caiman

A Month In The Life Of Caiman

handsome blue eyes - playing with the kids while mom works out - reading his truck book

          

eating the dragonfly - being loved on by dad - rockin' his favorite spidey shirt

       

love this angry face (always eating his fingers) - cute kid - chilin' in his swing (not a fan of it)

              

precious sleeping boy - asleep and still holding my favorite toys - love this train jacket

 

asleep on moms lap - all bundled up & wearing my cool car hat - sucking on my toes (just like my sister did)

    

loves playing in his bouncer - pushing his body up (getting ready to crawl) - asleep on moms lap

      

caiman - 5 months old

this little man has the most amazing smile and laugh.  when he laughs, everyone laughs.  he is so much fun.  five months old and his personality is showing through more and more each day. this month caiman started scooting.  he is so proud of himself and grins ear to ear while he's moving across the floor. he also starting sucking on his toes - just like tanaya did at this age. we all just love him!

  

our word

one word can allow yourself to try new things, the way you interact with others, or allow yourself to try new things.  this year we all picked a word.  one single word we could incorporate into our lives to become more of who we want to be.  here's to a year full of adventure, patients, and passion! 

                                  

2013 - new years day

new years morning turned out to be sunny and a bit warm, 

so we bundled up and went sledding with the family

family and hot chocolate - a pretty amazing way to start off the new year

2012 christmas

during the month of december i try to read a christmas story every night. 

most nights i'm not very successful but i love it when i am :)

caiman looking so cute.  he's getting so big already

christams eve

we had a family candlelit fondue dinner. tanaya lit the candles

we all put on our smiles

and we enjoyed talking as we ate some amazing meats, veggies, and fruits 

in our fancy cheese fondue sauce. it was a lot of fun

ha! tanaya was such amazing sport as she had her 'christmas story' moment. hahaha. the poor girl. last year all she talked about wanting was one piece pj's with feet.  so this year i thought it would be cute to get my kids matching christmas pj's. ha! ya, it was pretty much a bust. but look how happy caiman is! hahahaha.

here we all are in our christmas pj's. tanaya is soooo happy! ahhhh..i shouldn't laugh :)

skyping with granny & grandpa lhotak and aunt kathie.

tanaya is going strong, eagerly awaiting the moment she can change.  i love this girl!

now this is a happy girl! aunt kathy bought her a spiderman snuggy and saved the day

and caiman got a fun play mat from granny & grandpa. he went crazy with the dragonfly!

christmas morning

yes, as with all previous years, we had to wake tanaya up and tell her santa had come.

and as usually she ran stumbling down the stairs excited to see what he had brought :)

going through our stockings!

john made this magnet makeup board for tanaya 

caiman got this play center from granny & grandpa lhotak.  all the toys from the play mat 

attaches to it and he LOVES it. the dragonfly is still his favorite!

more fun gifts for all

tanaya bought john a mustache shirt

and she bought caiman a spiderman shirt. he's so happy about it! :)

tanaya got beat headphones

and a vanity desk for her room 

after presents we went to grandma & grandpa macfarlane's for our traditional christmas morning breakfast. then we drove around from cousins to cousins house seeing everyone's gifts and spending time with the family.  we ended with dinner and games at alan's.

it was an amazing christmas. we are all so blessed and loved!

2012 christmas card

after all the changes in our family with being pregnant, having a new born, and learning to 

function with no sleep, we thought this pretty much summed up our year :)

MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!  WE LOVE YOU!!!