The Nutcracker

Abbey and I went to see The Nutcracker fulfilling our normal Christmas tradition with Grammie, Cindy and her girls, Ryleigh and Lauren. It was fabulous as usual. We went to eat first and my friend Kellie came with us this year. She lost her mom a year ago to cancer and used to always go with her mom so we invited her with us and had a great time. Abbey loves it more now since she is taking dance.

Spencer is on the MOVE!!

Time to break out the baby gate.. Spence is on the move. He actually gets on all fours but cannot move quite yet. He moves backwards more often than forwards but sometimes just sits and rocks back and forth. He is hilarious..I have to give him credit for getting his chunky little body to move around. He just started clapping today too. We will clap and say "yea" and he loves to start clapping and follow along...I love it! He just turned 8 months on the 5th of December. My how the times flies!! Here are some pics of him in his progression!

These Kids Are Crazy..

Is it normal to feel outnumbered??? Here are some funny pics of the kids together..They keep us entertained 24/7!

Abbey's Thankgiving Play

Here is Abbey at school. They had a readers theatre and Abbey read a poem called "Pumpkin Pie Time" with her friend Taylor. They were so cute!

Scotty's 4!!

Wow..I can't believe he turned 4. It seems like yesterday that he was just little like Spencer. It is amazing to think he started out like this and has grown up so healthy.

We had his party at Peter Piper Pizza. He had a great time and of course played every game they had. He had about 7 or 8 friends come and Cindy made him a SpiderMan cake which he loved. He is definitely our little ham..he keeps us entertained and on our toes.

Here is Spencer with his little friend that is 10 days younger.They were happy as long as they were eating!

We had a great time!

King of our Household!!

NEW YORK!!

Okay, so New York was absolutely the best! We had so much fun and remembered how it was when it was just the two of us! We of course, missed the kids alot, but it was nice to get away for a weekend. We saw and did everything we wanted to do and probably walked at least 10 miles!! The first night we were there we saw "Wicked" the play on Broadway, which was so fabulous and we both loved it.














It is such a popular show that we felt lucky we got tickets to see it. We got to eat the best pizza and hot dogs and drink the best hot chocolate in the WORLD at this place called the "Chocolate Bald Man".. it was like drinking pure chocolate.

We got to see Times Square, Rockefeller Center, St. Patricks Cathedral, which was absolutely amazing, Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero and the Financial District. It was wild to think that all of those tall buildings downtown are actually full of people who work there. No wonder the streets and subways are so crowded.




















Ground Zero was so interesting to see. It was all fenced off and you really couldn't see much. We were able to take a picture through the tarp on the fence and that is all we saw. It was very quiet there, almost eerily so. I just couldn't believe I was looking at the end result of all that happened there. We were lucky enough to be able to meet up with a friend of Steve's family, Maurice, who lives there in the city with his wife and children. He told us a little bit about that day and what is was like for him. He was right down there, maybe 2 blocks away when it all happened. Amazing story!















We shopped on Canal Street/Chinatown and that was an event! I got a great purse for $20 so that was fun. We got lots of fun stuff for the kids there too. The place that we stayed was so wonderful and we were lucky to know someone who let us stay there for free. It was on the upper west side and was just beautiful. It sat right on the Hudson River. Walking to the subway over there, we saw David Hyde Pierce who was Niles on "Frasier" and I didn't know what to say so I acted totally cool and didn't say anything but I wanted to!

The last day we were there, we went to the Brooklyn Bridge, which was really pretty. We ate at a fun Cuban restaurant and took some great pictures. All in all, it was such a great trip and a dream come true for me as I have always wanted to go. It made me realize how blessed I am and how lucky I am to have such a great husband and family!! Great memories we will never forget!