Christmas – Part 1

I promised that I would post about Christmas. And, for times sake, I’ll do it in 2 posts. Pre-Christmas and Christmas! :) We got one of the BEST Pre-Christmas Gifts this year…

Yup, that’s right, we are expecting baby number 2. I had not been feeling well for awhile and David was up sick on December 21st at about 4:00 in the morning. I had bought the pregnancy test the night before and figured since I was awake I’d take the test. We all know that morning pee is the best for a test, so I didn’t want to waste it. I about fell over when it said positive. I had only been off birth control since November 1st. So it happened MUCH fast than with Tucker (it took us 3-months with Tucker). So, we were shocked but excited! Tucker doesn’t really get that anything is going on. Anytime we say where’s the baby he points to himself. I’m sure he’ll get it sooner or later. But we’re very excited for this little one. We are 8 weeks and 4 days, so we have a ways to go. My official due date is August 27th. However, with a c-section they will do it at least 1-week early depending on the size. If this baby is anything like Tucker, they might even take the baby earlier! My Dad’s birthday is August 16th, so I’m kind of pulling for that day! So we’ll see!

Tucker's Prayer

Ok, Ok, Ok. I know I haven't posted Christmas yet, and I promise I will. But first I have to share Tucker's cute prayer. We've been working on this for awhile, and this is the first time we got him to say a "whole" prayer. Here's how it went, with my help...

Me: Dear

Tucker: Dee

Me: Heavenly

Tucker: He-ee

Me: Father

Tucker: Faer

Me: Thank

Tucker: Tak You

Me: Love

Tucker: Love You (blows kisses)

Me: Mommy

Tucker: (blows kiss to Mommy)
Me: Daddy
Tucker: (blows kisses to Daddy, then pokes him) Dadda
Me: Name
Tucker: Nae
Me: Jesus
Tucker: Jesus
Me: Christ
Tucker: Chi
Me: Amen
Tucker: (folds his arms tighter, then throws them to either side of himself) AMEN

Yeah, we were a pretty proud Mommy and Daddy. And, you could tell that Tucker was so proud as well. He is getting amazingly well at copying what we say. That is so good... and yet can be so bad! But, either way we love it! He's growing up so fast and becoming so independant. It's great! We love our little Bubba!

Thanksgiving, Mom Retired, Decorating for Christmas

For Thanksgiving this year we went down to California to spend time with my family. First and foremost, we FINALLY got to meet our beautiful new niece Hailey Faith Boehrer, who was born on October 19th. I seriously love that baby girl so much. Tucker was SO good with her. Anytime she stated to cry he would get very concerned and try to find her binki for her. He loved trying to give it to her, although sometimes she didn’t want it and he couldn’t understand why. :) He was caught on to being gentle after a few reminders and gave her kisses all of the time. She really is the sweetest baby. Here are a couple pictures. I know I’m a little biased, but I think she is BEE-utiful! :)

Other than the pictures of Hailey and the birthday party in the previous post, I really didn’t take many more over Thanksgiving. I know, I’m bad. We had a great trip though. We left the Tuesday before and drove down to stay in one of the facilities that David’s company owns. That was great because it was free and all of the residents loved Tucker. We then met up with my Aunt and Uncle on Wednesday morning and drove the rest of the way to Sacramento. We had a blast with the whole family there. The Sunday after Thanksgiving Bryan and Monica blessed Hailey at church. Unfortunately, David had to leave to get back home for work, so he wasn’t able to be there for that, but I was grateful to be there to support Bryan.

My Mom retired from the school district on November 30th, so we got to hang out all day on December 1st. Then, on the 2nd Mom flew home with Tucker and I and was finally able to see our house. I was so happy to have my Mom here, and she was so glad to have her own room AND a tv in it. Last time she was here we were in the apartment and she had to share a room with Tucker. We had a ton of fun shopping and putting up all of my Christmas stuff. David went to the Civil War game the Saturday my Mom was here so, I was happy that my Mom could be here to help decorate, it’s more fun that way. We got almost all of it done while Tucker was napping. He was pretty funny when he woke up and saw it all. Here’s a picture of Grandma showing Tucker the tree…

I also got to open one of my Christmas presents early. Last year my Mom got me the main part of the Willow Tree Nativity. So, this year she got me the Three Wise Men to add to it. So while we were decorating, she let me open it up so I could have a more complete set to display. Then on our way up to the airport we stopped by the bookstore and Mom surprised me with the Stars backdrop. I LOVE it. Pretty sure it’s my favorite decoration to date! :) Here are some pictures of the house completed.

