Baby Weight

This post is a little self-indulgent,

but where else can I brag a bit?

:)

When I was pregnant with Kaylie I used it

as an opportunity to eat whatever

I wanted whenever I wanted to and

ended up gaining +40 lbs.

I could never get rid of all the baby weight.
This time around I knew things had to be

different. I have been working very hard to

keep up my walking every day

and limit my dessert to once (or three) times

a week.

I have been very proud of myself.

So far, with about 4 weeks to go I have

only gained 14 lbs.

Which is perfect, because my goal was 20.

I'm hoping that means getting back to pre-Kaylie

weight will be a little more possible!

I think this is from 34 weeks, but the latest

picture in the computer...

I guess I haven't downloaded pictures

from the last few weeks.

Last week Kaylie wanted to have her belly

picture taken too. It was so cute how she

was trying to be just like mamma!

Rainy Days....

Earlier this week we finally got some rain!

When I was working, I hated rainy days....

now, I love them.

We spent the day....

making a gingerbread house

..a little disappointed with how it

turned out...

the icing was a little runnier then we

expected, oh well!

Took a quick bathroom break

Right now we are playing a game,

she likes the "treat" too much &

calls wolf at least once a day.

But hey, she's on the toilet & I don't change

poopy diapers anymore!!

I had Minestrone soup cooking in my crock pot all day.

Devin liked it, I wasn't sold.

(the picture was pre noodles, and extra veggies)

Devin hung the fire place...ha ha....

YEARS ago Devin made this for me

and my roommates to hang our stockings on

in our apartment.

I kept it & hung it in my classroom

Wasn't willing to throw it away....

not sure what made him hang it up, but

it's sorta fun since we don't have a real

fire place yet.

We made Christmas sugar cookes too, but I

didn't take any pictures of that process.

I even put on my rain boots (yea!!!!) :)

and ran some errands.

I just had to get out in that rain!

It is SO fun to play in the rain

with rain boots on!

Christmas Photo Tour

I LOVE decorating for Christmas-

I long for the day after Thanksgiving

not for shopping, but for decorating!

Then I get to enjoy it all for over a month- until

the first of January!

Here is a photo tour of most of our home

at Christmas.... I'd love to see yours.

This adorable snowman greets visitors-

my dad made him years ago, I just

love him!

Our table ready for a dinner party
tonight!

A dear friend gave me the table runner last year
and I just adore it since it matches our
polka-dot theme. How did she know!!
Another dear friend gave us boxes full of
holiday books. I added them to our
Christmas books and we read a Christmas
story a day. What a fun tradition we
started this year!
We aren't ready for Advent yet,
so we do an Advent Calendar and it
is perfect for Kaylie.
She loves opening the doors and finding
something inside to put "by Ho Ho Ho"
Who says ornaments are only for the
Christmas tree?
I love these in my hurricans!!
So much color and fun in every room!
A terrible picture of the wreath,
but Devin made the bow!

Plate & cup for cookies and milk for Santa.

My favorite nativity scene.

My grandpa made it & it

doubles as a puzzle.

(a puzzle I can NEVER put together & always have to

ask Devin or a brother to do it for me!)

Half our mantle

More mantle, a collection in

progress.

Stockings hung by the fire with care.

(just minus the fire...maybe one day!)

Our tree (duh) I wish I was better at

taking pictures because the picture

just does not do it justice....

Ribbon hung, waiting for Christmas cards

Bakers rack in the kitchen.

I would love to see your home all decorated...

Please share!!

For you, Ba-Pa!

My dad said my blog is not getting enough attention from me...

"only 2 posts in November".

I will try to give it more attention this month,

I will try!

My dad took us on a 'photo shoot' for our

Christmas cards.We are pretty happy with how they turned out.

And we had fun!!!

Counting down the days until baby boy Whitsell gets here- 39 today!

I can't wait, I'm not sure how much longer the two of us can

share a body!

Random

It's been awhile, I know...

Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving #1 of 3

and were going to take family pictures....

I knew Kaylie would be wearing her lunch

if I didn't do something drastic.....

So, I put a plastic bag over her hair and genius

NO hairy MESS!!!

I just love this beanie.
She wouldn't smile, go figure, but I thought she looked adorable in it anyway.

Halloween 2009

Kaylie in her Halloween outfit, ready to go

to the pumpkin carving party!

Isn't she festive!!

Devin carving Kaylie's first pumpkin

while she colored on the table!

Family photo with Kaylie's first pumpkin.

Isn't it cute, it has bows....

just like Kaylie!!!Devin's pride...

His Trojans pumpkin.

WOW!

Our pumpkins!

Moms, What Did You Do?

When your kid woke up looking like this......

HELP!!!!

On a Roll....

I was given an amazing sewing machine for my birthday back in April from my class
I have wanted to sew often, just never got around to it.
This week my cousin, Mel, came over and we spent the day sewing.
It was amazing & now I can't stop!!

We haven't finished all our projects on our list, but I did finish my burp rags.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday Devin, Kaylie and I went to a Pumpkin Patch
with my friend Jen and her son Elijah

She found a pumpkin just her size!!
There were tons of photo opts....

aren't they adorable!!

Trying to find her way through the maze
Devin found a crow- Kaylie was not at all afraid of it...
he even let her touch it- YUCK!!

Ok...it was fake, but still scared me twice!

By this time, she was SO over picture taking

and us saying "Cheese....."

We had tons of fun !