Happy New Years!

We planned a last minute New Years Eve Party with the Perdues, Brooke, Will, Greg, my parents, and the Wilsons! We had a blast! We chatted, eat way too much, played "The game of Things" (a great big group party game that can provide lots of laughs), and counted down to midnight!



 

 

 

I loved starting the new year with family and great friends!

The New Addition to the Family

On new years eve we decided to take advantage of Brooke being in town, the end of the year and month, and go car shopping at Carlsbad Lexus where Brooke use to work! After 4 hours we walked away with a car! We bought a 2006 Lexus ES 330. It had to be an older couples car they hardly used because it only had 35,000 miles on it and was in perfect condition.





We decided it was finally time for us to get a second car since baby #2 is on her way. We have gone the last 4 and a half years with 1 car and it has worked out just fine being in Idaho and while in California living so close to work. Now with two kids it will be a lot harder to share a car and drop Scott off at work when we need the car so we decided to make an addition to the family.

We found a steal of a deal and are very pleased with our new purchase! Brooke was able to hook us up with the best sales guy at Lexus Carlsbad, Bob Delaney and they even gave us the employee pricing on the extended warranty. We felt pampered with the free sodas and snacks! Bob even gave us a call a few days later to check and see how we were liking the car and make sure everything was going well.

Luke lasted the whole 4 hours and was a champ! He fell asleep on the way home which only happens when he is way past tired but thankfully he made it through the whole experience!

 

I am loving knowing I have a car at the house to get out if needed. We already have taken advantage of having a car and have enjoyed a lunch play date with Brittany and Callen! I am looking forward to a little more freedom now with two cars!

5 Year Anniversary

On December 29, 2012 Scott and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary!

It has been the best 5 years of my life! Scott is a wonderful, fun, supportive, loving, caring husband and father. He's my best friend and I love every day because I know he's by my side!

I woke up to white roses and chocolates from Scott and a little later he gave me a new watch that I have been admiring! I was excited for the gift I made for him this year! I put together a scrapbook of our life as friends up to us getting married. I had so much fun going through old pictures of us and remembering our dates and memories together from that time of our life! He loved the book and I can't wait to have a house of our own to have it out on our coffee table!

We tried to make a fun weekend get away but it didn't work out so at the last minute we left Luke with my parents on Saturday night and at least got away for a few hours for a date night. Scott made me go shopping for a new pair of maternity jeans because I only had one pair that I liked. I found a pair I loved and was very grateful cause I know how much he hates shopping with me! I let him go look at guns at a gun store, it was a new experience for me and I am a little worried about who owns a gun in this world after seeing the people who were buying them! We then went to dinner at Norte since Scott hadn't been.

It was a nice evening out as a couple! I can't wait to see what the next 5 years brings us!

Christmas Eve with the Hardys

This year we decided we would spend Christmas Eve with one family and Christmas Day with the other side of the family. This year was Christmas Eve with the Hardy's and we had such a fun time! Luke loves his cousins and they love chasing him around the house and making him laugh which they do very well!

We enjoyed a fun dinner at the Hardy's with Scott parents, Chris, Sarah and the kids, and Grandma and Grandpa Argyle. After we  decorated sugar cookies which I plan to make a Christmas eve tradition in our home to leave for Santa. My friend Lindsay gave me her family recipe that is AMAZING and the cookies were a big hit! Scott also showed the cousins an App he found that tracked where Santa was at on the map all night so they kept checking the tablet to see Santa's progress!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After we decorated cookies we exchanged gifts. We gave photo Calendars to the girls in the Hardy family from the family photo session we did all together earlier in the year. All the kids got Russ a watch which he was in need of! I also found a Zombie Christmas Carols book for all the Hardy Boys which was a big hit! Scott didn't know about it until Christmas because Ryan gave him a copy of it but he loved it!  The Hardy's gave us Zoo passes again which we loved last year and are excited to have again this year, especially since a few of our friends have been getting passes we will be able to all go together!

As always we opened one gift on Christmas Eve... PJs! This year since Luke is in LOVE with Cat in the Hat I was on a mission to have a Cat in the Hat themed Christmas Eve PJs! I found these awesome footie's that would have been great but when they arrived they didn't fit with my big belly so I was so excited when I found these shirts at Target that were a good back up plan! Scott had no idea what I had planned and he got a good laugh at them when he saw! Luke also got his very own Cat in the Hat stuffed animal that he was terrified of for a while but has finally warmed up to and now likes!

