Bettenhausen Family Blog

Good morning everyone!!

I guess this post needs to start with where we left off.... HoHoHo Merry Christmas & a Hap Hap Happy New Year to everyone!!

Now that we're caught up with the formalities - here's what happened in the Bettenhausen Household the past couple of weeks...

In case you didn't get our Chrismas Card - here was our little Colin Jay in his Christmas Stocking. Colin was truly the greatest gift Santa could have left under our Christmas Tree this year.

Christmas itself was pretty exciting. Christmas Eve was spent over at the Heemstra Household where the annual singing of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer was sung. A little overwheling for an outsider like me, but after years and years of tradition, you find yourself not really thinking about how stupid I look singing it, but rather I couldn't imagine a Christmas without it. It's kind of like the Opening Ceremony of Christmas. It has begun. Colin must have been a very good boy his first couple of months in this life. Santa and his elves were very generous.

The Christmas Story was read...the presents were opened...it was a great day for everyone. It was a great time to reflect back on what the true meaning for the season really is. God has continued to bless our family over and over again.

It was an extra special time for us also in that Colin was able to meet his cousin Evan for the first time ever. Let's just say Grandma had a grin from ear to ear the past couple of weeks. You be the judge....

With family being the spot light for the Holiday Season - that was pretty much the focus on New Years. We needed to get the family back to normal.

Normal = 3 to 4 oz feeding every 3 hrs, occasional naps, bed time 8:00 pm / wake up 7:00 am

Christmas Week = 2 oz snacks every 2 hrs, no naps, bed time 11:00 pm / wake up at 2:00 am, 3:30 am, and 5:00 am

It was a rough sleeping week for everyone - but I guess in the long run, we don't have that much to grumble about. He's pretty good in that department.

On New Years, we put Colin down about 7:00/7:15 pm and he slept pretty good all night. Time to break out the Nintendo Wii...

(and yes he is dangerously close to drilling our tv)

Our good friends Jordan & Krissi graced us with their presence on Dec 31st. It was a lot of Fun!! Sadly...Jordan and I got dominated in just about every game we played that night. They said it was because they were smarter & better than us at most of the games we played, but I'm willing to bet it was the beer. Oh well!!

That pretty much gets you caught up with us. We hope that all of your families had a wonderful Holiday season & we are very anxious to hear about your happenings as well.

Till then....

The Bettenhausens

P.S. Here's Colin dressed up in one of his Christmas presents.