It's a GIRL!!!!!!

We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited that we will be having a GIRL in July! I'm still in shock and I think we found out about 1 month ago. The boys are so excited to welcome a baby sister. Aunt Courtney has overloaded us with bins of girl clothes and I have thoroughly enjoyed going through all the cute pink clothes and dresses. I'm actually somewhat nervous about having a girl as I'm so used to having boys.. I guess I need to learn how to french braid hair. We decided on a name awhile ago. Colin and Carson both have names that begin with the letter "C", so we decided to stick with that. Her name will be Corynne Daly(Grandparent's name) Spitz! We are working on a purple and green nursery.. Pics to come.

Potty Training in Progress

We are super excited that Carson is trying to use the potty. We struggled with Colin and he wasn't potty trained until he was 3.5, but Carson has been really good about telling us when he has to go potty and loves his treats when he goes. Let's hope he is potty trained before baby #3 arrives.

Dr. Scholl's

We have been calling Carson Dr. Scholl's for the last month as he has established a fasanation with feet. He will be walking down the steps and stop half way to take off his socks and examine his feet. He doesn't like if anything is in between his toes. Watch out because he likes looking at other people's feet too!

Massunetten!

We were very fortunate that the Eyre's let us stay at their place at Massunetten for the weekend. The Ueltschy's and the Spitz's braved skiing one day with the kids and a day at the water park and we all had a fantastic trip and hope to do it again next year. Madi went snowboarding and did an awesome job and all 4 kids made their way to the top of the mountain on the chair lift. I was a little scared about Carson, but he loved it! That 2 year old has no fear!






Massunetten's water park was a lot of fun! It was very similar to Great Wolf, but again it was another activity I couldn't participate in and didn't get to go down the water slides b/c of being pregnant. There was so much to do there, but the hot spot for the kids was the hot tub.

Sledding

I have so much to catch up on since the beginning of the year, so these next few posts may be old and out of order, but bear with me.

Although it was freezing this winter, we actually didn't get a lot of snow. One snow storm for the season is enough for me. They boys and I went sledding while John painted Carson's room one day. I wasn't able to sled b/c of my pregnancy, but Colin, Carson, Madi, and Ave... and Grandma too had a great time.






And of course, Frosty the Snowman!

Burn #2

We had a trip to the ER on New Year's Eve. John was pouring a pot of boiling soup into a bowl when the the bowl slipped off the counter and onto Carson's little hand. Luckily, it wasn't on a face and luckily he had on a long sleeve shirt. Carson is such a trooper and his second degree burn is fading away and it doesn't look like it will leave a scar. John will never forgive himself for what happened, but we would like to put it behind us in the books of 2010 and have a safe 2011 for all!

Christmas 2010

I can't believe another year has gone by. We had a fantastic 2010 in our new house and watching the kids grow before our eyes. Christmas was nice and relaxing this year. The boys woke up and opened their presents which took forever! Santa brought them some good gifts. The headlights and the Hess trucks were probably their favorite gifts. We then went to Courtney's house for Christmas dinner. The picture below is my mom's reaction to her yearly calendar. July had a picture of the boys dressed up in their "Big Brother" shirts announcing we will be expanding our house by two feet in July!!! Unfortunately, John and I both got sick and spent the next couple of days in bed.

Great Wolf Lodge

We took a random Monday off in December and headed to the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA. They boys absolutely loved the indoor water park and spending the night in the hotel. The water park had so much to do for kids. Colin was surprisingly not scared of the water slides and went on all the ones he was allowed too. Carson did the little slides and enjoyed the lazy river with me! It was a nice family get away and the kids still talk about it. A must-do for anybody that lives in the area with kids.

Chocolate

The tradition of making candies has been in the family for years and as long as I can remember. However, this was the first year we did it at Courtney's house instead of my Grandmother's, but she was still able to come and supervise. The kids had a great time dipping the peanuts and pretzels in the Chocolate and they made a nice mess. I think they had more fun licking the chocolate than actually making any candy.

NYC

Courtney, Susan, Tonya and I took a trip to NYC in early December. Compliments of my mom/Eyre for a Christmas present last year. It was FREEZING... but we had a good time. I was surprised at how crowded it was as we had to stand in line to get into some of the stores. I think the only thing I ended up buying was a hat for myself, a scarf and 2 name signs for the boys.

Thanksgiving Get Together

We had a quick get together with Seri and Noelle at Noelle's parents house. Take notice of the yellow tractor in the photo... This is a tractor Noelle's parents had in their basement from when their boys were little. Colin has not stopped talking about this tractor since that day. 1 month later the tractor is still on Colin's wish list and doesn't understand why Santa couldn't make him the same one with rust and all.

Christmas Tree 2010

Just a "little" behind on my posting for the month of December, so this will be my attempt to catch up. We took our annual trip to the Christmas Tree farm for our quest to find the perfect Christmas Tree. 1 hour later, we found a tree, but ended up getting the wrong kind and the needles on the tree are painful to touch. The boys had a good time. I think carrying around the saw was their favorite part. Our first tree/Christmas in our new house.

Glasses

This is probably the only picture I can get of Colin with his glasses on. He had to get glasses about a month ago because he has a lazy eye. It doesn't look like a lazy eye, but it acts like one where he basically can hardly see out of it. In order to try and correct the problem, we put in eye drops in his strong eye to make it weaker and the other one is supposed to get stronger. He's getting used to wearing them at school, but is still shy about wearing them out. I personally think he looks adorable... just like his daddy in his glasses!

Halloween 2010

Batman, Clemson Football Player, Pirate and the Witch had a great Halloween this year. This was our first Halloween in our new house and there were so many kids. My mom came over to hand out candy and she actually ran out and started asking the bigger kids for some of their candy so she could give it out. Colin stayed in his Batman costume for about week and Carson is such a sports fanatic and he enjoyed being a football player. Instead of sleeping with a teddy bear, Carson has been sleeping with his football for the last 2 months! Oh, and it was one COLD Halloween this year.. Brrr!!

Clemson vs. GT

We had our annual trip to Clemson and the boys had a great time. A long drive, but all-in-all, the kids were good. We stopped off Thursday night which was half-way to Clemson and it had an indoor pool, so the kids thought it was a real treat to go swimming and sleep in the hotel... the little things! We spent Friday shopping and taking the boys to Death Valley. We had dinner with the Beaks and crashed at Uncle Andy's house. The boys had a great time tailgating and Carson was so tired that he slept the first half of the game. We were excited our old neighbors were able to meet us there and we got to hang out with them and meet their new baby, Chloe.

Pumpkin Patch

Colin's school had a field trip to the pumpkin patch (a real pumpkin patch where the pumpkins grow on the vines!) He had about 8 field trips this summer and John and I could never make it because of work, but we both made it to this one and brought Carson along too. They had a great time in the haunted barn, hay maze, pumpkin patch and hay ride. However, they had a lot of free time, so the boys decided to tackle each other for a good hour. Snapshot below, Carson is at the bottom of the pile. Boys will be boys...