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!



2 Years!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my sweet Kingsley! He is my adventurer ... fearless. He has had more mouth and head injuries than I can even explain. He is fearless and a bit clumsy.. dangerous combination! Here is what my boy is

up to these days. . .

In this picture I'm sure he just got done saying "NO, NO I FIX IT!!!"

Apparently someone informed him that today was his birthday and he better start acting 2, because he very intensely has started using the word NO.. even with attitude. "NOA!!" I see a LOT of time-outs in his future. But I'm a lucky Mama and after a rough 24 hours with the kiddos he slept in my arms AND let me slow dance with him for about 10 minutes. I love the sweet moments.

-Counts to 11
-Is starting to really talk in sentences
-Has been sleeping in a big boy bed for the past week due to him climbing out of his crib regularly. (Now the boys get themselves into all kinds of trouble when they're supposed to be in bed. He is getting better about staying in it though.)
-He can roughly sing the alphabet.
-He is SO independent. I hear "No, I do it." all day long.
-He can be a stinker to his brother and loves to take his toys.
-He is super silly
-Daring.. he runs with blankets covering his eyes... loves to climb, jump ect. just crazy.

SILLY FACE!

We had a party for him last week and tonight he got to celebrate his actual birthday with decked out ice cream cones!



Yum. But I think I'd much rather eat an entire plain waffle cone before enjoying this little piece of heaven. 

Mmm. Yes. That's more like IT!!!



He loved opening presents at his party!!  

Choo-Choo Cake I made him.

(Choo-Choo, Kingsley's 2!)

Gotta love the cheesy party rhyms!

 Kingsley quotes:
"I TOOTING!!!"
"Awight Tiger" (Alright Tiger) We don't really know where he got this, but it's SO cute!!
"Look, Mom" Then makes a face or does something he wants me to see. 
"Baby in my tummy."
"NO, NO Ezzie Davide!!!"
"Awww, MAN!"
"Out da bed."
"No, No.. I do it."
"My turn."

We love this silly little 2 year old and are so so blessed to have him in our lives.

September 23, 2011

Jenna & Jason

The location was just amazing and was the perfect funky venue for the two of them. It was beautiful... the ceremony had tears and laughter from both of them which I thought was adorable. Jenna's skirt was from my Mom's wedding dress! She designed her entire dress and my Mom made it!! Talented girls.. they pulled it off beautifully, with only one major dress crises a couple days before they tied the knot. Stressful is an understatement. But everything ended perfectly and Jenna looked more beautiful than any model I've EVER seen!!! There was so much love in the air the entire night. I'm so happy for both of them. Congratulations to my baby sis and my new bro!!! 

We love you guys!

HELLO!!! Anyone there????

Wow. I'm sure I've set a record for longest blogging absence!?! If not, I definitely deserve some sort of award reading "worlds worst blogger" or maybe "most neglectful blogger". Anyway...I'd like to inform you that we are alive, well, and write with many many updates for you. To save time I'll use a bullet theme.

- We have been living in Washington for about 3 months now! Yes... We survived the 55 hour car ride...making stops in Denver to see some besties, Vegas to have some fun, meet up with Tony's family to caravan the rest of the way, and a  concussion scare from Ezra, and our last great stop.. sunny California to see my Dad..enjoy the beaches and Disneyland!!
- I am 19 weeks PREGNANT with a little baby BOY!! That means I made the long haul drive while in my 1st trimester. Luckily I didn't know yet and did great. Even through a 12+ hour Disneyland day! Whew.

(Can we all just give a little giggle to Ezra's face here. Apparently my mom thinks he is the spitting image of all the goofy faces I made as a kid).

- We went back to Nashville in September for my sister's wedding!!! Now that will be a post all in itself!! It was the BEST wedding and she was a drop dead GORGEOUS bride!!!!!
-Ezra started pre-k and is really enjoying it!
- We're Enjoying fall and are excited for all things HOLIDAY! (I've been caught listening to Christmas tunes, putting Christmas movies on for the kids and squealing over the snowflakes on the bottle of Coffee Mate Creamer).
- The kids were adorable and had a very busy Halloween weekend! Candy, parties, friends and fam!

(This superhero means BUSINESS!!)

So that's what we've been up to.. plus a lot lot more, obviously.. since I haven't blogged in oh say... 90 something days. Expect to hear more from me soon!