Happy New Year...a Little Early!

Wanted to get a jump start on the New Year in case I got too busy and didn't get the chance. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that you all have a safe and happy New Year...however you're celebrating!

2009 was a great year but I'm looking forward to 2010 and all it has to offer! I'm mostly excited about meeting this new little one soon after the new year begins. And I'm so happy for my good friends that will be meeting their (first) little ones in 2010! Congrats and welcome to the "club" Kelsey and Rachel=)

From our family to yours, may 2010 be a wonderful year full of opportunities of cherished time with family and friends and may God's blessings and grace surround you in 2010!

Luke 2:8-14

Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their lock by night. And behold, and angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"

Merry Christmas and may we all remember the true meaning of Christmas Day! Much love, peace and joy to you and your family today and always.

Snowy Fun

Last night is snowed a couple of inches so the kids were ready and waiting to go outside this morning. They have been waiting for snow for so long. I barely got out the garage with my jacket on to find them both "angeling" on the front lawn!

J loved the snow and was clapping away happily while Z and Ains threw snowballs at each other. At one point she knelt down to touch it and found out that it didn't feel as nice as it looked.

What an angel=)

Z throwing a snowball at point blank range!

J fell over in the snow and wasn't too happy about it
Z's reverse snow angel...I think he just wanted an excuse to eat some snow!

Tea Party

Yesterday afternoon while I was doing some work on the computer, Ainsley set up a lovely tea party for us. We each had a seat and a setting. We had delicious dried apples, sweet potato sticks from Whole Foods and some apple juice.

Ainsley even made us some beautiful hand-printed napkins

We had a lovely tea and even Z was able to join us when he woke up from his nap!

36 Weeks

Here I am at 36 weeks. I've had a couple people ask if I would post a prego picture so here it is. Ainsley took the photo for me...not too shabby. Maybe this picture will help some of you with your baby picks!

Just Some Updates

This is what my kids love to do in their room. They (ok it's really Z that does this part) like to strip their beds of all the sheets, blankets and pillows and dump out all the stuffed animals. And because that's not quite enough of a mess, they bring in a few choice items from the playroom. And yes, that's J sitting in the middle of it all...kind of like Where's Waldo!Currently all three kids are sharing a room and have been for about a month now. Originally we were going to keep J in her room and she'd share once the baby came but we decided it wouldn't be fair if I was going in and out of the room to feed the baby all the time. The three musketeers love sharing a room and have done better than I thought they would. On occasion we have opened the door to find all three in J's crib but for the most part they just chitty chat and laugh for a little while and then go to sleep.
We had our Krispy Kreme re-open last week so the kids were excited to get some donuts on Saturday morning with Dad. Then they wore their hats for the rest of the day!

No news on the labor and delivery front. I am now going every week for my appointments as the date is getting closer. I am very uncomfortable because the baby is sunny side up and causing a lot of back pain. Some days it's hard to even walk around but at least I don't have 8 weeks left or something like that! Z was facing the same way up until the last minute so that was nice of him to turn...we'll see what this little one does!

Since It's Getting Closer...

I thought I'd start the list of everyone's picks about the baby's birth for his or her baby book. If you are interested in participating, leave your picks as a comment or send them to my e-mail address.

Please include your picks for the:

sex

date

time

weight

length

The Nutcracker Ballet

Yesterday afternoon, Ainsley and I had a date to see the Nutcracker with Aunt Liz, Uncle Caleb, cousins Emily and Ethan. It was the first time I've seen it...and Ainsley's 3rd! She is very cultured=0)

We had a great time and enjoyed the company. Uncle Caleb snapped this pic of Ains with the stage in the background.

It's Snowing!

I know...not so exciting for those of you who live in a place that actually has snow when its cold! It has been snowing for about 2 hours now...not so many flakes falling right now but I'm hoping it keeps going. I always think it should at least snow if its going to be so cold. And the kids love it so you can't beat when it snows enough for them to actually play in it! They were catching snowflakes on their tongues this morning on the way into school. J was quite fascinated with the snow that was collecting in my hair=)

I love it!