Merry Christmas!

Josh, Jonah and I hope that all of our friends and family had a wonderful Christmas! We hope that you were able to spend some time with your own families and friends and that Santa was extra good to you this year! ;)

We had a wonderful Christmas, especially Jonah!

Looking forward to an exciting New Year in 2008!!!

Finally, here are the pics from our Christmas!

Christmas Part 1 - with my Family

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Christmas Eve

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Christmas Part 2 - Christmas Morning and Mimi's

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Jonah turns 21 months old on the 21st!

Jonah turned 21 months old today! Wow - He has changed so much in the last month! He is so intuitive and knows exactly what he wants and is very expressive! It's so cute! He's really into dancing to any kind of music right now and has just started learning to sing songs. His current favorites are "Old MacDonald" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." We just bought him a potty and he has already gone to the potty a couple of times but I'm not rushing it. We still have some time! He loves to say "Stop it Daddy" or "Stop it Mommy" and tells everyone to "Be Nice" including Riley even though no one is being mean to him! Very funny! He's gotten in the habit of falling asleep on the couch at night and loves putting is stuffed animals to "Night Night" by covering them up with blankets and patting their backs! He's still not very adventurous when it comes to trying new foods. Jonah still won't eat ice cream or any kind of sweets! I guess that's a good thing! We just can't believe in a couple of months he'll be two years old!

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12 Days of Christmas

The new version of 12 Days of Christmas for Mommies!

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a day off from Darling Baby.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, five nights of fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, six sitters sitting, five nights of fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, seven drivers driving, six sitters sitting, five nights of fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes, and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eight waiters waiting, seven drivers driving, six sitters sitting, five nights of fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, nine sales a-sampling, eight waiters waiting, seven drivers driving, six sitters sitting, Five Nights of Fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten Thai massages, nine sales a-sampling, eight waiters waiting, seven drivers driving, six sitters sitting, Five Nights of Fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, eleven piping lattes, ten Thai massages, nine sales a-sampling, eight waiters waiting, seven drivers driving, six sitters sitting, Five Night of Fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, twelve mental health days, eleven piping lattes, ten Thai massages, nine sales a-sampling, eight waiters waiting, seven drivers driving, six sitters sitting, Five Nights of Fire! Four hours at Saks, three Birkin bags, two blue boxes and a day off from Darling Baby.

My Birthday!

I'm officially over 30! That means I have to check the 31-34 age group box on forms now! It's very sad! Josh also pointed out that I am now closer to 40 than 20!!

Anyway, I had a great birthday! I celebrated with Jonah, Josh, Jerod and Lauren on Thursday at my favorite Sushi restaurant, Wasabi, in McKinney! Then on Saturday night we celebrated mine and my friend Lindsey's birthday (16th) at Nove in Victory Park with Vicky, Shannon and Bryce! They surprised us with a fabulous cake complete with sparklers. We had a lot of fun! Jerod took Jonah to Palestine to stay with Opa and Oma Saturday night so we had the whole house to ourselves! It was Jonah's first overnight trip away from home! I know he had a lot of fun and we enjoyed having some time to ourselves and sleeping in on Sunday!

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Weekly Recap

* Jonah enjoying his first Candy Cane

* Santa came to visit Jonah's school this week but Jonah didn't want anything to do with him so Mommy had to sit in Santa's lap while holding Jonah to get a picture! Of course it was the one day that week I didn't get dressed before taking Jonah to school. I'm talking not even lip gloss!

* So that Josh could play with his early Christmas gift (a Playstation 3)upstairs on the big TV on Sunday, Jonah and I hung out downstairs and watched a movie. He actually sat on the couch with me and watched the First Wives Club - the whole thing! We also shared a bag of Dorito's. I think more of them ended up on Jonah's face than in his mouth!

* Meet Wuzzy...The Black Fuzzy Catapillar! I found this catapillar out on our patio and I thought it would be fun to keep it, care for it, and let Jonah watch to see what it turned into. But after few days we decided to put it back outside where it belonged! I was hoping it would attach itself to one of the bushes in the front but by the next day it was gone!

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Holiday Hustle

We had a busy weekend this past weekend. Jonah's school Christmas party was on Friday afternoon and then Josh and I went on a date Friday night. Saturday we had Josh's company Christmas party and then on Sunday we did a little shopping and ran errands most of the day!

