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Can you believe the difference in two years????? It's crazy! This year Hunter obviously wasn't too impressed with Santa...doesn't surprise me, we've been asking him for a while now if he's excited to go see Santa and he's been telling us "no" every time...

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas....

Tree is up, stockings are hung, first batch of "Reindeer Chow" has been made..Now to celebrate the season....

love, love our xmas cards this year...

Not loving our Christmas tree, is quite dinky...we've had it for several years and each year we keep saying we'll get one when they go on sale after Christmas...well we always say it and never do it! Okay, this year we really are going to do it! Really really...I'm determined..it's time our dinky xmas tree retires...at least as the main xmas tree in our house that is...I have three up this year ; )

So Christmas 2013, you can expect a HUGE xmas tree...well "as long as it fits in our house huge that is... "

Got a deal on Zulily for Tiny Prints for the xmas cards...I love how they turned out..Thank you Cara, for taking such precious pictures!....Sending them to Family and Friends back home...Merry Christmas my Washington Friends and Family..miss you all.

I got a little emotional when I was addressing the envelopes and realized I wouldn't be able to send one to my Gramma this year...Very strange feeling still. Love you tons, gram...miss you more..

I know, I know....it's been way too long!! I have no good excuses for negleting my blog for this long. Anyways, hope this adorable video helps....I promise to be a better blogger for a while after this... ; )

And I'll share some pictures of our last few fun weeks we've been having....

never without a train or a truck

trying to turn around on his horse..

just relaxing

he wanted to actually put on his christmas stocking

can't get him away from his trucks...

just ate at firshouse subs...again...so good!

he was copying the doggy but laying down...silly boy

did some xmas shopping and he ran right to the truck...surprise, surprise...

hardly touched his thanksgiving dinner...too busy with his truck..

A little late in posting this update...but anyways...Great news.....Hunter's stoma is closed!!!! Doctor didn't have to do another procedure to close it. When Jeremy called me with the news I was beyond thrilled. We don't even have to go for a follow up for 1 year! I can't tell you how big of a weight is lifted on my shoulders.
It's been for so long, okay one appointment down, let's start planning the next one etc etc. So to be "done" with everything so to speak is the greatest feeling in the world. I can't help but smile even as I type this post....

Jeremy and Hunter left for Cincinnati today....I was the only one shedding tears walking out of the airport as I could only go as far as the security lines...

This trip is to check again if his stoma (hole in neck from trach) is still open or has closed. It sure looks closed and I hope it is but if it's not they will close it. I hope to badly it's closed, one less procedure for this brave little boy would be nice....love you tons hunty.

Jeremy said Hunter did really well during both flights and in the hotel so far. We skyped a bit before they start winding down for bed....

took this picture while we were skyping....yep, I think it's time I stop using the ipad and talking on the phone...nothing gets past this boy...  ; )

Last week I read heard about a tragic event for a family in NYC. It brought me to tears even. The unthinkable, the unimaginable happened to this poor family...

A mother came home to her apartment to find her two children ages 2 and 6 stabbed to death in the bathtub. The nanny who was caring for them was found nearby with stab wounds to herself. I couldn't even believe what I was reading. My heart went out for this woman, I just couldn't believe something like this could happen. But it did, and it does.

This families lifestyle is very different yet so much like mine....One main part that I connected with is that she is a mommy blogger, just like me. She blogged about her kids, trips to the park, the pumpkin patch, birthdays...just as I do with Hunter. She did the same stuff with her kids, she's just a regular mom. Sadly she even wrote a blog entry just hours before this happened.

The second I read this story I just wanted to hug my Hunter..

I've read some people's thoughts on this event recently, they ranged from caring and compassionate to "that's why I would never hire a nanny" or "that's why I'm a stay at home mother"....how insensitive is that? It just really bothered me that someone could say something like that. Like this poor mother would have hired someone she didn't trust or thought wasn't a great person with children. Apparently they got great references and even went through a prominent NYC "nanny hiring company". I'm sure they did all the rights things...but unfortunately, if someone just "snaps" and goes crazy you can't always tell or see the signs. This nanny had no criminal record, no questionable past. So for some people to judge someone in this situation is just awful.
Some of the worst crimes have been done by "stay at home mommies". Remember Susan Smith and Andrea Yates? What it comes down to is just awful crimes have been done by all kinds of people and it's never okay, no matter who does this. I pray for this family and the kids who's lives have ended way to soon.

Please say a little prayer for Kevin and Marina Krim and their family.....

R.I.P.  Lulu and Leo Krim

Had a little impromptu photo shoot with Hunter today. I'm no photographer but I can always count on my trusty iphone to get some greats pics.

I saw this sweater at Target the other day and pictured how cute it would be with the fall colors....so off we went for a few hundred pictures....

oh Target....

Went to Target for a few things....like usual, go there for 2 things, leave with a cart full...How does this always happen???

They have a few of their new holiday items out....can't get enough of this stuff...I did good and didn't buy any Christmas stuff...yet...

I was browsing through pictures on our computer and came across this priceless pic....A picture says a thousand words...and exactly how little man was feeling that day.... Gosh he's come a long way. Love him to pieces.

pumpkin patch.....again

This time we went to the really big pumpkin patch about a half hour outside of town. It was a really cool place to check out. The tempature was good, but the darn wind made it a little annoying to have in your face the whole time. We managed to enjoy most of it, aside from Hunter having a couple mini meltdowns.... ; )

Here are some pic's from the day...enjoy.