Merry Christmas!

sweet potato, sweet potato...

This is definitely a hard stage. I look ginormous in my regular clothes but small in maternity wear. I broke out a maternity top and it's that awkward, "is she pregnant or did she just eat a lot for Thanksgiving?" stage.  :). Been feeling flutters for a couple weeks now, just waiting for them to get stronger where Kit and the boys can feel them too :).

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Henry talking baby names & Porter shows some moves

The video of Henry is probably 3 weeks old. I just forgot to put it up. Obviously, he was being over the top silly. Kit brought home a pizza after both of us having a crazy day so he was very excited and the silliness continued into the name suggestions ;)
Porter has got the beat, I tell ya! He's a hoot and if there is ANY music playing, you will be sure to find him dancing. He's put on better performances but this is one I caught :)

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Henry's 3rd Birthday Post {A little late}

So, I wasn't even planning on posting this yet...still playing catch up with the house and tomorrow we are having friends over to play but Kit is up working late so I thought I'd join him on the couch. Thankfully, I seem to have finally gained that 2nd trimester energy and am not falling asleep by 8 every night!

We enjoyed making Henry's birthday special. Although we are having a little party with family during Christmas, we wanted to make his actual birthday a lot of fun too!

I had seen an idea where you fill your child's room with balloons while they are sleeping so they wake up to balloons on their birthday. So sweet! Well, Thursday evening before his birthday, I put the boys to bed and spent some {a lot} of time blowing up balloons. Kit was at church doing sound for the Christmas play rehearsal so he got home in time to help me finish the last few up. I think there were 25. How fun, right? Well, right before Kit got home one balloon popped....it seriously was so much louder than what balloons normally sound like. And, it was just on the floor, nothing around it. Thinking that was odd, I mentioned it to Kit and we just shrugged it off. The 'old folks' that we are, totally fell asleep on the couch that night talking through our day...I know, so sad! ha! Then, at 11:30, we woke up to a loud...BOOM!!!! another balloon pops, for no reason. We laughed so hard and decided not to put them in Henry's room because two in one night was a little weird. THANK GOODNESS we didn't because two more went off in the middle of the night and one early morning. I have no idea what was up with these balloons. ha! We noticed too that it was only the blue and green ones. Odd?!

So needless to say, we just surprised Henry with throwing balloons in his room when we went to get him in the morning. SO glad we didn't put them in there...can you imagine the sheer terror he would have felt with a gun shot sound in his room? Oh goodness.

Getting ready to surprise him!

Unsure of what is going on

warming up to the idea :)

Then sweet P woke up. How about that bed head?

When we came downstairs, H said he didn't feel good and just laid around for a bit. Still not sure what was up but we let him open up presents. Here he is opening up P's present to him...a clock :) Henry is always obsessed with time. "What time is it?" Is it 1:30p (nap time) or 8:30 (bed time) or 8:00 (Get up time). So, we are hoping the clock will help him :).

And then he got to open THE BIG ONE. The one present he's been asking about and talking about for months.  All he says he wants is a combine. He's become obsessed with them since he got to see them up close and personal in front of my parents house when we visited in October. He was beyond excited when we opened it up! :)

 He perked up and we all got dressed and ready to head to Bass Pro Shop. A favorite among the boys :). The fish were a big hit (I need to get pics off my phone!!) and a good time was had by all!

After Bass Pro Shop, H said he wanted Pizza. We couldn't find much in the area except a small, small restaurant called The Red Brick Oven. The owner went above and beyond for us as we were his only customers nearly the whole time. It was a little awkward,  but the pizza really was delicious and he even made up some yummy breadsticks that were not on the menu since that's all Henry said he wanted. 

And, we did go to the carwash as our last "fun" thing of the day! ;). That's all Henry had said he wanted. A combine and go to the carwash...for months. So, we made it happen! And hey, got a clean vehicle out of it too! haha :). This was Porter's first time at the carwash and he wasn't so sure about it! 

