Christmas Cheer and Baby's Almost Here!

I still have some fun pictures to share from our Florida trip,

but I thought I would share these

tremendously cute Christmas pictures

we took earlier this month first.

(and a baby update below!)

 

We made plans to take some cute Christmas pictures

at the State House Christmas tree.

 

(but we snapped a few before church 'just in case'......)

 

Christopher was all smiles :)

Christopher smiling...........................Michael smiling

But not smiling in the same picture!

Daddy and the boys!

 

Playing at the State House Christmas Tree

or better yet, playing IN the State House Christmas tree

Mostly just being silly  :)

Such a handsome little dude!

2 of my personal favorites!

 

 

These pictures took a LOT of effort....

the boys were hungry and slap-happy!

 

I'm pretty sure "Friday" was dancing on my head here.

Just a few of the boys' hilarious pictures.......

 

 

Fun, fun, fun!

 

 

 

 My handsome hubby!              34 weeks pregnant

Friday helped get smiles...

we never go anywhere without him!

 

One quick family shot by a passer-by

 

Playing in the leaves!

 

 

And now for a baby update.......

 

I get a lot of:

Wow, you've dropped!

You're very low, must be a boy!

You're not going to make it to your due date!

You still have 4 weeks?

 

But the doctor assured me today that

he will be very surprised if baby comes

while we are out of town over the next 2 weeks.

 

Her head is down, but otherwise no more than 1 cm dilated.

 

* whew *

 

I have Christmas, a wedding to play, and a baby shower

before she can make her grand appearance!

 

Until then, we have a lot of preparations to complete!

A busy couple of weeks to ensure we have everything we need

and that it is all setup before her arrival.

 

Tons to think about!

Not to mention I am packing to leave for Christmas this Thursday

and will be out of town for a week+.

 

36 weeks pregnant now!

 

But for now, Casey has a full week+ off at Christmas...

and I am looking forward to every minute with him and our families!

 

We have some fun things planned :)

 

<>< Stacy

 

 

Fun in Florida

Over Thanksgiving, we travelled to Florida to visit family!

We figured we should get a trip in before baby comes.

We certainly had a BLAST!

 

Before we left, we made a Thanksgiving book using leaf crumbles.

Casey drew a pumpkin in glue and the kids did the 'leafing'.

 

We made an insert for the cover that said,

"I'm thankful God gave me______________"

and everybody filled out a page on Thanksgiving.

I think this is a new tradition!

It was fun to see what everyone wrote,

and it was fun to read last year's answers, too.

 

 

Last year we used noodles...this year, leaves.

Let's just dump the whole bag on!

 

 

The boys were REALLY good on the drive down!

I probably complained more than they did.

Travelling very pregnant is uncomfy!

But in the Bible, Mary did it on a donkey.............

 

 

Taco Bell for lunch/pit stop!

 

We always stop at the Florida state line

and get some OJ samples.

The boys even tried grapefruit juice this time!

 



OJ time!

 

A nice break from driving :)

Happy travellers!

Welcome to Florida!

 

 

Everyone knows our kids are goooooood eaters.

Thanksgiving was no different!

Grandma made a yummy Thanksgiving spread!

And being pregnant on Thanksgiving

makes the food taste even better :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

 



Concentrating on the food...

Goofy boy!

 

Casey's Grandparents live in a beautiful neighborhood.

This is a dock you can fish from!

 



Thanksgiving 2012

LOVE these two :)

 

The boys had tons of fun at the neighborhood park, too.

We sure didn't have to go far to find something fun for the boys!

Aunt Michelle pushing!

 

Grown ups like to swing too.....

They were swinging in opposite directions

so they wouldn't topple the whole thing!

 



Casey and Uncle Bobby

 

 

We got to see a lot of other family, too!

Check out these superheroes...

 

Michael, Ronnie, Christopher

(aka:  SuperWhy, SuperRonnie, and Batman)

 

We made a pyramid too!

You should've heard the knee cracking

coming from the bottom row!!

A family pyramid

 

This is just a fraction of the fun we had in Florida!

I'll share manatee and fishing pictures next time!

 

<>< Stacy

Leaf piles...they never lose their popularity!

Leaf Piles...

 

 I think jumping in leaf piles is one of those things

that kids will be doing for generations and generations :)

 

Earlier this year, Grandpa blew all of his leaves into a nice pile for jumping!

 

Blowing the leaves!

Christopher had a blast!

Throwing leaves (destroying the pile)

Pure happiness!

Reminds me of my childhood!

 

Spiderman jumped too!  and almost got lost!

Pure Happiness!

Grown ups just sit and watch, right?

Now, taking care of leaves at OUR house

is an entirely bigger project!

 

It will be nice when the boys are old enough to really help.

 

This year they were willing, but just too little!

I helped a little, but how much can a super pregnant person really do?

 

Props to Casey for all of his hard work and blisters (twice now) !

Michael trying to help

Raking piles onto a tarp...using the boys to hold the edges down!

 

"Who knew raking could be so much fun!"

The boys actually helped move the tarp!

 

And finally....hours later.....

Jumping in the pile!

 

I guess non pregnant adults don't have to just sit and watch...

Daddy joined in!

This was the first weekend - second time the pile was bigger!

 

 

And now with a running start.....

Running and Jumping!

 

Michael conquers Daddy!

 

And me?

I swept the driveway.

It lasted one day.

 

But that's a big project for a very pregnant person!

And one I regretted due to hurting arms and multiple violin gigs!

 

A clean driveway!

 

So even though raking is a VERY stinky job,

it's so worth it for the kids!

(and the kids at heart)

 

Casey did all the work - so he may disagree.

 

<>< Stacy