15 weeks

I am usually horrible at documenting pregnancy, so here's my attempt. In black and white. So my face doesn't look so ugly.

She came through!

Love my sister in law! She takes the best pictures and she actually takes pictures when I don't so good job Jess! Had to steal some pics off her blog since I didn't take any of our Christmas so here is Christmas in Twin Falls.

The Squeakal

We had to take advantage of Mark being off work to see the new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie! It was a blast and the kids loved it except Sam was afraid of the cat that hisses, of all things. I didn't think it was bad until tonight when he has already woken up from a nightmare about a mean, scary cat! It was like 2 seconds of the whole movie! On a brighter note, I think he has a crush on Britney.

Our laid back New Year's

We didn't do a whole lot this New Year's, in fact I stayed in my pajamas all day. (that is why there will be no pictures of me. You're welcome.) We received our white Christmas a week late and there was no way I was going out in that mess with drunk people on the roads. Combine that with Sam having a nasty cold and we decided to stay in this year. It was really nice and relaxing. I always feel like I have to do something for New Year's Eve. I think it goes back to high school when if you had no plans for New Year's, you were a loser. I thoroughly enjoyed being a loser this year. Here's what our day consisted of:
We started off the morning with the boys and I watching Snow White and building Lego's. Snow White was Sam's idea. Lego's were Rex. Besides the scary witch/queen the boys loved the movie. Then in the afternoon after Sam took a little nap he laid in my bed and watched the Little Rascals because he didn't feel good. That and his mom was tired of his whining. :)

Rex spent much of the late afternoon/evening playing Lego Star Wars. He is amazingly good at this game.

When Mark came home he joined him. They kicked some Storm trooper rear while I made Lentil and Sausage soup. (which I later learned means you are hoping for money for the New Year in some other country. Apparently my subconscious knew something I didn't)

I also cleaned the house so I could admire my new curtains that I HAD to buy to go with the new mantel. You can't have a dirty house with new curtains.

All the while it snowed outside...

Sam and I amazingly had the same craving for homemade oreo cookies. Luckily I had all the ingredients.

Sam then decided to bring out the old year by dropping trough and pooping on my bedroom floor. Way to go buddy. Another thing I thought I would spare you by not taking a picture of.
After that the kids were forced to take a bath and went to bed at the crazy hour of 8:30. My kids are partiers I tell ya!
After the kids went to bed Mark and I got a little crazy with some Martinelli's.

We ended the night by watching Wild Hogs and then the ball drop. Out cold by 12:30.

Our skimpy picture taking Christmas

I was so excited to upload photos tonight and see all the fun we had this Christmas relived in print. When the upload was done, there were a whopping 10 pictures! What is wrong with me?!?!?! I guess I was too busy having fun to take any pictures. I got a few of our nice evening with David and Kristi and fam on Christmas eve, then a few of Christmas morning and nothing beyond that. No documentation of Twin falls or anything. So Jessica, when you read this, yes I need pictures again. I know I never posted Thanksgiving's pictures that you sent me but I do enjoy them for memories sake! So pretty please send me some!
With that said, here are a few of the pathetic pictures I took...






It really was a great Christmas.

We're elves!!

The kids LOVE doing these every year. Here are our favorites.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Bunkbeds

We finally got these assembled and Sam was so excited we had to let him sleep in his new bed last night. I was nervous since he hasn't been out of his crib yet. I was very smart to be nervous. Bedtime was at 8:00. My little sweethearts (note the sarcasm) finally fell asleep around 10:00. That was after countless trips up the stairs, numerous threats made... including bodily harm, and 15 minutes spent screaming back in the crib. Oh the joys.