I know it's been a while..

Sorry to have taken so long to write. We've had quite a bit going on lately. Sadly I have yet to load any of the photos so this will just be the details. I'll try my hardest to post pictures before the weeks end.

I guess I'll go back to Thanksgiving. Peyton had her school break for Thanksgiving Wed, Thurs and Fri of that week. Wednesday I took her to the dentist. It was the second time she's been and she did excellent. She was funny about it b/c the hygienist we usually see is a girl I've known for a very long time. Ms Jessica. Well Ms Jessica is out on maternity leave with her beautiful little girl at the moment so Peyton was not all that thrilled about that. She wanted me to call Ms Jessica and ask her to please come see Peyton's teeth and then go home with her baby. Once I convinced her that no matter who cleaned her teeth she would be fine she went in and acted just like the big girl she is. She'll be so happy when we go back in the spring and Ms Jessica is back. After that we met up with Jerome so we could take him to lunch. Peyton is so in love with Daddy at the moment. This has been a long time coming.

Thursday, Thanksgiving day, we headed out to Conyers to see Jerome's parents. Nonna and Papa as they like to be called. When we arrived they had put their Christmas tree up and let Peyton and Max decorate it. They did a great job. Max had a little trouble actually getting the ornaments ON the tree but with a little help he got the hang of it. We had a nice lunch and a nice visit.

Jerome had off on Friday so we had a nice long weekend together. We put our Christmas tree up Saturday and the kids really seemed to enjoy having it up. Max was more interested in playing with the boxes and putting stuff away than with actually decorating the tree but he still had fun. We thought he was going to be the trouble maker as far as the tree is concerned this year but nope, it's Peyton! She keeps moving the ornaments and grouping them by color. Guess that's what happens when they start learning patterns in school. She's always so proud too.

This past Saturday(Dec 6th)we had our first Christmas of the season. The Maxwell family got together. We had another new addition this year with little Miss Claire. Now that their are 4 small children running around it's so much fun to watch them. Carson and Max seemed a bit more interested this year. They both got pretty much the same toys but Carson thought Max's were cooler. He was so cute coming over and taking them one by one. Max didn't care though, he was ready for his nap before we even finished opening gifts. He hasn't been feeling well so hopefully the Thomas family Christmas will be a little more exciting for him. After we had lunch and visited with everyone it was time for the Vincent clan to head to the Jefferson Christmas Parade. Peyton had the opportunity to ride on 2 floats this year. Her pre-k class had a float(that won 1st place)and her ballet school had a float. She wanted to ride on the ballet float b/c she was going to get to be a "Whoo". The younger kids rode in the 2 floats and wore cute little "Whoo" headbands and "Whoo" shirts and got to shake maracas. The older girls followed and danced in the street. They were the Cat in the Hat. It was all very cute. I walked along beside the float and let me just say that Jefferson is a pretty hilly little town. Not as bad as Athens but still pretty hilly. It was a really get day. Christmas is such a wonderful time of year b/c it seems that it's the only time of year my whole family has the chance to get together. It's so wonderful to be reminded of our many many blessings.

On Monday(December 8)Jerome and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. In so many ways it seems like it was just last week we were heading to the beach to get everything ready for the wedding. Here we are 7 years later with 2 beautiful children and very blessed lives. We couldn't ask for more. God has been so good to us.

That pretty much sums up the last little bit. Next post will be all about the pictures.

Lazy lady!

The past couple of weeks have been rather uneventful at our house. Jerome took Peyton to UGA to an equestrian event. Her current obsession is horses so he thought she'd love that. It gave them a chance to have some daddy/daughter time. She loved every minute of it. He said there was so much going on that she couldn't sit still but she still had a great time. I've posted some pictures of her petting one of the horses. That just made her day. Peyton's class had a Pow Wow on Tuesday. They've been learning about Pilgrims and Indians for Thanksgiving. Her teacher gave all of the kids Indian names and they put on a little "show" for the parents. Peytons name is "Running Deer". She refused to participate. Little turkey that she is she wanted to sit in my lap and cry the whole time. I've included a picture of her sour face from the Pow Wow. It was cute and her friends had a great time. Maybe she'll participate in the next thing they do.


