Of course we had Thanksgiving. It was a nice quiet day with our family. Then there was Christmas. Oh yes...the day Tate was supposed to catch his plane to Vegas for Christmas break, he tested positive for the flu. That was fun! We were able to get his flight delayed by a 3 days and got him there in time for Christmas.
Before Christmas we celebrated Kaylee's 3rth Birthday! In my opinion, she picked out the ugliest Sponge Bob cupcakes ever!! But they were good :) And she was a happy camper!!
The school kids had thier Christmas recitals. They were great! Right before Christmas break, the girls (Shaelee and Emilee) took part in a spirit dance during the half time of a basketball game at the school. It was GREAT and they had a really fun time!
The Friday before Christmas, December 21st...we were able to go in and find out the gender of our newest addition...Everyone at the hospital could not believe thier eyes when they seen our family ALL going to find out the exciting news!! It was quite a day. SO...our big news that day was...Moats baby number 8 is a...
Christmas was good. Christmas night was even funner ;) we recieved a lot of snow that night and the next day! The snow kept the kids busy, busy and they enjoyed getting all thier layers on to enjoy the white fluffy stuff. I enjoyed it too :)
New Years - Well, we are a bunch of party poopers around here. I think Tad was in bed by 8:30 and I was not far behind at 10:30. I made it further than I thought I would. Tate was home a few days later and it was back to the daily grind...mornings starting at 5:30. Showered and ready to go by 6 am, breakfast and lunches packed by 6:45 am. Kids ready to go by 7:30 am. OH HOW I MISSED THAT WINTER BREAK!!
January 14th we (Tad and I) celebrated our 9 year anniversary. WELL, that date marked 9 years ago that we went on our first date :) That is a day I will NEVER forget. My heart throb had me all googly, and pulled out all the stops when trying to impress me. Picked me up in a white ford truck. Got to the Rio...Vallet was FULL, so he flashed the Vallet driver $40 and of course, it was no longer full. Took me to this amazing steak house! Dinner was akward, as we were both VERY quiet! But after dinner we headed to Pen & Teller and It was AWESOME! Front Row and Center and even got to take part in an act. Yes, that was our first date! The night ended with a hug good-bye and the rest is history. Now look at us! Ha, there has only been one day in these 9 years that we have not spoken, even through all the traveling and what not. NO, we were not fighting...But Tate and I had flown to Texas and Tad was on his way to Tennessee for business and we just never could get connected that day. Oh...FUN TIMES!!
I never thought I would be so happy the day our Van got loaded up onto the back of a tow truck and taken in to get the transmission done. It has been a VERY long 6 months without it, BUT even better was the day that Tad pulled up into the driveway in it. I was doing the happy dance! Never, ever did I think I would be doing a happy dance over the van...but today I appreciate it MORE than ever. It is so nice to be able to go places as a family in one vehicle!!
The lovely flu hit our family HARD!! William came down with it first, then 2 days later Tad, then 2 days later, Emilee, TJ, Kaylee, Natalee and myself. It was a VERY brutal 10 days! I never want to go through that again! Having a house full of sickies and only 2 that were not was not fun at all!
As of today...well, I am almost 26 weeks. 25 weeks and 5 days to be exact. Our mornings are still as crazy as ever!! This morning felt like a Monday. My apple fritters did not turn out. Not sure what happened there. The tooth fairy forgot to come for the 3rd night in a row :( Shaelee was mad at the world because she did not like how I did her hair. Let me just say...I am so glad it is FRIDAY!
