Well, I did get Christmas cards sent out(without a letter), so I thought I would update my blog!! Does that count for my Christmas letter this year?!
This year has been so different because I have 2 kids in school, so 2 mornings a week it is just Coop and I! Maddox goes to preschool 2 days a week and loves it. He is such a boy. Loves building with his blocks and lincoln logs. He loves playing sports with his daddy....bball, catch, golf, you name it! He can dig in the dirt or sand for hours! One day I couldn't find him in the house and he was in our dog run diggin' away! When Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he told him diggin' shoes! Yea...it was a bit embarrassing that my son asked for shoes for Christmas! I think his favorite thing to do would be to go to work with daddy. He loves it and would probably do it everyday if we let him. Maddox is in his first year of Little Friends at church. There are many nights when he would rather stay home with daddy, but he loves it once he gets there! Maddox is so active and never sits still. From what I have heard I think he is much like Jon when he was a boy.
Addison is now my big kindergartner!!!! She goes to school from 8:55-3:38 everyday. Boy, does she love it. She loves her teachers and has made so many friends. I am amazed at how much she has learned in 4 months. Jon and I were talking about how we were learning to tie our shoes and had nap time at school. She is doing math, science projects, and learning what it means to be a risk taker. She is also learning about being safe and responsible, having academic perseverance and being open minded. I think the thing she is most proud of is that she has learned to read this year!!! McGraw, her school, has running club as an after school program. On Monday and Wednesday's Addison, Maddox, Cooper and I all head to running club. The kids love it and get so excited when they have gone their 5 miles so they can add a foot to their necklace. What a great program it is!! Addison graduated from Little Friends and is now a Daisy at church! She LOVES it! She is always asking me when she gets to go to church. She has some really good little friends that she loves seeing! Addison is my sweet eating TV watcher!! The Dr asked me at Maddox's well check if I was happy with the way he ate. I said he wasn't a big sweet eater. Then he asked Maddox if he watched TV. Maddox said no, but my sister is our sweet eater and couch potato! As we were driving back to Colorado from Kansas for Thanksgiving, Addison started screaming at me...I couldn't imagine what was wrong...she said mom, my tooth came out!!!! She lost her very first tooth and was soooooo excited. She looks so different with that one missing tooth. She said she thinks she saw the tooth fairy as she was flying out of her room!! Imagine that!
Little Cooper has really changed in the last few months. He is getting to be so much fun. The greatest thing is that he has not had a single ear infection since he had his tubes put in in July!! What a blessing. He has had other issues like RSV, bronchitis and croup, but not one ear infection. Whoohoooo!!!! While Addison is losing teeth, Cooper is getting them. He now has 5 teeth. Cooper started walking the beginning of December. He looks so adorable when he is wobbling around! He is our one child that is into EVERYTHING!! He is the reason why people baby proof. I have never covered an outlet, put a gate up or locked a cabinet, but he might just be the reason why I start! He and Maddox are becoming good buddies. They play so well together while Addison is at school. He just screams when is is tired of Maddox antagonizing him! He has 4 words...mama, dadda, there and thank you. He screams for everything else!
On November 17th, we celebrated Annabelle's 3rd birthday. The kids wanted to make brownies this year instead of a cake, so we decorated brownies. Yep, they look just about the same as the cakes we've made the last 2 years.....frosted and covered with candy! They each drew her a picture and said something special about her. We sang Happy Birthday to her and ate our yummy brownies!
Jon started a real estate company, Front Range Realty, with another partner. It has been great! He is so busy, but loves what he is doing. he is hoping to make it skiing more this year. That hasn't happened much since we've had kids!
Not much is new with me. I am staying at home with the kids and love it! I have increased my taxi driving hours though! ;-))
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
