Libby Lu & Drewbie too

We had so much fun yesterday with Morgan & her cousin Katie (about 2 months younger). My mom got the girls gift certificates to Club Libby Lu for Christmas. They dress the girls up and do their hair, nails & make-up. While they were doing that I got Drew a gift card to Build-A-Bear and my dad took him there. He made a bear and dressed him with a Philadelphia Flyers outfit. My dad tried to get him to dress him in a Philadelphia Eagles outfit and name him T.O (Terrell Owens) but that didn't fly with Drew LOL!

Happy Birthday Jesus

Happy Birthday Jesus. What a great day to celebrate with family.

To back up a bit - on Saturday we had our Summers family Christmas with Nan-Nan. Everyone got together and raised approx. $2100 to send her back to England one last time. Nan-Nan is from England and she has really wanted to go back but just hasn't been able to afford it. She was speechless and kept asking what she did to deserve this. It was so special.

Last night we went to Covenant Presbyterian Church with my parents. I like their service as it is designed for kids. It is only 30 minutes and very interactive for the kids. It was great. Came home and got ready for Santa to come.

Christmas morning started a bit later than I expected due in part to the kids sleeping in a room with no windows that was super dark! :) Started opening presents and that was fun. It was great to see the kids' faces as they saw what Santa got for them. Morgan got a pink guitar that she absolutely loves. Owen got a doodle monster and Owen got a puppy dog that talks to him.

Eric really suprised me this year with a Canon Digital SLR!!!! WOOHOO!!!! I've been eyeing it for a couple of years now. Big suprise. I got him XM Sat. radio. He has such a long commute and with MLB on this Sat., I'm sure it will be put to good use.

Leaving on a jet plane

We leave tomorrow for our trip to my parent's house. Our flight goes out around 8 pm. LOTS to do before then and so hard with 3 young kids running around. Oh well, we'll get there.

I'm SO excited about our family Christmas on Saturday. The entire family is giving Nan-Nan (my mom's mom) money for a trip to England, where she is from. I absolutely CANNOT wait to see her face when she realizes what she is getting. She cried last year and we just gave her a $200 gift certificate to the grocery store so I'm sure there will be water works over this. She has mentioned several times how she'd like to go back and visit one more time so this is good.

Drew turned 3 today. I tried to find a picture of him as a newborn but I don't have any online. The picture above is Drew at 6 months old. I can hardly remember him as a baby that small. Happy Birthday my sweet boy!

Well, I should sign-off, I am SO tired!

Catching up - again

Well, I'm not so good at this blog thing. I need to be better about it.

Things are pretty good here. Drew turns THREE tomorrow! Right about now 3 years ago I was heading to the hospital as I was in labor with him. I remember being sad about leaving my little girl at home, in bed asleep. I was sad that she'd wake up and we wouldn't be there and that after this night it would never just be the three of us. At the same time, I was so excited to meet Drew. I remember having to go in through the emergency room entrance and having a group of high schoolers giving me funny looks as I had to stop and lean up against a wall during a contraction. Took me 3 contractions to get to labor & delivery (Eric was parking the car so I was on my own). Several hours later (3 am) Drew was born.

Today Drew is a very active and adventurous little boy. He's all boy that's for sure. At the same time, he has such a tender heart. He hurt me on accident last week and I had to leave the room because I was really upset (he ran into my cheek full force with his head - ouch). Anyway, he came up to me and asked if I was okay and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Made me smile.

Owen is doing great. He finally started walking about 2 weeks ago. He's not doing it full-time but it's getting more often. I love watching him try to walk as he looks like a little weeble-wobble.

Morgan is doing good. She is so excited about Christmas at Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop's house and being able to spend time with her cousin Katie. I can't wait for them to be able to spend time together.

As for me, I haven't been feeling the greatest lately and it frustrates me. Truthfully, I don't know how much of it is actual not feeling good and how much is in my own over active imagination. If I still feel bad after the holidays then I will probably find a primary care physician and get checked out. It could just be stress - it does funny things to me. I think the past couple of months (moving, settling in, kids, family/friends visits, holidays, birthdays) has just started to catch up on me. I am just so ready for things to slow down and to just feel like we are at home and in a routine.

Well, it's late & I'm tired.