There is a God....and he lives across the street!!

So I've been complaining since our last storm that our snowblower is broken....and that we've been shoveling....and when I woke up this morning and saw more than a foot of snow on the ground I said to my husband, "well we only really have one good shovel so why don't you start, and then I'll come out later...."  So while Ava and I sat around.....

Dad went out to start the shoveling....along with all the other neighbors who were out their using SNOWBLOWERS!!! That's when I decided to send Tyler out with a shovel in hopes that someone would show pitty on us and offer to help shovel us out.....

well, shoveling soon turned into playing, which turned into building huge igloos and like any good father should, Joe stopped shoveling all together to play with little man!!  Just when I thought all hope was lost and was feeling really terrible that Tyler came in with frosbite on his hands....

I heard a familiar sound outside and looked out the window to find that our neighbor had come to our rescue....and instead of "thanking God"......I was thanking "Scott" for lending a helping hand to a neighbor in need......and then I said "Joe you should really go out there and help him!!" (sometimes being the mommy pays off, hahaha!)

Good thing Ava has 3 Godparents!!

Ava had her christening yesterday and being an almost 11 month old that's wearing 18-24 month old clothing it was your typical christening......first of all when the priest would say her name, she would actually turn and look at him as if to say "I know you are talking about me."......second,  she was actually able to take communion, even the priest was like "can she eat this??" and Ava was like "hey buddy, it's 12:30 and past my lunch time, I'll eat anything"....third, weighing in at  22lbs 13oz and 30 inches long for her 9 month appointment (which was on 12/9/10 so I can only imagine what she weighs now!!) it was a good thing we had 3 godparents so no one person had to hold her the whole time.  All in all it was a fun filled busy day and we were happy to have our families there to support us....the day was so busy in fact that we didn't take any of our own pictures....so I have to just share a few with this link to my snapfish album.....enjoy!!! 

http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=3087897012/a=91212074_91212074/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Snow Storm 2011 and Kevin Bacon??

So I've been trying to grow out Tyler's hair because I'm remembering how cute it was when he was little....but it seems to be just growing up and out.....which is why we have started calling him Kevin Bacon....and of course Joe takes it to the next level teaching him to say "lets dance!!!"

LETS DANCE!!

Today Tyler went out into his first blizzard and loved it....it helped that Dad made him an igloo to hide from the wind!! 

And to thank Dad for all the shoveling and playing out in the snow, Tyler gives him a body slam.....



which they have been practicing inside...under careful supervision of little miss Ava!!

Although I used to hate these New England snow days when we are locked inside with now where to go....I think I might just start to love them....with the never ending entertainment of Tyler and Ava and Dad home on a snow day.....it doesn't get much better!!



A long day......

Today I had a very long day with my toddler....an hour of trying to get him to take a nap after wearing myself out bringing both of them to swim class was ended when I went to check on him and he said "I got a big poop mom..." As I was winding down after putting him to bed tonight I was playing around on our laptop and discovered an old video of him.  It made me laugh outloud.....and watch it over and over again....he's only 2 and already I'm saying "I can't believe he was that small."  For those of you who don't know Tyler's first word was something like "Dodyn" which he used to refer to Dad and dogs......enjoy and know that yes, he still likes nectarines this much!!

Oh did we deck the halls!!!

Our first christmas with two little ones and the biggest question people would ask me is "is Tyler old enough to 'get it'?"  Oh did he ever....the only problem is that when I say to my 2 year old that christmas is over and doesn't come again until next year I might as well say it doesn't come again until tomorrow because a day and a year are all the same to him.....he keeps calling Santa on the phone...and coming downstairs to look for gifts......and when he doesn't see any more gifts he just shrugs his shoulders and goes on playing with the 300 other toys he got this year.....

As for Ava she was just as cute as could be and just tried to keep up with her brother....her first doll, a new tutu, pink EVERYTHING....but lets face it she would have been happy with an empty box and some paper.



She of course is already taking control over her "younger cousin"as seen in this photo op....

And look at how cute Ava and her cousin Logan look in their matching outfits....Auntie Dawnie and I are just getting started with the cute outfits!!

Dad had fun hanging out with his newest niece at the Casa del Rathbones on Christmas night....and although it took little baby Logan a little while to settle down (despite repeated efforts by MeMe) we still love her!!!



All in all we were blessed to have been surrounded by loving family throughout the holidays.....two fantastic kids who just seem to sparkle with happiness and get the people around them to smile.....oh yeah and did I mention I got a roof this year for christmas?? Oh yeah, that's not a typo.....Joe and I spent our christmas booty on a new roof!!! Just stockings for us this year......but trust me we had everything we needed and more....including my son waking up and running into our room christmas morning saying "I heard the reindeer on the roof....and santa....I heard them....they woke me up mom...we gottat go down and check it out".....just wait until next year!!