Jonah had a good time at his party. He ate a ton of marshmallows and vanilla wafers! I think the teachers enjoy giving them all that sugar right before they send them home! LOL. I had a hard time taking any good pics at the party because Jonah would not let me out of his site and refused to sit at the table when I got there! Jonah is transitioning to the Young Toddler's 2 class this week. He is excited about reuniting with his old friends from his Nursery Days! He is moving over with his friend Isabelle whom he calls "Belle." When I asked Jonah if Belle was his girlfriend he said "Yea." The teachers tell me they like each other a lot!

Jonah and some of his friends

Giving Isabelle a hug!

Giving Samantha a hug! Watch out Jonah Isabelle might get a little jealous!!

Josh helped Jonah hang the ornament we made at the party on the Christmas Tree!

I really love my...

Christmas Tree!

Jonah LOVES his Christmas Tree! And yes it is his Christmas Tree, which he has made very clear. Everytime he has seen it today he has said "My Tree"

So, tonight when I asked Jonah if he was ready for story time before bed, he proceeded to move his chair over beside the tree and we read a Christmas book in his new favorite spot!

I have a feeling most of my pictures from this month will include our Christmas tree as a backdrop.

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

We didn't do much this weekend. Saturday Josh and I took Jonah and Riley to the park and then Jonah took a nap for 3 1/2 hours while I also took a nap for 3 1/2hours! ;) I think he's still trying to get over a cold from last week and I'm still trying to recoup from our NYC trip. Sunday the weather got really cold and yucky so we lounged around in our PJ's all day and finally decorated for Christmas. Jonah had a lot of fun pulling out all the Christmas decorations and managed to break only 3 of the glass ornaments! Not too bad for a toddler! He is very excited about the Christmas tree and every few minutes he runs up to it and says "Hi Tree!" Last night he had to go kiss one of the ornaments goodnight before he went to bed! Too cute!

Jonah was very particular about the placement of the ornaments on the tree

He might be the next Nate Berkus

Mommy's Uggs should keep my legs and feet warm

Oui, Oui

I wasn't joking when I said we stayed in our PJ's ALL DAY!

Our True s(elves)!

Check out the Schneider Family getting our "Elf" on at the North Pole!

Jonah's New Slide

My Mom and Dad (aka Nana and Papa) bought Jonah this treehouse and slide for Halloween but when it arrived it was missing two of the treehouse legs so I called Step 2 and of course the legs were on backorder! Random..I know! Anyway, they finally arrived this last week and Jonah has had so much fun playing on his new slide. Every morning when he wakes up and we go downstairs the first thing he has to do is "Go slide!" and he has to have "One more slide" before he goes to bed! Thanks Nana and Papa for such a fun gift!

Girl's NYC Trip

Vicky, Shannon, Lindsey, and I had a girl's weekend in NYC last weekend! We saw Spring Awakening on Broadway. It was a little risque but a fabulous show! We did lots of shopping!! We hit several boutiques and also Henri Bendel and FAO Schwartz. Of course I had to pick up a few things for Jonah!! :) We ate at Blue Water Grill and even talked Shannon into trying some sushi!! We also ate at a wonderful Italian restaurant called Elio's and my very very sweet husband surprised us with a bottle of wine at our table! Isn't that so romantic?? It made me cry!! Of course Vicky and I had to have a hotdog off of a street vendor. They are the best! We also hit City Bakery and had their famous hot chocoloate with homeade marshmallows! We did a lot of sightseeing around Manhattan and we even managed to see it snow on Sunday! We had quite an adventure on the Subway and that was a lot of fun! I'm really looking forward to our next girl's trip! Maybe Paris?? ;)

I also wanted to thank my very sweet father-in-law, Edd, Jerod and Lauren, for coming over to help Josh and Jonah while I was gone! I'm sure Josh greatly appreciated the extra help!

Thanksgiving Part 2

Okay..I'm a little behind on my blog but here are the rest of our photos from our Thanksgiving holiday weekend. We headed to Josh's Dad's house in Palenstine on Thanksgiving Day and then we went to my parents on Friday and Saturday. Jonah had so much fun visiting all of his family and eating lots of good food!