How about I do this in reverse? Sound good? Sure it does :)
Welcome to 2012! 2011 was a good year and I am looking forward to what this year holds.
Rex stayed the night with Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Don for New Years Eve. Sharon had asked to have him spend that night a couple of months ago so I think she was looking forward to it! Chad and I had a last min change in plans but it worked out WONDERFUL - we ended up bring in the new year in Vegas with Penny, Shannon, Luther, Cinnamon, Robert & their kiddos on the strip. It was so much fun!! There were soooo many people but everyone was in a great mood, we really didn't see any drama or anything crazy so it was nice. We even got to enjoy brunch the next day with Penny, Luther, Shannon, Elizabeth, Nic, Bowie, Ian and his girlfriend Desaray. They always find great places to go. We went to Todd English's PUB at Aria. It was really great food in great company. I'm so happy it worked out that we were able to spend time with the family. I really needed that and I hope we get to see them again soon.
A couple weeks ago we moved into a different place, it's a lot different and smaller, but it's also a lot cheaper so hopefully we can get our acts together and save some money and pay off some bills!! We didn't put up a tree since we were in the middle of the move so we spent Christmas with both of our parents at my parents house. It was really nice, I love having both of our parents so close. It's really great that our parents all get along and we can celebrate the holidays together so no one misses anything. Rex wasn't too interested in opening gifts - however the only one he did decide to open was for Misty and Keith - silly kid! He was more interested in taking items to his grandparents and saying "here". After we opened all the gifts and cleaned up we went home and took a nap then we went back to my parents for a nice dinner. It was a lovely, laid back holiday!!
I decided that Rex really needed a haircut before he went to see Santa. It's reallllly short and he looks so much more grown up. Kind of makes me a little sad. He's growing and learning more and more each day. I think (I hope) he may decide he wants to talk soon. So far he kind of says "here when he brings you stuff and he says "mooooore" when he wants food which is really quite cute. He also sort of says "hi" and one day he tried to say "banana". He's now tall enough to open doors and reach things on the counter and table which is CRAZY! He has a think about shutting all the doors though and if he sees any crumbs he will pick them up and bring them to you. I really love this age, he's so much fun and he really is such a good little dude. He's adjusted to the move pretty well, it took a couple days but now he's just fine.
Well that pretty much sums up December and a bit of what Rex is up to.
November was a nice month too! We kept pretty busy. The 1st part of the month I took my parents and Rex to spend the weekend with family in Cali. We stayed at Penny & Luther's place and had a wonderful time as always and we even got to meet Bowie! She's so dang cute. I was really glad we got to see her again for NYE since they are moving to Chicago and I'm not sure the next time we will see them again.
Thanksgiving was really nice. We wanted to host it at our place knowing we were moving to a smaller place so we don't know when we will have room to host a big get together again. It was fantastic. Our parents came over and so did Misty and Keith and the girls. All of the food was yummy and it was nice to have a small Thanksgiving. It was another laid back holiday. Oh we offered Rex some turkey but he didn't want any so he's sill my vegetarian baby hehe. As always we have SOOOO much to be thankful for and we really enjoy spending these time with our families. It's a good life we have :)
Well - I think that pretty much covers our update! I'm guessing this year will be a great one. I don't know exactly what to expect but I'm guessing there will be changes, all hopefully for the best! Everything always happens for a reason!
Love you all!!!
