Mae's Slideshow

Scary Santa

We had a fun ward party last weekend and Jonah got a little too close to Santa.  What a sad little boy- apparently he doesn't like Santa on such a personal level.

Ready to be a Big Brother

Jonah has finally 100% transitioned into his toddler bed.  Perfect timing, because little Mae is really going to need his old crib.  He is so good at going to bed- he loves getting lots of kisses from me and John, then he just waves us good night and usually sleeps for 12 straight hours!  I've been so lucky to catch up on sleep before our new baby comes.

 We've been going to a little gymnastics place lately, which Jonah loves!  It's only free till he turns 18mo. in a couple of weeks, so we've really been taking advantage of this place.
He already loves chasing little girls and showing off his mad skills!

 We have a fun time there as well.  There's a big foam pit that you can run and jump into- a little challenge to get out of with a belly.

 They always do a little parachute activity at the end that Jonah is usually scared of, but lately he wants to do whatever all the kids are doing.

 John's been studying a lot for his Shelf exams for the 4 rotations he's had this past semester.  Only 1 test to go on Friday.  I don't know if I want to wait that long to have our baby- we may interrupt his focus:)

 Here's our Christmas tree.  We got a white pine tree this year, which is way different than any tree I've ever gotten, but the needles are nice and soft and it's a pretty color.  The ornaments definitely don't stay in one place for long thanks to Jonah.

Belly Shots

John and I decided to run a 5K on Thanksgiving- I really just wanted some more room in my stomach for the yummy food we would eat.  I ran the full 3 miles and felt great- until afterwards. . . then I was in a lot of pain for the rest of the day.  I think my body is getting ready for the labor or something.  I'm all better now and glad I accomplished the feat, and in record time from the last time I was 8+ mo pregnant!

Mae is getting huge and can't wait to come out and join us!  We can't wait either!

 I stole this idea from Pinterest and made this fun pregnant Halloween skeleton shirt.  Jonah loved trick-or-treating and wouldn't let go of his lollypops- John and I were a little sad when people kept giving Jonah goldfish and lollypops,when they had king size candy bars in the same bucket!  What a shame.  I guess you can't live through your kids.

Mae's Blessing Dress

So I attempted to make Mae a blessing dress- It's the first dress I've ever made, so although it's not perfect it was a feat for me to accomplish.  The crazy thing is that it was a hundred times faster than the afghan I've been crocheting her- I'm still working on it and can I say I'm sick of it?  I'm excited and ready for her to come!

 Here's what the back looks like

 and the bottom.

HOPE IT FITS!  I'm not remaking it!!

Our Trip to the Zoo!

 We finally made it to the National Zoo in Washington DC this Saturday.  We figured we should take advantage of the good weather before our baby Mae comes in a couple of weeks.

 Not sure you can tell us apart.  Jonah and I are on the right- that's a gorilla and baby on the left.  Her belly and fur are pretty indistinguishable from mine so I thought I'd help you out.

 Jonah was so excited to see all the animals that "ROAAAR!"  He thinks all animals say roaaar!  

 Yep, I'm ready to pop.  3 1/2 weeks left- not like I'm counting down or anything, but I would like to sleep on my back again.

 This tiger was awesome!  It's roaaar rivaled the lion's- wish we could have see a fight between the two.

 Reverent Jonah doesn't know the dangers lurking out there:)

 Ok, our favorite stop was at the new Cafe Rio in the DC area.  It's been 3 months since I've tasted that sweet pork barbacoa.  A little out of the way, but definitely worth it!

 John's dream is to own a Cafe Rio someday.

 As you can tell from our faces, we were in Cafe Rio heaven!

Jonah is fitting in well with the family. . . he knows what's good.  He even craves that crushed ice!

Running, Bonfires & Cold Weather

 John ran a 1/2 marathon last month that actually ran through the Antietam Battlefields.  His knee was really giving him troubles prior to the race but he stuck it out and did a great job.  Jonah and I froze waiting for him- I really feel for all my family that's supported me at races in not so fun weather.  It's a lot more fun to be the one running.  I was jealous that John could run, but I figured 13 miles was stretching it for being 8 mo pregnant at the time.  Go John!!!

 Jonah has recently learned how to throw tantrums-great, just in time for the new baby.  I thought that happened when kids were 2? 

 We love playing outside and are enjoying the nice fall weather!

 Rachel sent these cute snowman pajamas!  Jonah loves snowmen and everything with snow since we had our first snow storm a couple of weeks ago.  He says snow, "no" so it gets a little confusing what he's talking about since he likes the word NO a lot, too.

 We've made a couple of bonfires lately and some delicious tin foil dinners.  We're a little to lazy to actually camp for the night since we like the comfort of a bed. . . oh wait, I'm 36 weeks pregnant and nothing seems to be comfortable right now.

 Jonah hugging his good friend Jules.  He gets giddy whenever he sees her!

Pumpkin Patch!

 Jonah looks so old to me in this picture- it must be the jeans.  It's the first time he's ever worn jeans before, and in combination with his little running shoes, he looks a lot less baby-ish to me.  We are obsessed with our little boy.

 He is starting to grab our hands when he's too scared to go places alone, in this case it was to see some ducks.  We like it because we're used to him being super independent.

 Well, you can see he warmed up to the ducks quite well.

 Jonah loves the weekends when he gets to see John more.  So do I!

 We went to a fun farm market in Martinsburg and got a free pumpkin at a pumpkin patch.  What a great day!

 Jonah loved the pigs at the farm market, even though these pigs were boring and just slept the whole time.  We are dying to take him to a zoo soon!

 They had the greatest collection of bright colored pumpkins/gourds/squash.

 Jonah loves playing peek-a-boo!

 Love the grimace on his face trying to lift his heavy baby pumpkin.  

They had a pick-your-own flower deal at the farm market and I picked out these beauties.  

 Jonah loves reading books lately!  

He always carries the keys when we go get the mail. . . oh, it's the highlight of our day walking 100ft to the mailbox and peeking to see what junk mail we can throw away.

Jonah loves playing with my old stuffed animals I had growing up, especially this old teddy bear.  I'm surprised it's lasted so well.