Yummy to my Tummy!!!!

Baby Walter had his first taste of brown rice cereal tonight.  I could not get it in his mouth fast enough.  For the past week, he has been waking up at night again...every two to three hours...Um, yeah...WHAT!!  It was killing me.  When he was waking up, he was eating.  Eating a full meal.  Anyway, we gave the very watery breastmilk/cereal combo a shot tonight.  We will see if it helps things.  

Baby Addison Kate Norris

Baby Addison was born on Friday, December 14th, 2007.  She arrived at 5:40 PM.  She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long.  All reports are that Mom and Baby are doing great.  No one talks about Dad:).  Welcome to the world Baby Addison.  And to Craig and Nancy...strap in for the ride of you lives:)

New Baby Countdown

Craig and Nancy went in at 6:00 PM last night to begin the lovely induction process. They should have Baby Addison sometime today. What a wonderful Christmas present. Keep us posted when you can! Good luck and Speedy Induction!!!

Round and Round and Round

Grace also rode the carousel on Sunday.  It almost put her to sleep with her no nap self:)

The Ruby Red Slipper

Finally got a picture of the infamous slippers.  She actually looks like a house was dropped on her in this picture.

The Build A Bear Workshop

If you have never been, you have to go.  The Build a Bear is a stuffed animal store where you go and pick out your flat animal, stuff it, dress it, name it and take it home.  Kids LOVE it.  One opened in Myrtle Beach when I was in college, and the line wrapped around the building in the summer time.  Nana Su and Lindsay took Grace yesterday for Christmas.  She had a ball.  She picked out the pink bear, dressed her in a Cinderella dress, and wait for it.....

RUBY RED SLIPPERS!!!  The bear's name is Lisa.  Not sure where that came from?  Anyway she loved the trip.  Then we went home to Nana Su's for Hanukkah.  Please notice my lack of multiculturalism awareness when looking at Grace's attire for the evening.  I am totally losing it!!

Christmas Card Attempts

Well, I have pretty much accepted the fact that I will not be getting the two of my children to smile and be happy for a picture at the same time this year for a Christmas picture to add to our Christmas cards. We sure did have alot of fun trying. Maybe another day.

True Peace on Earth. May God bless us all.

My very own Frosty the Snowman

He is going to KILL me one day!!!!

Children's Christmas Party

Saturday, December 8th was the Children's Christmas Party. It is thrown by all of the officer's wives and held in the hangar. We get bouncers, have cotton candy, bubble wrap, games, gifts, prizes, etc. The highlight is Santa's arrival. He does not come by reindeer. He arrives in a 60 sierra, or more commonly known as a helicopter. The kids love it. They all get to sit on Santa's lap and ask him for their Christmas gifts. Then they jack up on sugar and come home and crash. Grace claimed that she planned to take the helicopter to the zoo, but we could not accompany her. Here are several shots to sum up the day. The only thing missing was Daddy...

Baby News??

NO NOT ME...Are you KIDDING!!!!!!

We are anxiously awaiting news of Grace's new...I guess it would be God-sibling??

Grace's Godfather, Craig, and his wife, Nancy are imminently expecting the birth of their first child, Addison Kate, any day! She is actually due tomorrow, December 9th. We are crossing our fingers for you, Miss Nancy, that you have a speedy, safe delivery (not quite as fast as Brothers:) and LOTS of GREAT drugs!

Keep us posted!!

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

The tree is up. We put it up before Lamar left for Panama City. He and I have philosophical differences on the color of the lights for the tree. I grew up with white, he insists on color. See who won:) Grace also has Santa lights in her room. She is ready for Christmas.

Sleeping

We have a "sleeper through the night!" For the last two nights, I have put Walter down at 8:30 PM, and he has slept until 6:00 AM straight. I am so excited, I can hardly contain myself. Since he was born, I have been going to bed when he does to get some rest. Needless to say, my house has turned into a disaster. I have not had a real night's sleep since about five months pregnant. For the past two nights, I have slept seven hours straight. I even get some ME time in the morning before they all wake up. It is amazing what excites a mother of two small children.

Dorothy

Grace is now into The Wizard of Oz. We went out and got her a pair of ruby red slippers. She wears them with EVERYTHING. She told her Nana Su that she needs the blue dress to go with them. She also told me that I could not wear them or take them from her because I was the Wicked Witch...but my face is not green....

Just wait. Before I leave work one day, I am going to the paint closet and paint my face green. Then I am going to go pick her up from school...

Gotta Love The Navy

Well...Lamar is gone...again.

He is cruising Panama City for cute Spring Breakers:)

HA..HA.. No, actually he is down in Panama City towing. Is it fun, you may ask? Well, not according to him. He will be down there until Christmas, will come home for Santa, and then go back to tow until February. Life here with two alone is FUN!! Grace has become slightly whiny lately. She gets EXASPERATED with Brother, telling him that he needs to learn to wait his turn. My question...when is MY turn??

Anyway, drop us a line or an email. I probably won't answer it, because I am here with two, but at least you will have tried:)

Turkey Day Excitement

Well, it was another wonderful turkey day down on the farm. We had approximately 45 people join us this year. The weather was perfect, the food was wonderful, and the company was alright too:) If you left hungry, it was your own fault. If you did not attend, we hope that you will join us next year for the festivities.

Citadel Cheerleader

Lamar took Grace to the Citadel/VMI game in November. The Citadel BLEW VMI away. Grace was the HIT of the game. She was apparently a very good companion in the car going up and back. She is going to be a football girl like her mom and dad.