~~~~35 WEEKS!!~~~~

I am 35 weeks!! YAY! (actually in about 20 minutes)....It's almost midnight and I decided to post these now instead of bothering with it tomorrow. So that's why I haven't shown my face, lol. I am tired so this is the best I got :) I can't believe I am in the home stretch! It cannot come quick enough these days.....I am just sooooo big an uncomfortable and sooooo OVER being prego! My body is SCREAMING for help, lol! I cannot believe I am making myself go through this one more time :) Don't let me fool ya, I will be sad when this stage of my life is over! I watched Tyler's birth last night which was not a good idea because all the painful memories started coming back! lol. I am sooooo scared to deliver this time, I just hope it goes QUICK! I am now nesting......and I have NOTHING done for this baby! Usually I am on top of that stuff....so these next couple weeks I am going to be frantically preparing for him. Please do me a favor and say a prayer for me! A prayer that this baby doesn't grow much more, lol. Who knows, maybe he won't be as big as I am expecting ;) I think the black shirt actually looks small......bc I look much bigger in person!

CHRISTMAS 2008

Chistmas was soooooo fun this year! The kids were so excited and knew all about "Santa", Rileigh more then Tyler I think. I actually woke everyone up at 8:00, Austin wasn't thrilled. But hey, 8 is sleeping in on Christmas to me......I get just as excited as the kids ;) The kids came down the stairs and started freaking out immediatley that santa came! Then they ran over to the cookies and milk to see if santa had ate them! We definatley NEED a bigger house! We have soooo outgrown it, lol. The kids are so fun right now, this is the best stage of their lives.....I already can't wait until next year! It will be better for me because I won't be so big! :) It was hard for me to wrap and get around, but I made it! Now I just gotta get all the Christmas stuff taken down.

CHRISTMAS PJ'S

It has always been a tradition in Austin's family that on Christmas Eve they get to open 1 present. Well it just so happens that every year it's a pair of pj's. So now that he is older and we have our own family, we have carried on that special tradition. Although I actually never thought to get a picture of the pj's Austin and I got eachother.....I definatley would NOT have posted the ones her got me, he was a hoping and a wishing ;) lol. But he did get me a "mommy" pair that I could wear now :)

SUGAR COOKIES AND GINGERBREAD HOUSES

I made sugar cookie cut outs with the kids this year.....gotta love the flour mess that always covers the kitchen! I don't think I was cut out for it this year.....I was just too big to do anything! But the kids had fun playing with the dough and Rileigh actually made some cut outs! I am not really crazy about those cookies, they don't really tempt me....but they are festive and fun to make!

A day later a couple of my good friends and I (Kristin and Jenn) got together so our kids could exchange their little gifts and we made Gingerbread houses! I think us adults got into it more than the kids at first, lol.....but when we got sick of it we decided to let the kids go at it not caring what it looked liked :)

Where's Rileigh and Tyler?

I was sitting in my living room and was hearing all sorts of giggles and laughter. I looked around but saw no kids........well i heard it coming from the playroom and lifted the toy box lid and this is what I found! SILLY KIDS!

"OUR CHRISTMAS TREE"

Ok, so I am a little late on my posts! lol......better late than never right?! :) So, this is when we took our hike for our family Christmas tree. The place we usually go to seem s to have more slim pickens every year. We found our tree the farthest away of course. I think next year we are going to try some place different.....a place that has hayhides! lol.

"Where's Daddy?"