The Eggscaliber 2000

Here is just a taste of this year's Neireiter Family Movie. Last year we had a great time with our 80's movie, but this year we decided to go in a new direction. Our infomercial on the Eggscaliber 2000 will be our best work yet! Jessie and I play the hosts, Kat and Cathy. John filled in as the audience members and JC directed, as usual. We'll also have some cameos from other family members. The filming will be completed later in January....stay tuned!

Christmas 08

WOW! We had a FANTASTIC week of celebrating Christmas. The opening of presents was way more CHAOTIC and FUN with a 21 month old, than it was last year when Luke was only 9 months. Luke's Grandma and his Nana went OVERBOARD on the presents. We need some cousins on each side to spread things out a bit. (Hint Hint J&J or M&D) But he loved all of them and I am thankful to have new toys to get us through the indoor winter months.

Here is a recap of our week...

Christmas #1
We spent a few days in Evansville before Christmas. Highlights included making a movie, going to Hacienda, and opening presents.



Luke loved his new snow shovel. He can't wait to help Daddy after the next snow fall.



To answer your question...YES! Those are ALL for Luke. Although my mom assures me that she didn't go overboard. :)

Christmas #2
We tried to drive home on Tuesday night, but we got stuck on I-70 for 2 hours. It was awful! We eventually had to pull over and get a hotel room. But we didn't have our pack n play, so Luke had to sleep in bed with us. It was the worst night EVER! He would only sleep if he was wrapped around 1 of us like a monkey. None of us really slept, so we got up early and headed back on the road again. We finally made it back Wednesday around 10 am.

On Christmas Eve, we went to 45 minutes of Redeemer's church service. Luke was very tired from the night before, so we had to bail. :( But we all got a good night's sleep and enjoyed a relaxing Christmas morning. If I would have known that Luke really only cared about the opening of presents, and not the actual present, I would have just re-wrapped stuff that my mom bought him...ha ha. He did really enjoy his Batman bike though!



Christmas #3
We had hoped that JC's parents were going to come to our house for Christmas Eve, but Cheryl broke her wrist! She's doing ok, but may have to have surgery. And it's her right hand, so it's very inconvenient. Anyway, we headed to Lafayette Christmas afternoon and spent a few days there. Highlights include opening MORE presents, seeing 2 movies, and seeing some college friends who came back in town.



The annual reading of the Grinch!



Luke and his lion checking out the Christmas lights in 3-D!



We all enjoyed playing in Luke's costume box :)

A boy after my own heart...

I don't know where Luke has picked up this skill...(can you sense the sarcasm?) He has started taking the baby wipes and cleaning everything in sight. I might be concerned with these OCD tendencies, if I wasn't so proud!

Merry Christmas to all...

This year for our Christmas card, we decided to try and re-create the funny Gap ads that you may have seen with all the scarves and sweaters. We know we're dorks and we're ok with that.

Here is our favorite Gap ad featuring Amy Poehler and Will Arnett.



AND here is our recreation! (Thanks Kelly for taking our pictures!) We only sent this silly version out to a few of ours friends...



Here is the real thing. Hopefully you got one in the mail. And if you didn't, it's probably because I don't have your address...so leave me a comment with it please :) MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Last 2 beach pics...I promise :)

Luke and Grandpa N playing guitar



Luke and Grammy

More pictures from the beach.

Grandpa Trombley e-mailed me some more pictures from our Gulf Shores Thanksgiving. i know it was only 2 weeks ago, but it already feels like a year!



Grandpa T and Luke



Trying to recreate our Christmas card from last year...with a twist



Can you find JC? He's on the U.S.S. Alabama



My favorite past time

It's beginning to look a lot like....

CHRISTMAS!!! My favorite day of the entire year is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I LOVE decorating for Christmas! This year we were driving 13 hours back from the gulf, so my favorite day was postponed until Sunday.

Luke is really into the tree, probably because his superhero ornaments are on the bottom. We re-hang them 25 times a day.

Our Untraditional Thanksgiving

Everything about our Thanksgiving this year was traditional...my mom made a delicious dinner, we were with both of our families, and it was really fun...EXCEPT the weather! It wasn't the cold and snow we were used to in Indiana, because we were at the beach! We went back to our favorite vacation spot, Gulf Shores, AL and had a blast. It was a little weird to have Thanksgiving dinner while looking at the ocean, but I got over it quickly while reading a book and soaking up the sun. :)



Luke slept in the bathroom in his pack n play. One morning I heard him wake up and then he got quiet. I thought he had gone back to sleep. but pretty soon, I heard him saying "Mess. Mess" So I went in to get him and found that he had tee-peed himself :)



A pretty chilly ocean.



Even though the pool was heated, Luke wasn't sure how he felt about being in it.



Playing in the sand with Daddy.



A view from our balcony...heaven!