It's Mardi Gras Time!!

Of course we had to celebrate Mardi Gras using some of the goodies Aunt Nikki brought us back from New Orleans.  My favorite part was trying to find the baby in the King Cake.  We said who ever found it, had to change all of Baby Rutherford's diapers once he arrives... needless to say Hayden was not happy when he found it in his cake. :)

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Chinese New Year

We celebrated Chinese New Year, by ordering Chinese Food, making snake crafts, and watching Kung Fu Panda part 2.  Shocking, Hayden loves dumplings and edamame. Hayden also received his traditional Red Envelope filled with money for his piggie bank.

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3 more months to go...

Only three more months until Baby Rutherford!!!  Can't wait to meet him!

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Winter Bike Ride

Hands down, the BEST thing about NC is the weather!  Nothing like going on a bike ride in January!  So happy to see Hayden riding without his training wheels!!

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It's Snowing in NC

Ironically our first winter in NC, is the first winter in the last few years they had a snowfall!  Hayen loved it!  The nice part is that it snowed, and by the morning it was all melted! :)

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Big Brother Class

To help Hayden prepare for his brother we signed him up for a siblings class at the hospital.  He did a great job!  They made a list of ways to help out with the baby, practiced diapering his teddy bear (although he swears he is never touching a dirty diaper), and made his brother a birthday card!  He is going to be a WONDERFUL brother!!

 

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Basketball Time

This winter, Hayden has been on the Waxhaw Basketball League, and Jake was one of the coaches!  They both did a great job, and took 2nd place during the End of Season tournament.

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Happy New Year!

We rang in the New Year playing board games, enjoying yummy ice cream sundaes, and writing our New Year Wishes on balloons & then released them oustide. Looking forward to all our new adventures this year!!

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Christmas in Illinois

Took a road trip back to Illinois and stayed for a week with Grandma!

We spent the afternoon at Randy & Sheryl's for Christmas dinner, scavenger hunt, and crafts!

We also had fun playing Christmas Win It in a Minute... so bummed my camera broke in the middle of it! So much fun!

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Gift from Charlie

This morning, our Elf Charlie, brought an interesting gift back with him from the South Pole.  After putting the movie into the laptop, Hayden was so excited to see Santa's message to him!! :)

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Gingerbread House Building

Time to get our Gingerbread House building on...

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Making a gift for our little guy

Took the day off for my birthday, and painted pottery for our little guy's nursery... even though we aren't sure how we are decorating it yet. :)

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Getting Ready for Christmas

Today, we were very excited to start getting ready for xmas!  We put up the tree, decorated, had a visit from our Elf, and enjoyed little meat soup! :)

Setting out our Christmas list for the elves to bring to Santa!

The elves came... curious to see if they left any goodies...

They left a good boy chart to fill in for Santa on Christmas Eve.

 The elves also left a few goodies to play with until Christmas!

 A boy after my own heart, he loves my Grandma's little meat soup too!

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