Our first Gingerbread House & Bo's Train Bed

Tonight Robbie, Bo & I made our first Gingerbread House! I think it came out farely decent considering neither of us has ever done one before. We had a lot of fun. The funniest part was when I slung the bag of tiny candy balls all over the kitchen. Bo wouldn't stop trying to eat them before we put them on the house & as I snatched the bag away, I didn't know that it was opened & candy went flying, hitting the floor & bouncing all over the place with the sound of millions of tiny little pings on the hardwood floor. Yeah, it was fun picking them all up too. One by one by tiny little one.

Also, we finally finished Bo's train bed. It came out a lot better than we expected. And a lot BIGGER... He's having tons of fun with it. He absolutely loves it! I wish I had one! This was his big Christmas present from us this year. It was a lot of fun making it & a lot more special than anything we could have purchased at a store that (hopefully) he will cherish for years to come.

This is MUSHY!!!

Yesterday (12/17) was our Anniversary! Robbie & I were married 4 years ago! I can't believe it! I've never been with anybody for that long let alone married to them. I'm still just as happy, scratch that, EVEN MORE happy than when we got married. Robbie is such a wonderful man, father & husband. He's always worked VERY hard to do whatever our family has needed done. Whether it be going to work every single day to fixing up our houses efficiently & in a timely manner. He's always there for Bo & for me. He's great with Bo when I've just had too much. He's the one that sings with him & wrestles with him. Sometimes I get annoyed when he comes home from work & falls asleep on the couch all evening, but then I realize that he does a lot more than I do & deserves to relax. I love him more & more everyday & am more than grateful for having him bless my life.

Christmas tree, oh christmas tree...........

We put our Christmas tree up Saturday night. Bo is finally big enough to help decorate it! He was putting on the ornaments & playing with all of them. He wanted to put all of his in the same spot though. So we had to show him how to space them out. It was so cute. Last year we had to leave the lower half of the tree empty because he wouldn't leave the ornaments alone. We had a pretty funny looking tree, that's for sure!

It amazes me everyday how much he has grown & how much he can do by himself. I have daymares of him being a teenager & rebellious. It's hard to imagine that someday that will happen. A week or so ago he came up to me & said "... is my friend." And I said, "Who's your friend?" He ran up to me & yelled, "YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND!!" & gave me the biggest hug! Of course I cried. That's probably the sweetest thing I've ever heard. I'll have to remember that when he's 15 & says 'I hate you' for not letting him do this or that. I'll be sure to remind him that when he was 2 I was his best friend. LOL!

It's a @@@@@@@@@@@@@@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We went to the doctor today & found out that it's a BOY!!!! We were a little disappointed because we were hoping for a girl this time, but I'm actually relieved that it's a another boy! LOL! Mostly because we don't have to buy all new things in pink. :) I just wanted a girl for the sake of having a girl; to have a little thing running around that looked like me this time. About a week ago I surrendered to the idea of accepting whatever the Lord thought would be best for us. I'm glad I did because if I didn't accept that fact then I would have had my hopes up & been really devastated & that's just not the type of person I am. The baby looks perfect & is measuring just right. All our worries have lessened considerably.

We took Bo with us to see his little brother on the ultrasound. He thought that was the coolest thing! He said "There's Hazel!" (Backnote: The whole pregnancy Robbie kept "willing" it to be a girl & told Bo "her" name was Hazel.) So now he's really confused with the new name, James. We keep telling him that it's going to be a boy like him that's it's not Hazel anymore. Then he says, "Well where'd Hazel go?" So thanks Robbie! I told you to stop doing that, you'd jinx it! LOL!

New baby!

Well, I thought I'd get started on this blog thing & join the crowd. :)

The first thing I'm going to talk about is our 2nd pregnancy. I'm 19 wks along right now. We should find out tomorrow(12/5) what the sex is. Hopefully it will cooperate & show us! LOL! I'm really excited & nervous to find out. We already have names picked out for both. I'm anxious because I need to know what colors of stuff to buy & ask for.

Bo is really excited too. He likes to touch my belly & talk to the baby. He's getting a train bed for Christmas, but doesn't want to give his crib to the baby. He's so funny. He says "Mommy, when is the baby going to come out of your belly button?" Then he looks down at his belly button & says his baby's going to come out of his belly button too. Too cute!

I've been feeling it move around & you can feel it kick on the outside of my belly now too. Robbie now has some physical part in the joy. I forgot how awesome these feelings were. I also forgot how tiring & exhausting growing a baby is!