And she's off...

Millie has been taking a few steps here and there for the last few weeks, but this past weekend she finally took off! She is so proud of her self, and you can just see the determination to catch up with her brothers in her eyes!

Christmas 2010

Well Christmas had come and gone and we had SO much fun! This month has been so crazy busy, but all in a good way. Two birthday's, Jerome's family in from Maryland for a week, a visit from Santa & Mrs. Clause at the Trobridge's house and then Christmas at my parents with all the cousins!


Let's see if I can complete this blog entry before February now...



We spent an evening with the Trobridge Family and were lucky enough to have a visit from Santa & Mrs. Clause! They talked with each child and even read them a story! Millie was not quite as excited as the boys, but she did better than we expected too! Millie wore her adorable red sweater dress from her Godmother Latefe...which of course, matched my Goddaughter Sophia's dress.

Christmas Morning!!

The kids had a blast opening up their gifts and at the last minute we decided to stay home Christmas day and go up to Bluffton on Sunday. It was a good decision, because we all enjoyed a very relaxing day at home! Here are a few of the kids "favorites":

CADEN

Caden was all about "Science" this year. He got a huge art box which he keeps all of his "science supplies" in, a few experiement kits, a microscope kit from Aunt Micki and night vision goggles which double as lab goggles when needed. After a day of all of this spread throughout our entire kitchen, I decided he needed his own "lab" in the basement playroom. So here he is with all of his supplies, taking experiement notes in his journal! :)

Eli

Eli's favorite gifts this year were his pillow pet, bendaroos, and the brownie pan. A little background, Eli LOVES anything that is for sale on TV. He is addicted to infomercials. He has told Grandma Ringger that she needs a "bump it" because she puts a curler in her hair, he has told me that I need a different mattress to sleep on so I won't be so tired in the morning, etc. He also received 2 new games for his DS, which he is addicted to. The New Year is going to be bring a lot rules for him and his video games which I am sure he is NOT going to like.

MILLIE

Millie got all kinds of fun things this year from Santa. A few ride toys that she zooms around in already, a ball popper toy which she cracks up at, and much to her father's dismay a baby doll and stroller which she ADORES! Here is a video of her loving her baby...

Happy Birthday Millie & Eli!!

Well this weekend was a whirlwind of activity! We started the weekend with Eli's 5th birthday party at a place called Bounce U. I didn't seem to get any pictures at this party because I was trying to keep up with 17 little boys running around hyped up on cake! Eli had a great time though. He is growing up so much, it really is so fun to watch him hanging out with all of his school buddies. :)

So after we cleaned up from that party, then in came the Ringger family on Saturday and party #2 began! Our little Millie turned 1 this week and she had a Hawaiian Luau party with lots of friends and kids! She was a doll and loved all of her new gifts and even was a good sport thru her several outfit changes throughout the day!

Daddy & his princess...

Birthday girl and her cake...

Want some Daddy?

Hula girl cake

Snowy Sunday

We're having a lazy snow day today. Poor Eli has an ear infection but he still managed to get out and have a little fun. About 5 minutes after this video I noticed that his ear was actually BLEEDING out of it!! Oh my goodness, after a momentary freak out on my part, I think we are all recovered. He is antibiotics now and I am praying that some day our whole house may be healthy again!






Also, here is a picture of Caden with Santa at our church. Eli couldn't go since he was sick. Caden was supposed to deliver Eli's "list" to Santa for him (bendaroos & a DS) but he kind of froze with nervousness. We finally just decided that we would mail him our lists instead of telling him.