Family Fun

Thanksgiving, Christmas....I love the holidays! Thanksgiving was fabulous - it was great to see family, funny how little we see each other when we all live so close. Life keeps us all busy, so I am so thankful for the holiday time together. We of course had to get ready for Xmas as soon as Thanksgiving was over. Shopping started at 4AM on black friday - a traditional for me and grandma - we got some excellent deals....I can't wait to wrap everything! After a little cat nap we headed to Village Pointe for dinner and "Santa's Parade" along with the lighting ceremony. Sheridan was really excited and was mesmerized by everything that went by. We captured some great photos outside - we couldn't have asked for better weather. Today we spent the morning with Joe, Alyssa and Lydia - in town for the weekend. It's always good to catch up with friends and I love to see how much Lydia has changed. This afternoon we picked up our Xmas tree - although Sheridan hadn't had much of a nap this afternoon and was a bit on the cranky side once we got the lights strung she really started to get excited. She helped hang a few ornaments and had fun looking at all of the decorations as they came out of the boxes. Below are a few pics from the beginning of our 09 holiday adventures.

I love daddy

Baba and the Great Grand Babies

Sheridan and the Boys

WOW - Look at the lights!

The Christmas Tree at Village Pointe

Yikes - Get me away from Santa!

I helped decorate!

A Sheridan Ladybug

The Tree Topper

I'm a reindeer

Here We Go Again!

Baby number two is on the way! That's right, we're pregnant! Baby Shockey number two is due May 17, 2010 and we couldn't be more excited....and a little surprised! Sheridan is so excited to be a big sister - as much as she understands. We are planning to let the gender be a surprise again this time....although I think its a girl. So, life has been busy and the to do list continues to grow. We are planning to turn the guest room into the nursery and transition Sheridan to a big girl bed - sooner than I had hoped but I think she will do fine. I am getting excited for Thanksgiving and even more excited for our 2nd Christmas with Sheridan. While I think she is still too young to get everything, I know she will really appreciate the decorations and lights this year - can't wait until the weekend after Thanksgiving to decorate and go shopping!! Below are just a few pics from Vala's!

Finally

Wow, it has been a really long time since I have blogged. I have been meaning to and time has just gotten away from me. Sheridan FINALLY hit the 20 pound mark at her 18 month appt (she is in the 3 percentile for weight) so we were finally able to turn the car seat around! She looks like such a big girl in the car and really seems to enjoy looking out the window and being able to see mom and dad in the front seat. We enjoy the extra leg room too :)

She is really talking up a storm, her latest craze (I hate to admit) is Barney. She says "arney, arney, arney" all day long. We often have to re-locate to a room without a TV to distract her otherwise we experience a little tantrum.

We have had some pretty fun outings over the last month. We went to Tiny Town for some village fun - photos are below. This last weekend we went up to the Orchards in Nebraska City with Grandma, Grandpa, Baba, Donna and Jimmy. We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather and Sheridan really enjoyed walking on the trails just being outside. Below are some pics from our adventure there as well.

CRAZY HAIR!

TINY TOWN!

Planes

We went the air show last weekend! While Sheridan was scared at times when the planes got a little loud, I would definately take her again next year - below are a few pics.

Feels like forever

since I have blogged! I know I posted photos not too far back but it seems like a long time since I have given a real update. Sheridan is growing like a weed, but I still don't think she has hit 20 pounds (that's our goal so we can turn the car seat forward facing). We did a very "accurate" weight check on our scale, once while holding Sheridan and once without and then we subtracted the difference - putting her at approximately 19 pounds! She is chatting up a storm, still not really making sense but she is learning more words every day - she has down: mama, dada, puppy, baby, go, uh-oh, ouchie, quack quack, moo and meow. We are working on colors and shapes too. We have her 18 month check-up on the 21st of September.

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I also painted Sheridan's bathroom! I know it seems like such a small task but I have been dilly dallying around on the shower curtain and colors and I finally made a decision - a princess theme! Are you surprised? The bathroom is actually purple with green accent but the shower curtain has princesses and frogs and butterflies and such - very girlie, very cute. Only four more rooms to paint!!! And, I think we might actually do our bathroom this weekend so that leaves only three rooms.

Jon is technically finished with school!! For a short time anyways - he has 3 or 4 tests left he needs to complete and then he will officially have his bachelors degree and then he plans to return to school next March to obtain his masters - I couldn't be more proud, he will actually be the first in our family and his to get his masters, what an awesome accomplishment that will be.

Well, that is the quick rundown of the Shockey's - below are just a few of the recent pics.

So Many Faces

I have had a lot of fun lately experimenting with a new camera. Of course, I have a fabulous model to practice on! Below are just a few of some of the shots I captured.

I love family!

Today we had a playdate with Nyla Bos (Sheridan's 2nd cousin....I think). Anyway, it was so fun to spend time with family and to see how much little Miss Nyla has grown! It was kind of funny too to see how huge Sheridan looked next to her - I am so used to Sheridan being the little one because most of her friends are older then she is, but that was definately not the case today. Plus, I think Sheridan is going through a bit of a growth spurt -she looked so tall today! We had fun attempting to get the girls to smile for the camera, as you can see in the pictures below we didn't have much luck. I can't wait for Nyla to get older so the two can play together....aren't they such beauties? There are a couple of other random pictures in the slide show that I had to include...