Issue to vent about

I am very disturbed by the fact that the only piece of info I learned on seeing my homepage this morning was that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant. I have access to CNN and several other sites on my homepage, and this was the headline for all of them. If you don't know who she is, she is Britney Spear's 16 year old sister. She is also a star on the Disney channel. First of all, this is not something I think the media should be spreading all over. This person is supposed to be a role model for children everywhere who watch her show. Granted most of them identify with her character, not her, but I would not want any child of mine who may idolize her to see in an article going through the grocery store that she is pregnant! (my kids are 2 and under, so they obviously don't know who she is!) Teen pregnancy is not something I want my children thinking is acceptable. Not only does it alter the teens lives, but think of the poor child they bring into the world. I can't imagine having the stability needed to raise my kids in the best possible way when I was sixteen. Then factor in the drama that looms over the Spears family and you are asking for trouble.

The headline under that one was that Lynn Spear's parenting book was suspended for the time being! A parenting book.... come on! Enough said on that one!

Sorry about the rant, I am just bothered by what our media is choosing to display on their headlines!

Oh Yeah!

I forgot to say that yesterday was the best day ever! We had the best time celebrating Christmas with my mom and Priscilla! Usually everyone is in such a hurry to go do something else, that we are never able to enjoy one another. My parents stayed for several hours and the kids loved all of their gifts! Turner got a new big boy bed (it is a car one too!). It is so weird that my baby boy is now sleeping in a bed and not a crib! It has been such a huge milestone for us! He is getting so big too fast!

Reese got a big kitchen set! It is the huge deluxe one that step 2 sells! Both her and Turner love it! They love "cooking" for mommy and daddy!

Turner also got a tool bench! He loves it and has played with it ever since we put it together!

It was the best holiday ever! And to think it has just started!

Fun day

We had a fun day with Mommy's group coming over to have a little bit of a holiday celebration. Kathryn brought some crafts for the kids, which they did after they all left. My kids loved the stickers! It is so fun to have kids around for the holidays. They are so excited about the littlest things, which is contagious to the people around!

I was feeling okay, and then this evening I started to feel crummy again! I hope this is just a little cold! I hate being sick around the holidays!

There is only 4 days until Ryan is on vacation for 11 days! YAY! We are so excited! I don't know what we are going to be doing, but just being together and regrouping before starting a new year is going to be awesome! I love my husband and family so much!

Fun of December

Today my parents are coming over to celebrate Christmas with us since they are going to NY to see Priscilla's parents on the actual day! We are excited. I think this is the first time that my parents are coming over to celebrate a large chunk of time at our house. I am looking forward to it and I think the kids are going to love what Grandma's got them for Christmas!

I am trying to get over a cold. It has not been to bad, but I hate being sick at the Holidays! I hope that my kids don't get it too! It would stink to have sick kids at Christmas too.

We had put up our Christmas tree last weekend when my friend Rachel was here. It was a lot of fun, listening to Christmas music and hanging out while putting our HUGE tree up. I think that it is as wide as it is tall. It made it two days before we woke up and found it had fallen over because the stand was not substantial enough to hold it up. After a panicked call to our amazing next door neighbors, and shipping the kids over there so we could clean up all the glass, we realized that we only lost one special ornament to us, so all in all it could have been a lot worse. Our neighbor Dave came over and helped Ryan put the tree in a new stand and we attached the top of the tree to the ceiling! The tree is now bare again and we have to figure out a time to redecorate it! I will have to post a photo when we get is all back together! The tree is seriously taking over 1/4 of our living room! Next year I think we are going to have to aim at getting a little smaller tree!

Last weekend we also went ad celebrated Alison and Delaney's second birthday! It was a lot of fun, and my kids love Haley and Carl and the girls! Then we met up with them on Friday at Kenilworth on the girls actual birthday and we had lunch with them, Wendy, Marge and baby Ryan! Turner loved the trains there, and I think Ryan and I are going to take him back again before Christmas so he can see them again!

My sister and Bryan moved into there new town house in PA yesterday! We are very excited for them and we cannot wait to get up there to see it!

We have a busy couple weeks coming up! We hope that everyone has a great holiday and I will try to post photos along the way!

Reese is 1!!! ... and the past few weeks!

The past few weeks have been a complete whirl wind. We went to Rehoboth Beach, DE for Thanksgiving. My grandparents live there and we had a really good time. We left home around 5pm on Wednesday and we got back a little after 8pm on Friday. My sister and brother in law road down and back with us and we had a really good car trip. My mother and Priscilla met us down there. We enjoyed a really yummy Thanksgiving dinner, some fun Wii play and we took Reese to the beach for the very first time. She loved it and since the weather was so warm we were able to stay out for about an hour and let the kids run around and enjoy themselves. I cannot wait until next summer. The kids are going to have the best time at the beach!

Reese's 1st time on the beach!

"Mom, Put the camera away!

On Friday my sister and I got up early and were at the outlets at 8am for some good Black Friday shopping. We got a ton of stuff and the outlets were not really that crowded. We asked about it because we were shocked when the parking lot had a ton of spaces. Apparently the outlets open at midnight on Black Friday and stay open until 2 or 3am. So I guess all the really crazy people are out then!

When we got home we spent the weekend finishing up most of our Christmas shopping for the kids. We also decorated the outside of our home! We did it with wreathes on the windows and garland and white lights on the railings. We love the way it looks. I will take pictures soon and post them!

We then spent the rest of the week preparing for Reese's first birthday party, which was supposed to be on the 1st of December. On Wednesday night, Reese had a fever which carried over into the next morning. We took her temperature and it was 103.4 degrees F. We took her to the pediatrician and decided to cancel her party due to the fact we thought she could still be sick on Saturday. We are going to celebrate with Ryan's family around Christmas and we are going to have a party for the Reese and her friends sometime in January!

Ryan took off today and Reese is officially one! We are so excited and happy that our little angel is flourishing and becoming such a cute little girl! She even took her first steps today! We are so in love with this little girl!

We met up with Haley and the girls today and went to see Santa, do a little shopping and get lunch. Santa was a bit traumatic for all the kids, as you can see in the photo! We then had a fun time shopping and the kids especially liked Friendly's and the ice cream! My kids love the girls and it was fun getting to hang out with Haley!

Santa Photo 2007

Tonight we are going to go up and see Ryan's parents for Reese's birthday dinner! We already celebrated at the beach over Thanksgiving with my family! She will only eat cake off a spoon as you can see!
Reese's 1st cupcake!

Not wanting to get messy!

Satisfied with her mess!