Weekend in Maryland

We headed down to Maryland for a weekend of fun with our cousins!  Paul's sister and her family live there.  Its so nice to have family only a few hours away.  The kids played non stop from sun up till sun down.  We had so much fun and were so sad to come back home!

Feral Cat.....

This is the best way to describe Kenley's behavior lately.  Sigh.  Im tired.

What happened to my sweet happy toddler?!

Orlando

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For Christmas, Paul's parents gave us a week at their timeshare.  We chose to go to Orlando so we could take the kids to Disneyworld! We had so much fun!  My parents met us there, and we spent 3 days in Disneyworld and 2 days at the beach.  Cant wait to go back next year!!

Balentime's Day!

Here are some pictures of the kids opening their Valentines.  Ignore the disaster that is my apartment!  We were packing up for our Florida vacation!

Update..

We have just been hanging out inside lately trying to stay warm.  Paul took his boards last week and became officially certified.  That is a huge relief for him.  He has been either studying or working these past couple of months.  He is enjoying his job and loving the snow!  Mason is doing great in kndergarten.  He goes in the afternoons for half of the day.  He too is loving the snow and asks to play in it every.single.time he gets off the bus.  Haldey is definitely a desert girl and has been in hibernation for the past few months.  Seriously the only time the girl leaves this apartment is to go to church.  She hates the cold and snow!  Kenley is..well...almost 2.  That pretty much sums her up.  Shes all tude and thinks shes the boss!  Oh, and she also is having a hard time giving up her bottles.  Thats a fight everyday!  As for me, I am about done with apartment living!  We cant decide what we are going to do.  On one hand, we love it here and Paul's job is great.  On the other hand, it is bloody expensive to live in New York so we dont know if we should fulfill his 2 year contract and go somewhere cheaper.  Or if we should just settle here and buy a home.  Either way, once our lease is up, I am sooo out of this apartment!  Keeping 3 kids quiet all the time is impossible.  Oh, and I dont love living on the 3rd floor come grocery day!  Thats a total pain!!  My friend Misty taught me a trick when she lived in an apartment, she loaded up her stroller with all of her groceries-GENIOUS!!  I have been doing that too!  Anyways, thats what we have been up to lately.  Oh, and on Monday, we are off to sunny Orlando, Fl.  Disney World, here we come!!

Snow Much Fun!

Paul came home early from work a couple of days ago, so we decided to take the kids out to go sledding.  I have decided that putting snow gear on children has got to be the most obnoxious task in the world!  While playing out in the snow, I learned that 2/3 of my children are definitely desert people.  Hadley wouldn't get out of the car, and Kenley just cried because she couldnt walk in the deep snow.  Mason on the other hand LOVED it!!  He could play outside all day if we let him!   

 

 See that river there in the middle of the snow on this picture?  Well that is actually the Erie Canal, we live about a quarter of a mile from the Erie Canal!  Cool huh?

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year.  This was the first year that we were alone without any family for Christmas, and I must admit, I didnt love it.  I love living here in New York, but having no family around during holidays is a bummer!  Santa, aka my parents brought the kids all new bikes!  They love them and have been riding them all the time...in our apartment!  Its dang cold outside, so they just ride them around in our tiny apartment until the spring when it warms up a little bit.  Hope everyone had a great Christmas!!