Addiction...

I admit I have an addiction to Pinterest!  I have to stay away from it most days or I would spend several hours on it.  Jason also says we'd have some money if it wasn't for all of the crafts that I want to do, but they're too cute to resist and most of them can be done for cheap!  :)  I love Christmas too much to resist doing some of the ideas that I've seen.  The main idea I wanted to do was a new wreath since some of the things on my last one were looking a little rough and needed replacing.  It's not exactly the same as the picture of the one I've seen, but it's close and I like it.

CBS Children Singing

Today was the last day of CBS before Christmas break so the kids went up to sing.  It's a lot of work to get them up there, but they do such a good job!  Raleigh did much better than last year and didn't jump around this time.  :)  I got to hear her practicing before they went up and she really knew the words to the songs...proud mommy!

We're getting there...

with the baby's room!  We have the furniture, bedding, and a few accessories.  I can't believe he'll be here so soon!

View from the door...the crates in front of the window will be stained and have two more added to them to become a bookshelf.

 The wagon was from my grandfathers house.  We just need to get some wood put down up there so it will sit right.  :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  Unfortunately Raleigh hasn't been feeling well.  She's had a high fever and vomiting.  I thought it was a virus, but after calling to check with the pediatrician she said it could be strep so we drove to an urgent care.  Turns out she has a double ear infection!  She's been pitiful and hasn't eaten the past two days.  I wish she could enjoy some of the good food today, but I'm sure there will be leftovers for when her medicine kicks in and she starts to feel better.  Although this isn't exactly how we planned to spend our day, I'm thankful that overall we are healthy and we'll soon be adding another one to our family!!

32 weeks already!!

I really can't believe I'm already 32 weeks along and only have 8 more to go!  This pregnancy despite all the issues is flying by!  I went for my appointment today and it was a normal one.  :)  I'm measuring right at 32 weeks and our little boy's heartbeat was around 150 bpm.  It definitely sounded strong!  This visit was fun because Raleigh went with me and I saw the midwife who delivered her.  This was the first time she's seen Raleigh since she was 6 weeks old.  Raleigh has definitely grown up and Christine agreed that it didn't seem like it's been 4 years.  Now I just need to have her deliver this little boy...hopefully he'll come when she's on call!

Definitely need to wear this black every day.  :)

Parents Night in Choir

Sunday was the last night for choir before Christmas and the parents were invited to participate in choir.  This was nice for us since Raleigh would never tell us what she did in choir.  :)  They sang several songs about turkeys and made a turkey craft and snack...very cute!  It's always a joy to watch her interact in a "class" setting.

Coloring while everyone comes in

 Singing about a leaf on different parts of the body

 The turkeys sing high and low

 Instrument time!

 Snack time!

O Christmas Tree!

It's hard to believe that it's already Thanksgiving week which means that it's time for us to decorate our Christmas tree!!  I thought Raleigh was into it last year, but this year has been even better!  She loved putting on all the ornaments, but we did have to rearrange a few so we didn't have two ornaments on one branch or all the ornaments on the lower half of the tree.  :)

Hula Girl!

Our little hula girl with a hula hoop!

School Baby Shower

The Special Education department threw me and our little boy a baby shower.  It was so thoughtful of them and I really didn't expect for them to do so much!  We had lots of sweets and they gave us so much!

All the food!

 Drawing by one of the teachers...they're giving me a hard time because we won't tell the name!

 Raleigh loved helping open the gifts...

 her favorite was definitely the little crocs!

Thanksgiving Feast

Little Turkey's, Indians, and Pilgrims running around...it must be Child's World Thanksgiving Feast.  They have all the fixings...turkey, dressing, jello, corn, green beans, mashed potatoes, and the best indian cornbread ever (I remember it and had to have some)!!  My favorite part is how each child gets an Indian name.  Raleigh was Princess Golden Hair.  It was a fabulous feast!  Have I mentioned before how much I love Child's World!?!?

Treat Yo'Self

Treat Yo'Self....the title of our girls weekend to surprise Amy in North Carolina!  What a fun weekend we had even though it was only a day.  We met up to leave on Saturday morning and got dressed in our shirts!

Then we got on the road bound for Charlotte, North Carolina.  The best part of the ride up...our stop at a new QT that had $0.19 pastries!  Yum!  Once in Charlotte, we called to let Ben know we were near and he told us Amy had just gotten home so we drove up to surprise her!!

You can't see her face in the picture, but she was surprised!  Success!!  We told her to pack, change shirts, and we were taking her away for the night.

All ready for a fun girls night!  On the way to the hotel we did see a sign guy that was really enjoying his job!  He entertained us at the red light with all his tricks!

Before we checked into the hotel we made a stop by the outlet mall for some shopping and even some time to "treat yo'self."  But since we're all mothers, who did we shop for most...our children!  :)  After checking into our hotel we headed out for dinner at Mama Ricotta's.  Definitely the best Italian I've ever had and even better that we were able to order family style and share different meals!  For dessert we headed to the Crepe Cellar.  A crepe with Nutella, bananas, and strawberries is absolutely delicious!!  We're such crazy girls that we went back to the hotel and just hung out and talked, but definitely had a great time!

Sunday morning we enjoyed breakfast in the hotel and a little time together before we had to drop Amy off.  It went by quickly, but it was nice to have a short break from all of the mommy responsibilities.  We definitely have the best husbands who take such great care of our kids!!

Many, many thanks to Mandy for organizing an extremely fun and memorable weekend!

Recheck at 29 weeks!

We went again for another ultrasound to recheck my cervical length.  First, baby boy had a healthy heartbeat at 149 bpm.  Then we finally got a good report all the way around!  My cervical length was at 2.9 cm last week and went to 2.4 cm with pressure.  This week it was 3.6 cm and didn't change with pressure!  Another answered prayer!  I'm so thankful that God listens and answers even the small prayers!