On the Road Again...

Coming to you live from Safety Harbor FL...

We made the drive from NC to FL with minimal issues. Ian stayed awake for 12 out of the 14 hours it took. How does he do it??? My eyeballs would be dried up from watching a portable DVD player for that amount of time.

We spent Saturday night in Jacksonville with Mandi and Barry, and stayed up way too late looking at Mandi's extensive collection of old and embarrassing photographs from 10 years ago.

We made it to Grandpa Doug and Grandma Mary's house today at about 4, and Ian and Chase immediately warmed up to all their Florida relatives. It was a loud happy evening.

Now it's much too late for me to be up, again, when both my children will be ready to play at 6 tomorrow morning.

By the way, Mom and Dad, we made it here safely. Sorry I forgot to call...

Eyeballs

The saga continues...

My apologies to everyone who received a Christmas card with 4 blind reindeer on the front. Apparently Tacky Glue doesn't keep googly eyes on in the mail.

Damn.

The Rules

Ian wanted to play soccer with his new soccer goal. I suggested that he get all the balls he can find and line them up, then kick them all in.

Pause. Confused look.

"But, Mooo-ooom...the rules say you only play with ONE soccer ball."

Duh.

Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas!

Ian woke up at the late hour of 7am...hey, I'll take anything after 6:30!! We had a lovely morning with Gaga, Papa, and Uncle Scott, who all slept over at our house to share Christmas Eve/Morning with us. It's nice to be able to share the holidays with family :)

Ian is never, ever allowed to say that he has nothing to do anymore, since Santa, family, and friends were MORE than generous with his gifts! Thanks, everybody!!

Chase was an expert paper ripper. He likes the big bows.

Here are some highlights of the morning. I'll try to post the rest on www.maddex.cc when and if people take naps this afternoon...

Merry Christmas to All...

...and to all a good night :)

Last Minute Gift

Food Wars

Still trying to get Chase to eat more than fruit, cereal and Cheerios. Sometimes I can get him to eat veggies if I slip them in between bites of fruit. He's not fooled all the time, though.

He seems to like everything that I eat, though. So today I gave him a mushed up green pea. He loved it! Then he ate a handful of them (one at a time, of course!)

So, I guess I'll ditch the jarred baby food attempts and just move straight to table food. That's ok, right?