This was our first year of getting to be Santa's little helpers on Christmas Eve since Luke's toys required assembly!  Scott took the responsibility of being Santa's helper very seriously and made sure to wear his protective eye gear at all times during the assembly!

I felt like I was a kid again trying to fall asleep on Christmas Eve out of the excitement I had to watch Luke open and play with his gifts in the morning. Sadly as soon as I was able to fall asleep Luke woke us up screaming. We have been trying to let him cry it out when he wakes up because nothing seams to comfort him but being that it was Christmas I couldn't let him cry it out! I spent most of the night up with him trying to rock back to sleep. I think I ended up with only 3 hours of sleep which resulted in a very sleepy Christmas day!

Wrestling Boys

My silly boys.... Luke is all boy and has started to learn to wrestle with his dad! These two are having way too much fun together these days! I love watching them play. Scott is an amazing dad who is so involved with Luke and enjoys spending as much time with him as he can. The older Luke gets the more interactive he is becoming and we are just loving it!

 

Lukes new move is to sit on your head or necck and jump up and down. I might have to be extra careful with baby girl gets here!

Scotts Work Christmas Party

I think Scott works for the best company ever to be honest! This is our first year with the company and we have LOVED it! They are very family minded which is hard to come by these days which is sad!

They put on a family Christmas Party every year, they bring in Santa, Elf's and even Frosty, they had a bounce house, and Santa gave a gift to each kid (they asked us to give a gift idea for our kids a few weeks a head of time)! We had a big ham dinner and had a white elephant gift exchange! We really feel so blessed to be apart of such a great company!

Luke was not a big fan of Santa this year! He would not get close to him or Frosty and hung on to Scott and I until they left. Luke got a cool puzzle with locks and keys on it which he loves to try and figure out.
 

 

 

 

 

It was a nice night with great people! We are looking forward to next years party when hopefully Luke will enjoy Santa and the bounce house a little more!

Christmas Card 2012

This year I had a little fun with our Christmas Card! I put it together myself and was excited for how it turned out! :)

 

Getting into Trouble....

I should know by now that when the room gets quiet Luke is up to something.... I work from home so we have the kitchen and living room gated off so Luke can't get out. Most of the area is child proof so he can't get hurt or into too much trouble without me seeing him. I was working on a project and realized it had been quiet for a little while so I knew Luke was up to something. I noticed the pantry door was open a looked inside to find Luke enjoying a brick of brown sugar! This is probably the 3rd time I have caught him in the brown sugar!

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was wonderful this year! We decided we didn't want to drive anywhere for Thanksgiving since Luke hates car rides and we just wanted to relax and enjoy the day. My family went to visit my dads side of the family so we had the house to our self all day. I decided I wanted to try and make a Turkey from scratch since last year I cheated and got a pre cooked turkey that just had to be re heated.  We decided at the last minute that we would be staying home so the night before Thanksgiving Scot and I ran to Walmart to try and find the least frozen turkey we could find and thankfully they had one that was a bit defrosted that we had hoped we could have thawed by the morning and it was! I used a few of the cooking skills I learned from one of my favorite shows called the "Chew". I was so excited it turned out perfect! My family was able to enjoy the left overs and Brooke who has the cooking skills was so proud of me at how good it turned out.

While our turkey was cooking we took Luke to the park to run around a little. He always enjoys a trip to the part! He must have worn himself out because he fell asleep right before the meal was done which we didn't mind because we were able to enjoy our Thanksgiving meal together without flying food!

This year I was extra grateful for my amazing husband and our growing family! I feel so blessed to be married to my best friend,  for a son that constantly makes me smile even when being a mom is hard, a healthy baby girl who is on her way, the gospel in my life and the direction and comfort it gives me as I am trying to navigate my life here on this earth, such a supportive and loving family, my parents who have opened their home to us to give us a chance to save money to buy our own home hopefully soon, jobs for both Scott and I and being able to work from home so I don't have to miss out on being a stay at home mom, the chance we have had to make new wonderful friends since we have moved back to Carlsbad and the chance I have had to serve in the Young Women's this year and work with such great youth that are an example to me each week as I listen to their comments and thoughts in my class.