Snow Tubing

We went "snow tubing" at The Brick a couple of weeks ago with Jason's family. I had been told it was fun and thought Colton would enjoy it so off we went bundled up for some sledding. It should have been called "ice tubing" as the man-made snow was now a slide of ice. Colton went down the smaller slide close to 2 dozen times as everyone took a turn or two going down with him. The real workout came carry 2 tubes around the baseball field, up the stairs and back to the pile. Maybe next year he'll be able to carry his own!

"That was fun - let's do it 'gain"

Daddy and Colton

Kinzie kept warm in an area blocked from the elements with a heater - she enjoyed being held and cuddled all evening.

Christmas at the Hazzards

Christmas was a lot of fun at our house this year. Colton really enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree and watching Christmas movies. It was fun for us to see him be so excited by everything. We enjoyed our time at Nana and Papa's house and Sugars and Papa Ray's house the weekend before Christmas. Santa Clause made an early visit at Sugars and Papa Ray's. He sang songs and read the kids a story before bringing the presents out of his bag. Colton sat on his lap and was so excited for the Buzz Lightyear he got! Kinzie did great, too! No tears this year. We then had Christmas at home and at Gran'pa and Mimi's on Christmas Eve. I had strep throat - but still had fun watching the kids. The tree is now down and Santa is sleeping to rest up for next year - but I have a feeling the spirit will live on in our house all year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We pray that 2009 will be a wonderful year for everyone.

Merry Christmas from the Hazzards

Kinzie's First Christmas

Colton says "Santa"

"Look at my new scooter"


Daddy helps Kinzie unwrap her gifts

"I've been good..most of the time"

Santa thought I was a sweet baby!

Mommy even told Santa what she wanted for Christmas... He said her list was out of Santa's price range.

Kinzie Rolls Over

Last night Kinzie rolled over for the first time! I couldn't believe it so I had her do it 4 times and then called and told her Daddy. We have had her roll over about 20 more times so we could see if it was just a fluke. Nope - she can do it everytime. Colton was 4 months before he could roll over (he was very chunky) so you can imagine our surprise at Kinzie rolling at 7 weeks! Way to go Kinzie Lanae!

Kinzie Lanae is Here!

Kinzie made her arrival on October 23rd at 3:52am. She weighed 7lbs. and was 19.5 inches. Here are some photos taken at the hospital. We are doing well at this time. Colton likes her and has not yet told us to take her back as many people told us to expect. We'll see what the next few weeks and months bring! Kinzie is a sweet little girl and a very good baby! As our pediatrician put it -"I think she's a keeper!"

Day with Thomas the Train

We went to see Thomas the Train a couple of weeks ago. Colton had a great time with his cousins Avyn and Kason. They had so many things for the kids to do - here are a few of the highlights.

1st Day of School

Colton started "school" this year. He is going to the Westwood church of Christ's Day School two days a week. So far he is loving it. He has no doubts about going as he bounds out of the car and says "bye, Mom". I, on the other hand, had a little harder time dropping him off the first couple of times and asked Jason over and over, "why are we doing this?". I am glad he likes it, though. It is an organized social time which is great for him because he is a social bug - and hopefully he'll have his colors down by the end of the year! Everything is still green to him.

I am a little ashamed of myself, however. I dropped the ball on the first day of school cookies. My Mom used to always have homemade cookies the 1st day of school and I was determined to do the same. After we ran a couple of errands, though, I didn't have time. Jason told me it was OK there was still time as school technically doesn't start until kindergarten. He did take us for 1st day of school ice cream when we picked Colton up to make up for it! Here are some pics from the 1st day.

Helping make my lunch
My cars lunchbag
Ready to go
Yes, "Spot" is going to school, too Too busy to stop for a pic

Next Michael Phelps??

Jason and I love to watch the Olympics. We were those people drinking the extra cup of coffee and wearing sunglasses to hide our bloodshot eyes from staying up until midnight or 1am to see who won. Colton enjoyed watching them with us, too. One day, as we were driving home he asked where we were going. I told him home and he said "oh, go watch 'lympics?" I told him yes we were going to watch the swimming again. (We especially enjoyed watching the historic 8 golds won by Michael Phelps.) He thought for a second and then said, "Colton swim 'lympics". Jason and I told him that it would be great if he wanted to swim in the Olympics - we would come cheer him on. I think the excitement has worn off now as he says "no" when you ask him if he's going to swim in the Olympics.

Colton does love to swim, though, and has no fear. Here he is getting ready to jump off the diving board and is swimming back to the side to do it again. I enjoy watching him even though he scares me a lot. Somehow I don't think a 2 1/2 year old understands what it entails to be an Olympic swimmer but it does make for a fun story!! Who knows maybe he'll go for Phelps' new record!