Kids at Play

Now that Lane is at an age where she can "play" with Dutch and his toys, my days are even more interesting! She likes being in the playroom with Dutch when he is playing in there - Dutch, on the other hand, not so much. For the most part, they will play side by side with no complaints or crying, but every now and then, she takes his toy or knocks down his tower and he becomes furious. Oh, just wait until she can REALLY play...

Christmas Cookies

Gran (DJ's mom) came over to help us make Christmas cookies this past weekend. It was a fun time had by all and a big mess, I might add. With DJ's encouragement, Dutch had lots of fun blowing the flour all over the kitchen!

News I have been meaning to share...

DJ's sister, Meghan, and her boyfriend (now fiancé), Jed, are getting MARRIED!!! We are very excited for them and cannot wait to travel to Utah for the wedding in June. Congrats to the happy couple!

(Meghan, I hope you don't mind, I stole your pic from FB!)

Christmas is just around the corner!

Christmas is in full effect at our house - from Dutch's Christmas program at school where he sang Jingle Bells, to putting the tree up and decorating it and even just recently getting a few Christmas gifts already from friends.

Yesterday, we had our 1st annual Christmas party with friends & their children. Each child drew a name and we met at Gattitown to exchange gifts. They all had a really fun time. A big thanks to Macy for arranging the Christmas party! Dutch received lots of artsythings (fingerpaint, playdoh, construction paper) and Lane received a chunky puzzle and somepajamas.

Today, Jade, the girl that has kept Dutch since he was 9 months old and Lane since about 3 months, gave the kids (and us) a wonderful and generous Christmas gift - and something I have been needing for LONG time now! She got a sit & stand double stroller. I already love it and cannot wait to be able to use it. There have been countless times when I needed one of these and I know there will be many times to come! I can never say thank you enough for that gift!!!

Dutch singing Jingle Bells

Dutch, front & center

Lane is her new pjs

Dutch with the new double stroller from Jade

Thanksgiving 2010

This Thanksgiving we had dinner at our house. It was nice having everyone together and as chaotic as it was at times, we loved every moment!

A New Smile

Fall Fishing

DJ and our neighbor, David, decided to take the kids fishing and from the looks of it, they had a great time! Lane and I decided to stay home and stay warm :)

Carolina Football

We've been enjoying watching Gamecock football this year (even me, a Clemson graduate) especially after seeing them make it to Atlanta - even if they did not win that game. We debated all season whether we should take Dutch to his first football game and we finally decided we would for the Troy State game. Lane stayed home - as we figured she may not be as interested ;)

We went with my parents, sister and nephews. Dutch was excited at first, but the second the fireworks started, he was a little afraid - and let's be honest, there were A LOT of fireworks that game. He fell asleep in the stands in the middle of the first quarter and stayed asleep until halftime. I'm not sure how he did that with all the noise,but he did! At the half, Carolina was up by some ridiculous amount and it was so warm sitting directly in the sun so we decided to go back to the car, tailgate and listen to the rest of the game. Carolina won, so overall it was a good first football game for him.