Steve and Kelly Plus Two: January 2010

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Friday, January 8, 2010

Christmas Morning

Pictures from the actual Christmas morning at Grandma and Grandpa Hurts' in Virginia

We arrived in VA for our 15-day visit on December 19th. That morning a huge storm had rolled through and left almost two feet of snow on the ground. Brian has seen a few inches of snow before, but nothing like this and never enough to sled in. Good thing I'd invested in a snow suit and boots because Brian sledded everyday until the snow was too thin (and possibly was done when his chin ran into a sled on a run down the hill by himself, after that he told us "I don't yike it!" and settled for building snowmen instead) After his first day of sledding, he was so wore out that he climbed into bed by himself, told Steve "I sleep right here now" and was out within minutes. Usually we have to do everything short of tying him to the bed for naps and bedtime.

First day I needed to ride with Daddy

Didn't take me long to venture down the hill by myself

You can sled on your butt or front-first, either way is fun!

Smiling and laughing the whole way down, until I came up close and personal with a rogue sled

Daddy and me built snowmen after the chin-to-sled incident

Just take the picture quick so I can get outside!

Brian's Preschool Christmas Party

Brian's preschool had a little Christmas party, complete with gingerbread house making and singing Christmas carols

The singing was super cute, Brian was especially enthusiastic about "Jingle Bells" and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. He does the Pledge of Allegiance all the time at home and even finishes it with "okay, time to sit down now!"

Our Early "Christmas Morning"

Santa actually visited our house in mid-December since we were going to VA for 15 days over Christmas and I didn't want to wait til we got home in January because (a) I like opening gifts asap and (b) I knew I'd want to tear the tree and holiday decorations down the second we got home, so here's our very early Christmas morning.

The stockings

Only part of the aftermath

Daddy and Brian tearing into his new Lightening McQueen GeoTrax "round and round"

He loves tearing open gifts!

Decked the Halls

A few pictures of our house decorated for the holidays

Squadron Kids Christmas Party

Saturday, December 12th was our squadron's kids Christmas party, complete with Santa arriving from the North Pole in what else? An F-16 of course, none of this sleigh crap when your kid is an Air Force brat!

Santa arriving in the Viper

Santa gave Brian an F16 ornament for his tree and Brian got to tell Santa again that he wanted a "round and round" for Christmas

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Me at 22 weeks pregnant

Me and the belly at 22 weeks on December 12th

I'm 26 weeks tomorrow, so I'll get a newer/bigger picture up soon

The Polar Express Train

On December 5th we headed up to Williams, AZ to board the Polar Express train to the North Pole to visit Santa. Williams is an adorable little town on the historic route 66 and its claim to fame is its antique train line that goes north daily to the Grand Canyon. We were joined by all of Brian's best buddies and their families, the Browns, the Cummings and cousins Noelia and Jake. The kids all wore matching plaid Christmas jammies on the train and got to eat cookies and hot chocolate, and sing Christmas carols. The grand finale was when Santa boarded the train at the North Pole and walked through the train cars, giving each child a silver bell to bring home. Brian loved every second and was especially excited to see Santa and even told Santa that he wanted a "round and round" for Christmas. A "round and round" is a Lightening McQueen race track thing he saw on a TV commercial, Santa brought Brian something very similar.