Re-winding a bit more. {meeting baby Hadley}

Back in October I took 2 weeks off work and jumped on a plane with the 2 kiddos and Auntie Sarah in tow. {Wow, was that an adventure!}  Let's just say I won't be flying again by myself with the 2 kids anytime soon! Trying to keep track of 2 kids while navigating through both airports was a challenge for sure! Sarah however, was a huge help!  LOVE her!
Tucker did amazing on the plane!  Hardly heard  peep out of him the whole time.  Ellee did okay.  She is a huge Daddy's girl so was so sad that he couldn't come with us.  Since she is 2 she had her own seat.  I had her sit in her carseat to help keep her contained {very smart decision on my part!}  However, she got bored very quick so there was a lot of fussing!  Sarah did an excellent job on trying to distract her so it turned out okay.

We had a ton of fun spending that 2 weeks with my sister and her family! We did lots of fun things.  We went to the pumpkin patch, a kid's play place called JUMP AIR, trick or treating, shopping and had tons of fun relaxing at home.
We also got to visit some extended family.  We really enjoyed being able to spend some extra time with them!  I sure wished we all lived closer!!

The trip home was much easier since I kind of knew what to expect!  Again, Sarah was a huge help and Ellee didn't fuss as much.  It helped that we could keep telling her we were going to see her Daddy, whom she missed very much! :)

I have so many fun photos to share!  To see all our fun Georgia Trip photos, click HERE! :)

Tis' the Season.

Tis' the season.
We started off the holiday season with a tree hunt.  So much fun with both kiddos this year!  We went to the local tree farm with Grandpa and Grandma Chakos!   We both had great success finding the perfect trees!

"I want this one!"

 Found our tree!

 Ellee & Grandma Katie

 Grandpa & Grandma's tree!

Christmas this year was very low-key and relaxing.  We had so much fun spending this holiday with our families!
Christmas Eve was spent with my Mom, Greg, Sarah and Greg's son and his wife.
I had to work in the morning, so after I got off we headed over to my Mom and Greg's for brunch.  The kiddos had so much fun opening their gifts from their Grandmom and Grandpa.  And their Auntie Sarah!  They truly got spoiled!  Shayne and got very spoiled ourselves.  Mom and Greg gave us a 2 night stay at a World Mark Resort.  We chose to take a mini trip to Seaside, OR in March.  The trip also included babysitting!  So we are looking forward to a little alone time! :)

Christmas morning we got to sleep in.  I have a feeling that next year that may not be the case! ;-)  Ellee was very excited to see all the gifts under the tree!
After the kiddos opened their gifts from Santa we headed over to Shayne's parents where we all got spoiled again!  The kiddos got lots of fun toys and clothes.  And we got some pretty awesome gifts too!  We are so blessed to have amazing families!  We had so much fun with them and enjoyed a yummy eggs benedict breakfast!
Here is Ellee and Tucker in front of our tree:

There are so many fun photos to share that I will just have you click HERE to see them all! :)
{I still have yet to upload photos from Christmas Eve, stay tuned for those!}

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope all ya'll did also! :)

rewinding a bit.

I just realized I didn't post anything about Thanksgiving 2011!  So, before I post about Christmas (super late of course, cause that's how I roll, LOL!)  I thought I had better get some Thanksgiving pics up!

My sister Emily, her husband Jason and their new, sweet little addition Hadley Lane came to visit for Thanksgiving!  We had so much fun and little miss Hadley had gotten so big since I had seen her last in October! (will post some pics of our trip later!).
Emily and Hadley were able to spend the week before Thanksgiving with us and Jason flew in the day before and they all stayed until the following week!  Was so much fun having them in town and being able to spend time together!

Here is the photo re-cap of Thanksgiving Day!

Isn't Miss Hadley just the sweetest thing you've ever seen?!!

Grandpa Greg and Little Miss Hadley

 Uncle J with all the kiddos!

 They always have so much fun with him! :)

 Turkey Hand Pumpkin Pies!

 Tucker's Turkey Hands

 Ellee's Turkey Hands

ellee's "tandy" house

I was in Costco with my Mom last week and they had their Ginger Bread Houses out!  I had to snag one.  This is the first year that Ellee is old enough to do stuff like this!  So much fun!
Last Thursday after we saw Santa, I brought the Ginger Bread House out for her to decorate.  She got so excited when she saw all the candy!  She spent a good hour and a half decorating.  And of course half of it ended up getting eaten before it even made it onto the house! Best ten bucks I've spent in a while! :)  Here are some snapshots of the decorating process!

 decorating "tandy" houses take so much concentration!

 so proud of her finished house!

Santa!

We went and saw Santa a week ago. As you can see from the pic Tucker was not phased by sitting on the strange man with a beard's lap! On the other hand that was not the case with Ellee!  Like last year she would go nowhere near him. We were able to get a pic with her on it, but Shayne and I had to be in it also. We wont be sharing that one! Next year I think Shayne and I will make sure we are presentable before we see Santa! ;-)

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I'm back!

Life has been busy!  I had all these plans for a summer re-cap post in September, but as you can see that didn't happen!  I have decided to skip that.  I am hoping to get some highlights up as I go through pictures from the Summer, Fall, and now Winter.  We will see though, no promises. :)

So.... now that Tucker is 6 months old, I thought I should probably make time to start posting again.  I'm hoping to post regularly, but between working full time and being a full time mom I don't get much free time!  But, I will try! :)

Here is Tucker at his 6 month well check.  His current stats are: 14 lbs 8.5 oz (5th percentile), 27 inches long (32nd percentile) and 41.2 cm head circumference (3rd percentile).

He is our Perfect, Healthy, Baby Boy!

He is babbling, sitting up, playing with toys, eating solids, smiling up a storm and giggling at all the silly things his big sister does!  We are so blessed with 2 beautiful, healthy kiddos!

Well, I guess that is it for tonight.  Stay tuned for some holiday posts! :)

summer break.

Apparently, I took an unintentional summer break from blogging.  WOW!  Have we been busy this summer!  Between our new addition Tucker and all the birthdays/weddings/shower, etc. I haven't had much time to blog. Not to mention the lack of sleep!  It is all worth it though! And as much as we have enjoyed our summer, I am looking forward to the fall and having things slow down a bit.  I promise I will get an update with some pictures from all our summer activities up soon!  Stay tuned! :)