woke up at 4: 30 to hear rustling. It was "santa" wrapping my presents. Andrew and I had agreed not to get each other anything as it was enough watching the kids on Christmas morning- and our parents still spoil us with gifts and stockings- love that!
Well, i went back to sleep and then took roman and judes stocking up to their door and left it there around 6. We told Roman before bed that he could go and open his door to see what was there when he woke up. When we hear him we looked through the video monitor to see what he was doing.He went and looked out the window ( i guess to see if it was morning) then he crawled back into bed. 5 minutes later he did the same thing (so cute) then he went to the window again. This time (i guess he decided it was time) he went and got his stocking. As we eatched him open it i realized he had taken judes stocking so i had to run up stairs and intercede!
At 7:30 I went upstairs to take Jude his stocking- he was still fast asleep. He got excited when he realized there was crayons and candy involved. After that we went downstairs and the boys opened their own piles of gifts and played until we had to leave for mount pleasant.
We arroived at my dads to an AMAZING breakfast. I always feel so loved when someone caters to my veggie diet. Kate had made veggie sausage and heinz veggie baked beans- that and a couple mimosas- I was in heaven!! After breakfast we all opened gifts. so much fun watching the boys- Jude loved his little people farm- and Roman loved his bumble bee helmet and arm thing.Andrew and i got a computer amoungst other things! After all the gifts were open we watched some Mr Bean..then it was time to .
We buckled in for the long haul to andrews parents house..its at LEAST a mile away.phew.
When we got there we opened gifts with Andrews parents and Sharon, Ben,and Grace. Jude was so tired and opening everyones gifts so he went down for a nap! After gifts we had Christmas dinner- it was so yummy- salad, ham, potatoes, green beans, and an amazing cherry chocolate cake by Sharon. The boys loved their toys and played with them after dinner.

The next day we headed to Hampton to celebrate with Andrews dads side of the family. The kids had a blast running around the pond and riding in the wagon and boat- a little boys dream!

On Sunday we celebrated in Mount pleasant with Roz's side of the family.The kids sang Christmas carols and played with new toys and all their cousins.The food and drink was plentiful and a fun time was had by all!

Cleaning

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Roman and Jude decided to help mommy clean today. Half way through Jude tired to snuggle with Roman. These boys keep me laughing!

One more please???!!

This is my not so little Titus. What a perfect name God gave us for our "chunky punk." as Andrew calls him. I just love that nickname! Anyway, he is 12 weeks and is already in some 9 month clothes.wow! Last appointment he was about 13 pounds.

This is seriously the happiest baby we have ever seen. he smiles at everything and anybody and he has just started to laugh a little. (i just realized how funny that is with the seriousness of the picture above!)Even when he is hungy he barely fusses (less the few times he has actually cried and then it was a rather high pitched squeal-cute.) We are so in love with this little man and he fits in with our family so perfectly!

Here is our 5 year old painting his gift from his auntie felicia! Roman is becoming so inquisitive and more precious everyday. He is still very obedient..a people lover and pleaser.. and loves the structure and routine of our lives. He loves to teach Jude things, hold Judes hand etc. When we are driving he often passes the time by saying "Jude say truck" "jude say jude" and then laughs at Judes attempts to communicate.

Here is precious Jude..our little firecracker. He is so spunky and fun with such a sweet spirit. He absolutley loves his baby Titus. Hs is the first thing he asks for every morning and he will point to any of titus' things and say his name. He always wants to hug him and kiss him. he has never once showed jealousy or maliciousness to our new addition. Seeing them interact is too precious for words.My cup runs over and I am filled with praise at the joy I experience in raising these boys. Lord, may I have one more???? 

The boys helping me with christmas goodies!white chocolate covered candy canes- yum-o

here is a side by side of Roman (left) and Titus. We see more and more Titus loooking like Roman as a baby..same laid back personality too!