A New Year

We have enjoyed a great start to 2012. New Year's day was busy with cleaning and playing (who doesn't like to start the year with a nice, clean house?) and the next day we took advantage of Matt's holiday to swing by Texas Children's at the medical center and see Ben's primary nurse from his days there. She couldn't believe how much Ben had grown!

A lot has changed since these days...I can't believe it was almost 6 years ago. Linda was our lifesaver and our rock. She would call and check in on Ben during her off days just to make sure the nurse on shift was taking proper care of him. We can never thank her enough for all she did for our little Ben. It was so special watching Ben walk up to her and say thank you.

And back home we have been JUMPING!

Check out that crazy hair!




The kids are out there a lot and I've had a ton of fun jumping, too. Alex loves playing crack the egg.

Ben wanted his own video. Alex had trouble waiting for his turn, naturally...

So Ben had to make sure he was heard on Alex's video...

They love when Daddy gets in on the action and he even taught them how to build up the static and shock one another. Awesome.

We have five other kindergartners on our street so Ben has lots of little buddies and when the kids aren't out front playing, our doorbell has started ringing because the other kids want to join in the backyard fun. I think we're really going to enjoy santa's gift this year!

And of course real life set in and school sneaked back into our lives. Two little boys have had some trouble getting going early in the mornings again!

The break was much-needed for all of us but I'm happy to see the kids excited to go back to school and see their friends and teachers.