Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!  Before Christmas, the kids and I had fun decorating cookies.  Tommy commented that brown frosting was not a "Christmas color" but Lily had insisted on having brown reindeer.

Isaac just enjoyed eating the candies.

Here are my three crazy kids screaming "Merry Christmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!" or just screaming in general... (Thanks Kristen for the adorable jammies!)

Traditional Christmas morning at the Galloways!

 Lily exploring her stocking... walkie talkies, cool!

 Isaac diving into his stocking.

Lily was quite ecstatic to find Zhu Zhu pets among her gifts from Santa!  "Just what I wanted!"

Grandpa opening gifts with Caleb, a hard task but not something he wanted help with. ;-)

First Stitches

Poor Isaac fell off of a chair in the kitchen tonight and had to get 4 stitches in his chin. He was pretty brave, but it wasn't very fun. It is a little surprising that in our almost six years of having kids, this hasn't happened yet, considering how "busy" Lily and Isaac can both be.

Caleb's surgery

On Thursday, Caleb had surgery on his hernia. He ate at 9, got checked in at the hospital at 11, then had surgery at 3. By 5, he was in recovery and he was hungry, in pain and a little groggy from the anesthesia. It was a little sad state to see him in. He got some pains meds, ate a little, then slept. We went home and got to relax after our long, emotionally exhausting day. He was sure a trooper!

Singing for Relief Society

Lily sang this cute song for our R.S. Christmas Activity Night. Everyone seemed really touched. She's got such a sweet talent and sure loves sharing it.

A Few New Videos

Lily had her Christmas Dance Performance and Singing Recital this past week.  Here are a few videos for you to enjoy!

Lily's School Work

It says "Christmas is a treat, not a treat that you eat, but a wonderful feeling."

He's a Big Boy!

He's starting to smile for us!


Caleb had his 2 month Dr. appointment today.  He is in the 90th percentile for weight and 96th for length!  I went back to look at Isaac's growth info and he was still in the 50th for weight and 55th for length at 2 months.  Hopefully Caleb can be the big boy in the family, and the good eater.

The Dr. does feel he needs surgery on his hernia, and hopefully we can get that done this month, for insurance purposes and Caleb's comfort.  We have a consult with the surgeon next Thursday.

Here is a video of some of Caleb's smiles and happy coos.  Uncle Randy was the best and getting him to smile.

Snow, and lots of it!

Record snowfall today!

Isaac trying to play with his lawn mower...

Snowball fights with the neighbor kids...

Caleb's Baby Blessing

We had a wonderful experience on Sunday as Caleb was blessed by his dad.  Thank you to all our family that made the trip up to see us.  For those of you that were not able to come up, we missed you and look forward to seeing you soon.

Santa with Cousins

On Saturday we got to visit with Santa and get a pictures with our Clark cousins.  Caleb was such a good baby, just sleeping through the whole thing. :D

Lily's Dance Performance

Lily had a dance performance on Saturday at the Festival of Trees. She did a great job and had a lot of fun on stage. We are looking forward to her recital next week.

Here's her dance!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a nice thanksgiving with the Wolfe family.  The prep was a little stressful since I have never done a turkey, or cranberry sauce, or yams, or green bean casserole, but with some great help from Katie and Randy and Tommy, we made a delicious thanksgiving dinner.

I also made these cute turkey shirts for my kids and their cousins.

Yes, Caleb had been crying... maybe because he couldn't find his other sock?

We had a nice weekend of football and family.  Isaac loved his "bompa time" on the couch watching football. :D


Lily says:
"I love the new turkey shirt my mom made me. And I loved the pumpkin pie. Katie and Randy did a wonderful job on the pumpkin pie. I had fun playing tigers with my cousin Tyler. I loved when Grandma Shauna played with me. She was always there for me. And Grandma Lanie gave me a Christmas pillow case with kitties on it. How did she know those are my favorite? And my mom is so smart. She is just the best mom in the world."

Yep, she really said all that. :D

Lily's First Voice Recital

Last night Lily had her first singing recital at a retirement home.  About an hour before we were supposed to be there she started feeling really sick.  She had a sore throat and a little head ache.  She was pretty sad and didn't want to miss her recital so we gave her some medicine, said a prayer together, and hoped for the best.  Well, by the time we stopped at the store to get some throat drops for her she was feeling better and her spirits were high.  We were so grateful our prayer was answered so quickly and that Lily was able to go and sing.

She sang two songs, "The Tree" and "Castle on a Cloud".  We were soo proud of her.  After her recital she walked around the room and introduced herself to all the sweet elderly people.  They sure loved that.  She made so many people smile and she really felt good inside.

Enjoy these videos!

Snowing!

A most interesting spelling

Lily has been writing notes and spelling words all on her own like crazy lately.  Today she wrote this word:

kweschjon

Very good job sounding out each sound in that word!  Now, what's your question?

A Fun Thanksgiving Project

This week I got together with a couple friends and we each made this "give thanks" banner. I love how it turned out. I also made this cute Thanksgiving turkey shirt for Lily. It just needs a face and feet added with embroidery thread. Here's a link to the tutorial.

Here are my cute kids last Sunday.  Isaac got so many complements on what a cute little man he is with his suit jacket and tie like his daddy.  He was pretty happy about wearing them.

The Perfect Fall Day

We had wonderful fall weather this past week and on Saturday we got outside for a little bit to enjoy the last of it before the cold hit.  The kids had a fun time raking and playing in the leaves and I enjoyed just watching them and taking a few pictures.

 

Caleb has started being more observant to his surroundings.  Yesterday he was watching his swing mobile so intently.  Don't let the swing picture fool you though; he still prefers to eat, sleep, and be held. :)