Home is Where Our Bed Is

Well, we made it home!!! While we enjoyed our Christmas vacation, it really was time for us to be back home. With so much more to do on the house, we were really getting anxious to get back.

We had a wonderful vacation. Spent lots of time with family. It was good to spend Christmas with Pat before he left on his mission. It was also good to see the McPherson side again and we enjoyed the quieter Christmas with the Webers as well. Elise received a ridiculous amount of toys, books and we are buying her a play kitchen tomorrow. So, she continues to be spoiled :). Owen didn't receive as much because he is still a newborn and we have too much junk for him to grow into. He did get a pretty good amount of clothes which he desperately needs. In the time we were in Katy for Christmas Owen moved up a diaper size and grew out of his 0-3 month clothing. I still have to return some of the things I bought for him because I had bought 0-3 months thinking he would be in them for awhile... guess I was wrong!

Being a family of four is going fairly well. Ellie is starting to slip into some terrible two habits- mostly screaming bloody murder whenever she doesn't get her way. On the flip side, she is learning faster than we can teach (which means she is picking up on all sorts of things whether we want her to learn them or not). Her vocabulary has probably doubled over the past month and she is in the process of learning her letters and colors. Owen has spent the last week and a half being held so I am going to try and break him of that. It is tough though. We have been home only mere hours and he is already wanting to be held constantly. Should be a rough transition I think. He is now smiling... which is super cute. He is very handsome and has begun cooing and making all sorts of cutie pie noises.

We have loads to do now that we are home and before Daniel goes back to school. Daniel's parents just hauled a huge truck load of stuff up for us. So, we have even more boxes that need unpacking and more stuff to put away. Plus we have doctors appointments and more shopping to do... yes I said more shopping.. it never ends with us I tell ya. I feel a little more okay with all the stuff we have to do now that we are home and can plan out what needs to be done. I am pretty excited to go to bed tonight... we have missed our new King bed. We got a new bed set and new pillows for Christmas so I am hoping for a restful sleep!