Its been too long

I am embarrassed at how long it took to update the blog.  Take pity on me; its been a big couple of months.  We juggled finding out that we are having baby #3, me stopping work and staying home with the kids full-time, the holidays, two new schools and a bunch of fun in between.  Plus we bought a new home computer, that I can't seem to upload pictures from our camera at home to.  Since the majority of our holidays are on that camera, I had to get out of my own Type A way and just post an update with pictures snapped from our phone.

Here is a quick look at some of the fun we had along the way.

On set at John's show Ben and Kate

The view from our hotel in Santa Barbara

Wine tasting in Santa Barbara

Enjoying the wine

Night out at a Country Line Dancing Bar

On the way to dinner in Hermosa

Great Sunset

Then came Halloween, where Ariel the Mermaid and Sebastain the Crab got tons of candy!

Face Painting is Ellie's #1 favorite activity.

The only good picture we have of both of them.

 

Perhaps the most exciting thing that happened was that our niece Isabel was born!  We are so happy and luck to have her as a part of our family.  Ellie was especially excited about Isabel, claiming that she was now only asking for a baby in her family for Christmas.  She loves holding Isabel, and thinks Isabel holding her finger is about the best thing ever.  Tommy likes Isabel as well, saying in a super high voice "Hi Isabel" and my favorite "Love You Baby".

Ellie meeting Isabel for the first time.

 

Me and Ellie cuddling Isabel.

A sweet shot of Grandma and Grandpa Burgess reading to the kids.

Another big event at the end of 2012 was Tommy's 2nd birthday.  Wow - 2 years with Tommy have gone by.  He is still such a sweet, sweet boy.  He has a huge smile, and gives us smiles all day long.  He is starting to grow more and more into a boy.  And by that I mean that he is chasing the dogs, pulling on their tales, yelling "Hi Yah!" and karate chopping things.  I have found him standing in our toilet, floating his stuffed animals in our toilets, drawing in ballpoint pen on our couch cushions, along with other shenanigans.  He loves trains, cars, to read, and most of all to play with Ellie.  He calls Sadie "my girl", and loves to run and play outside.  We are so luck to have Tommy in our family!

 

Our big 2 year old!!

For his birthday, we hosted a Dinosaur hunt in our yard.

Everyone got in on the action.

There were some tricky hiding spots.

Love this shot, Ellie kissing him as I deliver his birthday cupcake.

Enjoying some birthday cake!

Frosting face.

Tommy was a little scared of Santa this year, so I had to hold him as he asked for a choo choo train.  Ellie asked for a LeapFrog pad.

One pose with Santa.  Ellie was excited, Tommy was not. "Too scary Mama, too scary"

We took them to Union Station to see the Christmas Trains.  Love this shot of our two best friends holding hands.

Ellie also went ice skating for the first time.  She needed a little help from Dad.

Mikey did some heavy lifting, but she had a blast.

First snow of the year.

A trip to Lego land.

Posing with strange Lego creature.

Tommy made himself comfortable while we were there.

We followed lunch with a trip to Fritz's to see the trains.



Uncle John came along for the ride.



John, Tommy and Ellie in the best picture we could get of the three of them.

3D Movie over the holiday break.

This buddy was kicked back and relaxed.