Merry Christmas!

Busy, busy, busy!

Things around the Mullen home have been quite busy these days!


I went back to work and Micheal has been home with the kids on those days and working on the days I'm off. Throw in there a few colds, a bad upper respiratory infection, a stomach bug, an ear infection, another stomach bug, and a few random fevers and we're having fun! Welcome cold & flu season! But really, we're doing quite well!


We enjoyed the snow and Wilson discovered that he loves his snow boots!




Pictures with Santa were a disaster :( I knew Wilson would hate it, but thought the picture of him crying in Santa's lap would at least be cute... it wasn't. So we now have 4 days to attempt another visit to Santa. We'll see if I have the courage to try it again.


Christmas shopping has been very difficult with a 19 month old & a 2 month old in tow. So we're pretty much keeping Christmas gifts pretty simple this year! Hope you all like fruitcake :)

Sweet Isabella is really growing fast. She's becoming so interactive these days! She sleeps decently at night (I'd like to say she sleeps really well, but I still have to get up a time or two). Thank goodness Wilson sleeps for 12 hours straight or I'd really be cranky!


Wilson loves his "baby doll" so much! He's really helpful getting wipes and diapers for her & putting her empty bottles in the sink. He is talking SO much now and really starting to put words together into sentences. My favorite is when he brings me an empty sippy cup and says "Mommy, juice pleeeese!"

Trying new things!

Wilson's trying something new every single day. This morning he wheeled his little firetruck into my bathroom as I was brushing my teeth. I didn't know exactly why he was doing this, so I told him the firetruck could not be in the bathroom and I pushed it out.
Well, he pushed it right back in and climbed up onto it, standing on top of it so that he could reach the light switch. (That's another new thing he's into right now... turning lights on... off... on... off... on... off... you get the point.) Since the firetruck is obviously on wheels, I told Wilson he was not allowed to stand on it, but could stand on this little step-stool instead. He's got the hang of it now. And climbed onto it about a million times today and told me he needed to "brush teef". How can I resist that?
Oh, and the step-stool was Micheal's when he was little and it says "This little stool is mine, to use it all the time. I reach the things I couldn't, and lots of things I shouldn't". I have a feeling this is going to be so true!!

Now, to little Miss Isabella. She's trying some new things, too! I finally captured a little grin. It's a lot harder than it sounds. She can be smiling from ear to ear... and as soon as I pick up the camera she decides play-time is over and starts to cry! She is becoming more social and is happier these days. (Maybe that's thanks to the antibiotic to treat her ear infection... she's gonna be just like her brother!)
She's going longer periods of time between feedings at night now (like maybe even 7 hours) but does NOT want me to sleep that whole time. She has to wake me up at least every 3 hours just to make sure I'm okay :)

And here's my favorite picture of the day... of my favorite little kiddos!