Merry CHRISTmas!!!

Merry CHRISTmas!!!
We are wishing you all a very exciting New Year! We know we'll have a wild 2011 with 2 boys in the Hatten house! Love to all!

"Christmas" in Indiana

CHEESE!!Cameron and I had agreed that when we had kids of our own we would stay in Illinois to celebrate Christmas as a family and make our own traditions. We kind of started that last year but due to bad planning on our part, we had to leave Christmas afternoon to drop Dane off in Indiana because we flew to Mexico the next morning. So this year will be our first real Christmas celebrating with our little family at home...no plans to go anywhere for the day. Because of this decision, we travelled back to Leesburg to do Christmas with my family last weekend.

Dane made out pretty well...got his first "motorized" vehicle - a little John Deere tractor from my mom. Jeff & Christy got him his first tee stand with bat & ball - he loves it and heads straight for that when he wakes in the morning. The Zehrings got him some clothes including a much needed "big brother" shirt...now he has something to wear to the hospital! Dad and Pam got him a big John Deere dump truck and some car movies. He was pretty bored with all his toys so Christmas came at the perfect time and he's getting more on Saturday...we are trying desperately not to raise a spoiled boy but I guess every kiddo is spoiled in some way, right?

The 3 amigos:Opening Presents:A standoff over dinner? No, Dane hadn't started bullying yet:Training with Uncle Jeff:Aside from trying to keep Dane from hitting, pushing or tackling Presley all weekend (please tell me it's a phase and he'll outgrow this bully thing), the boys were able to have their annual onesie party! This year was pretty slim with the crew...between surgeries, kid's birthdays and sickness - only 4 of them could make it!

Comparing Bellies!

I am not sure I've mentioned it on the blog, but many of you already know that my brother & his wife Christy are expecting a nugget just a couple weeks ahead of us. This past weekend we went back to Indiana to celebrate Christmas, but before I do a post about that - I thought I would share the belly post! We took pictures of the growing buddhas to see who is bigger. My mom thoughtfully said we are about the same size, however I think I've got her beat! :)

Christy due 2/5 & me due 2/20:

2nd Annual Christmas Party

On Saturday we attended the 2nd annual Christmas party at the Dargis home. It would have been a fabulous party if I had been able to push through my extremely nauseous state and actually enjoy it. Something hit me Saturday afternoon and I didn't shake it until it all came up around 3am! So, we went to the party but I left pretty early and went to bed. Before I left, we were able to snap a couple pictures!

Ugly Sweater Party

Last evening Cameron & I attended his team's Christmas party...it was an ugly sweater theme with a contest for ugliest. They did a white elephant gift exchange and Santa showed up with gag gifts for everyone..including a shirtless poster size print of Eddie Vedder for Cameron because of his "man crush" on the Pearl Jam lead singer!

Team WII (Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana):Team WII with spouses:Some couples matched:Others Didn't:But Everyone Had Fun!!Naughty or Nice??

First Snow Day 2010

On Saturday we got a nice little amount of snow and Dane got to have his first "snow day"...he LOVED it and wasn't happy at all when we brought him inside to warm up. He got to play with the neighbors, shovel snow and also participated in his first snowball fight (which consisted of Cameron continually throwing snowballs at Dane with no counter attack).

21 Months old

Well...the little man just won't stop growing up. As hard as it is to believe, he is 21 months old and full of energy and spunk. At 21 months old, I am finding that although it is a very fun stage to be in - it is also the most challenging thus far. Everyone tells me that it is a stage and I'm holding onto that hope...we know that sweet boy is in there, we see glimpses of it all the time but we also see the hitting and tackling he does to other kids. We know he doesn't fully understand his actions and he is testing his boundaries but I definitely look forward to the day when testing turns to listening! At 21 months old, Dane's favorite things are:
- milk...child is definitely a milkaholic!
- HUGE stuffed monkey, bigger than himself
- toy frog
- flushing the toilet & saying "potty"
- using phrases..."I get it!" (I'll get it) "Back here!" (Get back here, usually prefaced with Daddy or Mommy) "I did it!" "I stuck, mommy!" "Carry you" and many others that I'm blanking on right now.
- riding anything
- coloring (aka scribbling)
- watching monkeys on tv, video, the computer
- he knows most of his animals and their sounds, although some of his animal sounds are pretty funny
- hasn't climbed out of his crib yet, but I can feel the day getting closer & closer
- has hilarious "conversations" with his toys

Happy Thanksgiving!