procrastinator supreme part 3

yeah. when you want to remember everything, but don't take the time to write them down as they occur, you need to write a lot all at once.
here's my third, and hopefully last post for the night.

JANUARY (how was that already last month??!!?)

Mia was all done with her crib. after almost a month of her climbing out a few times, and then sleeping in the pack and play, I took the side off of her crib and made it into a toddler bed. after one night when she fell out twice, we put up a rail. and it only took one day and one spanking and she was good about staying in bed. she is so stinkin awesome.

 lily and barb on barb's horse (I don't remember the horse's name...)

this is what winter in the desert looks like- hot.

we were celebrating Christmas one more time cause Chris' brother Justin finally made it out of Alaska (he was stationed there for the last year or so with the army) and back safely to the hot desert.

here's Wes and Xander.

Xander is 1 and this was the first time we got to meet him. he is so sweet!

mia also learned to drive a tractor.

keep your hands on the wheel young lady!

January also marks a month of crazy birthday celebrations- we went to San Tan Brewery to celebrate Elisa, Todd's and my birthday. (Todd is Chris' cousin, and Elisa is his wife and one of my BFFs :)

Here are the boys.

and here are us girls.

so fun being out! have I mentioned how much I love my family!??!

back to Christmas in January- here's my ridiculously cute girl trying to look like her Nana

and here is my niece Emma, not trying to, but succeeding at looking like her Nana :)

remember I said how great mia is at staying in her bed? well, one day she didn't want to nap and I made the mistake of not closing her door all the way, so she came out looking like this. how am I supposed to be mad at this?!??!?

my birthday this year was SO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was randomly and thoroughly spoiled by my friends and family, and Joe Johnston and his free food around Gilbert.

I didn't really LOVE my birthday as a kid, and definitely not as an angst ridden teen. but man- my birthday now is SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

here are my nieces Zoe and Sarah.

Zoe just came back from Alaska, and she's a sharp little (not actually little) 4 year old.

Sarah is Josh and Aly's little (actually very little!) 4 month old :)

 

procrastinator supreme part 2

Christmas was so fun that it deserves it's own very belated post.

 

I am very happy to say that I accomplished a fun craft in the midst of the busyness- I re-covered all of the stockings with fabrics that better suited our family members' personalities and interests. more so than the original red velour-ish material they once were.

 

 

this picture perfectly captures our Christmas morning- lily and topher were SO EXCITED! lily is the blur in the pic. mia is sitting, drinking her milk, mad that we woke her up...

 

yup. still grumpy. even after opening some presents. I missed getting a picture of her throwing her toys on the ground in a huff. thankfully most of her gifts came from the dollar section at Target.

 

lily and topher went to the dollar store and got gifts for each member of our family with their own money. it was SO precious. it made my mommy heart so happy.

 

and they even wrapped and decorated the gifts themselves!

they are getting so big and growing up so fast.

 

lily is trying to get her sister excited about her present.

 

we try really hard to remind the kids all through the hustle and bustle of the holidays that the meaning of it all is the birth of Christ.

thank you God for sending your one and only Son to be born among us so that He could eventually give His life for ours.

 

Thank you and Happy Birthday Jesus.

procrastinator supreme part 1

wow. I just updated my side-bar. do you know it used to say "craziness brought on by my almost irish-twins TODDLERS, and my husband..." yeah. lily hasn't been a toddler in... a long time. and, oh yeah, I have another kid! and she's TWO! wow. I am on top of things...

speaking of which- let's post some pictures from CHRISTMAS. it was only two months ago...

the holiday season always starts off with Chris' birthday and our anniversary. we started off the day at our favorite place for breakfast- Liberty Market. and my parents were with us which made the celebrating all the merrier.

Christmas day was spent with lots of family.

Lily and Papa Jerry. At this point Jerry is 1 year and 1 month cancer free!

Praise Jesus for He is GOOD!!!!

 

The Patriarch and his precious sons.

(left to right:)

Matt, Grandpa, Wes, Glenn, and Neil.

Barb and her sister Susie.

Have I ever told you that Barb and her sister married brothers?

Glenn, behind Susie, is Wes' brother. I love our family so much :)

And there's lots to love- that's a lot of Watsons (and beyond).

We started a new Christmas tradition of eating random food, picnic style, lighting a fire in the fireplace, and watching a Christmas movie. here the kids are watching 'A Christmas Story'.

 and they are shocked and entertained.

we went to Vegas! again. the malloys were there too!

 and we celebrated the New Year bowing, getting money, hanging out, having a great time!

 

And then my brother and Amber came! it was so fun hanging out together.

 

our drive home from Vegas.

 

lily LOVES amber. and the feeling is mutual.

the kids really loved hanging out with their fun 'young' aunt and uncle (little do they know alex is WAY older than me. by 15 whole months...)

so that was our December in a tiny nut shell.

hang in there- I've got some January pics coming up too!