Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Well, we survived Christmas!  The kids were VERY excited to get ready for Santa!

 

Click here for a video of the kids!

We made cookies for Santa!  Lilly did great!  Ben, well he ate more frosting and decorations than he actually put on the cookies. LOL

They then got to open one gift each!  This year it was a light up stuffy!  Cloud B makes them and the kids LOVE them! Figured it was a great gift since they both are afraid of the dark!

Then it was time to leave cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer!

Once everyone was in bed, Santa came by and dropped everything off!

Boy did the kids make out!  So did daddy and I!  Even the pups!

 

The kids on Christmas morning, click HERE! 

 

Of course Emma was passed out!

To look at more photos just go to my facebook album and you can see more photos!

After all the present opening, we were exhausted and ready to check it all out!

We went up north for the day to visit with my Aunt K'Lynn, her daughter Destiny, Destiny's daughter Novallie, my mom, my sister, my niece Kadence and my grandparents.  We had a blast!

Emma even talked up a storm, click HERE to see it.

Here is miss Novallie, such a cutie!

Ben loved her so much he just about smothered her! lol

And Emma got to meet some new family members!

We had so much fun!

I hope all of our family and friends had a wonderful Christmas!  Hope your New Year is fun as well!  Here's to a great 2011 to everyone!

-The Gaffney Family

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-The Gaffney Family

One more week until Christmas!

Yes one more week. I cannot wait, because then Lilly will quit asking me when is Santa coming. Our elf Christmas has had good and bad things to tell Santa about with the kids.  He is also enjoying all the different spots to sit in every day!

We got our Christmas tree and we had fun decorating it.  It has gate protection this year.  Why?  Well Ben likes to bash together the ornaments (hahaha we lost two this year already due to this) and Maisys tail has a mind of it's own so it knocks the ornaments off.  So for the tree's own personal safety we have a gate around it this year!

So we are all ready for Santa to arrive!  And he cannot get here quick enough (according to Lilly!).  

Sunny and Cheeky are now able to come play outside of their cages together.  Although they get along they do sometimes have their little tiffs!

My dad and Angie came down with my sister Liz to give the kids their Christmas gifts.  OMG one each got a box of candy.  Thanks dad, that evening my kids didn't stop running, not even for water! lol  But they had a blast seeing their grandparents and their auntie and opening the gifts!

Ahhh and who could forget the night I hear Ben and Lilly giggle when they are suppose to be asleep and I walk into their room and see this:

Yes that is my son butt ass naked!  This kid is obsessed with streaking now.  We call him our little chippendale model. lol

Here are some more photos of the kids:

We are doing well.  One night I decided to go and do my hair and make up and take some photos of me to remind me that yes it is ok for me to feel beautiful.  I am beautiful even if having three kids! lol  So here are some of my favs. :)

And even curling my hair (Which took me almost an hour) the curls lasted maybe a few hours.  My hair just likes to be straight and nothing else! :P

I can't wait to post about our Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

-The Gaffney Family

Time to play catch up!

Ok I've been slacking way too long. So today I shall play catch up!  Our Halloween went great!  Lilly was snow white, Ben was Yoda and Emma was our little ballerina.  The kids got a good amount of candy and enjoyed trick or treating! 

We had a blast at the pumpkin patch as well!

We didn't get too many trick or treaters this year, but I also didn't have the time to decorate so I think that is why.

As you all know, Matt and his friends usually end up working Thanksgiving.  So the Tuesday before the actual Thanksgiving we usually have a "Thanksgiving dinner" with them to celebrate.  It went really well and we ate some yummy food!

Lilly has been my little helper with Emma.  She loves being a big sister and loves feeding Emma, playing with her ect.  

Ben was with his grandparents (Gaffney side) for Thanksgiving.  He really enjoyed his visit.  He is talking more and more, but still no sentences yet.  Hopefully soon.

Emma is fully on formula.  At her two month appoinment she barely weighed 8lbs, so I was not producing enough milk.  We had to supplement.  I couldn't get my milk supply up, so we switched her to formula.  She is now a healthy 10lbs and is such a happy girl.  Smiles at us all the time.  Right now she if fighting a head cold, but even then, this girl has nothing but smiles for us! 

This Christmas we are staying home.  Matt used his vacation for Emma's birth and hunting.  Look for our Christmas cards in the mail soon! :)

We are doing well as a family. 

I will update around Christmas time to let you all know how it is going. :)

-The Gaffney Family