The Russo's

At the beginning of the year, we moved Hudson to a booster seat. He reached all the requirements and was getting too big for a car seat. Now, he looks like such a big boy. I can't believe he will be 5 in April! On January 21st Gianna started potty training. We got prepared with panties, treats, apps on the Ipad and a sticker chart. I had a week where we could stay home and concentrate on the training.  She picked out Hello Kitty & La La Loopsey panties watching potty training videos  looking at books to get use to sitting on the potty  I started out by getting her sit on the potty for a while until she went and then I brought her every 30 minutes and stretched out the time longer and longer. On the first day, she had 3 accidents and by Day 3 she had none! I was so surprised she took to it so well. She started to go on her own and tell me that she needed to go. I would give her a little piece of candy for a reward.  She pulle...

We had three days close together of snow and ice. The first day it was expected was on Friday, January 24. I stayed up late Thursday night trying to see some flurries, but nothing came. It started in the early morning hours, so we woke up to a light dusting.  We went out in the morning in case it wouldn't last. The kids were so amazed by snow and finding it everywhere.  They walking around the yard exploring, but Hudson slipped and hit his chin. We are not use to playing in icy conditions :)  I gathered up some to bring under the patio. Then their hands got so cold they were burning!   We managed to make a little snowman before going in.   Josh was able to get to work that morning, but took hours to get home that night due to the bridges being closed. He had iciles all over his truck.  Over the weekend, the news said to prepare to be home for a couple of days with another winter storm. We stocked up on fo...

We were way overdue for new pictures. It was a year since we took a family picture. Cadie took these before Christmas. It was very cold that day, but we managed to get through it and get some cute ones. 

Dillon wanted to go 4 wheeler riding when he was down, so we went out to my sister's property and rode. Gianna knows how to drive Hudson's 4 wheeler now, but she doesn't know how to brake!   We went through mud and Gianna had it all in her hair. The kids loved it! Hudson wasn't afraid at all, he would go straight through the mud.  Hudson brought his new BB gun to shoot  Josh and Dillon put up a swing that the girls got for Christmas. You can fit a couple people on it at one time.   They were giggling the whole time  It is quite an adventure with these kids, but always so fun! Gianna had an ear infection and croup. She has never had either one of those infections before, so she was wanting mommy to hold her a lot. I didn't mind the extra cuddles :)   Josh was off of work for 10 days, which was so nice to have him home during the holidays. We did a family day and took the kids to see a movie and...