Shaz by the Sea

I haven't written a blog post since Christmas Eve, mainly because I wanted to try and soak up every last minute with my boys as possible. However, I felt the need to post about it - so I can look back and reflect on how lucky we are to have such nice memories. :) Quick Christmas recap.... We had several parties and gatherings the weeks leading up to Christmas. As I mentioned in my blog, we had our first aunt/uncle annual Tree Lighting at our house in early December. Then we had a few friends over for dinner. The weekend before Christmas we had Jim's family parties. On Christmas Eve Eve, my parents came over for dinner and gifts. Christmas Eve Jim and I were originally going to my parents house to see my grandparents but they all changed when my grandfather wasn't feeling well - so we ended up staying home with our boys. It was nice. It gave us a chance to catch up on things and even relax a little. Christmas morning was spent opening gifts with Conor, Caden, and Cal, a...

Tomorrow is the big day!  This is what I call a LIVE blog post! My mom and I are currently baking lots of desserts for tomorrow''s festivities at my Aunt Debbie's house.  On the list of baking items: Nut Rolls, Chocolate Trifle Pie, Mexican Spiced Chocolate Crinkles, and Brownie Peppermint Bark Bars. Here are some photos of us in action. Conor and Caden were big helpers licking the spoons!!! :) Also for a fun toddler treat, I added red and green sprinkles to their every day yogurts..they loved it! We hosted my parents for dinner last night, and opened some presents with the boys. It was real relaxing and fun. The boys loved having them over. We also celebrated with Jim's family last weekend - we had Jim's mother's family party on Saturday afternoon/evening in Worcester and then Jim's dad's family party on Sunday afternoon/evening in NH. There were lots of cousins to play with, which made it real...

TGIF! It's been a long week of sickness for the boys - again. At least it's Friday and we have smiles on our faces!! Here we are at the doctor's office Monday night. We were counting our fingers to pass the time. Quick sickness recap for you: The twins first got a cold around Thanksgiving. Caden got one right before and Conor got sick immediately after. Cal got sick somewhere in between and so did Jim and I. Then everyone got round two! And now we might be on round three...? I don't know. Lots of runny noses and a cough that won't quit. I ended up taking the boys to see the pediatrician on Monday night and get them checked out. Turns out they needed chest x-rays, lab work, and got nebulizers to use at home. Apparently pneumonia is going around and they were wheezing a lot while coughing. Silly Mama waited about 11 days of coughing to bring them in to be seen. Thankfully pneumonia was ruled out, but they still don't sound great.  Caden is a tr...