2010

The holiday season has come to an end and here we are at the start of 2010!! It's a new millennium :)I was a twelve year old in eighth grade at the start and here I am at the end a 22 year old married mother of a 1 year old. It is crazy thinking about all that this millennium has in store of us. When it comes to it's end I will have an eleven year old! It is crazy to think about such things!!!

We had a wonderful and oh so merry christmas!! Tegan makes the holiday season so much more fun. She brings out the child in Zach and I and adds a special joy to everything!

We started off the holiday by going to my grandma's for christmas with my dads side of the family. Zach and I giggled when thinking back on christmas last year. Tegan was a month old and dressed in her miss clause outfit that she wore for a whole hour before she peed all over her clothes and my grandma's bed during a diaper change.(all pics were taken in our spare outfit from the diaper bag) This year she was running all over and having a blast with the other kids. It is mind boggling to think that we have a running, giggly one year old!!!

After spending christmas eve at my grandmas we came home and settled in for the night. Zach's parents and my sister stayed the night so they could have christmas morning with us and see Tegan open her gifts. We were all awake at 6:30 anxiously awaiting Tegan's little eyes to open. The one day I want her to wake she decides she needs to sleep in.
Tegan finally awoke on christmas morning with a very smiley mommy looking down on her. I was so excited to bring her to the living room to see her kitchen and open gifts! She Loved everything and constantly giggled and said "oh wow" to everything!

After opening gifts and having some yummy stuffed baked apples for breakfast we got ready for christmas day at my moms house. After the hour drive we were finally there; where we opened gifts and ate a wonderful christmas dinner.






To finish off the holiday we went to Zach's parents house where we filled up on snacks, played games and laughed until our eye lids took over.


It was a very busy overly fun few days consisting of too much laughter and very little sleep. Days in which we are still trying to recover from. We spent the rest of the weekend putting away toys and trying to get our house and daily routine back into gear. Our christmas tree came down and tegan's toys moved in.


Happy New Year from our family to yours! May you have a wonderful year full of many blessings and much happiness!!!


the above picture is of Tegan on her first new years Jan 1st 2009 :)

Our little Christmas Elf

Disney on Ice

Yesterday Zachary, his parents and I all took Tegan to see Disney on Ice. I was very nervous yet incredibly excited! I wasn't sure how Tegan would handle sitting on our laps for 2 hours, but she surprised us all!!! On our way to our seats we bought Tegan a toy Minnie Mouse to remember the day by. She proudly held on to her Minnie the entire duration of the show :)


Of course the kid in Zach needed a souvenir too so he went with a snow cone in a cup of his favorite Disney character Stitch!
Tegan slept through half the show and smiled through the rest :)
I found myself constantly fighting back the tears. I have always dreamed of having a little one to do such fun events with. Zach and I have always wanted a child of our own to take places and make memories with and holding Tegan while watching her first show was just another reminder that our dreams have really come true.

Enjoy the pictures!!!!

False promises and updates

It always seems that when I promise to stay on top of my blog I fall behind. So no more false promises!!! The truth is that I will update whenever I can. Life with a RUNNING toddler is a busy one. It is hard to even take a shower most days. My daily showers consist of Tegan standing by the tub opening the shower curtain and throwing her toys into the shower with me (while she soaks herself). She is a running, giggly, toddler and nothing slows her down which in turn means I am always on the run.

So much has gone on yet nothing has really happened since my last post!!! Just the normal holiday hustle and bustle that this time of year brings to us all.
We celebrated our second thanksgiving with our sweet little miracle :)
Tegan is cutting two more teeth and unfortunately got a mild case of the flu last week:( thankfully she had been vaccinated. I can't imagine her having a regular case of it! Our poor little girl walked around screaming in pain from the body aches and only found comfort in my arms. She is such a trooper and continued to smile through it all.

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of christmas! Our tree has been up since mid November and our shopping is done. We can't wait to see Tegan's face on christmas morning and watching her open all her gifts!!! Tegan brings a whole new happiness and joy to this time of year :)

We had our first big snow of the year! I bundled Tegan up(a bit too much haha she couldn't even move)and took her out to see the snow!!!


Tegan has made falling asleep at the dinner table a reoccurring event. This makes the fifth time she has done it. One minute she is talking, smiling and eating...the next minute you look over and she is nodding off.
awake....
asleep....


We got Tegan's birthday pictures back! She is looking so much like a little toddler and not so much like a baby. Her face is thinning out and she is taking on her own look. Enjoy :) Christmas pics will be here soon so be on the look out!