Last Post of 2011!!!

We made it through our first Christmas as a family of three, we enjoyed all the company, I got to meet two of my 2nd cousins that were born on October 31st, they are super sweet! We really enjoyed spending time with our family the past couple weeks!

Kypton looking at me like he loves his gifts..hehe

Opening gifts Christmas morning for him :)

Our Stockings..Dan, Tyson, Kypton, Hershie, and Hollie

Family Photo Christmas Eve before opening our PJs

WOW..What a blessed year we have had!

First I want to say that it has been such an amazing year for the Buchholz family! Here are just some of the highlights--

January- Still following Dave Ramsey paid off a lot of our debt and are now living a little better rather then spending what we didn't have :)

February- Thinking about upgrading on a house... and some ideas for change in our home now :)

March- Hershie had a safe surgery, and we found out we were expecting :)

April- was a slow month..but I know I was having a lot of morning sickness so it was probably for the best!

May- Blakely Faith joined the world on May 4th!!-- We also took a girls weekend to Cali. to see my cousin and celebrate her baby shower!

June- Well I can tell you this month was extremely busy- I went to camp for a week and it was amazing! Celebrated Dan's 26th Birthday, and there is probably something I am missing but I didn't post anything so it's hard to say :)

July- Of course the 4th of July- 1st one we have celebrated in town in the last 3 years! I was finishing up summer courses, We bought a car for Dan, Natalie Miller and Griffin Wallace join the world!

August- Did our birthing classes, painted Kypton's room

September- Mom's 50th birthday, Baby shower's, and a scare that Kypton was on his way...a little to early!

October- We demolished the bathroom, Mom and Dads anniversary, Dan and I's 2nd anniversary, New dresser, finishing Kypton's room, Brodie Burns and Maverick Opp joined the world!

November- Bathroom finished, House cleaned/organized, KYPTON ARRIVED, Kypton's first Thanksgiving!

December- Celebrated my 26th Birthday, and enjoying being home with my 1st child, Kypton's first Christmas!

It's amazing how much can be fit into one year! The blessing on birthday's, anniversaries, and the birth of healthy babies, it's all from the Lord, and he has been so gracious this past year!

This past month home has been so amazing, I'm not ready to go back, as we are still working out the details for that. We are also still waiting to here on Dan's job, we should know more by next Friday the regional manager thought anyway. I really hate the waiting game but I know in the end it will all be worth it. I have a week left of maternity leave which means I really need to think about what I want and Dan and I really need to seriously talk it over, which I think in our minds we both want me to stay home but there is the voice that really wants the extra money every month. Time is running out though tick, tock, tick, tock.... Anyway-Kypton is doing great, he is changing everyday, although I don't know how much he weighs we are up to 5 ounces every 3.5-4 hours. Last night was the first REALLY GOOD night of sleep. He went from 11-5! I can't even believe how fast he is changing and growing into a little boy instead of a baby, you will probably here me say that a lot this next year! I just love him and want to hold him all the time but I started reading a book on Healthy Sleep Habits and well I have to let him sleep in the quiet! As far as healing and energy, well I think I am back to "normal" I had my 6 week check up today and everything is back in place, although I haven't lost as much as I was hoping, I got the okay to workout again, so hopefully the last little bit will now melt away! It was good to hear that everything has healed though, I thought it was all dandy but it's always good to have piece of mind from a professional! I think that is all the news we have for everyone at this point, we hope everyone had a blessed holiday and are ready for 2012, have fun and be safe, and we will post NEXT YEAR!!

Love the Buchholz Family!

1 Month Old--Praying to Stay Home :/

Our little man is 1 Month old today :( It's exciting and we feel so blessed, on the other hand how is time going so fast? We couldn't be happier to have him in our lives, when I watch him a sleep in my arms I know what is meant by, "peace on Earth!" I know what is meant by kissing my child is kissing the Lord, I just can't even express how blessed we feel. Those of you that are parents know what I am talking about!

