Christmas Time

Christmas!!!! What a day that was. :)

On Christmas Eve, Kimber and Elias didn't want to go to bed. Kimber even got up out of been around 10:45pm to see if Santa had been here yet...not yet. He didn't get up again until after 7:00am, when Greg got him up.

Kimber was so excited he jumped right to the presents. He saw some Matchbox/Hotwheels that were not wrapped --- they wouldn't fit in the stocking. Of course he wanted to open the largest gift 1st, but we wouldn't let him. He kept going back to it. We still wouldn't let him open it. It was going to have to be the last present he opened. He wan't to happy about that, but he was super excited to see he got 2 sets of wall tracks for hotwheels. Just what he had asked Santa for. We finally let him open the large gift....it was a boat with a shark. There are different parts to the boat so he can design the boat how he wanted to. It also floats in water --- he wanted a bath right away. Which he didn't get until after 6:00pm.

Kimber ended up helping Elias with open his gifts. Elias just wanted to play with the cars and trucks. Once he realized that he gets more toys when he opens the presents, he started opening them. Well, only a few. He was getting to distracted.

They both enjoyed playing with their new toys. Kimber surprised all of us with a big generous move. He gave Elias one of the wall tracks!!! That made Elias happy, but I think it made Kimber the happiest. He was so happy now that both of them had a wall track to put up on their walls. Both Greg & I was very proud of him.

This year we didn't have any of "That is MY toy!!" and they combined their toys instead of putting them in separate piles. What big boys we have. We hope that this phase will last a long time!

Our Boys....

As I put the boys to bed tonight, I couldn't help but think how lucky I am. Seeing them sleep, so peaceful....it is so hard to describe the feeling. I love them so much.

Both are growing up so fast, I can't believe it. Kimber was born 3 months early and at that time, we didn't know what we were going to do, what was going to happen to him. Was he going to have long term health problems, was he going to be okay, is he going

to make it through the night???? Well, he has grown up to a wonderful boy! I can't believe that it has been almost 6 years. He is going to be starting kindergarten this fall.

Elias will be 20 months on the 7th. He is doing wonderful. He is starting to talk...train, crash, mom, daddy, truck, shoe. We even got him to say Christine tonight, his cousin. What another little amazing boy.

Elias loves to do whatever his big brother is doing. He wants the same toy that Kimber has. Of course, if he doesn't get it, then he starts crying. Sometimes Kimber will give into him and give whatever it is that he wants to him.

I love our boys so much. They are so amazing and can always put a smile on my face when I really need one. They both love to give hugs and kisses. I don't know wh

at I would do without them.

Kimber and Elias --- Your dad and I love you so much! We are very happy to have you in our lives and part of our family! Keep growing the way you are. You both have such wonderful personalities and so very cute!!!!

Mr. Speedy

Mr. Speedy

August 1996 - March 2 2011

Mr. Speedy,

You have been a wonderful part of our family. I remember the day that you joined our family. You were just a little ball of fur, only a few months old. You would run up and down the hallway of our apartment. That is how you got your name. You would not slow down until you were ready to go to bed. Then you would lay in the small of our backs. You were so small that we would roll over on you and you wouldn't move at all.

We loved the way you would eat fish food, climb up the Christmas trees, and eat cantalope that we had prepared for the iguana.

It has been a wonderful 15 1/2 years! We love you and will miss you forever! Mittens has been waiting for you to be with him again. You and him were best pals.

This was a very sad day! We still miss him and keep looking at his special spots and expect him to be there.