Christmas time is here.....

Just thought that I would post a couple pictures of our Christmas tree. I'm really excited for this Christmas. Ethan is at a really fun age, and I can't wait for Christmas morning to come! Ethan loves the tree, but he's constantly taking the ornaments off (some of them are little bells, and he loves ringing them). So needless to say, the bottom half of the tree that Ethan can reach is a little more bare than up top. The next pictures are of Ethan in his new Christmas pj's. I should've gotten a bigger size, but he still is super cute in them!!! The last picture, he's trying to show 3 on his fingers. He struggles with it a little bit, but is getting better.

The last couple weeks...

Ethan had a special birthday party on the 20th, even though his birthday was the 18th. He told me he wanted to have a special Thomas Birthday, and we had family and friends over to celebrate. I cannot believe he is already 3, but he's so much fun, and everyday he says/does something that just leaves me speechless. The only pictures I could find was of him opening up some of his gifts. He was definitely SPOILED ROTTEN!!!

So this year's Thanksgiving was pretty mellow. We went over to my mom's house late afternoon around 4 and started digging through our ads, planning the stops for the morning. The dinner was delicious (thanks momma for all the hard work in the kitchen), and I have to say that I think it was the quietest Thanksgiving I have ever had. But I enjoyed the time with my family nonetheless. After dinner, Rory was pretty tired from the graveyard shifts, and so he found a nice comfy (?) spot to take a nice little snooze while Ethan played with the little toys, and markers.

Here are the toys....

Here's from the markers.....

Notice anything at all in this pic? It's a little hard to tell, but if you look really close next to the wall......
Rory's comfy spot.......

The next day, I was among all of the crazies that got up before 5 am to try to hit the stores for the christmas deals. I love Christmas and buying for my family, and I LOVE BLACK FRIDAY!! I got some pretty good deals, but surprised myself when I got home and noticed the gifts I bought were all for ETHAN! Yikes! So needless to say, I still have a bunch of shopping left to do. :) (did I mention that I love shopping too?)

Ethans New Pet

Over the last couple of days, we have found a couple of crickets in our house. Each time I have got a cup and put the cricket in it and taken it out to the garage to dump him out. Well, I don't know if it's just the same cricket coming in desperate to get out of the cold or what, but the last time I saw it, I decided not to get the cup. Everytime Ethan see's it, he squeels and gets so excited. He'll get down on his stomach and talk to him, then try to feed him cereal or something. It is so funny, and really cute. Here's a couple pictures. The cricket is kind of hard to see, but he's up next to the wall, and ethan is telling him stories.

The beginning of winter

So a couple days ago it snowed, enough to have a nice white blanket on the ground. Ethan was so cute when he went outside. Last winter, he had no interest in the snow whatsoever, but this year has been different. He begged for me to let him go outside to play in the snow. Here's a couple of pictures I took. (taken from the comfort of my warm living room)

So while Ethan was out playing, Rory was working on his project. It has not been a cheap project either. He is trying to restore his dad's 1970 (?) Chevy pickup. He was pretty excited to FINALLY get it running after a few months, and a couple thousand dollars later. I have to say that the best looking part of the truck so far is under the hood. I will have to get some pictures of it to put up. It looks pretty good, and I know NOTHING about mechanics, etc. Notice in the pictures below, there is no seat, and one thing you can't see is that the floor is rusted out, so there's a nice hole in the floor... it still has a long way to go.