Almost Time!

We are getting closer and closer to the arrival of our little guy! I can't believe the time has already come. I find myself thinking about what we need to have ready, what we will need to do, the lack of sleep coming our way and the milestones we get to see our child reach.

In order to help better prepare myself for his arrival, I brought out the Christmas stuff yesterday. (OK, Micah actually brought all the boxes upstairs and I took all the stuff out) I know it is early but I love Christmas decorations and I wanted to enjoy putting them up rather than being half asleep while doing it in a few weeks. I did in the morning while both boys were at school. Shawn came home before lunch and was so excited! He spent over 30 minutes touching and playing with anything he could with a big smile on his face the whole time. The memory of him loving it so much was priceless. He eventually did eat lunch but not much, he was to excited. He even wanted to unpack all the ornaments for the Christmas Tree and get them ready. I told him we had to wait till we got a tree AFTER Thanksgiving. We have, however, pulled out the Christmas music and listened to it all day. I love Christmas music.

Here is a picture of Shawn setting up the Fisher Price Nativity....he had many different arrangements through out the afternoon. If you don't have one of these sets, get one!

This morning (the morning after Christmas decorations went up) Shawn said today was Christmas and I can't convince him otherwise. He is my Christmas spirited child through and through!

We are back to posting!

It has been avery long time since I put up a new post! The baby is coming very shortly now, and we are going to restart using the blog to keep everyone updated on our family. Enjoy the Halloween Pictures!

Shawn and Daddy carving a pumpkin.

Collin scooping out his pumpkin.

Christmas Tour of Homes

Today I am on Tour with The Nesters. ( http://www.thenester.com/ ) It is a blog carnival where we are sharing holiday pictures of our home. Here are a few from our home.



Our tree! It is a real one we picked out of a field and cut down ourselves. We started this tradition last year and Micah and the boys love doing it! This year, Collin even helped saw. Notice the advent calendar to the left of the tree...the boys love putting up the day and pushing the star to hear a song. This was given to us as a gift on Collin's first Christmas.





Our tree skirt. Probably my favorite Christmas decoration I own. It was given to use from a good family friend who use to make and sell them for years.





Our nativity scene. This was hand carved by Micah's grandfather. It is durable so the kids are able to touch it and rearrange. I am sure this is Micah's favorite Christmas decoration.

Enjoy the carnival and check out other creative ideas people have at their homes! Happy Holidays.

Happy Birthday Collin

I can't believe Collin is already 5! It seems like yesturday he was a baby and we were living in our apartment in Illinois. How things have changed.


Collin had a party last week at the fire station. He loved it! We had all the boys from his class and our cousin Joven came down from Minnesota for the party. It will be a party he won't forget.




They set up the party table right in the mioddle of the station...firetrucks all around

Collin with coat on. (my camera was not taking good pictures this day)

Happy Halloween

The boys had a blast wearing their costumes. We went trick or treating with some new friends from church. Collin was the head of the pack at first. Shawn went to every door holding either my hand or Micah's. Maybe next year he will be running to each house like Collin

Of course Collin is a firefighter

If you can't tell, Shawn is a Tree Frog. He should have orange gloves but no luck finding them.

They both got a ton of candy. When they were given the chance to choose, Shawn always took peanut butter cups (they have an orange wrapper). I would have to say Collin was most excited to get Nerds because he knows I love them.

Wordless Wednesday

Who doesn't love a trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

The day finally came. The boys' field trip to the pumpkin patch! It may have been cold, but they still had a great time.

Shawn with the smallest pumpkin he could find

Collin with the biggest pumpkin he could find

It is amazing how different every child can be!