It's Baby Time :)

I am having a baby tomorrow.  Crazy.  And I just want to document the fact that my "first born" and I are laying in the bed watching Curious George eating cheese and crackers.  There is so much to do, but I am taking a break to enjoy this last little bit of time with him when it is just us.  I can't wait to meet this new little boy and just can't believe that we will be a family of four this time tomorrow!!

"ice" day

 Of course, as always, what was supposed to be a "Winter Weather Event" of snow and ice turned in to an icy mess.  When we woke up this morning I had two very upset boys in my house.  So we decided to get out of the house and head to the farm to see if they got any more snow than we did since it's a little farther north.  No such luck.  But it was a fun day and we got some fun pictures with the dogs.

BFF

I love this picture...he was cracking up because he was throwing "ice balls" at the dogs.

Even though it didn't turn out as we hoped, I enjoyed being at home with my two boys all day.  It won't be just us for long!!  Can't wait until Friday!  I will post pics of the nursery soon.  We're ready!

Shower/Party for Talon

So, I had the cutest most fun shower.  Ever.  It was at a cute little baby boutique in town.  We all picked out appliques, cut them out, ironed them on to the onesie, bib, etc of our choice, and left them there for the seamstress to sew them all up.  It was SO much fun!  Perfect for a second (same gender) baby because you already have most of the things you need, but you still want some cute, personalized new stuff for the new baby!

Totally loved the cupcake cake!  Cupcakes are my favorite and I especially love what it says!  Can't wait to say goodbye to this tummy!

Have you ever seen a cuter diaper cake?!?  I feel so inadequate for all the diaper cakes I have ever made!

Once Mom got started she was pretty serious about the whole thing.

Lauren and Crystal getting busy on their projects.

Great friends...don't know what I would do without them.

So sweet for Johnna and Miss Gia to come all the way here for my shower!

And my sweet Sis wins the award for most miles traveled!  Not to mention she didn't feel good. :(

Each time something major happens in my life I am amazed at how blessed I am with people that go so far out of their way to make sure that my family and I feel special and have everything we need.  I feel so unworthy of all my blessings and I know that I can never thank you all enough for what you've done for me and what you mean to me.  Thank you for every thing you've let me borrow, every gift, every call/text/email to check on me, thank you for loving me when I am so unworthy of your love and friendships!

First Christmas Program

Tucker had his first little Christmas program last Thursday.  We were super nervous about how he would act onstage- would he cry for us? would he just stand there with his arms crossed and a mad face?- we didn't know.  But I have to say, we really didn't think he would get up there and knock it out of the park...which is EXACTLY what he did!!  This was my first time to be a proud Momma, and I so was!  I totally teared up when he came out, he was scanning the audience for us because he was so proud and wanted to see how proud we were.  Once he found us he would wave every couple of minutes.  He sang every song and stood right in his place the whole time.  His favorite songs they sang were "We Three Kings" and "O Come Let Us Adore Him."  LeLe, Paw, and Granny were so sweet to come watch him.  And so were Uncle Brett, Trayton, and Brexton.  They are such sweet cousins and told Tucker how proud they were.  My pictures kind of stink, but better than nothing!

This is when they first came out. They are standing around Baby Jesus with their little candles.

The proud little boy with his hands in his pockets.

Singin' his little heart out!

A Visit with Santa

Last year's visit with Santa was pretty much a disaster...Momma had to sit with Tucker to take the picture. So there was some bribery today before we went to see Santa and I was really hoping it would turn out better than last year!

Waving "Hi" to Santa...

Excited!  So far so good...

I wish I had a picture of me dragging him up to Santa.  Once LeLe sat down and introduced the two of them, however, Tucker loosened up and eventually took a cute picture on Santa's lap!  He told Santa that he wants a Marshmallow bow and arrow (I think he means a gun that shoots marshmallows) and a Batman.  He also told Santa that the scratch on his face was from a "fight with a wolf."  (He actually got it while playing with a puppy, but he and his Daddy thought wolf or bobcat was much cooler). I will scan in the Santa picture and add it to this post when I have a chance.  Only 9 days until Christmas!!

First Deer Hunting Trip

He refused to let me take a picture.  He's holding his little hunting bag with his gloves and tabogon in it.  He was so proud!

Tucker and Daddy went on their first deer hunting trip a couple days after Thanksgiving.  It was kind of a warm day, so Cameron thought it would be the perfect opportunity to take him.  Cameron said he did really well, he was quiet the whole time (playing on Daddy's iPhone helped as well as Skittles).  But unfortunately they didn't see any deer! 

O Christmas Tree

We went to get our Christmas Tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving, which is much earlier than usual for us.  I like to wait until after Tucker's birthday usually, but this year I am trying to get everything done a little earlier than usual since I will be 9 months pregnant when Christmas gets here!  Anyway, I thought Tucker would be really excited to help us pick out a tree, but he was much more excited to ride the cart around the store.  Why are kids never excited when you want them to be?!  So Cameron and I picked out the tree and it turned out to be a beautiful one.

He did enjoy looking at all of the ornaments and helping hang them.  Even though he found one branch and hung all of his favorites on that branch.  This is definitely my favorite Christmas with him so far.  He gets SO excited about Christmas lights and decorations.  And wants to talk about what we will do for Christmas all the time.  Having a child brings a whole new fun-ness to Christmas!

I will post pictures of the finished tree later.  Christmas trees are so difficult to photograph.  They never look as beautiful in pictures as you think they are!  Our decorations around here are minimal this year because Momma doesn't want to have to put it all up before the baby comes!  But I think we have enough for Tucker to still think it's wonderful.