Thanksgiving...we introduced Mattie to our little Family tradition of the YMCA Turkey Trot. She managed to sleep all the way through it! Shea, who usually likes to do his "big runnin'" opted for a ride on the stroller this year. He and Kaci had a great time at the petting zoo after the run. They also enjoyed beating the hell out of each other! At one point we had to ban shoes from them both or we were going to be making a stop by the emergency room.
Christmas came and went so fast my head is still spinning. We were here, there, and everywhere for almost a week. Poor Shea thought Santa didn't come because it didn't snow. They really need to start making "A Christmas in Texas/Arizona/Hawaii" type holiday programs! Once again, Santa was quite good to all of us (apparently the recession didn't hurt him too bad)! Evan Mattie was quite excited by all the presents. We were excited to see all the family who we haven't seen in a while.
Happy New Year to all! Chris and Kelly actually went a New Year's party while gracious Kaki & PawPaw let both kids spend the night!
The past couple weeks have been crazy with everyone being sick. Kelly is the only one in the house that has not contracted an ear infection, strep and/or the horribly nasty stomach bug (I'll leave it that). We have also generous enough to share these germs with family members not in our household!
Mattie is getting to be such a big girl. She is 5 months old and almost sitting up. She is now eating cereal. This is after a major struggle with the Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome brought on by her mother and a bright flash (gotta capture those "firsts" you know!) She still has her little red headed temper and loves to "talk" to us all day long. She has also decided that her toes make quite a tasty addition to her diet.
Shea is as precocious as ever. We love to hear what he has to say especially when he is really dramatic and the hands and facial expressions get going. We call him "parrot" these days and we REALLY have to be careful what we say. A couple weeks ago his favorite expression was "Holy God." Well, at least it wasn't "holy shit" He has stopped getting his head busted up at school and is hanging out with the good boys. He also has started get goodbye kisses from a few of the little girls - uh oh!
Chris and Kelly are still around but nobody really cares about them anymore. Apparently, they merely serve as transporters of babies to various grandparents!