We had David’s parents and sister down for dinner one evening, and I wanted a festive table. So I borrowed this runner from my friend. I liked how it turned out. I think I’ll make it a tradition to have David’s parents down every year around Christmas time. It’s always nice to have people over. :)

This is our beautiful tree. It’s fake, and we borrowed it from David’s parents, but we love it! So pretty!

My awesome nativity set. Tucker would always look at it and point out the baby. He knew that it was a “no-no”, so he would shake his finger at it and say “a no-no”. He would do that to the tree also. Such a cute baby boy!

This was the “Christmas Table” in the corner. Tucker was SO good to not touch anything. 

  My little decoration above our sliding glass door. My Mom did it all up for me. :)

…and the stockings were hung by the tv with care. :)    Tucker and David hanging the Candy Canes

 

Bubba making his way down the hallway to discover all of the decorations.

Being a cheese nut before we took some pictures. :)

Playing with the only decoration he was allowed to touch. Sadly enough, he even lost the baby Jesus. Hopefully he’ll show up when I’m putting everything away.

Tucker’s Birthday

Well, Tucker’s birthday ahs come and gone. I, of course, lacked in the Mom duty of blogging about it, so now I will try and play catch up with a Readers Digest Version.

We spent his birthday day doing our usual stuff. That evening we went to Chuck-E-Cheese’s with our good friends, the Rudolph’s. Tucker and Gavin are pretty much best buddies. It’s fun to watch them play together. They had a blast throwing the balls into the holes on the ski-ball game.  :)

That Sunday, the 21st, we had David’s family down for a birthday dinner. It was fun to have everyone at out house finally. I love hosting, and having a place to do it makes it so much more fun. Tucker had a delicious train cake from Safeway, and loved every minute of the attention.

Tucker got spoiled as always for his birthday. He LOVES trains, he got a Geo Trax Pixar Cars train track, some “power” tools, and books. He loves his train track, and every morning he wakes up and plays with it. We love that part of it. :)

While we were in California for Thanksgiving, Tucker had a birthday part 3. Two of his cousins on my side, Tyler and Marianne, have November birthday’s as well. So, Tucker’s aunt Monica thought it would be fun to do a birthday party for the 3 of them, which I thought was so nice of her. :)

Here are a few pictures from the festivities… There are so many of them, that to see them all you just have to click on “View Full Album”. Here are a few individual ones to highlight the events. :)

Playing with his new tools that Daddy picked out!

Driving with the creepy guy in the Chuck-E-Cheese car.

Tucker’s “Choo-Choo” birthday cake

 

Enjoying his Cars Train. He was SO Excited when he found out that Lightning had a remote. :)  

Opening Gifts with Daddy at his California party!

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I'm Failing

As a blogger that is. I don't know what's happened to me, but I am falling WAY behind in my blogging. So, my goal tomorrow is to play some MAJOR catch up. So... please stay tuned. :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Tucker

I can’t believe that Tucker has gone from this… …to this in the last 2-years!

Happy 2nd Birthday Tucker Mosby Mize!

You truly are the light of my life. I know that on your good days and your bad, no one on this earth could love you like your Daddy and I do. Heavenly Father sent you to our family for a special reason, and you will always be a great blessing to us. I love watching you grow every day, and especially over these last couple of weeks. Listening to you as you try and figure out new words, and say new things. Nothing warmed my heart more than when we were driving home from Daddy’s office last night and after we sang some songs in the car you said your own prayer. It warms my heart and makes me so happy to know that at such a young age you are learning how to talk to Heavenly Father. When I sing the words of the primary song “A Child’s Prayer”, I think of you and how much Heavenly Father loves you and is proud of you. Then I know, that without question, Heavenly Father heard and answered that prayer. Thank you for being such a burst of energy and excitement. You are so much like your Daddy in so many ways, and yet somehow you manage to get some of me in there as well. The last 2 years have flown by faster than I ever could have imagined, but they have been 2 of the best years of my life. Your Daddy and I look forward to all of the adventures that we have yet to come our way.Thank you for being such a wonderful son. Your younger siblings have an amazing example to look up to! We love you so much Tucker.

Happy Birthday!

Love, Mommy and Daddy