Christmas party

 

 

Tonight this little guy and I went to our church's women's Christmas party

 

 

Let me just say, he was quite the hit.... isn't this little outfit the cutest (and yes, that is me taking a picture of him on the changing table in the bathroom - ha!)

I couldn't resist taking this one before we left.... he was not happy.... a very angry little elf!

 

 

 

We got home and Makenna was chatting away in her bed so we snuck in to say goodnight and get some goodnight kisses.... she loves it when I put Alex in her bed with her at night while I sing to them..... well, until he starts screaming that is.  LOL. 

 

 

Annual trip to the Kalahari Water Park

Sunday night we headed to the Dells for Mommy and Daddy's tax seminar and some fun times at the water park!

See, having mommy and daddy CPA's totally has its perks!

Ahhh, the loud sound of the waves crashing at the waterpark had this little guy knocked out, even at fussy time!  Alleluia!!  Mommy even got to enjoy a little pina colada:)

Living the life...

Loving it...

 

Makenna LOVED the slides this year, too!

She didn't even mind getting her eyes wet

 

Uh oh... someone woke up.... fussy time resumes:(

Oh wait, nope - he just wanted to play in the water, too!

Makin' memories

 

Monday we got to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa ALL day while mommy and daddy were at "school"

 

And Monday night, this little guy was a champ shopping with mommy at the outlet malls

while daddy and Makenna had an "interesting" night at the waterpark together...

Tuesday it was Oma and Papa's turn to play with us!

Papa loved arts & crafts!

 

Tuesday night we headed to Moosejaw for some dinner

The company was great, the food - not so much

Then we headed to the indoor park and had a blast... first we rode the ferris wheel

then a little putt putt..

 

Then Makenna was actually brave enough to try the ropes course

she loved it!  She looks so big to me in this picture..

She cruised over to the bumper boats

 

And was VERY disappointed when she wasn't quite tall enough to ride the go carts with daddy... Daddy indulged anyway - ha ha!

And once brother woke up, he got to ride on the Ferris Wheel with us, too!

 

 

We decided to stay an extra night so we could try to waterpark again on Wednesday morning... so much fun!

And this guy was loving it!  Love his little "rockstar" look..

Taking a break from the pool for some kisses

and snuggles..

Our annual Dells pictures.....love that our family of 4 no longer fits in the shot!

 

 

 

Thanksgiving fun!

We had a very busy, but very blessed Thanksgiving!

 

We have soooo much to be thankful for this year - I still can't believe we have 2 kiddos!!  Alex is such a blessing and as tough as it was getting everyone ready Thanksgiving morning after a rough night's sleep (or lack thereof) and a long loud drive to Green Bay with multiple pit stops, it was soooo worth it to be able to create memories like these...

Great Grandma was SO very excited to meet Alex.... warms my heart to see them loving on him - all 3 of our kids great-grandparents are in their mid 90's and going through infertility we often wondered if they'd live long enough to meet our kids - makes moments like these that much sweeter!

Makenna, of course, headed right for Great Grandma's organ.  I love how you can see Rita in the background loving on Alex....too sweet.

Thanksgiving lunch was too much for Alex - he was wiped out!

After Great Grandma and Grandpa #1 we headed over to Auntie Amy & Uncle Eric's house for Thanksgiving #2 - Makenna was SO excited to see her cousins!!  And Alex got to meet his cousins for the first time!

 

Snuggling in cousin's bed for naptime- watching movies.  Notice Makenna is the ONLY one awake - LOL!

Thursday night Makenna got dressed in Madison's PJ's, ran downstairs and in the most excited, cutest voice EVER asked me if she could sleep over.  How could I say no to this?  She had a blast! When Auntie Amy came in Madison's room at 5am before work Makenna, as wide eyed as can be, asked - "now can we watch Tinkerbell?"  Ha! 

Alex chillin' with Papa and watching some football while mommy catches a quick nap

Saturday we headed to Auntie Kate's baby shower.  Alex and little bean will be the first 2 grandkids that my parents have that will be the same age - all the others are spaced out by 2 or more years.

Silly faces

Chillin' with Cookie Beek

 

Saturday we headed over to Peggy's house to meet her little new baby, Tyler.  Tyler is just 3 days old here!  Alex snuggled right in with him.

Too sweet

 

 

We headed back on Saturday night and this little one had her fill of fun, excitement and SUGAR!  She crashed on the car ride home and daddy carried her up to bed, coat still on.  This is the sign of a GREAT weekend!!