Santa Clause is coming to town!

What a busy month we have had! Cory's grandparents the Vincents gave us tickets to see Kurt Bestor at Abravenal hall. We got to see my sisters brother-in-law Aaron Ashton
play his violin in the performance. He is really talented and we had a really great time. Later that week, my friend Cassie and her girl Miya met my kids and I to see how chocolate was made at Mrs. Cavanaghs. Little did we know, that they don't make their own chocolate! Surprise! They only make their fillings. We couldn't believe it! The girls had fun and got a treat afterwards.





We have had a couple of firsts this last week also with Cooper! He rolled over for the first time, played in his new saucer, and ate rice cereal! I think he really liked the cereal. What a cutie!
Cayman also wanted to put him in one of her headbands when she was little and so we did. What do you think? Does he make a cute girl?
On Wednesday the 23rd we had the Vincents Christmas party. It is always a lot of fun and Santa gets to come! We also have a story time and then we have a gift exchange. We had a really fun time.





On the 24th every year we do Christmas eve with Cory's mom. We celebrate Jesus' Birthday and have dinner, cake and presents. Cayman was so excited she tried to open all the presents and was just going crazy. We finally had to tell her to sit down and relax and then we tried to do presents again. From grandma Cayman got a really cute Snow white clean up set and Cory and I got some really nice new flatware! Cooper got a little toy and little fleece blanket. Candice had my name and she got me a gift card to Quilted bear and Cj got Cory golf passes and a Utah beanie. Cohen and Kenzley got Cooper an outfit and Cayman a barbie doll. What fun!Thanks to everyone for the gifts!



Now the fun really begins! We got home Christmas Eve, got our cookies baked for Santa and opened our Christmas eve gifts. Cayman and Cooper got each other new jammies and slippers and thats what they got to open. Cayman loved her ballet jammies and princess slippers and Cooper looked like a doll with his little beanie, jammies and slippers on! What a bunch of cuties!




After that we got Santa his tray of cookies and milk out and then we read a Christmas book. We do this every year!


Finally, we got the kids to bed so Santa could come. We snuck downstairs after Santa came and this is what we found:


The kids got a really good Christmas and Cayman only wanted a bike! Santa did really good! This video is of Cayman coming downstairs Christmas morning and she just can't understand how her bike got in here. That is what she says like 3 times. "How did that bike get in here?"


My sister Melanee had asked if her and her hubby and my brother Ryan could come and stay Christmas Eve with us and wake up with the kids. It was a fun change and we loved having them stay with us. Cayman loves them so much. It was really fun. We opened our Christmas gifts and Cayman got lots of fun things. Cooper was funny just watching and he loved chewing on the wrapping paper. His favorite gift was the Bumbo and ball he can hold onto. Cayman loved her Camera and her bike. She also got a lot of clothes, books, Doll, makeup and lots of princess stuff.




Melanee and Phil got the kids gifts to open on Christmas morning also....Cooper got a really cute toy lion and Cayman got Princess gems to fish for. Here is dad and her playing!
Here is Cooper all ready for the day and his loot of presents!
Here is Cayman outside in the cold riding her new Bike!
We made Christmas breakfast and then just relaxed a bit. Later that evening we met everyone in Syracuse at my sister Allison's house and we had our Christmas dinner and opened gifts. I must say my kids were spoiled this year!
From Grandpa and Carma, Alli, Paul, Mel, Phil, and Ryan they got a Radio Flyer wagon with a canopy.
Then dad got Cooper some new clothes and Alli and Paul Got Cayman CandyLand.
We had a really fun evening and ate some good food. Thanks you guys so much! We loved our gifts!





Cooper is so dang cute in this picture! It looks like he is saying" just one more thing....

For my Dad and Carma this year we got them tickets the Jazz game on the 26th and we all went as a family. It was so much fun and on Saturday we just went to Gateway mall and shopped. We ate at Tucanos and then came home for a little bit before the game. It was a good weekend.
Sunday everything went back to normal and now back to the real world. I have to get Christmas taken down and that will not be fun. Cory goes into therapy on Wednesday for his shoulder and hopefully we hear good news. What a long 4 weeks this has been!
We had a great Christmas and hope everyone else did too! Thanks families for everything! We love you!

Cooper Rolls over!

This is just going to be short with a video! Last night Cooper rolled over! All by himself! What a big boy! I thought I was taping and I wasn't, so this morning we got a video of him rolling over. He is so stinking cute!


