Nala Jean

Late this morning, I walked in our room to find Nala unable to walk and twitching her eyes uncontrollably. She lost control of her bowels and threw up all over herself. Jeff rushed her to the vet and they "think" she had a seizure. She can't walk or breathe very well and her eyes won't stop twitching and they think she may have brain loss. Monitoring her until 5:00 to try to figure out a prognosis. Very sad day after Christmas! We are praying that she will recover, but if not we will celebrate the 14 1/2 years that we have spent loving her!

Santa Picture

Tonight we took the kids to the mall to see Santa and get our annual Christmas picture with him. Last year, they took the most amazing picture that could have been on the cover of any magazine!! This year, well.....let's just say, it didn't go so well, and we will leave it at that! After 2 different attempts, with dinner in between them, here is what we ended up with:




Addison was more than petrified of the jolly 'ole fellow and I only wish we had our own camera with us so I could document the many ways we tried to get a picture with ALL 3 kids in it. Oh well, there's always next year, right?!?

Reindeer Run

Today the kids all participated in the Taylor Fit-4-Kids Annual Reindeer Run. It was such a fun event and I hope to make it a tradition every year!





Addison ran the 50yd Diaper Dash



Austin ran the 100yd Tot Trot



Brooke ran the 1 mile Reindeer Run



They were so proud of their ribbons/medals and couldn't wait to take their picture with the Reindeer!

Christmas in Florida

Here is the dialogue from a conversation b/w my Mom & Brooke today while stopped at a light by Pam's Christmas Tree lot:

Granni: "Brooke, look at all of those Christmas trees. They have some of the most beautiful Christmas trees there every year. Don't you think they are just beautiful?"
Brooke: "Yes Granni, they are beautiful.....and you don't even have to put ...them together!.........we have to put OURS together"

For the record, we did buy a REAL Christmas tree 2 years ago, but decided to get a really nice pre-lit one last year when Addison was crawling.

Today we officially enrolled Austin in PK Yonge for next year! Whew....what a relief....
I happened to ALMOST forget that today was the deadline to turn in his $ and acceptance form! Good thing Mommy brain didn't totally kick in, or I shudder to think of the outcome! I have no idea what we would do if we weren't blessed enough to have both Brooke & Austin going to the same school for as long as we reside in Gainesville. The better news is that we don't have to worry about this again for another 2 1/2 years :)

The little things....

So, I know this may seem so trivial to some and others may ask, why oh why would I blog about it, but if you know my husband, this IS a big deal and it came at a time when I needed it the most....

I came home to dinner ON the table tonight. Steak, mashed potatoes, corn, and Hawaiian sweet rolls....yummy! Not sure what I did to deserve this, but it hasn't happened in probably 10 years or so. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my hubby.....just what I needed after a long day! It truly was a treat :)