christmas

so i realize it has been a long time but what can i say.....nothing really. i guess it's that good ol excuse of once you get behind it's soo hard to catch up? does that work? so i guess you will have to miss the pics from when we came in for thanksgiving and deuces bday and lets not forget about the tailgating as well. i think kelly was able to get a few of them up at least. anyway, not much has changed since we last saw everyone. dave is still enjoying his job in combat camera and is taking onlines courses to get his personal training certification. i am still working at american eagle and let me tell you that i can't wait for the holidays to be over just for that reason. i am also back in school and should be teaching by next school year. and as for deuce....where do i start? i guess with no he still isn't walking yet :( he walks from toy to toy but won't just get up and walk on his own. other than that he is all over the place and is really enjoying playing with nana and all his new toys from christmas and birthday. yes, that's right i said nana! she got here on the 18th and deuce has been in heaven ever since (i think nana has too). they play soo hard all day and it is soo cute! she always thinks of great new ways to make him laugh. now, as for christmas....this is my first one away from family so i tried to do as much the same as i could. we went to christmas eve childrens mass and then went christmas light looking around the neighborhood and then the madness came........

we made christmas cookies on christmas eve (kinda, they were obviously from a box)

nana n deuce giving hugs after church

deuce opening his pj's (one of our biggest traditions)

deuce opening his gifts from the secret santa at dave's shop

i got my texas decal from the chances (got to keep my texas roots on the east coast)

dave modeling his north carolina hat from the chances

me showing off my purse from the ellis family

dave and his new coffee pot

love my christmas tree decoration

nana helping deuce open his wagon for all his blocks

dave is all ready to bbq

deuce getting his pony from nana and popo

nana had to test out the car from santa

deuce taking his car for a ride christmas morn

dave's apron from santa and deuce

deuce with his "moo moo's" from santa

deuce chilln watchn toons in his bean bag chair from santa

here are some random fun shots from the week of christmas

going to see santa

riding dumbo at toys r us

deuce trying on hats at the mccs exchange with nana

last i will leave you with a video of what christmas is all about....funny!

well... as u can tell we had a wonderful christmas and we hope everyone else did too! and hope you have a happy new year as well!

until next time

luv mel dave n deuce!

deuce turns 1

well this past week deuce turned the big 1! we are doing his main celebration the day after thanksgiving but we culdn't just let this big day slide by without doing anything so.....a couple of the sgts from dave's shop came over and we bbq and had a little cake. it was prob more for the grown ups but i think deuce still managed to enjoy himself.

blocks!

he got a "tony romo" football, don't think dave liked it very much but i sure was excited

i made him a small cake but i think he was more interested in the flame from the candle

he eventually dove in, but none of it made it to his mouth until dave helped out

mommy n deuce in his bday hat!

daddy n deuce with his bday hat. he thought it was sooo funny

and i guess i will leave u with this photo.....i don't know why i like it so much but i guess it's bc he looks like such a big boy.

cant wait to see everyone next week and celebrate our little mans big day again and of course thanksgiving and not to forget the big game!

luv mel dave n deuce!

who needs toys.......

when you have tupperware! deuce has discover the tupperware cabinet in the house and reeks havoc on it daily. we have been holding off buying any "big boy toys" with his bday and christmas right around the corner so he has resorted to the tupperware cabinet. whatever works right?

as most of you know deuce n i went home (texas) for a surprise bday visit for my sister kelly! i would say we were pretty successful! however i was not so successful in taking pictures! we spent her bday shopping and then met everyone for dinner. the next day was halloween and then saturday was the bday party that she actually knew about. deuce n i got to visit with a lot of family that we have missed and it was wonderful! here are the few pics that i managed to get

deuce n i snuck in on wednesday and got to spend some time with grandmar before the surprise

the three sisters at shady grove after a fun day of shopping and gossip!

deuce n aunt tam tam

klayton giving kenzie kisses....what a great big brother!

me n my little pumpkin on halloween!

here is kevin (the redneck)..klayton the pirate (arrgh maybe)..and deuce

nanna and popo were able to join us for some trick o treating fun

tyler and deuce getn in on the fun at kelly's bday party

well i guess that's all for now....we had a great time back home and look forward to seeing everyone again in a few weeks!

luv mel dave n deuce!

pumpkin fun

hold on to your hats folks this is gonna be a big one. we went the other day to a little (fake) pumpkin patch that this church had. deuce wasn't so sure bout the whole thing but nonetheless was a pretty good sport about it. we also didn't pick the best time of day as you can tell it was quite sunny but it was after lunch and we all know how happy the man is after he eats. we took lots of pics and i culdn't really decide wich ones i liked best so i thought why not post them all....or at least the majority of them. so here you go.........

i think his cheeks r as big as the pumpkins!

now for the carving...... deuce wasn't much into it but it was still fun!

and finally our two pumpkins.........

happy halloween! luv mel dave n deuce!