This other video is of Cayman singing her heart out with Santa is coming to town! What a cutie! She tries so hard!I love my little kids!

Busy December

I wanted to go back a little and tell you that I took Cayman to the dentist for the first time in November. She did a great job and was very good. They took some x-rays of her teeth and you can see her new teeth beneath her baby teeth. In about 2-3 years they will start coming in. They also cleaned her teeth. She was real good at being very still. What a good experience. Cayman had no cavities and her teeth look great. She got a little goody bag with toothpaste, a toothbrush, floss and some toys in it. How fun. We are doing better at brushing our teeth at night.




Cayman also started Ballet. She is taking classes every Wednesday night at Dancin it up right off of Redwood road by our house. It is a 45 minute class and on the first Wed. of the month we can watch her. The other times I get to drop her off and go do a couple errands. She is loving it so far. I can't wait to see her in January and see what she has learned. The class will go until May. We got to pick out her own outfit and she picked out a princess leotard and tights. We got ballet slippers too. She is so dang cute!


Cory had Shoulder Surgery on his right shoulder the beginning of the month and when the doctor got in to fix him up he noticed that things were worse than the MRI had shown. The original plan was to have him in a sling for 10 days with recovery and therapy for 4-5 weeks. Now, it is a sling for 5 weeks. NO moving of his arm at all. Therapy at the end of 4 weeks where a therapist will move the arm for him and then decide how much motion Cory has and if we can start therapy with Cory moving his own arm.
This is not a fun thing to have done. Cory has missed 2 weeks of work and this has been a really big challenge for me. I have to feed the baby, change the baby, bathe the baby, hold the baby, bathe Cory, cut his food, help him get dressed, and take care of Cayman. Cory can't do anything to help out with the baby at all. He maybe can hold him for a couple minutes. I just want to say that I am feeling sorry for myself but this is taking a toll on me. Cooper is very needy and It is hard for me to hold him all the time. I am so tired, I feel like I have no time to myself and to be a good mom I feel like I need to be able to take a break. It is going to be a long 4 more weeks. Having one arm is not easy. I know Cory is frustrated with not being able to help do anything and to be stuck in a sling is no fun. He usually does so much and is so wonderful with the kids. I miss him helping me so I didn't feel so alone.I am lucky to have Cory be such a wonderful husband and father I can't wait to get him back. We will get through this but I may be crazy in the end! AHHHHH!!!! Cayman got have some fun though. She got to have a sleepover with CJ and Jackie Friday night. Then went with Alli and Paul to visit Santa at Walmart on Saturday and hang out and then that night went to Festival of trees with Cj and Jackie. She sure loves her aunts and Uncles.

We have been able to get some really cute pictures of the kids and us in the house with our tree and out in the snow. It was fun letting Cayman play outside and catch snowflakes on her tongue with her daddy.








Cayman, Cooper and I went to the Princess and the Frog with Cj and Jackie for her birthday and it was a really cute movie. Cayman loved it. The movie was actually really good and It went pretty well taking a baby. He did just fine.

Here are our Beenie Babies: What cute kids we have!!



The other night we wrote letters to Santa Clause.
Cayman said she really wants a princess bike. I hope Santa can get it for her. We then mailed the letter to him in the North Pole and it was fun.
We have visited a couple Santa's this year and I think our favorite is Grandpa Santa! What a cute Santa he is.

We got lots of pics this year with him and It is so neat that the kids will be able to have these pictures of Santa(great-grandpa Vincent) to have as memories forever. Cayman sure loves to sit on Santa's Lap.



Every year we go to this home in Bountiful that has a light show and Santa in the window. Cayman loves to watch forever and see him wave to her in the car and to walk around the room he is in. He eats Cookies and drinks milk and she thinks it is real. The other night a lady was walking into this house when Cayman said "I want to go see Santa too." Me: "I know, she is really lucky huh?" Cayman: I want to be lucky too!" What a sweetie. She loves Santa.
The other night I asked her help in getting me some baby wipes off the ledge in the family room. She grabbed out one and then the box started falling. She caught it before it fell to the ground and put in back up on the ledge. I said," Wow, I can't believe how big you are. You are so grown up to be able to help me." She says, "I know, Can I drive your car now?" Hahahaha! What a joker! That was so funny! She has been saying the darndest things!
Hope everyone enjoys our pictures. I will post more around Christmas!