Potty Training!

(I actually wrote this post a couple of weeks ago and forgot to attach the picture and post it to the blog. I know, I'm slack.)

Well, we have successfully made the journey through potty training. It was a tough couple of days and it is still a work in progress but Claire is almost completely trained. Yay! We celebrated this milestone by going to Build-A-Bear and picking out a special little critter. She went through the whole process of picking out a sound, stuffing her kitty, and kissing the little heart that they put inside. She brushed her and picked out a dress and hairbows. She was so excited!

So we have a new addition to our family, her name is Maddy the kitty. I kind of like her myself since she doesn't shed or use a litter box. The perfect pet!

So here's a pic. I didn't take the camera to the mall so the pic is of Claire and Maddy at home. Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

It's hard to believe Christmas is over. It seems to go by faster and faster every year as I get older.

We saw a lot of family in the span of two days and I don't even have pictures of everyone. Some don't like to have their pictures taken, I was too busy making Christmas dinner to get pics of that and the rest of our family wasn't here for Christmas so they are not in the pics either. Sooo... the pics I got are in a new slideshow to the right.

Christmas Eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Couch's house to drop off gifts. Then on to my Paw Paw's house after that. We ate lots of fattening food and all the Great Grandkids got to open gifts. They had a lot of fun playing with each other and I got a pretty funny video of them. The head count there was 31 or 33. I can't remember exactly but it makes my grandfather so proud that he has such a huge bunch.

Christmas morning we opened our gifts. I got a Zune, Frank got a basketball goal and Claire got a babydoll bed and lots of other various things. A little later Mom, Dad, Jen, Saunders and Lucas came over for Breakfast pizza and the kids got to open more gifts. That was fun but that wasn't the end of it. They all went home and came back again for Christmas dinner along with my aunt Brenda, cousin Rhonda and MawMaw Perkins.
The kids opened more gifts while everyone was waiting to eat. We waited for about an hour as I haven't quite mastered the task of preparing a huge meal on time, but I had prepared enough cheese and crackers to satisfy everybody until the food was done.
It was a rather mild day so after we were finished with dinner, we took the kids for a ride in the wagon down to the playground and let them burn off some energy. I even tried out all the slides in hope to burn some calories. Claire thought that was pretty funny.

Overall we had a great Christmas and now we are here at a New Year. I hope everyone has plenty to be thankful for as they reflect on 2008 and tons to look forward to in 2009.

Happy New Year!