My Twenty Ten In Ten Words...

Change.

Complete Faith.

Decisions.

Separation.

Friends & Family.

Accepting Support.

Grateful.

Loved having Greg home for the end of 2010!

The idea for this post came from reading this post.

Birthday Boys!

This year we celebrated both Wesley and Max's birthdays on the same day. Greg was in Missouri for Max's actual birthday, so I made the decision to postpone the celebration until he could be here with us. Grandma Alton made the Fire Engine cake...I made the cupcakes and used her leftover frosting (I should add that I managed to eat all of the leftover cupcakes in two days time...I don't think I shared but one with Greg).

The boys got lots of fun gifts - books, crayons/coloring books, monster trucks, Handy Manny toys, shirts, and more that I am sure I am forgetting. Wesley's got a big gift from Grandma and Grandpa Alton - A two wheel bike...Max will now inherit the tricycle.

On Max's actual birthday, we went out to Wendy's for dinner (his favorite) and then I took him to Target to pick out a toy...he of course choose a train that makes all sorts of noise.

Christmas Morning

On Christmas Eve Santa's helpers put together the boys kitchen...best gift idea ever.

My boys are only slightly spoiled.

The boys were so excited Christmas morning....they did not want to leave their new kitchen. But Wesley was asking for the ingredients to go with the kitchen...and to get those items he needed to open the rest of his presents and find them.

The Slinkie's were great presents for about a day - then my boys managed to destroy them...but they were fun while they lasted. Above Max is opening his car caddy - these are the best things ever for church, no more fights over who gets to play with which cars...both boys got one.

Playing with the kitchen before breakfast (yummy gingerbread waffles with lemon sauce). After some fun play time we loaded up in the car and headed to Grandma and Grandpa Alton's for more presents (I seriously do not need to buy the boys any gifts) and dinner.

This picture is from my friend Andee's camera - but it is the only picture I have of my ginormous pregnant tummy...

Christmas Cookies

On Christmas Eve we headed to my parents house to decorate cookies (this is one of my favorite traditions...we have been doing this for as long as I can remember). It was a ton of fun this year, Max was old enough to really get what he was doing and Wesley is getting more creative and knows what sprinkles he wants. I have noticed that we did not take a lot of pictures this year...I passed the camera to Greg and did not get a huge amount of pictures...oh well, there is always next year. After decorating cookies we headed down to the basement to play the candy bar game...Both boys loved rolling the dice but Wesley is starting to understand the rules.

Max...he was finally getting to eat a cookies (yep that is me and the other fun person is my Aunt Kristie).

Wesley (he was eating sprinkles of course!)

Uncle Charles

This was Patricia's first cookie decorating experience - the first is always the best.

Jeremiah...Gideon decorated too but of course, no picture (at least on my camera).

Christmas Party

On Decebmer 23rd (and yes Greg was home by then...he got home on the 19th for Christmas holiday - he left again on January 2nd) we headed to Middleton to have the Weyerman family celebration. We enjoyed a yummy dinner, fun talent presented by the different families, presents, and good conversation.

Cortney was trying to get a picture of the whole group by standing on his counters.
Phillip opening his gifts.

The only picture of Wesley...there were none taken of Max.

Grandpa and Erik

Our pile of presents to take home and enjoy.

One More Week and Counting!

Next week, on Sunday, I will finally get to pick my husband up at the airport and bring him home....even if it is for just two weeks. And really he is only going back for about eight days...after all these months that should be pretty easy and go by quickly.

I love these two but I will be so glad to have an extra pair of hands around to help me keep up with them - and to help me get better prepared for the arrival of #3, who had better stay put until after January 12th.

Monday

On Monday for various reasons the boys did not get naps...I tried for a semi late short nap but they just played in their room. Max might have slept if I had let Wesley stay in the living room. But Max fell asleep at 7pm in his high chair after finishing his oatmeal for dinner (we had a late lunch that was pretty big so I went with an easy semi lite dinner).

I love that he fell asleep while doing his normal banging on the bowl.
Wesley stayed up with me just a little longer but he was tired and being silly. Hence the wash cloth, he said he was dirty and needed to clean himself. At one point he had his shirt up and was washing his back and tummy.

The good news (in my opinion) was that even with the early bedtime they still slept past 8am. This is new around my house, but much appreciated by this pregnant mama.