Christmas Morn

Christmas Morning was fun this year . Drew, I and Ethan woke up about 7:00am and went downstairs to see what Santa had brought us. We looked to see if he ate his cookies and drank his milk. Santa must of been stuffed form all the sweets he had been eating that night because he only had a bite of the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies we left for him :)




Ethan loved opening his presents! When we found something that he really liked he paid no attention to the rest of the gifts and would just play with the ones he had already opened.



He loved the remote control car that Santa brought.

But most of all he loved the "Choo Choo" that daddy picked out for him. He brought it with him all day, wherever he went the train went to.

After we opened our family's gifts we went over to spend some at Grandma and Grandpa's house with Bill, Amy, Gloria, Violet, Lukey and Isaiah.

These are Ethan's cousins. Eloise was at home with her mommy and daddy(Becky and Jeff) on Christmas morning this year to have a special Christmas at their house:)

Amy and I snapped about 50 shots of this picture just to get one that was good. These kiddos are pretty active especially Lukey Boy and Ethan. Next year we will have a 6 month old for Gloria or Violet to hold for the picture! This family is growing fast!

Isaiah is such a sweet little boy and Ethan a curious one.

They just stared at each other for a bit which I found amusing ...

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Look at Ethan's expression. Too funny:)



Just having fun with Grandma and Grandpa's piano



Merry Christmas!

22

Ethan is 22 months old!

Ethan is going to be a big brother!!

Were having another baby!!!

Drew and I always knew we wanted more then one child because we wanted to give Ethan a sibling. I was an only child till I was about 12 and by that time I had already hunted for lots of Easter eggs alone and and opened up Christmas presents with my mom. No offence mom but it wasn't as fun as if I had someone my own age to hang with . So for those reasons plus reasons of our own we wanted another baby. We wanted this one to have a summer birthday because Ethan has a winter one .Which meant that we needed to conceive in Oct, Nov or Dec. We started trying and low and behold that same month(Oct) I'm pregnant!!!! I'm a little over 12 weeks and the other day we got to see the baby's heartbeat and hear it too. My doctor said it was very loud and strong which was a good thing. Like with Ethan this time around I'm sick again :( If anyone doesn't know what this feels like count your lucky stars you don't because its horrible and sometimes a bit overwhelming. With Ethan I had the opportunity to take naps and sleep in whenever I wanted. This time is a bit different because we already have a great responsibility with our crazy little Monkey. I'm so tired and forget that I'm sick sometimes because I'm busy changing diapers and chasing after Ethan' which is a good thing :) I still work 40+hrs a week and do the mommy, wife and friend thing which wipes me out at the end of the day. I put my photography for others on the side for now until I feel better and have more energy to keep up with my already crazy life. I'm usually in bed by 9 or so sometimes earlier. It might seem crazy but I swear I feel little flutters already from this one. Maybe I just know what it feels like and I'm more aware of it ..no its not just gas people :) I've only gained 4lbs so far and I plan to keep the weight gain at a minimal if I can. I'm still on the treadmill and push myself even when I'm not feeling the greatest..it helps.

Drew and I are so excited and last night I'm pretty sure we picked out a boy name and a girl name for baby bean Nelson!! And we LOVE them both!!!! Our list consisted of 5 girls names and 3 boys name. Every time we would read a name out out loud it either reminded me of someone or Drew of someone and those were all no go's. Although I would like to share one with you that Drew actually really liked that I was like " Uh, did you bump your head? There is no way I would name my son Wolf" hahaha Drew is loony sometimes. He has been growing his beard out since we found out and the agreement is that he grows his beard out until the baby comes. Call me crazy butI love a scruffy beard face ;)) We'll see how long he can go before he goes crazy and shaves it . But anyways that's why he thought the name Wolf was cool because he looks like a wolf himself .

I keep having dreams that a woman dressed in a long white dress with long brown hair tells me very distinctly that "your having a girl" and I keep seeing the baby as a girl in my dreams. Maybe its just my own thoughts before I go to bed but I feel this one is a girl or maybe its the fact that I don't want to be preggo again because as much as I LOVE my babies I DON'T like being pregnant..just being honest. If this one is a girl I think that's it, if not well then 3 is the limit for us whether or not I have 3 boys . Don't get me wrong I love little boys but I think it would be fun to have a girl too, mix it up a little.

Well whatever you are little bean in my belly daddy, your brother and mommy already love you xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Dani Bear

This year I received one of my most treasured gifts to date. Anyone who knows Danielle knows that she lived in hoodies and pajama pants at her house . I have a lot of her hoodies and a pair of her pajama pants that I wear to bed almost every night. They are really comfy, now I know why she "lived" in them:) Danielle's mom Tracy had 2 bears made out of her favorite pj pants . I can still picture her standing in her kitchen wearing these pants with her Twins hoodie on drinking ice water from her pink Las Vegas cup leaning against the kitchen sink. Kinda weird, but I can picture these clothes on her and I would make fun of the fact that she had the skinniest legs and the biggest boobs :)..one of Danielle's many amazing trademarks along with her "deep" laugh :)..if you ever heard it you know what I'm talking about. Andrea ( Danielle's sister in law) my good friend received the other one. Tracy gave these to us last night and of course we all were a blubbering mess after that..thanks a lot Tracy ..just kidding we LOVE them as much as we love you Bill and Andy.

I also really wanted something that I could keep on our tree every year to keep her in our hearts especially around Christmas time . Andrea found a beautiful piece of jewelry from Danielle's jewelry box of a butterfly which is the meaning of life, which is quite fitting now that we expect new life this summer. Where there is death there is life...you know like a butterflies life's stages. Tracy also gave us an ornament of a snowman with Danielle's name on it that had been on their tree.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about her and I'm sure that will be like that forever and I'm good with that

"I was once worn by someone so dear,

Who through loving memory will always be here.

So when you hug me up close, remember,

Danielle loved me, too "

We put the teddy bear in our glass cabinet with all of our other precious keepsakes.

I'll take it out every once in awhile to let Ethan give "her" a hug along with myself of course.

Love you D.

Christmas Pictures

During the blizzard this year while it snowed 17 inches or so I was inside taking pictures of Ethan. I needed a new one for our Christmas card so these are the best ones out of the bunch. I swear I have to bribe him with sugar to stay still now :)

That bear behind Ethan was Drew's bear when he was little. It's name is Wookie Warie, I think I spelled that right.

He has such dreamy eyes:)

I had to add this on this post because it's part of Christmas. We took Ethan to see Santa again this year . I really like this Santa' he's very sweet and Ethan wouldn't of been crying if we hadn't waited 45 min to see him . As soon as it was our turn Ethan had enough of waiting and was just tired and crabby. Santa gave him a candy cane and he kept trying to shove it in Santa's mouth..kinda funny. When I picked him up his butt felt wet too..sorry Santa :)! Next year right?I actually love this picture, it's a classic look .

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was a short one for us. I wasn't feeling very well, Drew wasn't feeling very well and Ethan had too much energy:) We spent the majority of the time at Grandma Shannon's trying to keep Ethan entertained and out of trouble. I didn't get very many pictures because Ethan barley ever sits still and to be honest I just wasn't in the mood..sounds bad huh?

Oh well I take lots of pictures of our little Monkey and at least I got some right?

Happy (late) Thanksgiving!

Ethan tried stealing all the crackers off the coffee table too..man a toddler's energy level is no joke :)