Saturday, December 12, 2009

First snow...

I don't have much time because I'm headed off to work, but I wanted to upload some pictures I took the other night of Mark and Jack making our first snowman together. Mark did most of the work, but Jack really enjoyed watching and try to help. Whenever we walk outside he says good morning to our "no-man"...he was very proud.

He was so happy to finally get outside!
Next to the bottom of the snowman...Rolling the middle, and a nice shot of the new house...
The finished product!
Mark says it's a tradition to go inside and have some hot chocolate after you make a snowman....Jack was all about continuing that tradition too....

Next to come...pictures from our visit with Santa today!! Jack had such a good time...he wasn't overly crazy about Santa, but he really liked Mrs. Claus and had WAY too much fun playing with his friend Ryan. Tomorrow we go to Grammy's house to have some cookies, so I'll have pictures from that too. Hope everyone is enjoying the snow!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Finally!!

Since Mark already hacked into my account, I will take that as a hint to update our blog. I apologize for my laziness, but things have been pretty busy around here with two jobs and trying to make the house feel more like a home we have been worn right out. It doesn't help that my laptop is about to **** the bed and it takes me forever to get things done on here. But without further adieu here is what we have been up to....


we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch...

painted our pumpkins...
dressed up as Spiderman...
played with our friends...
got messy!!
Stuffed our bellies...
got some exercise...
built a fort with Daddy...put up the Christmas tree...

and put presents under the tree...
and enjoying our beautiful new home!
Hope fully I can get back in the swing of things and keep everyone up to date more often...we all know how I am though!!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Somebody's gotta do this

It's been a few months since anything has changed on this, so I (Mark) am taking a crack at blogging. I don't blame Danielle as we haven't had Internet access since September. Without further adieu, here's an update...

As I mentioned, we moved into the new house in late September. Jack immediately fell in love with his room. The first night we stayed here, he just had a mattress to sleep on. The next day, Gramps, Papa, and Daddy moved in his new big-boy bed, and it is big (and heavy). It's actually Uncle Justin's old bed that my dad had made for him back in the day. The bed is pretty tall, and Jack managed to fall out twice. After the second time, I told Danielle that she had to get the bar from her parents. Turns out that it is the same bar that Danielle used while growing up. Thank goodness that Danielle's mom keeps everything :)

From there, it's been a whirlwind of activity. Between unpacking and running around the North Country trying to find Internet access, we've barely had time to take a breath. We're finally getting settled in though, and our house is beginning to feel like a home. We've even had our Christmas tree up since the week of Thanksgiving.

I know I skipped a couple months there, and I know that there aren't any pictures, but hey, it's my first try, and I'm running late for work. I'll let Danielle fill in the blanks when she has time. Until then, happy holidays.