Here's Kypton at 1 Month-

We celebrated Kypton's first Christmas over the weekend with the Buchholz side. His cousins loved holding him and kissin' on him. It was great to see almost everyone, my sister-in-law Kasey wasn't there, her father isn't doing well so she stayed with him, prayers for her and their family are appreciated :) The girls were great, I can't believe how fast they are all growing up from the time I first met them 4 years ago to now, another thing that shows me time is flying by!

I have more photos but for some reason Blogger is being really slow tonight...

We are still waiting on final news for Dan but things are looking in the direction we were hoping so fingers crossed until Thursday at the latest :) As far as work for me I am really trying to push not going back to work. As we won't have to pay for daycare at least for the rest of this school year, I can't really use the, "all my paychecks are going towards daycare," line, and Dan thinks that we should continue to use my paychecks to build our savings, and I asked for how much longer..having extra money I guess the older I get isn't as important to me to be able to buy clothes and eat out whenever we want. I still think we should save don't get me wrong, but I feel there are other things we can get rid of or cut back on, like 1. going out to eat, 2. DirecTV, 3. Shopping sprees, the things we don't really NEED. At the same time I think if we stick to our budget we could still do/have the things we don't NEED but we will have to save for them rather than fly by the seat of our pants. I have about a week to convince him, so far I have gotten the okay to work part time, but I'm really not looking forward to missing out on him changing and growing up and not seeing it all. We will see for now I am going to say it's up in the air, I will pray that it will end up being possible but I might have a lot more cleaning and baking to do in order to convince him haha :)

We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, and that everyone is ready for the Holidays :)

Have a great week!

Love the Buchholz's

Time is Flying..

Whew, it's been a crazy year and I can't believe we are in the last month of 2011! Really? Already?   As fast as this year has gone we have so much to be thankful for and have so much to look forward to in 2012! (I don't like writing that) Our little guy is already 2 weeks old, the two weeks have been a crazy whirlwind I must say, but non the less amazing!

It's crazy how much they change on a daily/weekly basis, I have heard the time goes fast but never did I expect this fast.  Dan started back to work today, and I was not ready at all.  I really enjoyed the last two weeks with him home with us, not just for krypton's sake but it's been great having the quality time with him again without him having to worry about work.

This past weekend we actually left Kypton with my Mom and Dad for an hour and a half.  I wasn't ready but I knew I needed to spend time with Dan, and I think Dan wanted me to get away.  So, for my birthday we did some Christmas shopping and went to see Santa, dropped Kypton off with Grandpa and Grandma and then went to dinner at P.F. Chang's.  It was great to get out for a bit but now I know I will always have that little voice in the back of my head, "you have kids waiting at home."  Again, props for Dan calling my mom to arrange babysitting.

Saturday, we had friends over for dinner, we all have kids now so it was great to get them together even though Kypton is the youngest and slept most of the time.  It's great to see what we have to look forward to in a few short months but also to hear stories of what to expect and how they did things.  Blakely is 7 Months, and Griffin is 4 months, then Kypton is 2 weeks.  It's exciting to know that they will be friends growing up even though none of them will be going to the same schools.

As far as schooling and work goes for me, well I have the rest of December off (Thank God) as of day one on my own I'm understanding why people say to get some sleep! I took an Incomplete for this semester at school, and well depending on some things that we aren't making entirely public at the moment I more than likely won't be going back, and I'm okay with it! I love being with Kypton and the thought of not being the one who raises him or missing out on his first breaks my heart...so I'm not thinking about it :)

We don't have any doctors appointments this week, and Dan doesn't like the idea of me going out with Kypton alone yet, however, I said I can't be in the house for the next month, so he's going to have to work on that, we are just going to hang out, keep the laundry caught up, clean, and make sure dinner is ready when Daddy gets home :)

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful weekend, and is starting the week out on the right foot!
Stay warm!

Love,
The Buchholz 5 :)