Welcome back to the blog

Yay! So my blog was rediscovered. It looks like eblogger finally got the glitch fixed and I was able to retrieve my old blog. So be sure to check the original blog from here on out for updates. :)

So the holidays have been busy and fun as usual. We started off with an impromptu trip back East as we missed our Thanksgiving trip out due to sickness. Everyone was able to make it up to see us which was a gift in itself. :) It was great catching up with the family and Nora is growing like a weed! A special thanks to Bill and Patsy is in order too for providing us with such a wonderful thanksgiving/christmas dinner! After returning home we basically turned around and headed out West to Phoenix to visit the other end of the family. We really enjoyed getting a chance to visit with all the family and had a wonderful family dinner out at Lons on the Hermosa Inn on Christmas. The boys loved getting ready for santa- we put out cookies and milk for santa and sprinkled magic dust so santa would know where to go. He definately found our house too... The tree was littered with gifts on christmas morning! We also made it out to the train park in Scottsdale. Nick loved the Holiday Express train that was decorated from head to toe with lights. We were also able to ride the childrens train which adults and kids both enjoyed. Our holiday is almost over - we head home tomorrow, but we definately had a memborable time and can't wait to see everyone again soon!

Scott also received another offer over the holiday for a position in Dallas which he is really excited about. We are hoping to finally make a decision around mid january, so be on the lookout for some exciting news!

Ok, first let me say that I've somehow lost access to my old blog during the beta changeover at eblogger (the reason it's taken so long to get another post up), so I'm now being forced to start a new one. You can still access the old blog at: http://growingupmastbrook.blogspot.com but the new blog will be posted here until I can figure out the problem, if ever. So on to the blog. :)

So I had to post this because I thought it was so cute. Nick, Alex and I were eating dinner the other night together and I asked Nick what his favorite vegetable was. His answer? Chocolate Milk!! I guess I didn't realize this was a vegetable, but now that I do, I think I have a new favorite too! ;) Things are busy here. We've been getting ready for christmas and Scott's been doing several interviews. He recently received a second job offer which is really exciting. I'm starting to get excited that this job search is almost over. I'm just ready to move on with the next step. We start our christmas travel the day after tomorrow. It just seems as though it snuck up on us so quickly! I haven't even gotten gifts for the boys yet as I've been so busy making gifts for everyone else. I'm thinking I will have some time though once we get to phoenix. Alex is doing well... growing like a weed. He pulls up on everything now and I'm still guessing he'll be walking by the time he turns a year old. He's still waking 2-3 times in the night which is starting to get old, but hopefully this christmas trip will shake up the sleeping a bit and we'll end up on a better schedule when we get back. It definately worked when we visited in the summer. Alex is eating more food these days as well - well sort of. He basically takes a piece of food, sucks the life out of it, and then spits it out. So every meal ends up being an absolute disaster of a mess. He can eat an entire burrito like this in one sitting and come back for more. I really need to find some disposable floor mats to put under his high chair to make clean up easier.

Anyway, just wanted to get one more post done before the holidays are upon us. We look forward to seeing you all soon!