Christmas at Home

We finally made it back home to celebrate Christmas ourselves and open Santa's presents! Jacob got a Nintendo Wii, Sam got lots of Thomas the Train stuff and Ben got lots of toys he had no idea what to do with yet! The boy's got so much stuff and by the end of the night it looked like a tornado went through the living room! We had a wonderful Christmas! We are truly blessed and have such wonderful family!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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Christmas with Andy's Family

After my parents house we went over Andy's parents house for a wonderful dinner and more presents! Lynda made a very nice dinner and Patti had some wonderful Christmas cookies for us. Again there were tons of presents to be opened and the boy's got some very nice toys! The kids had so much fun playing with each other and their new toys. Lily even got everyone together for a tea party! Thank you everyone!

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Christmas with Pam's Family

Sam, Ben and I met with my parents and sisters this morning to celebrate Christmas. My Dad made us all breakfast, which was very yummy! Thank you, Dad! After breakfast Sam did the honors of passing out most of the presents, which he did a very good job at. I think Sam had the biggest pile of presents and he took him time opening them at first. But soon he had most of his opened and was helping opening up Ben's too! Everyone got the boys some great stuff and Andy and I got some wonderful gifts as well. Even our dog Ocho got some fun toys and treats! We had a wonderful morning and it was a fun start to our Christmas day! Thank you everyone!

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Christmas with the Pilzner's

Today we celebrated Christmas with my mom's side of the family. My Uncle Dan and Aunt Toni hostessed the dinner and it was wonderful (thank you!). The boys got some wonderful gifts and I want to say thank you to everyone!

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Happy Birthday Pam!

Today is my 33rd birthday! I tell you what though, having a two year and a four week old though doesn't leave much room for celebrating. Although I wouldn't trade them for the world. I am so blessed to have two wonderful children and a wonderful step-son. I had a nice relaxing day. We ran some errands in the morning and just hung out at home for the rest of the day. It was a quiet day, but that is all I needed or wanted. Happy Birthday to me!

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Please Welcome...

Benjamin Matthew Carter arrived today (November 13, 2007) at 10:27 am. He weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and was 22 inches long (the exact same weight and length as his big brother Sam). He was delivered by a c-section, since he was breech. The c-section went great and was actually much easier than when I delivered Sam. Now I am sure recovery won't be as easy though! I will have more updates and pictures being added on Ben's page.

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Happy Birthday Andy!

Today is Andy's 33rd birthday! We really did not have too much planned, since I was due with the new baby yesterday. We all went out to dinner with Lynda at Famous Dave's on Friday. Here are some pictures!

Trick or Treat!

Tonight for trick or treating we went to Rob and Patti's (Andy's brother). Jacob was a black ninja this year and Sam was a monkey. Sam was so excited about Halloween and the concept of getting CANDY!!! Sam got the whole routine of trick or treating down at the first house. He would proudly say "trick or treat" at each house, carefully (sometimes taking way too long) pick out his candy, and shout a nice "thank you" at every house. He carried his pumpkin bucket almost all the way through trick or treating. Jacob and my niece Lucy were off and running from the very start, hitting as many houses as they could! While they ran back and forth across the street, we just kept Sam going down one side so we could try and keep up! We got through one neighborhood and drove to a second, Sam only made it a few houses there, while Andy and Rob went off with Jacob and Lucy to get as much candy as they could. The weather was really nice, just a slight breeze and actually pretty warm. We had a great night and the kids really had a lot of fun! Thank you too, Rob and Patti for having us over!

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Pumpkin Carving

Jacob, Sam and Andy carved their pumpkins today! First they drew their faces on the each pumpkin and then Andy cut the tops out. Sam just kept saying "what you doing?" This was all new to him and watched every step that Andy and Jacob did and tried to help. Jacob couldn't wait for me to make pumpkin seeds so he starting getting the seeds out right away! Andy scoped all the gunk out of all three of the pumpkins and then they carved them. Jacob make a really cool face on his and even carved it himself! He did a great job! All the pumpkins look really cool! Great job boys! More pictures here.