Thomas side...

The Friday before Christmas worked out best for everyone to do the immediate Thomas family Christmas. We all gathered together that morning and had a blast! I found out how difficult it is to do presents with a toddler while trying to watch everyone else, take pictures and keep him from stealing presents hahaha

Jeremy felt a little old when he was so excited about getting the air compressor he wanted : ) 

Now it's time to play with presents!

Loving on baby Adelaide! 

Annabelle's water table was a hit with everyone!

Cousins <3 

Watching football with Dada in his new chair...

And lots of special moments with Grandparents...

New York

We got in to NY the weekend before Christmas and since my dad was off from work, we headed to my parents first. We had a couple days where it was just us and we had a blast. 

This little peanut was quite attached to his Mommy while we were away. I'm not sure if it's the pregnancy, a stage he is going through or just being in a new place but he didn't want me to go too far. 

Of course, we got some card games in. I don't know why we do it to ourselves but even if when the competitive side comes out, we still have fun. This was the closest game we've ever seen!

 The little boy my mom watches during the week was there one of the days we were and oh my goodness did the boys have a blast together! My mom had a ton of activities planned and they wore each other out. 

Seth got to experience snow for the first time! 

We made cookies.....

And did a little craft.....

Getting some practice for what life will look like in a few months : ) 

And then Super Why came on and the world stopped....

They were both standing so close, we got the pillows out for them to sit on. Well, seconds later Graysen got up and moved his pillow right under the television, came back to get Seth's pillow and then that's where they sat. We were laughing too hard to get a picture of it! 

Home for the Holidays

I know I haven't been the best at blogging lately. My monthly quotas haven't even hit 10 in quite some time. Although my Dad gave me a hard time over Christmas break, I had a pretty good excuse this time since we went up to NY for the Holidays! I told him an in-person visit trumps a blog post any day. 

Our travels went pretty smoothly both ways this time. A few "bumps" that in the moment made me say that "I'm never doing this again", but they didn't last long looking back and all in all was a MUCH MUCH better trip than our impromptu hurricane trip (which we truly will never do again). 

We had a blast with both sides of our families. We got to see everyone minus two brothers (one for each of us). It was so much fun to see Seth interact with his cousins. While at home, most of his playmates are younger than him (other than while at church), but I think he really enjoyed getting to play with some older kids and they did a great job playing with him too! It worked out quite well since he is an intense boy who loves to love, so the older kids could handle him better than the little ones : ) 

I'll be honest with you, the idea of going through pictures (most of which I stole from my mom because getting my camera out was usually the last thing on my mind) is exhausting, but I promise to get some up in the next couple posts. 

We got home Friday morning before New Years. That day was filled with naps, grocery shopping and unpacking. Jeremy and I rang in the New Year by getting an awful head cold that we are both still fighting a bit, but all in all we have settled back in to our daily routine. Seth has done better than I expected with it just being me here. I thought he would miss all his playmates. Jeremy is back at school and thinks the break did the kids some good - good behaviors all around : ) College will start back up next week and dare I say baby preparations are right around the corner?! Eek!