Christmas 2012

I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas. My entire family was here to celebrate with us. We opened presents, played games and ate... a lot! It meant the world to me that they were here since I couldn't leave town. The girls were on cloud 9 all day playing with family. It has truly been a great year and I cant wait to see what next year has in store for us. I hope everyone else had a great Christmas also.

TRAX and the lights

We decided to ride TRAX downtown to see the lights at Temple Square. We met all of my family there before they came to stay with us. The girls loved it. I think we will be making this a yearly tradition.

Christmas Tree

We are officially ready for Christmas! Everything is ready and we are just waiting for family to arrive.

Andie's gymnastics performance Dec. 2012

Andie's gymnastics performance was amazing. I love watching her continue to grow and learn. She has really started to mature and part of it makes me sad but part of it makes me so proud.

Snow

These two have been waiting and waiting for a snow day. Finally their day has arrived and they couldn't be more excited. Man I just want to squish those faces.

Early Christmas with the Stevensons

The girls have loved having Grandma Dori and Papa Bob here to celebrate an early Christmas. I am kind of loving this whole month of Celebrating. I am starting to feel pretty uncomfortable but love having other things to keep my mind occupied. Andie asked for the gymnastics Dora doll and Elsie wanted another baby. Man, that girl loves babies and cant get enough. I am thinking its perfect since we will have one very soon. Then the girls got surprised with an ipad! Seriously what kids get an ipad for Christmas? Well like I said my kids are spoiled and are in heaven. I am actually really excited about it since it will give them something to do when the baby comes. We are putting lots of educational games on it and it is getting lots of use already. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Stevenson for everything!

Christmas cookies with Gramma Dori

Since we cant leave town due to the baby coming soon Gramma Dori decided to come visit us. The girls are so spoiled and I love watching how excited they get when family comes to visit. Gramma Dori always does Christmas cookies with all the grandkids and since we arent going anywhere she decided to come to us this year. Its such a fun tradition.

Elsie Dance Recital 2012

Elsie had her Christmas Dance Recital and I loved watching her dance. She is such a funny girl and it shows on stage. She ate it up all that attention. Then afterwards we went to Chick-fil-a because it was her choice for dinner. When we got there we found Santa and the Cow. The girls loved it. It was the perfect ending to our night.

My husand the carpenter

Its finally about done! Adam has been working his butt off and put all the carpet in himself. It looks amazing and I am so excited for some extra room.

Family

I love spending time with these three. Since I am due in the next month with this little guy we have been spending a lot of time at home. I am just taking every moment with them I can until this baby comes. Things are going really well though.

12 days of Christmas

My mom is seriously amazing and loves holidays even more than I do. She always made every holiday amazing and memorable for us. Now its all about the grandkids which I love. My mom does the 12 days of Christmas for the girls to get them excited. They love it when they get to open up a new present. I guess its good practice for when the big day comes. Today they opened up some Christmas aprons and were ready to make some treats. This time of year is definitely better with kids.

Riverwoods

We took the girls to the Riverwoods to see Santa and the lights. They loved it. They have no problem telling Santa all the many things they want. Then after walking around for a while we ran into the Waffle Truck, it was amazing. It was such a nice night. I am loving this time of year more and more all the time.

Preschool

Andie is in a neighborhood preschool this and she loves it. This week it was at our house. Elsie always gets excited because that means she gets to participate. We were learning about the Indians today and I don't think they have taken off their headbands. I seriously cant get enough of these two.

Love the holidays!

The girls couldn't wait to decorate for the holidays. It took sometime to convince their dad but he finally gave in. They just wanted to get a jump start and I couldn't blame them. I love everything about this time of year. Also we started Elf on the Shelf with the girls this year. It really has made a difference and they love it. I love watching them jump up every day and look for him and what he has done. They named him Rowan or "Row" for short. That's what Andie wanted to name the baby but dad said no so this was the next best thing.

Basement

We have been working really hard, well mostly Adam and his dad has been amazing also. We are trying to get this basement done before the baby comes and ideally before Christmas since my whole family is coming. We are getting closer. We painted the walls and are finally ready for carpet and baseboards. I am feeling better and better about it all the time. We have learned a lot and

Almost 32 weeks

I am almost 32 weeks along. I cant believe this little boy could be here in the next two months. I am so ready but not at the same time. I am still sick every once in a while but for the most part I am finally feeling better. This has definitely been my hardest pregnancy. Being sick the whole time and being so sensitive to smells has made things hard. Especially cooking and cleaning. Adam has been awesome though and has helped out a lot and hasnt even complained when he comes home to another night of no dinner made.