Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! Thank you for all that you do for our family and for me. You are the best daddy the boys could ask for and so much more of a husband than I deserve. I love you!!

Christmas with the Cousins

On Saturday we all headed over to Todd and Jessie's to have Christmas with everyone else. The boys were once again so excited to go play with everyone and of course all of their toys. They all did very well taking turns and opening presents without to much chaos. I mean for 8 kids 7 years old and under it was pretty tame. Tyler loves his new camera from Oma and Opa and Carter loves his new legos blocks. They both love their new playmobile toys. While all the kids played downstairs nicely all the adults got to have a nice game of password. We then had a great dinner and we all played some more before heading home. The boys were so exhausted they fell asleep around 6:15 on the ride home and went straight to bed once we got there. Carter didn't eve want to take his jeans off he was so tired. It was a fun time and so great to be surrounded by the family.

On Sunday we meet up with everyone for lunch before the boys had to say bye to Oma and Opa. They took it pretty well when they found out Toby was going to come over still and spend the night again. That night my parents took the adults only to a very nice dinner. Leah, Heather, and Seth come over and watched Tyler,Carter,Toby and Norah for us. We were told they behaved great and went right to bed. We had a wonderful dinner and it was very nice just to be with my brothers, sister in laws, and parents. At the restaurant we said goodbye to Oma and Opa. We are very excited that they will be back in April! It was a great week with them.

Merry Christmas!

The boys woke up around 6:30 and wanted to go right downstairs. We caught them in time and had them hang out in our room for a bit. We then read the story of Jesus' birth before heading down. We told the boys that we were going to wait for Oma and Opa before opening the stockings. They didn't mind one bit when they saw their new workbench from Mommy and Daddy got them sitting in our living room (only little presents in the stockings come from Santa). They had so much fun putting together planes, cars, and birdhouses. Oma and Opa arrived and we had some cinnamon rolls before going to the presents. The boys had a great time seeing what was in their stockings. When it was time for presents Tyler wanted Carter to open the present he got for him first - very sweet. Tyler picked out a police car for him, and Carter picked out a Buzz Lightyear for Tyler. I think we still need to work on what gift the other one would like, not what you would like part. They then had fun seeing all their new presents. Carter loved the dinosaurs and Tyler loved his new cars.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a hectic day, but fun nonetheless. The boys had a rough morning of disobedience and not listening, but they turned it around for a great afternoon. Oma and Opa joined us that evening and we all went to the Christmas Eve service. I asked the boys if they wanted to come to the service or go to the nursery and they both wanted to go play. However during the service I wished I had brought them in, as I think they would have really enjoyed it. After service we came home and had a few snacks. The the boys got to open one Christmas present. We let them each open their new ornament for the tree. Tyler got Snoopy dressed as a fireman and Carter got a bear coloring. We then went down and watched the Polar Express. The best part was when the kids were worried they were going to miss Santa. Carter calls out "Christmas is ruined!". Once it was established that all was well again Carter yells "Christmas is back on!". We put the boys to bed and Opa helped Justin out together one last gift. We said goodbye and went right to bed ourselves.

Telling my Fam

Justin and I decided we would tell Oma and Opa since they were out here. So on Christmas Eve, after the boys opened their one gift and we started a movie for them, we gave Oma and Opa a box. Inside the box was a picture of the ultrasound. They were very happy and excited for us and told us they wold be happy to come out in August when the baby is due. Today while we were all at Todd and Jessie's for Christmas I wasn't feeling my best. We decided we should probably tell everyone else because of that. So as we were all in the kitchen Justin tells everyone they need to keep their girl stuff just in case we need it. Once again everyone was very excited. We are still a little nervous and taking it one day at a time, but its hard for me not to look ahead and get excited for this new little gift of ours.

Heartbeat!

On Wednesday I had a doctor's appointment and ultrasound schedule. Oma watched the boys and Justin got off early so that he could join me. Once the nurse took us back we went straight to the ultrasound room. It seemed to take forever, but soon enough Doctor Andy started the ultrasound and we saw the heartbeat flickering away. The baby measured at 6 weeks 1 day, and I was 5 weeks 6 days, so pretty much right on. I was instantly relieved. He then did the routine first O.B. doctor visit stuff. My next appointment is in 4 weeks when I will be 10 weeks.

Oma and Opa are here!

On Sunday night Oma and Opa, along with Dickens, arrived. We headed over to Todd and Jessie's Monday morning to see them. They boys love playing with all their cousins and all their toys! That night everyone (Oma, Opa, Todd and Jessie's family, and Bj and Abbi's family) came over for a pizza dinner. Once again the cousins had a blast. They then got to all watch The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, which is always a treat. That night they also got to have a sleepover with Toby in their room. However around 9:30 when the boys were still awake we moved Toby out of the room so everyone could get a little sleep. For the rest of the week the boys had fun with their cousins and Oma and Opa. Oma and Opa were a great help watching Carter while I went to PT with Tyler (which we decided we would stop going and do exercises from home for now) and watching both boys while I had a few appointments. Always wonderful when family is in town!