Santa Pic 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

We spent Thanksgiving at Great Dad & Great Mom's farm in China Spring, TX.
Picture Overload:

we spent a lot of time on the tractors!

it's always fun to throw rocks in the pond!

We were so happy Tia Leah came in from Hawaii!!!

oreo turkeys!

Great Dad makes the boys a toy every year!

Aunt Judy made the boys their own pillows.

glow stick party

We celebrated Ryan's 30th bday while we were there. Ryan & Leah decorated an Angry Birds cookie cake.

We loved meeting baby Myca!

Bday Party!

Jackson taught Great Dad how to play the Wii.

Great Mom was a pro at bowling!!

Jackson & Papa John are big buds.

So are Uncle Morgan & Ben!

Thank you Great Mom & Great Dad for hosting us.

What a Happy Thanksgiving! :-)

Thankful

As we were eating lunch yesterday, I asked the boys what they were thankful for. I started writing down their responses as fast as I could. Here is their thankful list (from their own sweet thankful hearts...no help from mom!).

JACKSON:

• yummy food to eat
• God made me and my bones
• my friends
• Uncle Ryan, Kaki, & James
• a fan to keep me cool and covers to keep me warm
• I'm not dead   (i think he got this from the song "God's not dead. No! He is alive"...)
• the zoo
• climbing trees
• my bike
• Pops, GranMartha, Papa John, & Nana
• everyone
• toys
• God made trees
• we can go to heaven with God
• we can close our doors so animals don't come in our house

BEN:

• strawberries
• mice
• cheese
• the zoo

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever."

Cousin Zoo Day

We went to the Zoo yesterday with Kaki & James. It was an absolutely gorgeous day, and we all had a fun time together!

Jackson loves making James laugh!

There was a lot of running around.

They all loved the elephants!

drums!

riding the carousel!! Jackson wanted the cheetah b/c it was the FASTEST!

Ben chose the zebra.

Cute Kaki & James

Brushing the goats hair is always so fun for the boys!

We ended the day with a train ride around the park!

We love cousin days!!!

Fun Week

We've had such a fun week! I love hanging out with these munchkins!

Jackson had his last tball game. He really enjoyed playing!

All of my ACU roommates live here now!!! We had them and their kiddos over to play one day. We are all about to have or have just had a baby, so all 4 of the new babies will be in the same class. How fun is that? Love these special friends!

Cute Jake & Ava

Picnic

The weather has been so perfect here. The boys and I took a walk to the playground one afternoon after naps.

On Friday, GranMartha took us to the Disney on Ice show! What a treat! The boys had such a great time!

My cutie Ben

Hello, 3rd Trimester!

I had a freak out moment when I looked on Babycenter and it said you're 28 weeks pregnant...only 12 weeks to go! How is it possible I am going to have this baby in only 12 weeks??? I am definitely feeling like I'm in my 3rd trimester. I am BIG, uncomfortable, and my ankles get fatter by the minute. The levels from my 1 hour glucose test came back high, so I had to take the 3 hour glucose test. The results were normal, which means no gestational diabetes this time! Yay!!! I am so thankful that I've had a healthy pregnancy so far. I feel like 12 weeks will be here in no time with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up.

I'm so excited to meet our baby girl! We haven't decided on a name yet, but she has several nicknames already:

• Rhonda - given by Pops
• Martha Lou- given by GranMartha
• Rhianna- given by Uncle Ryan
• Baby Peach, Yebbers, Graham, & Megan- all given by Jackson 

Don't worry...none of the above are being considered! 

Ryan finished painting her room PINK and hung a beautiful chandelier in there! I love it already! Nana found the most perfect fabric for the bedding and Tia Leah is making it!!! (They made the boys bedding too.) I can't wait to see how it all comes together! I love that I married into a talented and creative family!

I'm starting to pull out all my baby gear to see what I have/need. It's been a couple years since I've had a newborn. Any new and wonderful baby items out there I should know about?? Also, has anyone ever ordered a carseat cover? I think I'd like to order one as opposed to buying a whole new carseat...any suggestions?

I saw this morning that Michelle Duggar is pregnant with #20!!! If she can handle 20, I can surely handle 3. Right???? 

Fun at Home

Last week Kaki was not feeling well, so James came over to play one day. We had Charlie over here too. I don't know what they were all looking at, but it must have been very interesting! We love cousin play days!!!

My mom and I had a night out! We went to dinner, a Pressing Events party, and then had dessert and coffee. This is what the boys were up to at home:

I should go out more often. This was my "welcome home":

Love these 2!