The Strasser's

It has been one of those days. I am finally putting my foot down. I am trying to get Owen potty trained which has been a little bit hard especially having a baby. He has peed on the floor like three times today. I am a little frustrated, especially with this being my first time to potty train a boy, and I have forgotten how rough it is the first little while. I hope I don't get to frustrated and give up.

Well it has come down to it, I guess it has come down to two things. First off, I have decided to fully keep the blog private and I have mentioned this and done it once before and than went to being public. This is a definite thing now. I was getting a little concerned about who is actually reading my blog. So the 2nd thing Owen needs to be potty trained. I ran out of diapers, size 5 diapers were getting to be to expensive and he tell's us he has pooped in his diaper, plus it's pretty gross now. So if any of you have any potty training tips let me know. This is going to be interesting training a boy. On another note Evan is going to get his helmet in like a week. I will post pictures of him. I guess the first week of having the helmet I have to wean him into the helmet. I am a little nervous about this, but I would really like to round out his head. His surgery should be scheduled here fairly quick, which I am extremely nervous about. He will be having it done at Doernbecher...

Evan's first Christmas Owen opening a Thomas the train Alyssa got a couple of puzzles  This is Owen's favorite toy and we are so glad he got this for Christmas, he can put the track together all by himself. The first time we set it up we left it for him to play with. Well we went to get breakfast ready we came back in the room and the track was different and we thought Alyssa changed it but it was all Owen. Grandma and Pop Rock gave Alyssa a baby for Christmas and she made matching hats

         Evan has found his feet

Well I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I know I haven't been blogging for a while. I hope to do that tomorrow, but I think if I don't get the blogging done tomorrow, I will probably do it by Wednesday at the latest.

Santa made a visit to Cory's parents house, and here is the pictures I have. Owen was not to sure about him Evan got a car Alyssa got a little purse, bracelet, necklace and some lip gloss in her purse. Dan (Cory's brother) got a snuggie from Santa Showing off his muscles Estrella (cory's cousin) Cory sitting on Santa's lap

It has been a while since I have wrote, and I am sorry about that. I have been pretty busy, I have a lot on my plate right now and trying to get ready for Christmas, which I am not ready for. Ok so the last time I wrote I was writing about Thanksgiving. Well for Thanksgiving we had family visit. Cory's brother and his family came, along with one of his cousin's and another brother of Cory's. It was a lot of fun to see all the family that came into town, because we weren't able to make it to the family reunion this summer because of all the hospital stuff that was happening. My mom's cousin came and stayed with her, I hadn't seen him since I lived in Utah and I was pretty young. So we had two thanksgiving dinner's one at the strasser's and than another at the blommer's (my mom's). I tried not to eat very much because I am trying to lose weight. I am glad that I didn't gain hardly anything with having to big meals in one day. Well the...

 Well I forgot I have more pictures from Thanksgiving. They are just a mix from both visit's to each side.

Well I can't believe that this year is almost gone. It has been a very interesting one. I started doing a 2010  Live List  and didn't accomplish alot of it. Well I am going to compile my new Live List for 2011. I am also working on my Christmas letter and get the Christmas cards ordered. We did have a fun thanksgiving, especially having family in town. We have been going and going. I am ready to decorate for Christmas so I guess it's time to take down the fall decor and get ready for Christmas.  And to add to all of this now I am a little bit sick. Not the greatest thing right now!

Well for Thanksgiving Cory's brother's and his cousin came into town.  Cory and I had two thanksgiving dinner's first course of dinner was at his parents. Here are some pictures. While at the coast Heather and I got dresses for Alyssa and Ashlynn at old navy for $8.50 Evan met Estrella Some of the pies I know it's not rotated, but he was on this head playing with the train and by the time I got my camera he was off his head. I made this Chocolate cream pie, and it was delicious.

 Well Wednesday we went to the beach which was not a great day to be going, because 1) it was cold,2) it was the day before Thanksgiving, and the final one 3) it was cold. I waited in the nice warm van with Heather & Evan , while Cory went out with the kids on the boat. We tried going to the  Hatfield Marine Science Center  and it is closed on Tuesday's & Wednesday's which we didn't know. While Cory and the kids were on the boat Owen tripped and burned himself on the space heater, and his coat. Good thing Cory's cousin saw him and got him quick.

Oh my goodness my day did not go the greatest. I just don't know what else to say. Basically my day consisted of trimming Alyssa's hair, before that I was going to get back on the bandwagon for potty training Owen, and I have been lacking some energy and motivation and I need to get stuff done but I haven't done a whole lot today. I have also been trying to stay on my diet and I have not been the greatest about keeping on it over this weekend. So hopefully Tuesday will be a better day, because my to do list is long.

Well to start off my monday, the kids had breakfast and then i went into the kids room and found this....... It was on their floor by their closet. I was worried, I know she has been known when she sucks her thumb she twist's her hair and sometimes will get a knot and pull out her hair. Something she has been told many of times not to do.  After I questioned her, not yelling, questions like (what happened Alyssa? where do this come from? etc.).   I found out, she cut her own hair and it looked like it from the pile that is what happened.She showed me the area  where she did the damage and I guess we didn't spot it yesterday when it happened. Nap time of course is when it happened.  I was considering  trimming her hair anyway, and I hadn't mentioned it. So now her hair has been cut shorter to kind of even it out with the right side. I did the best of my ability, and I think the end result looks pretty cute. Here is what it looked like after...