22 Weeks

Baby is really growing fast! I have my next doctor's appointment on Monday before we fly out for Dallas. I have been feeling great! I keep praying everything will continue to progress smoothly. This weekend I cleared out one side of the boys closet for the baby and worked on making a spot for him on one side of our room. I am bringing a few suitcases back to Dallas so I can pick up baby boy's cloths and other baby necessities. It is really nice to know I have boxes of cloths for him already and I don't need to buy much of anything. I am really missing not doing all the nursery planning, painting, etc. but I am trying to focus on enjoying the weather (it has been in the 80s several days this past week). Our living situation will most likely be short term once the baby is born. I can't wait to see what adventures are awaiting us!

We had a wonderful day at Disneyland yesterday, my friend Lori and her 5 Month old daughter went with us. I think we had all missed going over the holidays and it was so nice there were no crowds. Today my high school friends Amy, Lindsey, and Rachel are coming in for the weekend. We are going to see Conan on Friday and spend a girls weekend in LA. I am very excited...pictures to come. Brian will be having a boys weekend with Nate and Benny. Baby boy #3 is being forced to go on the girls weekend, but I think he is excited because he will be going to see Conan (and he doesn't have much choice). I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Happy New Year

The boys and I rang in the new year at noon on New years eve :) We went to froggies with some of our little friends. One of the moms brought fun streamers and poppers for the kids to shoot off. They also enjoyed all the bounce houses and fun karaoke. Nate was especially excited because they had Taylor Swift and Beach Boys.

Happy 2010!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

So I have mixed feelings about Santa Clause......Growing up I was a very realistic/literal child so I did not understand why all the santas looked different....and that Santa's helper thing did not go over real well with me. I asked my mom when I was three "if Santa and the Easter Bunny were not real than what about Jesus?". This was a pretty heavy question for a three year old (which I have held on to as a parent). I want my kids to enjoy the fun stuff but I don't want to go crazy on the commercial Christmas. Santa does visit our house and we talk about him to the boys......I just don't want to over hype. Nate knows we are celebrating Jesus' Birthday and I want the focus to remain on that!

Some little things have helped teach the kids about the REAL meaning of Christmas. One of them has been the fun kids Nativity sets Mimi gave the boys last year to play with. Last Christmas Nate called them "Nate's tivities".....I thought it was just adorable. We also started using an advent calender this year (that was filled with candy so the boys loved it) as a count down to Jesus' Birthday.

We had a wonderful Christmas day! We started the day off with the Santa gifts....It looked like Santa made a stop at the boot barn. Both of the boys got new hats, cowboy shirts, and gun holster belts. Benny was so excited. They both modeled their new shirts all Christmas. Nate also got buzz light year, a remote control toy story car, and some other toy story goodies. Benny got lots of Thomas trains (Santa ordered from china for a steal) and a fun bass pro outdoor set with a truck, trailer, horses, and a jet ski. After presents we made a big breakfast and took a walk to the park. It was a beautiful day and I was so thankful Mimi and Papa Dave we able to spend it with us in California!

My camera was still acting up so I did not get the kind of pictures I wanted to...but enjoy the ones that did come out.

having another fight with the companies that package these toys

nate trying on his stocking

I think benny was most excited about his cowboy stuff

off to the park

benny and papa dave hanging out

Christmas Past

Christmas 2009
Christmas 2008

Christmas 2007

Christmas 2006

Christmas 2005