Thanksgiving

This is our Christmas Family Photo!! The quality isn't good because I had to scan it to my in- laws computer and email it to myself!!


WOW... I can't believe it has already come and gone! We started off our day by going to the McCann's house. We went there at 11 and stayed until 1ish. I love the fact that they live right down the road from us and it isn't out of our way to stop by on holidays! YEAH!! So, we visited with Todd's parents and Todd's grandma.

Then around 1 we headed to my parent's house. She prepared a FEAST for all of us! There was about 20 people there and it was a great time. After we ate dinner we rested for a little while and played with the babies. Then we played some games. It was so much fun. My family is crazy and we always have a great time playing silly games and having fun. We also played the WII for a little while. Overall it was a great day of eating and talking with family and friends.

At 11 p.m. my sister and I head off to the Birch Run outlets to do a Little shopping. YEAH!! Everyone knows how much I love to shop. It was a blast. The outlets weren't as crowded as I thought they would be. I got a lot of great deals too! (Most of them were deals for me because all of my Christmas shopping is DONE!!) That is the best part about it!! HA HA!! So, I got home at about 3 in the morning. Needless to say it has taken me almost all weekend to recoperate from being up that late! I AM OLD!!

The day after Thanksgiving we went to a few craft shows with my parents and my cousin Ben. It was a lot of fun. I love hanging out with my parents and Todd. It is so nice that they get along with each other and can laugh and make jokes about each other... it is always good times!!!

(We just bought a new desktop so I can start storing my photos on that instead of the laptop... we also just got photoshop so that is all going to go on the desktop to help speed up the laptop and hopefully I will get a few more years out of this thing!!! So, my point is... I don't have pictures to post just yet because I am waiting to put them on the new computer... so pictures will come LATER!!!)

Thankful

WOW... There are so many things in my life that I am thankful for! First of all, I God has blessed me with a beautiful child who is the joy of my life. I could not have asked for a better, more beautiful baby. Gage is amazing and I am so grateful that he is ours. When I think of what could have been with his ABS I almost break down and cry every time because he is so perfect. He is our perfect gift from God and I would not change anything about him. I love him so much. Since he has been born I feel like I am a new person and have so much more to live for. Thank you God for Blessing me with Baby Gage!!!

Second of all, I have the most amazing husband in the world! Todd is awesome. I know I don't tell him enough how much I love him and how much he means to me. He puts me first before his needs EVERYDAY! He always makes sure I am happy and everything is OK with me before himself. I am grateful that God has blessed me with such an awesome husband who will do anything for me. I love him so much. I feel like since we have had Gage our relationship has been brought to another level. We need each other, we lean on each other, and we both put each others needs first before our own. Todd has been such and amazing help with the baby. He has been there for me through it all and I can not thank him enough. I love you TODD!!! Thank you for being the man you are to me and the father you are to Gage. We are the 2 luckiest people in the world.

Last but not least. I have an amazing family. My mom and my sister are my best friends. They are always there for me no matter what. I know that I can always call them at any time and they will be there for me. My mom loves Gage and is an amazing grandma... I love seeing them interact with each other! My in-laws are awesome too. They have taken me in as if I was there very own and that means a lot to me. They have helped with Gage and have been there for all of us in more ways than one!!

God has blessed me with so many blessings. I love Him so much. I am grateful for all of the wonderful gifts He has given me and my family.

Happy Thanksgiving....

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

I am a Christmas freak! I have had my decorations up for 2 weeks now and the Christmas tree has been up for a little over a week! I love this time of year! I have almost all of my shopping done. I can not wait for the Holidays... it is so much more meaningful and exciting when you have a baby! LOVE IT!!! Happy Holiday Cheer everyone!! YEAH!

This is a picture of the living room.

( I was watching Sex and the City, the movie when I took the picture!)

The shelf on the right side of the living room!

The shelf in the hallway by the bathroom!

These are Gage's presents! YEAH!!

Our tree with Gage's presents!

Pictures

I got a new camera for Christmas! Thanks Mom and Dad McCann (they don't even know they got it for me yet!!) We got it yesterday and since it is a NICE camera we decided to use the Christmas money from my In-Laws! Super excited to get started taking pictures and learning about the new camera!! Any tips anyone?? It is a Cannon 40D!! Merry Christmas to me!!! YEAH!!!

5 months

Not a whole lot has been going on in our lives! I have been very busy subbing almost everyday! I totally forgot to post Gage's 5 month stats! He turned 5 months old on Halloween! He weighs 22 pounds and is 26 and 3/4 inches long! He is a very HAPPY boy, only crying when he is hungry, hot, or tired! He smiles all the time with his two bottom front teeth! SOOOOO CUTE!! Gage is such a great baby. He is happy all of the time and is totally content jumping in his jumperoo or just laying on the floor with some toys! God has blessed us with such a wonderful son! I can only hope that all of your babies are this good!!

Cousins

Last week I watched Ava and I also had Gage. It was like having twins!! I give all moms with multiples much LOVE for being able to take care of more than one baby at the same time! It really wasn't that bad but I was BUSY all day long. The kiddies had a great time talking to each other and playing all day! They are so cute. I love that they are so close in age and get to grow up and play with each other!

They love to just talk to each other! It was so cute. I had Gage in his Jumperoo and Ava in the swing and they talked to each other for close to an hour! It was the funniest thing! I LOVE IT!!

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VERY BUSY WEEKEND!!!

Friday Gage and I went to the doc. He has had a rash on his bottom for three weeks. Nothing I used would help it at all! The rash never got worse, but it would never clear up. So, I got him into the doc. and he said that it was a fungal infection and that is why nothing worked that I tried at home. So, we got him his script and it seems to be working!!! YEAH!!!

So, after the doc apt. we headed over to my Mom's house to decorate cookies with the girls she babysits for. Reese and Makenna had a blast playing with Gage. It was cute to see them playing with him. I used to watch the girls too. I have known and babysat both of them since they were newborns. It is crazy to see them play with MY baby!!

After we made cookies we went to watch Dylan at his Halloween parade at school. He was really excited about all of us being there, especially Gage!
After Dylan's parade Gage and I headed home and picked up Daddy. Then we went trick or treating with my sister's in laws. It was a blast. Both babies had a lot of fun! They were both so good. Everyone thought they were soooooo cute in their costumes.

Gage was such a cute little turkey and he wore his costume proud!!
On Saturday we had our church Harvest party! Todd was a good sport with his costume. He was a pilgrim, I was an Indian, Gage was our Turkey and we were... THANKSGIVING!!! We actually won first place in our age group for our costumes. It was a lot of fun!