Our evening was a little crazy busy with Kit needing to be at church for the program and we also had a Christmas party. Long story short, I kept the babysitter and decided I need to get Christmas shopping done. I was not wanting to attend a Christmas party by myself! ha!

We enjoyed FaceTime with my sister and her family and as you can tell from the previous post, Henry got a camera. Thanks, Warrix Family! :)

I need to do another post with cake pictures and bass pro shop but I'm about to crash. My bed is calling...night! :)

Henry The Photographer

I am working on Henry's birthday post but I wanted to get these up for the Warrix Family. Last night via FaceTime they got to watch him unwrap their present from them and it is Henry's own little camera. Oh my! He was SO excited.  In less than 24 hours, he has taken more than 150 pictures!! ha! Here are some favorites (or recognizable) pictures. They were more than enough of our floors, ceiling and couches! ha :)

Thank you Warrix Family, he LOVES it!!! :)

I think you guys created a monster and now I'm hearing everything I tell him. "No, momma, your real smile." "Say CHEESE!" "stop moving, momma!" "No, no...look straight at me" "Where are your eyes, momma?!"

LOL

But I will say, this afternoon he volunteered for me to take a picture of him and looked straight at the camera and smiled. Maybe he's getting it!!! :)

the size of a turnip.

The Cad Boys Christmas Cookies

I thought we'd make some Christmas cookies the other day and it seemed like a perfect idea until I realized we have no Christmas cookie cutters! ha! So, that didn't stop us. We got out our others which our construction theme. Move aside Christmas trees, stars, candy canes and bells. We think ours are awesome. Bulldozers, hard hats, drills, wrenches and saws. Oh yeah! :)

I'm so proud of myself for doing this. I had to keep taking deep breaths but I let Henry do most of them and wow. was there ever a mess!! But we had a great time!

He had the most fun using pushing flour around with the bulldozer cookie cutter!

 He took his job of "sprinkling" the cookies very seriously!

 Porter enjoyed eating them :)

 Giving me his "cheese" face :)

 H enjoying his labor :)

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Can't believe...

Henry is going to be 3 on Friday!!! 

I feel like we were JUST announcing him HERE

Atlanta Motor Speedway {Christmas Lights}.

We enjoyed the lights at the Atlanta Motor Speedway this past weekend! The boys loved it and it was a fun family experience! :)

There was an overload of lights and from all themes imaginable. These were some of the boys' favorites :)

don't ask, don't tell (volume 5)

Tree & Zinzerbread House.

Finally got my jute webbing for the garland on our tree! I think next year it'll be easier when I put garland on first and then the ornaments :)

 Here it is...our 2nd Annual Gingerbread...or as H say...Zinzerbread House!

 We talked before we started about not eating the icing. Yeah, I think that talk went over well ;)

 H was focused with his decorating :) 

 P got in on the action too and LOVED it! It's amazing, last year he was just 3 months old!

 Handsome fellas!

 beautiful, isn't it?? :)

 I think the sugar has hit at this point! Slap happy.

 putting on finishing touches.

ta-da! Our 2011 Gingerbread house!

16 weeks & Comparison

I had my 16 weeks doctors appointment and everything is looking great and baby is measuring right on track! We are so thankful!! Unfortunately, we forgot to take a picture early in the day so this is at like 10p last night. Right when I was ready to crawl into bed! ha!

Here is a comparison of all three pregnancies at 16 weeks! :)

Crave it.

People have been asking me lately if I've been having any cravings and the one constant is Orange Juice. Well, that and Laffy Taffy too :). 

But OJ always sounds good!

It's always interesting to me what sounds good from one pregnancy to the next. I remember with Henry I LOVED apple juice and this summer before getting pregnant I used to drink Apple Juice all day long like water but now can't even touch the stuff!

 And with Porter, it was bacon cheeseburgers and donuts. I'll never turn down a donut! haha

But right now just hand over the orange stuff and nobody gets hurt!  :)

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& Happy Belated 15 months!! Porter's recovery is going well and it's amazing how quiet he breathes now! :)