Catching Up

 

Well, I am 18 weeks along now, and I finally managed to scan and post my 16 week ultrasound. These are actually upside down, but you can still make them out a little. The top pic looks like a little alien...yes, that is the baby, aka "gummy bear"! And the bottom is a profile , you can see the head and the little spine if you look closely. We seem to be right on track and both doing well, hopefully we will find out if it's a boy or girl in January!!

On a different note, we are having so much fun preparing for Christmas! Cooper is getting excited and starting to figure out that Christmas is a big deal and he is having so much fun "helping" me cook, wrap, deliver gifts, and reading Christmas books every night. We've broke in our copy of "Night Before Christmas" and he also loves "The Crippled Lamb" which is really sweet if you're looking for a good kids' Christmas book. And, of course, we have watched every Christmas movie we own (and we have many) at least twice if not five dozen times! We are looking forward to celebrating Christ's birthday with family and friends! So, this Saturday, let the party begin!

Fluffing the Nest

I've been busy settling into the new place. We don't have much left to do, just personalizing a bit. Nancy and Marie helped me get some pictures up. I can hang them, it's just a matter of how to arrange them that I have issues with and I wanted to do a wall with family pictures. So, after much deliberation, they decided to take my pictures and re-frame or re-size some to make them arrangable on the wall. I love it!

This is in my hallway

This is in my living room (there are two frames that don't have pictures in them yet,just the one that comes in the frame, they have photos in them now though)


We have metal shop doors in our house, since it's a shop house and we didn't really have much choice. I found magnet curtain rods at good ole' Wally World and some curtains that help to shade the west window and the back door, as well.

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

I hope all you moms out there are having a wonderful day! You are wonderful blessings to not only your own, children, but also to me! Love you all!

Cooper made me this pretty little corsage at school out of tissue and egg carton (actually, I think Miss Karen made them, but it's from Cooper and isn't it cute?)



The last two days, we've got to see all the grandmas to celebrate Mother's Day with them, too!

My friend Traci, took these pictures of Cooper a couple weeks ago at their farm. I didn't post them until now, because I used them to make Mother's Day collages for all the grandmas and wanted them to be suprised. They were a big hit! Aren't they great pictures?!? Of course, this is my favorite subject matter, my little boy.

My Little Elf

He looks suprised to see Santa!


Cooper & Chloe- it was hard getting them both cooperating at the same time!



Cooper's 1st "school picture" from Kid's Day Out in November



Cooper's Birthday pictures taken in September


We went to see Santa at Bass Pro on Thanksgiving day. I wasn't able to get the pic up because of my scanner, but thanks to Morgan (thank you!), I can share this and a few more recent pictures. Enjoy!