Christmas 2018

The big boys woke up on Christmas and were so excited! Conor was still asleep, but the big boys surprisingly waited very patiently for Conor to wake up. We finally ended up waking him up around 7:30am.

We discovered that Santa had only eaten half of his cookies

Conor was so excited about his "wee ohh wee ohh"

Sweet little Caitie girl was excited for her first Christmas

And Patrick and Peyton were thrilled about their xbox and Nintendo Switch. After hanging out at our house for a little while, we headed to Nana's house for Christmas morning breakfast.

We also went to Big and Allie's

We headed home for a very short rest and then went back to Nana's for dinner and presents

We had such a great Christmas with family! 

Christmas Eve 2018

We had another fun Christmas Eve. One of my goods friends from high school, Emily, visited with her two little ones. We decorated cookies for Santa and played. It was a fun start to the day. 

We headed to the children's mass at 4pm and then to dinner afterwards at my parents house. 

Caitie was in such a good mood for Christmas eve. She slept most of mass and then was ready to party when we got to my parents.  She has some great expressions. Here are a few of this animated little girl!

It was so fun to watch her open presents for the first time. Big brothers were all too eager to help.

Conor was the most excited about her bitty baby. He carries the doll around and calls it his baby "taitie."

Little girl refused to go to sleep in her crib while Santa set up, so she happily napped next to us on the bean bag chair

Santa was good to these little ones this year! 

Ice Skating and Caroling Party

Michael was off of work the day before Christmas Eve and Uncle Matthew had just arrived in town. So, we decided to take all the kids to lunch and ice skating. We had a delicious barbecue lunch and then headed to the sportsplex. It was PACKED! We had to wait in line for a little while, but the boys had such a blast ice skating that it was worth it!

Sweet little Caitie fell asleep all bundled up

The whole group

Singing to the neighbors

A little friendly game of twister

Peter Pan Live at TPAC

Nana purchased Peter Pan tickets at TPAC for all the kids for another one of her Christmas experience gifts. It was a modern Christmas comedy version of Peter Pan. It was such a cute performance. We all loved it.

They had some kids crafts in the lobby before the show started

Ready for the show

Sweet little Caitie loved it too!

Such a fun and unique experience. Thanks Nana!

Caitie- 9 Months

My little Caitie May is 9 months old!

Her weight was 15 pounds, 1 ounce (7%) her height was 28 inches (62%) and her head circumference was 17 3/8 inches (55%). Love this little peanut!

Her first Thanksgiving at the lake

And her first visit to Disney World. Hoping for lots more trips in her future!

Love this one of Caitie and daddy

She stayed awake to take a picture with us in front of the castle!

Her first cruise! Sweet little girl loved it!

Such a happy baby!

She participated in the baby crawling race.

Dressed up as Tinkerbell for Pirate Night

Traveled to her first country to Disney's private island

We dressed up for formal night

Sweet little girl was terrified of characters

Caitie is dressed in my first Christmas dress in this photo. Love it!

A girl with lots of brothers gets to go to Marvel Universe Live.

Nightly book reading with my precious crew. I just love how much they adore her!

Always waiting in line at St. Henry to pick up big brothers. 

Caitie met Santa for the first time. She was so happy!

One of my favorite pictures of my sweet family at Cheekwood!

Happy 9 months Caitie. It was such a fun month with lots of firsts!