Christmas 2009

I know that I have been really bad lately about updating the blog but we seriously have been so buzy!!! So, this post is going to encompass some celebrations over the holiday season. Cally went to her first cookie decorating party, which was amazing! We took the girls to go and see Santa, Cally jumped right up on his lap and started listing off all the things that she wanted, Reese on the other hand was reluctant and screamed upon sitting on his lap. However when we were leaving Reese walked right up to him on her own and said, "Bye Santa!" It was so sweet!
We traveled down to Chicago for Christmas and the girls and I were even able to make it to my sorority sisters annual grab bag party, we had so much fun!!! From there we headed to Naperville to spend the weekend with Nick and my parents! Reese was diagnosed with pneumonia on Sat morning, thank god she was fine through Xmas and is recovering on her meds!!! Cally is currently still down in Naperville spending a couple of nights by herself, the house is way too quiet!!! Needless to say we are anxious for her return tommorrow and we know she is in good hands :)
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you all!!!

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year going out to Des Moines to see Nick's family! We stopped at Mondos both on the way there and back which always makes me happy and had a blast. The girls did great in the car much of that due to the new DVD player that we purchased, yes we purchased another one because Cally broke our last one!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast and even got all of the cousins together for a group pic! We went to Nick's home town Perry where is Mom hosted us for dinner and a Christmas light parade and a appearance by the big man himself! On saturday night we were spoiled by Nick's Dad and Dani with a night out on the town were we got some shopping done and got to go out for tapas with Matt and Bethany, such a great time!! All and all a wonderful and memerable holiday with so much to be thankful for! I also included some pics from Cally's Harvest Party at preschool!

Cast Free!!

Last week (I wrote this post originally 11/20 opps!) Reese got her final cast removed and was fitted for her AFO brace! She is now wearing a contraption similar to an ankle brace on her foot and they made her special shoes with a lift in them, quite stylish! to help her walk around! She is doing great, besides one minor mishap of the brace being to tight and having to get it adjusted things have been great! This is the first time in her life that she has been able to walk and bend her leg! She is walking around alot know with her babies stroller and holding onto our hands, she has walked across the room several times on her own but is still more comfortable with crawling although I think that is changing quickly.
UPDATE: She is walking like crazy so fast that she is running at times, amazing!!!