Hello 2010!

We had a great 2009 and I know 2010 will be even better! The end of the year was very busy with the holidays and getting ready to move into our new house. We had many wonderful Christmas celebrations and even got to see Santa who is a personal friend of Papa Brouhard:) C.J. caught on to the idea of Santa very quickly and we used it to our full advantage. "Do you want me to call Santa?" became a common phrase when C.J. wasn't listening.

C.J. and Genevieve are getting so big! Genna wants to be just like her big brother. She is definitely the boss of our house. She is always eating, and if you have something she always wants " a bite" but if you try to feed her a piece she will throw a huge fit until she gets the whole thing. Her hair can finally fit into little pigtails too, that we like to call "nubs". Despite her feistiness she also loves to kiss and she's got the best kissing lips.

C.J. wants to do everything "all by myself" and he refuses to walk through any door that he did not open. This can get a little frustrating in public where the door are very heavy.

The end of the year brought some great things! Cory got promoted and we moved into our new house! We got the keys on the 29th. We did some painting and spent our first night in the house on Jan 1st. We are so grateful to our families who helped us while we waited for the house to be built, and we are so excited to have our own place again! There were some trying moments mixed in the last six months...but it was all worth it

The kids love the new house and their new room. We kept them in the same room because that's all they've known and we thought that they would miss each other.

November Already?

Time has been flying by for me lately! I can't believe it's already November. We have had a great Fall so far. Our house is coming along and we are getting very anxious for it to be done. Our kids are growing up so fast, and it has been especially fun lately to see Gigi walking around. She is such a bossy little thing, but she loves to give kisses so it makes up for everything else:) C.J. always has us laughing and they both do new and amazing things everyday. I can't get enough!

I finally took Genna for her one year pictures...she is so adorable I had a hard time choosing my favorite.

Halloween was really fun this year. Both kids loved it.

Genna was a fairy princess and C.J. was a sheriff.

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch too. It was really windy and cold...but fun!

Wow, it's been a while!

Okay so it has been four months since I last updated. So naturally a lot has happened. I (amanda) started working as an esthetician for Willo Aveda in the Fountains in Roseville. I work part-time and I am really enjoying it. We decided to take the big plunge and finally buy a house since we have been back from Idaho for a year and a half. So we moved out of the place we were renting and we moved to Auburn to stay with Cory's parents. We went on a safari in Santa Rosa with Cory's work and it was a lot of fun. Then Cory turned 30 on July 24th and we had a good time celebrating his birthday! We went to the Keith Urban concert at Arco and had a great time! Then we moved to Roseville in August and we are currently staying with my parents. The great news is that we bought a house!!! We waited on a short sale for over three months and then we just decided to buy a brand new house. It will be done in December and we are very excited! It's in west Roseville, and even on a court.

Genevieve turned one at the end of August and she is getting so big and sooo bossy! She cracks us up. She doesn't cry she squaks...and I'm not exaggerating. She still doesn't have much hair but i like to pretend by sticking extra tiny barrettes in it. Her teeth came in finally too but she got a side top tooth first so we called her fang for a while. C.J. is getting so big too. The other day during his nap I heard him start to cry then before I knew it he was next to me. He said "mama I climbed out...I awesome!" He was in the best mood after that for the rest of the day.

Cory's Grandma Brouhard passed away about a month ago. We named genevieve after her. She was a great lady and we will miss her. We are just grateful to know she is in a better place and we will see her again!

Now that things are a little more settled again for us, or at least we have a timeline of when we will be in our new house, hopefully I will be better about updating this