Visit with Santa

The mall was a mad house but Mom & Dad were willing to brave the traffic, parking, and lines so Hema and Vela could tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. This year little Hema was actually excited to talk to Santa and ran right up and jumped on his lap. He really wants a computer...hope Santa comes through for him! Vela was just as cute as can be and content as always. We are looking forward to a wonderful first Christmas for Vela and one where little Hema actually understands some of what is going on.

Sweet Little Vela is 2 Months Old!!!

We took Vela to her 2 month checkup today. She turned 2 months old yesterday. We found out that she is definitely NOT little Vela anymore. She weighed 12 lbs 7.5 oz and was over 24 inched long!!! That is the 97% for both height and weight! What a healthy little babe!!! Little Hema went with me and was very worried that he was going to get a shot. I explained that we were there for Vela and he started telling every person he saw to give all the shots to his baby.

I had forgotten how many shots they get at 2 months. I am not sure who cried harder, Vela or me! Little Hema was all smiles (I'd like to assume that he just wants his sister to be healthy!?!?) 6 immunizations later - yes, 4 shots (2 per leg) and one oral dose - we were all done. Wow!!

At least she got these cute little Strawberry Shortcake band aids to help her feel better!
By the time she was dressed she was fast asleep...who can blame her? I think I need a nap too!!

The Best Decade Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is our 10th anniversary!! These past ten years have been the best! My sweet hubby is the best ever and I am so grateful to have eternity to look forward to with him!! We spent the last 4 days in Park City as a family and we are so grateful to have our 2 beautiful children. It took a lot longer to get them here than we thought it would, but we are so glad to have them!! We thought we knew what love was back then, but it just keeps getting better!!! We are looking forward to the next 10 and the next and next and next...........................

The Christmas Season is here!!!!!

We finally got the Christmas decorations up on November 30th!! I absolutely love this time of year and the music and decorations that go along with it. We don't have a fireplace, so this is where we hang our stocking!!

These are the stockings that I made last year. I am so happy that this year we get to use one more for sweet little Vela! The angel that I made fits her perfectly, she truly is an angel!

Little Hema decided that he wanted to put all of the ornaments on the tree. The only problem was that he has a very limited range of reach. I tried to move some of them and he was so sad. We haven't put all the ornaments up yet, because I was afraid the tree would tip over if we put more in that 12 inch spot! At least this year he isn't trying to eat the ornaments!!

Vela is so fascinated by the lights. She just sits and stares at them. It is so cute to watch. She is getting so big and is so alert now. Hema was so please that we got the first real snow on December 1st. We dresses him in his snow clothes and he ran around playing in the snow. He hasn't quite gotten the hang of making a snowball, but if his dad makes it for him, he will throw it!