Trains

Josiah LOVES trains!  We really wanted to get him a train to go under the Christmas tree but decided we would wait.  Well.....Josh's Aunt Tammy had one that she wasn't putting out this year and gave it to Josiah!!  He has been having so much fun with it.  It goes around the track playing Christmas songs!  He has played with it so much that we haven't even put it under the tree yet, because we are afraid he will knock over the tree.  So, for now it is in the middle of the floor! 

Cute Baby Shower Gift

Rachel had one of her family baby showers this weekend!!  I have been to so many baby/wedding showers lately I decided to be a little creative.  Well, I stole the idea, but its still cute!!!  I got this idea from here.  Check it out..there is a free printout of it!

I bought a whole bunch of stuff that I thought she would need in the hospital.  Here are some of the ideas:

Shampoo

Conditioner

Deodrant

Q-tips

Mouthwash

Her favorite kind of chips

Peanut Butter M&Ms

Lotion

Hand Sanitizer

Really anything from the travel section

I would have bought magazines for her and Bryan to read but baby Mady isn't due for a few months so they wouldn't be fun to read 2 month old magazines!!!

I loved this idea and plan on using it again!  Go over to the website and check it out!

Day #9, #10, & #11

Day #9 - Watch a movie and eat popcorn!  We let Josiah pick out a movie and he decided to watch The Polar Express.  This is one of his favorite movies right now!  Josh eats popcorn with slices of cheese.  I know kinda weird, but its something his dad showed him and he showed Josiah that night!  I was surprised Josiah liked it but he told me it was his fave!

Day #10 - Go make the train at Lowes.  Josh had to help his brother with something on Saturday so I took Josiah to build his train!  It was actually really fun!  I can't wait till next Saturday, we finish up the train and Santa will be there!

Day #11 - We were supposed to go look at lights at one of the Church's here but I didn't realize they didn't do it on Sunday's so instead we called GaGa and Pop-pop to go look at Christmas lights around town!  Here we are hanging out in the car!

Day #5,6,7 & 8

I am getting way behind on our Advent Calendar Post so I wanted to catch up.  I don't have pictures for everything but here goes:

Day #5 - Color a Christmas Picture (I googled Mickey Mouse Christmas printouts)
Day #6 - Make hot chocolate (I am going to post more about this...we haven't done it yet, Josh wanted to be home when we did it and he had to work late this week!)

Day #7 - Pancake day!!

Day #8 - Check under your pillow for a surprise!! (I got this really cool lollipop and some money to put in his piggy bank!)

Advent #4

Day #4 was to make a Christmas Wish List.  Josiah has told me a ton of times what he wanted Santa to bring him, but I wanted to write it all down so I could keep it.  I just googled free download Christmas List and found one that I liked.  I wish I would have saved the link so I could share..but I can't find it!

Sleeping and Hello Kitty

Josiah still dislikes sleeping in his room at night for some reason.  He has been doing a lot better, but he always asks us to come back in 2,478 times before he goes to bed.  This particular night he only asked us to come in there 2 times and then he was quiet.  I thought he was sleeping so I went back there to cover him up and this is what I found.  He had fallen asleep in the hallway.  It was so funny to me!!!  (sorry if you are a fb friend you already saw this!)

We went to Atlanta on Sunday to go to my doctor's appointment and Josiah does really good on the 6 hour drive.  We usually stop one time at McDonald's so he can play and stretch a little.  He got a Kids' Meal and he wanted the "kitty cat" toys.  I couldn't tell him NO so here he is playing with his girly McDonald's toys!  I don't blame him..who doesn't like Hello Kitty!? 

Another thing I realized when getting a Kids' Meal is that they now serve smaller fries (the packaging is too cute) and they also give apples!  I think that is such a great idea!!!!  Josiah loves french fries and apples so it is perfect for him! 

Advent Day #3

Saturday Josiah picked his number off the Advent Calendar and it said Go see SANTA!!!!  He was so excited!  We have been asking him for about a week if he was going to sit on Santa's lap and he kept telling us YES!  So we would ask him what he was going to tell him.  Saturday morning I had a brunch wedding shower for Jordan.  It was so cute!  While I was there Josh was taking Josiah to Lowes to find some stuff for a Christmas present.  When they got there a lady asked if they were there to build a train.  Josh didn't know anything about that but he decided it was perfect for him and Josiah to do.  Josiah loves trains and he loves tools so he had a blast. 

Here is Josiah at Lowes working on his train.  They are doing this for the next 3 weeks for the kids.  Josh has somewhere to go this Saturday so I will be taking him.  Josh swears it is easy..but we will see!!!

After Josiah's nap we headed to go see Santa at the Mall!  He had this cute shirt from Wendi that said Santa's little helper and had a tool belt on the bottom.  This was before we left our house. 

This was him in line waiting to sit on Santa's lap.  He was so excited!!!! 

I don't have the actual picture from him sitting on Santa's lap because we are using it on our Christmas cards but I will post it later!  He did really good!  He told Santa he wanted a fire truck. I thought he was going to cry for one second but then he was okay!  

After Santa we went over to Josh's Aunt Tammy's house and baked some goodies with her and Micah.   

Me and Micah...

Josiah and Micah...Can you tell he loves her?!

I'm hoping to get caught up with my post about the rest of the 4 days on our Calendar.  Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday.  I don't about where you are but it is quite chilly here today so we are staying inside!  Josiah is helping me clean and we are watching movies - his favorites right now that we watch over and over and over are Polar Express and Finding Nemo!!!