Logan's Christmas

Logan was so excited to open his presents this morning. He got a ton of stuff! He must have a been really good this year because Santa spoiled him rotten! He got 2 Zhu Zhu pets, puzzles, movies, a trike, a tool belt, new Jordans (Daddy started a shoe fetish at a young age!), a Play Doh kitchen, books,  a football, board games, a barrel of monkeys, and 2 trains! I am sure I forgot to list some stuff, but you get the point! He is spoiled!  

I hope everyone is having a very Merry Christmas!

Aiden's Christmas

Aiden has no idea what is going on, but he surely loves his presents!

Meet Squirt & Brownie....

Squirt and Brownie are the newest additions to the Holgate Family. Meet our Zhu Zhu Pets.... Logan named them all by himself! My friend, Lisa, came over last night to let Logan open the gifts she got for him. He had so much fun playing with these until 11pm with Lisa. Thanks!

Side note- These have several warning labels stating that you should not sleep with them because they can get tangled in your hair... Logan kept sneaking them into bed with us. Any bets on how long it takes for them to get caught in my hair?

Christmas Eve

Logan, Aiden, and I headed over to Chrystal and Dustins house this morning for some fun. Logan got to open his gifts from them and he LOVED the football that he got. Logan and Dustin stood at the top of the stairs and threw the ball down to Chrystal. Then she would toss it back up to them. Logan got a little crazy throwing the ball down and Chrystal almost took a few balls to the face! That kept them quite busy for a while! Thanks for the fun!

We came home exhausted from their house and we all took a long nap! After nap time, we had my aunt, cousins, and grandma over for dinner!

More lights

My boys love to look at Christmas lights so we went on another outing to look at some! We went to Dairy Queen and then to see lights. It was the perfect way to spend Saturday night!

Nobody ever told me that being a parent was so much hard work. Nobody ever told me that being a single parent to 2 small children was nearly impossible.I know that I am not a perfect mother.... I am exhausted 24/7, I am cranky due to the lack of alone time/showers. It's incredibly hard to be a mom.

My mom was a single parent for a long time and now I have a lot more appreciation for all that she did for us. I guess you never fully understand until you walk a mile in someone elses shoes. I've walked a lot of miles in her shoes over the last 3 years. Thanks for all of your hard work, Mom. I am sure that you wanted to leave us on a street corner at times and head for the border. (Or am I the only mom who feels like that sometimes?!)

I truly believe that the greatest thing to happen to my mom (besides giving birth to her 3 kids) was Mike. He came into our life when I was young and I have been very close to him ever since. Mike always treated us kids like we were his own. He never calls us his "step" kids, nor has he ever treated us differently than he treated his own son. I thank him for that.

My point is that I am very grateful for my mom and Mike. They are currently keeping me from going crazy. They are both amazing grandparents who love my kids very much. My mom and Mike babysat Logan for me last night so I could get out of the house with only 1 kid. This was a lot of help to me.

Mike got up this morning and took Logan to the park and then to the gym. This gave me a few hours to myself and I was able to wrap Christmas presents and just enjoy a quiet house while Aiden was asleep. Being a single mom is nearly impossible and these two make it a lot easier for me. Thank you both.

Love,
(your favorite daughter) Chelsea

P.S-
My kids are very lucky to have several grandparents who are amazing. Thank you to all of their grandparents for loving/spoiling my kids so much!

Bass Pro Shop & Santa

I thought that it would be fun to take the boys to see Santa the other night. Operative word- thought. Logan kept yelling "Naughty Santa" as he tried to get off his lap.

It was all fun and games as we explored Bass Pro Shop until it was time to see Santa. We took pictures in front of all of the creepy stuffed bears, admired the huge fish, looked at the waterfall, and explored everything else there. My aunt Juli came along for the torture- um... I mean, fun!

Logan told me that he NEVER wants to sit on Santas lap again... he only wants to look at him! Lesson learned!

Merry Christmas!

I am not a fan of the holidays... the music especially. However, these two little guys make me love this time of year! I love an excuse to dress my kids up and make them pose for pictures!

Prescott Trip!

Logan and I took a day trip up north to play in the snow! I haven't spent a whole lot of 1 on 1 time with Logan since Aiden was born so I decided to take him on a trip yesterday. We went to see Steve and his parents. Then, Steve and I took Logan to play in the snow. The boys ganged up on me and threw a lot of snowballs at me! We had a lot of fun until Logan started screaming because his hands hurt from being so cold. In my defense, I put gloves on him and he took them off!

After we played in the snow, we went back to visit Steve's parents for a while. Then we met up with my parents, who were also up north, for dinner. Dinner was really good and I even beat Steve at a game on the kids menu! It's rare that I beat him at a game so I had to point that out!

I had a lot of fun spending the day with Logan. I can't wait until we can go play in the snow again! A huge thanks to my sister for babysitting Aiden!

Temple Lights

Can you tell that Logan doesn't like to have his picture taken? He was biting my hand! That's as good as a family picture gets in this house. Pretty sad!

A Day In Logans Shoes...

Logan has always loved shoes (thanks to his daddy)... his new obsession is wearing mommys shoes! He was getting ready to stand up to prance around the house in my shoes. He wouldn't let me take a picture (smart kid) so I had to sneak this picture as he was putting them on.

My Little Reindeer

Logan is such a sweet big brother. He loves to be right next to Aiden and he is constantly kissing him or asking to hold his brother. I took this picture last night... the boys were watching tv together. I thought it was sweet that Logan got off of the couch and sat on the floor next to Aidens bouncy chair so they could watch cartoons together. Logan told me that Aiden is his best friend.

Oh, don't mind Logans messy face.... he really enjoyed his chili for dinner!

Where's Logan?

Logan was in my room watching a movie and I went in there to check on him. I walked into my room and couldn't find him. I yelled "Logan, where are you?" His response, "under Aiden's blanket. Come find me!". He was in the crib having a great time hiding from me!

Block Party

We had a block party on Saturday... here are some of the pictures of our fun night! Don't my kids look thrilled to take a picture with their mom? The boys had a lot of fun and looked so cute all bundled up!