Dreams

Just want to remember this little story...

This morning while brushing teeth, washing faces and combing Ryan's hair in the bathroom, she says,

"Mommy last night I had a dream that Jaiden was driving a car without a grown up"

I started laughing.  Uncontrollably.  I started crying I laughed so hard.

Then I asked her,

"What did you do?"

She said,

"I tried to tell you but I was in the car with Jaiden so I couldn't tell you so I told Jaiden to stop and go back.  And Gracie was in the backseat."

(Gracie is another cousin)

Cue my uncontrollable laugh.  Again.

She loves Jaiden.  She dreams about him.  He aggravates her.  She still loves him. I love it.

Jesus' Birthday 2014

This was a good Christmas for us.  Beginning with BEFORE - I didn't stress about shopping.  I didn't have a list I just shopped and it felt good...
*sidenote - using this technique I did forget a couple of things for #1 that I "meant to get" so she got them after the fact so I'm not sure that I will go without a list next time.

Here is our holiday.  In pictures.  With simple captions. :-)

#2 enjoyed the ornaments while #1 loved being my deco helper

 We had breakfast with Santa (without Reagan because she was sick)

 We made a gingerbread train (Ryan says next year it HAS to be a gingerbread house)

 Christmas Recital  

 Uncle Evan was home from college and spent A LOT of time with us (love you Evan!)  

 Christmas Day

 This light up Let It Go singing dress was THE ONLY thing she stressed about Santa bringing.
So much so that I had a hard time figuring out what else to get her.

Mr. and Mrs.

 My mother with her children

Granddaughters
(#2 was trying to get back to the photographer aka mommy)

Grandson

 (he gets a picture by himself because...he's Jaiden and that's just the way it goes)

 Mi familia

Poppie with his babes

 Sweetness

 Cuteness (and happiness)

Blessings,
House of Hamptons

Matthew 1:21  

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

Sisters

I have a "baby" sister.  I love her and she loves me (I think).  We have a special sister-girlfriend-bff-frenemies relationship that I wouldn't change for the world.

We both have children and treat each others children as if they were our own.  My sister often talks about moving away out of state and I get excited and then not because, if she leaves, who will I go to Target with?

When I was pregnant and found out that I was having another girl I was SUPER disappointed.  I wanted a boy for two reasons:

1. I wanted to be able to say definitively that the shop was closed
2. I really wanted my honey to experience having a son

Once the initial shock of another girl was over and I was reminded of how blessed I was and that it didn't matter as long as I had a healthy baby I thought about how Ryan would be the best big sister...just like me. :)

My girls are best friends.  They are Ying and Yang.  Salt and Pepper.

It brings me pure joy to see them play together.  Ryan bosses her. Reagan fights back. Then they chase each other around the house.  Then #1 is tired of #2 following so she barricades herself in...I could go on and on.

My heart skips a beat when they hug each other.

Their eyes light up when they see each other in the morning after waking up and in the afternoon when they are reunited after school.

The most special thing that truly makes my heart jump is when Ryan says,

"Mommy, we love me-chuther" 

(as in "we love EACH other")

And I don't even bother to correct her because I love to hear her say this and want her to say it over and over and over again.