The Heckman Family: Happy Holidays 2011

This year was so great! Not only because Nathan was old enough to really have some fun AND Princess Hannah was added to the family but Nick had a full week (almost) off from work so we were able to spend a TON of time together. We kicked off the festivities by watching football at our house Christmas Eve. Then it was off to Aunt Julie's house for the traditional Heckman's gathering. We didn't stay too long b/c the babies needed to get to bed but as soon as they were down for the count we got right back to the partying! Gma & Gpa Heckman, Uncle Adam, Aunt Katie and G-Aunt Margie followed us home and we stayed up late playing games and eating TONS of junk food! The next morning we opened presents and enjoyed MORE food.

Luckily, Adam & Katie stuck around after that and helped entertain the kids while Nick and I ran around trying to pack for STL. We rushed out of the house and spent the next 3 days visiting Gma & Gpa Carter and Uncle Matt.

Nathan has started repeating words right after you say them :o) He is now calling Uncle Matt and Aunt Katie by name! It is so cute....And whenever Nick is still at work in the mornings when he gets up he says "Dada?" And I tell him "no - Dada isn't here" He responds "Wwww?" trying to say "work". Cute cute cute! OH and he started saying his own name!!! He calls himself "Nay Nay" :o)

A very special treat this week was attending Layla Barton's 2nd Birthday Party!!! You may recall that Layla and Nathan were born just a couple weeks apart. Layla's mommy and I worked together and had a blast going through our pregnancies together. Every kick, cramp or craving was talked about. How wonderful it was to have someone going through the exact same thing at the exact same time!

We rounded out the holidays by celebrating Uncle Adam's b-day and New Year's together with you guessed it --- more food. Something new this year was the famous Carter biscuits & gravy. This was the first time I ever made it by myself. It was a hit!

I guess it's a good thing I got this super cool bike trailer from Santa. I'm going to need to do several laps around the block to burn off all those calories....