Family Update

Hello all! I've decided that I would make this blog just for my family and close friends, for updates on how our little family is doing, and to log on and see pics and whatnot.
So, this year has definitely been a busy one! So much has happened and I will explain it all in our Christmas letter.
Christmas is coming! This is so exciting around our house. We put our lights on our house a few days after thanksgiving. it was a big moment. This is a special Christmas for us. Its our first Christmas in our very first home. This wont be a big Christmas (present-wise) but it will definitely be special. We've already put all our decorations up, and are very anxiously awaiting for Santa to come. I love seeing the sparkle in the kids eyes, and how they can hardly contain their excitement. I guess thats one great thing about being such a young mom, is that I still remember very clear what its like to be a kid (because I still am one!)
Aiden is enjoying school soooo much! He is doing so well with his schoolwork, and his teacher says that he is one of the best students in the class. He absolutely loves going to school everyday, and is so eager to learn. However, he has his mama's worrisome tendency's , and is already thinking about college. When I was a kid, I was planning for college at a young age, with Aiden, he's worrying over it, saying "but mom, how can I go away to college if I can't drive yet?!" Ive tried explaining to him that he WILL know how to drive before he goes to college, but its not really sticking. He already has it all planned out. In his own words "I'm going to police school to be a police man and I will have a partner so I will never have to get married." Sounds good to me, Aiden. :)
Madeline is a handful if there ever was one. She never stops running or jumping, climbing or falling. Its really no surprise that we had to take her to the ER a few weeks ago to get stitches on her head. I'm very surprised that it hasnt happened sooner. When I was pregnant with her, she would move so much that it would freak Joe out. Id be sitting in the chair and she would be ROLLING around, and youd see my stomach all the sudden go flat on one side and bulge on the other, and back and forth she'd go. She never quit moving, so much so that she'd wake Joe up in the middle of the night bc she would be shaking the bed. and this was IN the womb! So, its really no surprise that she is such a handful now.
She is SO strong-willed, which can be a test to mine and joes faith at times!! But I have high hopes that because she is so strong-willed, that when she is older, and hopefully follows Christ, NOTHING will persuade her to stop. Her faith will never waver, because she is just so stubborn! :)
But she can be as sweet as a lamb too, when she wants. She will make your blood boil and your heart melt at the same time. She is Daddy's girl, through and through. She has Joe wrapped around her finger, but she is wrapped around his too. We took the kids to Maddy's all-time favorite place "Chuck-E-Cheese" yesterday, and the kids had a blast (so did mom and dad). It was pouring down rain, and no one else was there, so we had the run of the whole place. it was awesome.
Well I better wrap this up. I will continue to post updates on the kids and whats going on in our life so ya'll can keep up :) Love to everyone!