December 2009

It’s been several weeks since we went to the annual Christmas cabin party with Eric’s family, but for documentation here are some pictures.

The whole family.

Emma and Kate coloring in their new coloring books together.

The matriarchs of the family.

Left to right: Emma ( Eric’s grandmother also known as Maa) Janice ( Maa’s sister in law) and Charlotte ( Maa’s sister).

Can’t wait until next year!

Check back tomorrow for Christmas Eve pictures!

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I can’t believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by. I am already 16 weeks. I guess that’s what happens when you already have 2 children to take care of. I’m feeling pretty good, the nausea and extreme fatigue are starting to finally subside.  Thank goodness! It was pretty rough there for a while. I decided to start taking pictures of myself to help document my pregnancy. So I am very reluctantly putting this picture up.  Just please keep in mind that I already have 2 kids so you supposedly start showing a little sooner.

No, it’s not twins.

Yes, I’m sure.

I know… I’m HUGE!

We are really getting anxious to find out if sweet pea is a boy or a girl. The big ultrasound is scheduled for January 28th. That seems so far away! I really don’t have any feelings on if it’s a boy or a girl, but if I had to guess I’d say boy. The Chinese birth chart says it’s a girl, but it was wrong with both Emma and Wesley.

The thing I’ve been craving lately is chips and salsa.

My maternity clothes are starting to fit.

I’ve started feeling little sweet pea moving around. ( Eric hasn’t felt it yet.)

I passed my first gestational diabetes test at the Dr. last time. Thank you to everyone who was praying.

I cry so easily. Mostly at sad commercials and movies. ( The Folgers Christmas commercial got me every time.)

P.S.

We have TONS of Christmas pictures to share, but we are still going through and editing them. I will have some up later this week.

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I should be in the kitchen right now cooking up a storm and I actually have to go out later to pick up a present that we had engraved, but instead I think it would be much more fun to post some pictures of our Christmas decor.

I’ll start out with my favorite Christmas decoration. We splurged on this a couple of years ago. I wanted to have a nice nativity set for our family and we have really enjoyed this one. I think it’s beautiful.

The kids have one too.

This is Emma’s tree. We kept the ornaments to a minimum this year because one of her favorite things to do is rearrange all the ornaments on the tree. I’d like to do more to it next year.

Wesley’s tree has lots of his ornaments that he has made over the years.

This is the tree in our dining room. I’m not very happy with how it’s decorated and I have a few ideas of what I’d like to do with it next year.

And here is our main tree in our family room. It doesn’t really have a theme, but I love it.

I love these ornaments. I have four that look similar but say different things. I bought them at a christian book store on sale after Christmas one year.

Some of our Disney ornaments.

Emma’s favorite princess.

Emma’s first Christmas ornament.

Wesley’s first Christmas ornament.

Some of my ornaments from when I was a baby.

Some other family favorites.

Emma’s little footprint from her first Christmas.

Our stockings.

When I bought these I ordered an extra red one and green one, so we will have one for the new baby next year.

This Santa belonged to my Granny. The story is that I was terrified of it when I was little. So I inherited it when she passed away. He is sitting in the rocking chair my Papaw made for me when I was liitle.

This is how we display our Christmas cards, however it doesn’t hold very many and it’s hard to see all of them, so I’m trying to come up with something else.

I have a small Dept. 56 village collection but I don’t have a great place to display them so I have them kind of scattered around the house.

I better get to work getting ready for tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

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Last week my Mom and I took the kids to Dollywood.  It was very cold, but we all bundled up and had a great time!

Emma all bundled up and looking cute in her pink coat.

I thought this picture was funny. She was mad about the seat belt.

We saw the show “Twas the night before Christmas”. The kids loved it!

Wesley’s favorite thing was the Polar Express 4D ride. Emma and I got to sit in the non motion seats. She wouldn’t wear the 3D glasses, but she thought it was hilarious that I was wearing them.

The lights at Dollywood are so beautiful and I wish I had taken more pictures, but we had a lot of stuff we were trying to fit in to our visit. I’m hoping that we can make it back over there one more time before they close.

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