Peyton petting the horse.

Peyton's "Sour Face". Just like her Daddy. HAHA!!!

Look how happy she is!

Trick or Treat

Halloween is really great fun when you have small children. This year was especially fun because Max was able to participate in the festivities. We started off on Thursday making treats for the kids parties at school. Friday they both went to school dressed up, Peyton has Batgirl and Max as Superman(we called him Superbaby). After school we went to my cousin Kimberly's neighborhood to Trick or Treat with them. We now have more candy than the grocery store. The kids truly enjoyed themselves. As a parent that is fun to watch. I've posted pictures below of our Halloween.


Brownie Bites for Max's party at school.

Peyton helping to keep the kids happy at Max's party

Superbaby and Batgirl with the pumpkin they painted.

The "Eyeballs" I made for Peyton's class.

Peyton's party.

The very first time for Max to trick or treat. Peyton helped him.

Bryson, Max and Peyton ready to go get some candy!

Max thought it was the coolest thing he's ever done!!

Stress? Nerves? Stressed nerves? Nervous stress?

Well about 5 months ago I started running again. About 4 months ago I had the bright idea that I would sign up for a 1/2 marathon. At the time I was running almost everyday and I was very excited. While I'm still very excited I didn't really account for the fact that I have 2 kids and a job and this is the time of year I ALWAYS get sick. 3 weeks ago I got sick, then Jerome got sick, then Peyton got sick. Because of the 2 of them getting sick I didn't really take the time to get well. I finally started feeling better but it took a while. So fast forward to this week. I'm freaking out. I am sooooo ill prepared for a race that is in ONE MONTH! It's not like it's a 5 or 10K or something small. It was so much easier to train for this thing when I was staying home. Much more time to go out and run 10 miles. So here I sit super stressed. I guess ready or not I'll run this race. I can't say I'll do well but as long as I don't die on the side of the road I'll consider it a success. My goal is to finish in 2 hours and 30 minutes. The rate I'm going I'm thinking it'll be dinner time before I'm finished. :)


Next week I'll update on the kids. They're so excited about trick or treating. I'll have pictures then too.

My first blog post ever.

So I'm new to this blog thing. I've been "stalking" several people on their blogs in recent months and decided I would start my own. There's not much to us so I'm sure this will be quite boring. Perhaps it'll be a way for Jerome's family in Italy to keep up with what's going on with us. Who knows. All I know is that some days I need an outlet or I may burst. What better way than this? Like yesterday for example: It started off like any other day with Jerome leaving for work while I'm getting ready. I go to wake the kids at the usual time. This week is spirit week at Peyton's school so mornings have taken us a little longer than usual this week. She wasn't ready to get out of bed so I proceed to Max's room. I walked in and well, those of you with kids will understand this, the smell alone in that room made me want to run. So I'm preparing myself to change a lovely poopy diaper first thing. I was very ill prepared for what I was about to encounter. It seems that Max had himself a nice little upset stomach over night. Diapers are not made for an all nighter of poop. So as I'm taking off his PJ's I notice poop up to his neck. Not only was it up to his neck but it was on the bottom of his feet! Oh yes, this was the poop to end all poop people! So, now we're off to a pretty rotten start. I had to carry him straight to the tub and just dump him right in. Poor kid is terribly afraid of the running bathwater. Not sure what that's all about but apparently he was traumatized as an infant by running bathwater. Ha! Anyway, so between him trying to jump out of the tub and me trying to keep him in while dumping cups of water down his back it was turning out to be quite the morning. We finally got that all cleaned up, Peyton got up and dressed and out the door we went. I pretty much wanted to scream and cry and laugh all at the same time. I decided to laugh, because really what else can you do, and go on about my day. Had I had a little blog to turn to yesterday I could have vented about the poop and how I vowed to quit motherhood altogether and moved on. So here I sit today, starting my very own blog. Hopefully it will help prevent any future meltdowns. :) Feel free to give me any tips/advice/pointers.