Christmas Overview

Christmas Eve Poor Bennett didn't feel himself on Christmas EveChristmas Eve PjsSanta cameBrayden enjoyed Christmas morningBennett wanted to know why we insisted on waking him up!With the presentsHe did love his piano he got! Brayden asleep on Christmas day

Bennett asleep on Christmas day

Sorry I haven't had much time to blog lately. The boys are keeping me busy. Bennett got sick 2 days before Christmas Eve with a fever and then a nasty nasty cough, well we took him to the doctor and turns out it was croup. Poor guy felt awful. He was so whinny and pitful, I felt so bad for him. Well his fever went away by Christmas Eve but he was still cranky and I didnt want to risk it in case he was still contagious so he couldn't go with us to my dad's family Christmas party. My mom offered to watch him so the rest of us could go. It would have been his first time to go and he would have loved playing with the kids. It broke my heart to leave him behind. I felt so bad. Poor guy didnt feel too good on Christmas either :( I was really looking forward to him having a good first Christmas but he just wasn't feeling good at all still. He wasnt into opening presents that much, but he did love his piano we got him. He still hasnt even finished opening presents at my moms house. Brayden was in a great mood Christmas morning and he loved opening presents, haha. He slept most of the time at Brian's parents house. The only thing he was interested in was watching his Elmo and laying down, poor guy. Well, he should really enjoy it next year anyways.

Happy 1 year Bennett Kuma Day!

To help celebrate Bennett's "Gotcha Day" I thought I would do a post of a year with him in photos! We love our Bennett Kuma and are so glad he is in our Forever Family. God placed him in our life for amazing reasons! We could not imagine having any other family than the one He has given us. Here he is before we came to get him!Here we our on Bennett's Gotcha Day (December 28th, 2009).January 2010 (1st UL game he went to)Febuary 2010 (Valentines Day)March 2010April 2010 (His 1st birthday)May 2010June 2010 (Learning to walk)July 2010 (At Myrtle Beach)August 2010September 2010October 2010 (Halloween) November 2010 (Thanksgiving) December 2010


He has changed so much in one year! He was 8 1/2 months old when we got him and couldn't sit up really. Since he has been home he can sit up, crawl, then walk, then run, and even say some words. He is so fun to be around. He is always into something. He is go go go. He LOVES Elmo and by love I mean OBSESSED with the show. Thats pretty much all we get to watch now. He loves pizza and mac n cheese, strawberries, and chips, and any candy. He loves going to work with his daddy to do houses. He loves the park, swing and pool. There is too much to say about my wild little man. We pray the best for him and that he follows Gods will in his life.

Visiting Santa

Today we took the boys to see Santa at the mall. Bennett did well and Brayden slept= success!

Brayden Rolling Over

Blog Challenge Day 14- Oprahs Favorite Things I would Like

I dont really watch Oprah but I looked up some of her favorite things from this years episode and here is what I would want. Brian and I LOVE cruises and would love to take our whole family on one. I wonder when the boys will be old enough to take on one?

I need my closet professionally organized !!!!

I am more of a middle lover on brownies so I wouldnt want that but the lasagna one looks nice so I can have nice pretty peices when I make it.

UGGS and sparkle?! Love it in black.

Blog Challenge Day 13- Favorite Cookie Recipe

My all time favorite cookie is No-Bakes. But not any no bakes, they have to be made by me or my mom. Everyone elses are yuck and too dry.

Here is the recipe:

1 stick margarine

1/3 cup cocoa

2 cups sugar

1/3 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups raw quick cook oats

Melt margarine over medium heat, add cocoa, sugar, and milk. Heat until boiling, a full rolling boil. BOIL ONE MINUTE!!!!! (That is the most important part to make them good). Remove from heat, add vanilla, peanut butter and oats. Mix. Drop by teaspoons onto reynolds wrap.

I would love for people to stop making dry yucky No Bakes :)

ENJOY! (Oh and our favorite is to get a spoon and eat them still warm and melty! YUM)

Blog Challenge Day 12- Holiday Decorations

I am supposed to post our holiday decorations in this post. Well we aren't done yet so it may need to be updated as we finish. No outside decorations have been put up yet, we will see if that happens this year, lol. We are getting our stockings embroidered so they aren't up yet.

My uncle and aunt got me a poinsetta!

Here is our white tree.

It is in our front window.

Here is my new 12 foot tree!!!!!! I love it!

Brayden relaxing by the tree.

Brian and Bennett looking at the lights under the tree.

First Family UL Game

Saturday was the first time our whole family got to go to the UL game. It was Brayden's first time (at 7 weeks old). Bennett has gone to several this season with Brian and went to one last season. It was my first time in the new KFC YUM stadium! We had lots of fun. The boys did pretty well. We left with about 8 mins left in the game because Brayden was getting a little cranky. Lots of family fun and memories.

Blog Challenge Day 11: New Years Resolution

I don't normally make new years resolutions but I guess I will since the challenge asks me to do so! My resolution is to loose the remaining 5lbs of baby weight I have from Brayden and then an additional 20lbs! Another resolution is to make sure I have a daily Bible quite time.

Blog Challenge Day 10: Favorite Holiday/Christmas Song

Well I actually don't really like Christmas music...kinda weird I know. Sometimes it just annoys me for whatever reason.

Christmas Card

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Here is a preview of our Christmas card! Merry Christmas all :)

Photo Shoot

I love matching outfits. LOVE them. I also love pictures of my boys. Even more so, pictures of my boys in matching outfits.

Trying to give Brayden his paci so he will stop crying.

Oh no paci fell out!

"Um Mom, he is crying!" is what Bennett is thinking.

Sleepy boys after church and lunch.