Where to even begin?

Dear Lexi and Josiah,

The last time I posted we had decided on a name for our sweet baby boy, but I didn't touch our Thanksgiving adventures at Myrtle Beach. So we don't have any updates from November until now....and there are a lot of things that have happened the last (almost) year! I guess this post will be a quick update of the last year, then I will break it up into smaller posts to add pictures, which is my favorite part!!

October
October is always busy for our family. There are so many fun events happening that I want to go to ALL of them. This year we went to the State Fair, which was freezing and fun. We had so many amazing foods, my favorite was the fried banana pudding!! We went on a few rides, explored the booths, and at tons of food.

We also went to the Pumpkin Patch, which is always an adventure! Lexi loved re-organizing the pumpkins and playing in the bounce houses. They didn't allow adults in the bounce houses, so she would run to the far corner and refuse to get out, it was hilarious and frustrating!

Halloween is always great! I think I already posted about everything leading up to Halloween, so I will skip that part. Halloween night was fun, Lexi loved walking up to the doors and getting candy, she finally understood what was happening and instead of eating each piece of candy, she wanted to run up to all the doors to get more! It was a lot of fun!

Thanksgiving
We went to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving again this year. It was awesome, even more fun than when we went in 2010. Lexi was old enough to LOVE the beach, enjoy the kid areas of the science museum, and go to the different activities the hotel offered. She had a blast with her cousins and overall it was an amazing week.

Christmas
This year we started two new *hopeful* traditions. The first is Elf on the Shelf. Our Elf's name is Princess and Lexi had a lot of fun finding her every morning. It was great being able to see her face light up when she found her.
The next tradition is Christmas Eve Eve. Daddy likes being able to be at his moms house for Christmas Eve, he likes doing the puzzle and being with everyone, relaxing and eating food. But mommy likes having individual family time, time to drink hot chocolate, watch a Christmas movie and drive around and look at lights. So we started the Christmas Eve Eve night. Where we do our own family things. It was fun! Lexi loved eating popcorn and drinking warm chocolate, she also loved all the lights! She would get so excited and point out the Santas, reindeers, and penguins.
On Christmas Eve, we went to grandmas house and hung out. The kids played, the adults ate food, and we all just had fun being together. We went home and opened our Christmas jambes and went to bed. It was a fun and relaxing night.
Christmas morning we woke up early to open presents! Lexi loved her presents and was able to play with them for a few minutes before we went over to grandmas house where there were more presents and breakfast! Then we had a Christmas miracle....SNOW! So we spent the rest of the day playing in the snow, playing with our toys, and relaxing.

2013

After Christmas life slowed down a lot. Gabby moved out in March so we decorated Josiah's room. We spent Easter at home doing a little Easter Egg hunt. We started getting Lexi prepared to have a sibling, which was fun. She was so excited for her brother to be born!! She even started to have a baby Josiah in her tummy too! Josiah was born in May, even though he should have been an April baby! Daddy graduated from college, WOHOO!!

California
We took a nice relaxing trip to California in June. We went to Disneyland, Burney Falls, and my friend Katie's wedding. We loved being able to just relax at Tom and Jerri's house and not have to rush around. I took Lexi to a ballet while we were there, I have never seen her sit so still for so long! She absolutely loved it! I will post more about this in another post!

Summer
The summer flew by! We tried to keep busy going to the park, mall, library, and other indoor events. Lexi did a week long dance camp which she loved, we got a new kitten, and Lexi learned to swim!

It has been a great year, I am so happy with our family and feel incredibly blessed every day! I love watching the two of you grow up!

I love you tons and tons,
Love,
Mommy