Christmas 2010

These past few weeks that I have had off of school have been very uneventful, yet eventful.  We basically spent evey day just enjoying our little family as well as enjoying some company from Greg and Rachel.  They were so kind to come here to visit since I couldn't travel.  Basically our Christmas went like this,

Christmas Eve: Mass with my parents then they came over and we cooked dinner, they all drank wine and we all watched Christmas movies



All Ready for Church



Christmas Morning: We all slept in until 7:30, woke up, opened gifts from Santa and the Horning Clan.  Then finally about 10:00 we headed to my parents for Brunch.  After Brunch we came back home and all took naps.  Then went back to my parent for the arrival of Greg and Rachel.  We all just played and hung out that night and saved the Christmas dinner and gift opening for the next day.

opening the first gift

playing with dad..trying to lay just like him



 

LOVING my new Thomas remote control

Day after Christmas: We just hung out at home, took naps then headed to my parents for dinner and gift By the end of this day Collin had definatley mastered the art of opening any gift whether it was his or not and I think just by his attire by the end of the night, t-shirt and new snow boots, he had a wonderful Christmas!....i'll post more pics of this later.....

Some of Collin's lucky items he received were puzzles, clothes, a table "his size", books, a Thomas beginner train set and the list goes on and on.  So, overall it was a wonderful Christmas.  It makes us remember how lucky we are to have such great family, even if we didn't get to spend it with all of them, we definately felt loved by all! 

THANK YOU!

One thing I have been very deteremined as a mommy is that my children will have good manners.  Now, who knows if I will completely be successful with this, but I am going to try my best for all our kids to at least say please and thank you at all times.  So I am constantly reminding Collin when he says, "Yes" I then repeat "Yes, Please"  or anytime he does something for me I sign and say "Thank You".  Well Thursday night was the first time I finally saw it all pay off.

Now Collin will sign Thank You if we ask him to. For example, someone gives him something, we say "What do you say" and he will sign "Thank You".  But Thursday evening Collin and Eric were partaking in their nightly routine of standing at the sink cleaning all the dishes as I cleared the table.  As I brought a plate over and set it on the counter or Collin he said, "Momma" and signed "Thank You" to me!  I was so excited.  But that wasn't it.  Then later that night as Collin and I were snuggling up in his bed he wanted a book that was under the bed.  So I grabbed it so we could begin reading.  He then once again said, "Momma" and signed "Thank You"!!!  I have to say this was one of the most proud nights I have experienced so far as a parent!!!

Big Boy Bed = 1 Collin = 0

  As we are "slowly" beginning to start to get ready for Collin's little sister, who is trying so hard to be here early, Collin is starting to slowly see new changes to his life.  Last Sunday Collin officially moved into his "Big Boy Room".  We had been working on painting, moving and getting Collin aquainted with this new room and surprisingly the first night went SO well.  Me, the somewhat emotional pregnant Mom, was much more worried and concerned about Collin's first night in his big bed.  Collin was so excited about the entire family sitting in his new bed to read books he could barely contain himself.  After we all picked out books we all sat on the bed and Collin started quickly speaking a language of his own(he has recently started rambling like crazy....not sure what he is saying but he is very aware of what it is) with a huge smile on his face.  It was so cute to see how excited he was for this, when in reality his Momma was scared to death.  So we read books, had a drink of water, and gave hugs and kisses and we were out the door.  It took one or two whines and he was out cold in his bed.  Here are a few pics of the room and Collin in his bed....the room is completely finished, still waiting on wall decor to come.....

okay so i've had this post done now for at least a week and i was waiting to find our camera charger to upload the pics. However, what's new, we still can't find it.  So I'll post pictures as soon as I can!!

   Okay so after we got Collin's new bed set Eric was very concerned with the height of the bed.  Yes it seemed a little high but what kid hasn't fallen out of his or her bed, right??  Well Eric being an ortho guy was determined that he has seen way to many kids in the OR after falling out of bed.  So I decided to just let him win this battle and we took the box spring out and he bought plywood to keep the bed supported.  Well, not that I like to admit it, good thing my hubby is so protective because it didn't take long for our first fall! 
  The friday after Thanksgiving we woke up to Collin crying at his bed side trying to get back into bed.  I quickly picked him up, cuddled him and placed him back in bed.  Well the next thing I noticed his entire left side of his face was full of blood:(  I turned the light on and noticed the carpet was spotted with blood and the white closet door looked like a serious fight took place here with blood smeared all over.  We Collin was okay but somehow ended up with a huge gash over his left eye and on his cheek.  The poor kid still looks like he was in a serious fight as the eye is now draining all colors of purple, yellow, blue and green!