Popcorn!

I have barely taken my camera out of the bag this month except for business. (so this post will be lacking!)

In the winter, it is harder for me to get motivated and take pictures of the kids since it is so cold outside and I don’t want pictures always in the house. We have been enjoying our slower pace of life right now as the business is usually a little quieter in the winter. So, I am loving spending as much time with the kids as possible.

In other news, we joined a gym and it has been just what I needed. Every mom needs to carve out some “time alone”. They have an awesome kids room for the kids and I sneak off and get a great workout in. Abel thinks it is awesome & Sage likes it as long as her brother is there with her.

Why “popcorn”? I couldn’t think of another title and right now the kids are loving our homemade popcorn. Sage thinks she is all grown up and likes to hang with Abe and his friends. At least for now, they let her play with them. She can hold her own too. Don’t even think about taking food from Sage. She will make sure she gets it back. We call her the snack swipper!

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Christmas Pictures (lots of them!)

We spent the days leading up to Christmas and Christmas day with my family and then on Christmas night we headed to MASS for a week to continue the festivities.

This was the first year Abel really got excited about Christmas. I loved waking up early with him (while Sage and Seth were still sleeping) to look at all the wrapped gifts and talked about what could be inside. It was also a great teaching lesson about Baby Jesus. (on a side note: Sage is OBSESSED with Baby Jesus and has now named her baby boy doll Baby Jesus and sleeps with him at night.)

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Love his reaction!

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Sage got so excited because Abel was so excited.

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Helping his sister feed her new baby monkey. Sage LOVES monkeys so what better than a baby monkey that makes noises and drinks a bottle.

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Christmas continue at my parent’s house. The kids have so much fun together!

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My parent’s got him a bike. I love that he is still so little he couldn’t figure that it was a bike until all the wrapping paper was off.

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I must say he is already a pro (with the training wheels). I see the training wheels coming off very soon.

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We said our goodbyes to my family, packed up all the gifts and headed to Boston. The kids do great in the car. We have come so far. Abel would SCREAM the entire 7 hours until he was about 18 months old. But now he loves driving there. He loves that he can stay up late and play his games. Sage is a dream and sleeps most of the time. Not without talking & signing her heart out for the first 2 hours. She can’t see Seth or I so she says “MOMMY & DADDY” every 5 minutes to make sure we are still in the car.

Grandma got the 3 girls matching dresses. Since they are all so close in age, we always try to get a picture of them together.

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Grandma cleaning up her face before the mini photo shoot.

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PIGS TAILS! I’m dying at her cuteness!!!

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She was very suspicious of Papa’s tractor the first few days….

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but this is her on the last day…

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The girls loved sitting in the doll bed.

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Morning stories with all the cousins.

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Sage kept thinking she could rock herself in the baby crib.

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Kissing cousins. Sage LOVED having 2 little girls to play dolls with all week.

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A New Year!

Crazy to think I started blogging in 2006 when I was only a few weeks pregnant with Abel. I can’t get my head wrapped around that is it already 2012!

I have lots to share. I took a break in blogging to enjoy time with our families. We had a great vacation and I hope to get back to blogging more soon. I have lots of pictures to share from our little Christmas break, but for now here are just a few of me and my girl. She gives the best hugs! Thanks to my SIL for snapping these.

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And yes, that is a pony tail in her hair!!!

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Merry Christmas from The Nickersons!

Our Family!