Ashton's first Birthday and SNOW

So once again I forget to update this thing! Since I last blogged had Monkey's 1st birthday! I cannot believe my baby is 1 already! I seems like not to long ago we were in shock over finding out I got pregnant on my own! For his birthday we just hung around. Uncle Rob had come over the night before and spent the night so that morning I had everyone pancakes and eggs for breakfast. For dinner we ordered one of Monkey's favorite's pizza!

Since his birthday was on a Friday we had his party the next day. He had a Winnie the Pooh party since he seems to just LOVE and Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal. So I made him 2 Pooh cakes. One to destroy and one for the rest of us the eat. They did not take long at all and turned out pretty cute! Uncle Rob was glad to be there when I made the cake molds so he could lick the batter! LOL Good thing I made 2 cakes because I rinsed the first one out before he could eat it and he was upset.
Monkey was not sure what to think at first and ust kinda scraped the first little bit of frosting off.

THEN he figured it out..... You can see all the other kids eating the safe cake LOL Cake was EVERYWHERE! All in the back of his head and inside his ear! I gave him a bath after and the water...oh the water... LOL Some of the guests were shocked I was letting him go at it so much but hey you only have one first birthday and it is nothing a bath could not take care of! Though I was happy I got him undressed before we did the cake!
A few days later we had our first REAL snow...it only lasted a day but the kids had fun. We were lucky enough to find a sled and some gloves that make my kids look like OJ. However finding gloves in Jan in Maryland is hard...they were all on clearance already!











We also went to DC one Saturday! It was a really nice weekend and in the upper 60's. They now have the flag from the Star Spangled Banner on display so we thought we would go see it. I have pictures from this day but they are on someone else's camera. We never did make it to see the flag but we did see the Deceleration of Independence, some guy dressed and President Lincoln, the Magna Carta, and ended up at the Museum of Natural History where we say some animals and Dinosaurs. The kids had a great time and Cat Boy loved going on the choochoo (Metro). We can not wait for it to get warm again so we can hit up the zoo!

One night during dinner Monkey was fussing to get down. We were all still eating so I let him down and he was playing in the kitchen. He loves to take the cookie sheets out from under the oven so we hear him and figured this was what he was doing. He started squealing to get our attention and we turned around and saw this! Yeah he knew he was cute!










Then last night we had some MASSIVE snow. Massive for this area anyway. Close to a foot. So we bundled up and went to play today. Cat Boy did NOT like it. He liked it fine last night when it was falling but it was just TO deep for him. He was ok when we first went out but then he fell. You can see the picture of him when he fell and just grabbed his head like OH NO I FELL! Daddy and The Boy went sledding on the hill and we had some snowball fights. We tried to make a snowman but it just would not work very well. Daddy took Cat Boy inside and The Boy and I went to sled in the neighbor's yard and then play on SNOW MOUNTAIN (the pile made from plowing!). It was a blast but very cold. We do not have good snow clothes since we NEVER get snow like this.

Long time no blog

So it has been a long time since I have blogged. Yeah I forget. We have been busy.

Thanksgiving found us in IL and KY. In IL we visited my family and also saw Erin and met baby Mackenzie finally. Monkey and her got along great and the boys loved the train restaurant we found ourselves eating at twice.

In KY we stayed with The Hubby's parents and Monkey had his first Thanksgiving! He enjoyed the food a lot and made sure all his body parts got a taste. Cat Boy decided he did not want to wear a shirt so he was a sexy beast for dinner. :)

Back at home we headed to Leonardtown to visit Santa. The Boy was excited and Cat Boy seemed excited too until it was our turn! He then ran away. Monkey did great and The Boy needed me to remind him what he wanted for Christmas. As we were leaving Santa handed us some candy canes and Cat Boy was once again ok with Santa. :)

Christmas was exciting. They boys took all day to open their presents since they wanted to play with everything as they opened it.

I had to open the rest of Cat Boy and Monkey's presents right before 5 since some friends were coming for dinner. Every year we do a prim rib roast and invite everyone that does not have family close to come and join us so no one is alone on Christmas. This year we had a 15lb roast!

This is The Boy and Cat Boy playing Bakugan.

On Jan 2nd we got our first snow! The boys were super excited and got dressed right away to go out and play. Cat Boy ran up and down the parking lot just squealing with joy and The Boy tried to catch snow on his tongue and thow snow clumps at me. We just got a dusting and it was gone before the afternoon was over.

Yesterday was The Hubby's 30th Birthday! On Sunday we threw him a surprise party and everyone had a great time. He was shocked.

Monday the boys and I made him the Hershey's cake. They wanted to put I love you sprinkles on it.
We sang to him and Monkey was all mad mommy would not let him have some cake. He gets some of his own in just a couple of weeks so I told him he could wait.