The Polega's Peanut

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

A Holly Jolly Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year full of joy, love, family, and blessings.
To kick off the holiday season, we headed out to Cook's tree farm the weekend after Thanksgiving and chose our Christmas tree.

Macy's favorite part was running up and down the hills!

We celebrated a few weeks early with the Polega family, the weekend of December 12. It was actually nice to split the holiday up a little and spread it out instead of 4-5 straight days of Christmas gatherings. Here are some pictures from Polega Christmas:

Macy's pogo stick from Grandma was a hit with all of the kids

Uncle Brian and Aunt Marlena got Macy one of her top most wanted gifts- the Clever Keet bird!

Hudson and Grady's first Christmas!

Julia's turn on the pogo stick

On Christmas Eve morning we, per tradition, headed over to Boppy and Dzia Dzia's house for breakfast and gifts.

Dzia Dzia and sweet Emry. Lots of new babies in the family this year!!

The kiddos

Boy Toys

Somebody partied too hard

Christmas Eve night we headed to church, then dinner at Boppy and Dzia Dzia's with all of the Knoblocks.

Back home and ready for Santa to come!!!

Finally, Christmas morning. Santa came!!! Olivia our elf left a message and gift for Macy and Hudson too. We must have been good this year!

Christmas morning before dawn--- so excited!!!

This picture doesn't come close to doing this view justice, but there was an incredible full moon over the lake when we got up Christmas morning.

This Christmas thing is awesome! Can we do it again next year?

Favorite toy- His own remote control!

Favorite, most wanted toy- Doc McStuffins Pet Vet Clinic

Our gift from the kids, ornaments made at Doris'

Our last Christmas celebration was the afternoon of Christmas Day at Aunt Debbie and Uncle Wade's house.

Nice disguises!!

First Christmas boy

Macy's gift to us that she made at school!

We had an amazing holiday! Here's to many more just like it!

Monday, December 14, 2015

Double Digits

It is really difficult to believe that Hudson is already 10 months old. Where has the time gone? Hudson got his 2 front teeth just this past week. He loves all food and is becoming quite a master of feeding himself. He is still a crawling champ, and it's such a useful form of transportation he shows little interest in trying to walk. He does pull up and stand on everything and do some cruising around furniture. He loves anything that lights up (namely the Christmas tree) and/or makes noise. He loves snuggles and being tickled and is still a MAJOR Momma's boy (which Momma doesn't mind at all). He is such a sweet and happy boy and we love him so!

Thankful

We had a fun thanksgiving weekend this year complete with lots of family time. We shared a house with the Flanagans for a week, and the kids had tons of fun (the adults had a pretty good time too!) I unfortunately wasn't great about taking photos, but I got a few highlights: