Happy Halloween!

Life is busy. I've thought about giving up my blog at times because I'm SO.FAR.BEHIND. I've also wondered what exactly the point is. But living 2,400 miles away from my two favorites is a little inspiration. I KNOW my Mom and Sis miss these three like CRAZY and would love to see me blog daily. So this is for you, guys. My blog will live on. . . and I will try to give it a little bit more of my attention!  

 

We are busy...

Dec. 14th Tony graduates!!!! Five weeks and counting!!!

Dec. 15th my Kingsley boy turns THREE!

***Christmas***

Another visit from Mommy Dearest

And then January!

 

The boys had a great Halloween. I made their Alvin, Simon and Theodore costumes this year along with little bags for candy. I'm finally getting a bit better with sewing and really enjoying it! They were adorable together but at school Ezra was called a wolf and Arthur and also told he was wearing a girls headband. The poor kid came home a little bummed and I felt bad for not sending him in some cool super hero costume. After Tony and I decided we probably SHOULDN'T hunt down those kids and punch them for what they did to our baby, we got over it and went to a church Halloween party. The kids had tons of fun playing games, going on rides, seeing the animals (including my favorite.. the camel!), going on a pony ride, eating cotton candy and more. I love these three and I thought they were the absolute cutest!

We're trying our best to embrace every single season. We enjoyed carving pumpkins, baking pumpkin seeds, celebrating Halloween and we've had our "Thankful Tree" up and the entry way for a couple weeks now. It's so cute to see what the kids add to it. I'll have to post on that soon! Happy Fall to you!!

"hi" from me and my little red head!!

We've been so busy enjoying the sun! Trying to spend every last second outside before FALL arrives. Just thought you should see his sweet face!! So here's a quick "hi" and "bye"!

My up and coming artist!

Ezra has a new found love for art. He has decided he is going to sell his masterpieces. He has priced them himself and is giving half of his profits to a charity yet to be decided (details coming soon). I'm posting this because he will not.let.it.GO! So here it is my friends and fam... Come and get yourself an original piece by yours truly, Ezra Mann. Contact me quickly as they are flying off the shelves as we speak.;)

Various pirate ships, priced as marked $1-$9 or best offer.

Times around here can be CRAZY....... but I'm trying to soak up moments like these. 

In case you couldn't tell.. Ezra is a tiger. ;) Love my boys!

Before and after!

1.2.3

Hooray for three weeks!

Eli is three weeks today! Where does the time go? He is precious. So soft and cuddly! I'd love to fill you all in on life with three kids but I've got to run and feed the little fella. Promise to be back soon!!

Welcome baby Eli!!!

Welcome to the world!!
Elijah Asher Mann
Born: march 24th @ 4:09pm
Height: 20.5 in
Weight: 7.7 lbs

Definition of ELIJAH: The Lord is My God. Elijah was a great prophet of Isreal and many miracles were performed for and by him.

Definition of ASHER: Happy, Blessed,& Fortunate. In the Old Testament, Asher was the 8th son of Jacob and the second son of Zilpa. He was also the founder of the tribe of Asher.

Eli is doing wonderfully and were loving life with him!! He is tiny, adorable and just perfect!!

40 weeks and ready to pop!

Today is Eli's due date!! At my Dr. Appointment a week ago I was 1.5cm dilated and 50% effaced. I go in again tomorrow so I'm excited to see if anything has changed. I'm getting very excited to meet my little boy! Well that's all for now folks. Maybe the next time I post I'll be a mom of THREE!

Oh Baby! 

On Saturday my mom hosted a baby shower 

brunch for me! I totally enjoyed it.. yummy food, good friends/family, and pretty flowers and decoration! (Ha, I put the food as the first thing on the list...can you tell I'm pregnant!?) I did half expect my sister to jump out of a closet for a big surprise.. but I wasn't TOO let down. 

 The baby bumps! Baby Eli on left and 

baby girl Ennis on right. (Bound to marry years down the road.)

 I LOVED these little take home gifts. They were filled with a peep, little eggs and a big milk bordeaux egg from See's candy. Get it--- HATCH. ;)

 Each guest took a guess on when Eli will make his grand appearance. He is due on the 23rd. My Mom who guessed the 4th is obviously not the winner. Sorry Mom.

Everything was so pretty and tasty and fun! I'm so thankful for my sweet friends who came and generously showered us with love!! 

We're almost ALL ready for him to come! Everything is purchased (minus a couple minor last minute things) and the room is coming together. We just need to hang a few things up on the walls and we're good to go! 

COME ON OUT BABY ELI!

Seattle

Tony and I managed to sneak away last Wednesday to celebrate my birthday/have a baby moon. It was wonderful!! 

Since having Ezra, we've never been away over night together. I can't even believe it. I told him we needed to make that kind of thing happen more often, because it was SO nice. We we're just a few blocks up from Pike's Place Market and did a lot of walking. We had a nice dinner, did a little window shopping, and made a pit stop into See's Candy before heading back to the hotel room for the night. From our room we had a beautiful view of the space needle. 

We slept in, ate breakfast in bed, had Starbucks and SUNSHINE two days in a row. All of the walking brought on a day of braxton hicks, but it was worth every second of discomfort. 

It was spectacular! 

SNOW!

We've had lots of snow the past few days. Tonight they are calling for about 4-6" in our area.

I've got to tell you.. my in-laws have a little fountain in their yard which holds about 2 1/2 feet of water in the pond area. Yesterday I was outside with the boys, alone.. Ezra was just behind me as I was walking over to check out what Kingsley was up to. Out of nowhere he lets out two horrible "HELPS!!!!"....  HE FELL IN THE POND. I ran over and grabed his hand to pull him out. He was SO scared and FREEZING. We ran him inside and threw him into a warm bath. I felt TERRIBLE.

Thankfully today was a much better experience. The snow was perfect for making snowballs. I'm not one for playing in the snow but I had a great time having a snowball fight with my guys.

 Ez and Daddy hard at work.

Kingsley was NOT impressed with the wind.

 Ezra with Snowman STRANGE Face!

My feelings won't be hurt if you think this is the ugliest looking snowman you've ever seen.

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If you see this thing from the side it's nose and chin are sticking out with a sunken in mouth. I'm kind of concerned about Tony's mental stability. Haha. Well.... what do I expect a Computer Animator to create? Here are his sculpting skills hard at work. 

Have fun and stay warm!! XO

::LIFE::

- I am 30 weeks pregnant with baby Eli (It's gone SO fast!)

-We've had the boys' 2 cousins (4 and 6yrs) living with us the past 2 weeks. The house has been filled with laughter, chaos, argues, and lots of playing, and work for the adults. (I think I'll stop at 3 kids!!)

-Tomorrow we're visiting the Children's Museum in Olympia for Ezra's class field trip, should be fun!!

-I'm getting itchy to purchase and finish all things baby...we need to finish the nursery 'nook', and buy a few more things.

-After a month of rough nights getting the kids to sleep (and trying everything) we've resorted to having Ezra fall asleep in a different room, in hopes that they'll stop getting out of bed. If you've got any advice on keeping a 2 year old in bed please feel free to give it to me! Kingsley has had a MUCH harder adjustment to his big boy bed than Ezra did.

-I'm feeling pretty good.. getting big though, it's getting harder to reach the ground, I'm more tired this time around, and I've been having some leg pain.. I'm trying not to complain, but to enjoy this (likely) last pregnancy.

-I know it's only January, but I'm looking forward to some warmth, and a chance to wear some shorts and sandals. Luckily thanks to where we live, I think I should have plenty of time to shed my baby weight before that happens. :)

-We're going to have dinner with great friends on Saturday and I'm excited!!

That's all for now.. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!