I have never seen this is the 3 years that Dakota has been here...asleep where he dropped. My kids have NEVER fallen asleep anywhere but their own bed when I put them there and TELL them to go to sleep.

I was talking to my mom on the phone and she was telling me this FABULOUS story about taking the toilet out of the downstairs bathroom, which ended up as Steve's new office chair, I thought my boys were quietly (i know seriously right) playing in the living room. I thought it was a little TOO quiet, and this is what I found. My Coco fell asleep right where he was because he is exhausted. These kids have gone 20+ hours without falling down in exhaustion, but today when there is nothing going on Dakota decided to fall asleep NOT in his bed. I honestly thought he was sick but no....just tired!!!

This is my SUNBEAM!!! I cannot believe that I have a sunbeam!!! This is the most bittersweet thing that I have done so far with my boys. He did so well his first Sunday and I could not be more proud of how he handled it. Benjamin was okay too. He loves nursery with or without Dakota. However, Dakota was worried for his little brother. The first thing he said when I picked him up from primary was "Is Benji ok?" I reassured him that he was being a big boy just like he was. I thought it was so cute that he was so concerned for his little brother. I think it does them good to separate every once in awhile. They don't get to very often but when they do it is nice!!!

We are in the final stages of buying our first home and I am so glad that we are almost done with the waiting part. I knew this already but my husband is the most thorough shopper in the entire universe. He is going to make sure that we get the best price on anything we get for our new house. We are talking endless hours on the internet looking at all our options and talking to people to see what their ideas are and what the best options are. I know I whine about it all the time because I just want to get it over with but I truly am grateful for his patience to wait it out to get the best.

We are busy with our lives and it is only going to get busier. Leo's sister is engaged to be married in March but then his brother Kurt decided to surprise us and find his eternal companion also. They are set to get married on February 28. This year seems to be pretty busy but everything is happening within the first four months....I will be interested to see what the rest of the year will bring.....YIKES!!!

Christmas Morning...who doesn't love Christmas morning!!! We were out so late at my brothers house we had to wake the boys up to see what Santa Clause brought for the Berejkoff's. Benji cried for the first 5 minutes cause he did not want to get up but Dakota was so excited to see what he got. It is always funny to see how your kids are going to react to their toys. Dakota had to make sure that Benji had toys too before he started looking at his. He also had to ask if they were his and if he could open and play with them. I think we looked at them a little too much in the store and had to put them back. Then came the screamin banshee. The present that Leo and I were so EXCITED to play with. We took it out of the package and the boys HATE it.They are so scared of the thing. It eats little cars and the boys don't like it. After 10 minutes of screaming we decided that maybe we should move on to toys that didn't make them scream...but it was sure funny!!!

After we took everything out of the package we started opening gifts. Grandma really out did herself this year. All of us loved everything that she put her time and energy into. Christmas would not have been the same without her awesome and thoughtful gifts.

My family has always been amazing with Christmas but this year has been out of the ordinary. My siblings have been more generous and loving than ever. I love feeling the Christmas spirit through siblings. I just hope they know that I would do anything for them in return. I really felt the unconditional love that my siblings have for me. I have felt my parents unconditional love but this year I definitely felt it from my siblings. I just hope that I can give that feeling back towards them.

I love Christmas time and it makes me happy to think about the Savior and what he did for all of us. I am trying to teach my children the love that Jesus Christ has for us. I feel it my own life and I hope that I can light that into my boys and my little girl. I know Leo shares the same feelings as I do. We need to be better at doing the things that we need but I know that we both feel that our Savior loves us and that he cares for us. We really felt the love this Christmas season. The Berejkoff's hope that everyone had a wonderful spirit filled Christmas this year!!!

Today was the 3rd annual In-n-Out Burger Northern California Christmas Party. I love this party. I love all of INO parties but this one is a little smaller because it is just for the associates that have kids. This Santa is the BEST SANTA EVER!!! He is so good with the kids and he looks so happy when he takes the picture. He does such a good job and I look forward to taking my picture with him and that says a lot when I say that I look FORWARD to getting my picture taken!!!

Along with Santa, they have the most incredible face painters and balloon animal guy. The painted faces that come out of this party are the best. You can be scary or pretty and they will PAINT YOUR WHOLE FACE!!! Of course my boys wanted nothing to do with that!! The line for the balloon animals was so long and when it wasn't long it meant that he was going on a break!!!

Outside they have pony rides and a petting zoo and of course...all the In-n-Out Burgers you can eat. We could not walk past the ponies without riding them. I thought the boys would be scared but they were all smiles and were loving it. Benjamin's pony kept taking off before it was supposed to but I think Benjamin loved that part. I took tons of pictures which is so not like me but I was determined to get my camera out and take pictures. Then as I sit down to blog...I realize I left the camera in the car. So I will post those pictures later.

Last but not least the boys favorite part....sledding!!! INO brings snow and sets up a sled run for the kids. The older kids enjoy it more but the boys loved it this year. Their cute little faces going down the hill was so cute. Dakota would hold Benjamin as they would go down so fast...it was adorable. Cousin Eli also came with us this year and it is so cute to see all three of them having so much fun together. I look forward to having three little ones to run after at next years party...YIKES!!!

Yesterday we got call from our realtor and she told us to start preparing because we are in the final stages of approval through the bank. I don't know what that means but for some reason Leo and I were really excited feeling that was good news and that maybe this was good news about the house. We are so not knowing what we are doing with buying houses that any kind of news is exciting.

I also had an appointment today and am excited to report that I have gained 1 pound....that is very good news for me considering the first trimester I lost 17 lbs. The baby is healthy and has a good strong heartbeat. It was so cute because the Dr. let Benjamin help her hear the baby's heartbeat. He was a very good helper. It was the boys' first time hearing their new baby sister!!!

My brother also came over today to hang out and his sweet wife Erika gave me my very first box and VERY CUTE little girl clothes and of course I got all excited all over again!!!!

I am happy to announce that the Leo Berejkoff family is adding an addition to their growing family. Despite all the boys that seem to come from this family Leo and I are happy to say that we are pregnant with a girl. We are so excited we cannot even stand it. She seems to be a very happy baby and the whole time the ultrasound was on she was playing with her feet. It is so much fun looking at all the little girl clothes. There is so much more to pick from when it comes to girl stuff so I am so ecstatic to be able to buy for my little girl. This will be the first granddaughter on the Berejkoff side and that is so exciting.

I signed up for a blog about a month and just NOW am writing my first one. I guess I have been to buys reading everyone elses and getting so jealous of all the things that they have done that I think that my life is so boring and uneventful. Don't get me wrong my two little boys fill up my day with surprises and funny things but they usually end with me having to clean up something so there goes my time to blog about it!!! Between cleaning the boys and the rest of the house I am worrying about getting into a house. We put an official bid on a house and we are so excited and are the highest bidder out of 3 people. None the less...it is stressful. I think I have figured out that I don't like the waiting game that we are in the middle of. The only thing that gets me through is my husband. He reminds every day that if it is meant to be then we will get it. I wish I had his patience!!! I will keep updating as the adventure of buying our first house unfolds.