December

December zipped by us, and we were so busy I can't even begin to remember what all we did, but here are some cute moments from the month...

Juicing: one of Ethan's new hobbies!

Michael singing in his kindergarten Christmas Show
Making Christmas cookies (one of the 3 cookie sessions, lol)

Our friend Daisy, cookie session 2

Christmas Morning Our House

Baby Shower

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped celebrate the upcoming arrival of our baby girl, It was a lot of fun!

You can see a slide show of baby shower pics here!

Well we have been super busy!
Ethan has finally starting pooping in the potty! It apparently just took the right motivation-a Thomas the Train Suspension Bridge-and a lot of time! We were at Target, he saw the bridge, asked if he could get it if he pooped in the potty, and I couldn't believe after all this time, and countless failed bribery tactics he did! And he hasn't looked back at pull-ups since! My dream to not have 2 kids in diapers after Keira arrives has come true Wooohoooo!!!

Ethan has also moved from his private lessons in Karate back to the big class. He earned a behavior stripe and a technique stripe yesterday in class!
Here he is as a naked Indian fro some pre-Thanksgiving fun...
Michael is on vacation this week, and has been doing so well in school. He has been able to bring home the Fuzzy Bear behavior reward several time this year, here is a pic from Fuzzy's most recent visit, playing Star Wars...

Thursday Michael had his first parent teacher conference and report card. He is doing great, and his teacher comments on his report crack me up because it reads just the same as mine always did in school, "Michael is doing really well in class, he just needs to work on his handwriting and being less social during class time", lol. Good luck in seeing a change there teacher!

Today Grandma Gina, Grandpa Rodney, Spencer and Lydia came over for a visit. The boys were thoroughly played out and tired afterward, which would generally be great. However we had to then go shopping with Grandma Pat for the baby shower which is next Saturday. So that was an adventure! Two overtired crazy boys running through Target, tired grandma, and very very tired and sore preggo lady with cramps who could barely walk. I have never let my kids run as rampant around a store as I did today. I didn't even have the energy to care; sorry Target, lol.

Amen

Yesterday, Today...

The boys are having a blast in Karate...



And I finally got a haircut, it's been 4 months, uhg!

Belly

Well I wouldn't wear a bikini, but all in all not feeling too bad for 8 months preggo!

And here's what's on the inside...