Merry Christmas: Round 3

What a wonderful Christmas we had! It is so fun to experience Christmas through a child's eye!! Marcus' parents came down to Houston to spend Christmas with us and we had a wonderful time :) Thanks so much for everything!! Now....tick tick tick...anytime we could be welcoming Madelyn into our Family!!!

The gifts were ready to be opened....(yes...I did not decorate my tree to the fullest this year.... with my due date close and I really need a 12ft or bigger tree next year...this tree looked TINY compared to the huge ceilings of our new house)




DD and Daddio came to Houston this year to celebrate with us on Christmas. We were all ready for our Christmas Eve service :)

The cookies were laid out for Santa...

After Mason was down for the night...Daddy and Daddio went to work assembling Mason's Extreme Coaster

Still working.....

All finished...I could not wait to see the look on Mason's face when he saw his BIG TOY Santa brought him :)

Santa left some wrapped gifts under the tree but he also left these few items that he did not wrap :) (except for the scooter...my Aunt Debbie got that for him)

Christmas Morning:

Look at that HUGE grin on that boy's face. We tried to keep him in the game room upstairs to have breakfast before the festivities began, but once he saw that Santa had come...he was down the stairs in a flash!

Checking out some of his loot :)

Yes...that is a microwave...ONE OF HIS FAVORITE toys!

Now time to unwrap all the gifts Santa, Mommy and Daddy and DD and Daddio brought! MICKEY....This was his first gift to open and he just wanted to play with that instead of opening more :) He LOVES LOVES LOVES Mickey :)

Books Books and more Books! This kids LOVES to read :) We shall see how long this lasts...I hope for a long long time.

Madelyn's got some fun gifts too: Burp cloths that are so soft I don't want her to spit up on them and some glittery letters to hang in her room :)

Another fun toy Mason just loves...."Play Butterflies"

Unwrapping the portable DVD player...not to sure what it was!

Some more of Mason's things he received from all of us on Christmas! We still had ONE last thing to give him.....I was so excited to see how he would react...I remember when I was young getting out of bed early, coming down the stairs to see what Santa had left me. It is so fun to see and feel that all over again with Mason.

Practicing on the scooter before we headed out for the last big surprise!

What's That!!?!?!???

He already knew what to do! Yes, we were all still in our PJ's we could not WAIT any longer...well I could not wait any longer to show him his new toy :)

READY......SET......GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And he's off!!!!

The coaster took him as far as the next door neighbors house! The moment the car stopped...Mason JUMPED UP and yelled...AGAIN!!! YES, Marcus was in the street watching and waiting for him as he sped down the driveway :)

Shaving with his new Shaving Kit :)

With DD and Daddio before dinner at Lupe Tortillas the day after Christmas

The Girls (we will be adding Madelyn any day now ;)

The boys...Mason ready to PLAY!

Merry Christmas

*Here is our Christmas card this year! I love searching for the perfect card. I also love love love getting Christmas cards in the mail :) Hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas! Thanks Ashley for taking such great pics of our family :)

Baby Sister's Room

Here are a few pictures of Madelyn's nursery! My mom and Marcus' mom helped me out ( well pretty much did it themselves) with the paint finish and I couldn't have done it without them!!! THANK YOU :) I love her room and so does Mason! He loves going in and saying baby sister's room and rocking in her chair. He also has wanted to sleep in her crib! I just know he is going to be an AWESOME big brother!

Playhouse Disney Live

Today we headed out to the Toyota Center for some Sunday Family Fun! We got these tickets a while back to take Mason to Playhouse Disney Live. I wasn't sure how it was going to go....if he would sit still, if he would be scared, if he would even care! Well....it was AWESOME! We were on the front row just to the left of the stage. Mason had a great time and we loved seeing his excitement watching the whole 2 hr show!!! Mason was even picked to go on stage and do the Hot Dog Dance! We have done the Hot Dog Dance a BILLION times at home. I wasn't sure he would go, but he eagerly went on stage and it was SOOOO CUTE!! By the end of the day he was POOPED and crashed on the way home :)

All ready to go!

We're HERE!

Little Einsteins
Tigger and Pooh

He sat like this the WHOLE time!

Handy Manny and the tools

Glow in the dark tools!

Break time!

A mouth full of fruit chews :)

All ready to do the Hot Dog Dance with Mickey!

THE END!

Mason's Big Boy Room

So...A friend of mine was showing me her nursery and son's room and it was SOOO CUTE! And after doing a little fun paint decorating in Madelyn's room I decided to do a little painting and finishing up Mason's room before Madelyn gets here :) Since we have moved in, his room was just bare with hardly anything on the walls....it just was PLAIN. So I decided to paint some stripes on the wall to give it a little something! So I just have 2 shelves to hang and then his room is DONE! I will hang those this weekend (nesting?!?!?) I guess so!!!

115,979 + 139,769 =

Some of you might already know this answer without having to do the math!!! SOOOO...the question is: What do those two numbers added together equal:



2001 Navigator (my car) + 1997 Blazer (Marcus' car) = TOTAL miles added together we have on our cars!!!! AS OF TWO DAYS AGO!

Christmas came early for me:

~Thank you, Marcus! Mommy and I just love our new ride...especially since Nanny and DD get to talk to me through my speakers on the bluetooth :) and I won't mess up mommy's phone!!

Merry Christmas: Round 2

This Thursday was Mason's school Christmas party. It was not a big party but he had a great time decorating cookies and exchanging books with a friend.

Smile

Say CHEESE!!!! Ms. Annette, Ms. Cara

**Mason is not a big fan of icing....which is totally opposite from his first birthday where he DOVE into his cake! He barely ate the cookie! He had a great time and enjoyed his Go, Dogs, Go! book he received :) I just can't believe Christmas is less than a week away!!!

~36 Weeks~

Today was my 36 week appt. I can't believe I am already to my weekly appointments!!! Those have been hard to schedule since the holidays are coming up....so my next appt. is on Christmas Eve....that will be my last time to see baby sister Madelyn on ultrasound before she arrives :) So far so good....was the theme for this appointment!

Blood pressure : CHECK
Weight: lost a pound, but right where I need to be +23 so far
Internal exam: OUCH!!! 75% effaced, 1cm dilated
Positioning: HEAD DOWN ready to come...Doc GUESSES during the week of January 5th (OUR 7yr ANNIVERSARY)...I would like to go into labor on my own and avoid meds (yes I may be nuts, but I CAN'T have a repeat delivery) or a C-section, but I know things are TOTALLY out of my control...I was proven that with Mason's delivery.

We will be able to see Madelyn next week full term with our last ultrasound....I can't believe how crazy fast this pregnancy has gone. I have FINISHED her nursery and put finishing touches on Mason's room. I will post pics of that ASAP!