16 Weeks

I had my 16 week Dr. appt. today and all is well. She barely touched my stomach and the baby was right there, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!! Strong and healthy heart beat and growing. We scheduled the big ultrasound for Jan. 22, 2010! Can't wait to see if I get to buy cutie purple outfits!!

Christmas 2009

Santa visited our house on Christmas Eve, while we were at church, and he left Jack with some great presents.

We were dreaming of a white Christmas and guess what we got...

We spent Christmas day at Grandma and Grandpa Thompson's house where Santa left even more presents for Jack!! And even some for Darrell and I!

Santa even made it to Grandma and Grandpa Abt's in Ste. Genevieve with some presents.

Basement Progress

We are making progress on the kitchen. We purchased cabinets a couple weeks ago and Darrell has been installing them. We lucked out and found a counter top pre-made, that we both liked, so we bought it and that is our next step. We were hoping to get the countertops in by New Years but probably won't happen. The island and appliances are still in the works, but were almost there!

Big boy bed

Success!!! Yesterday was the first day with Jack's big boy bed and he napped and went to sleep last night without a problem. He played on it all day yesterday. I think it's his best Christmas gift!

Twas the night before Christmas...(baby version)

It’s the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse.
Stockings hung by the chimney with care
All placed neatly, but mine isn’t there!

Mom and Dad are snuggled up in the bed
With a ton of new pillows around their bodies and heads.
The pillows are for extra comfort you see,
Mom’s got a back ache and its all ‘cause of me.

I’m squirming and kicking and giving a tap
While my mom just needs to lie down and nap!
It will be a few more weeks until they know if I’m a girl or a boy,
Either way they are exploding with joy!

Even though I’m not due to arrive until June,
The months are passing fast and I will be here soon!
I’m anxious to meet you, but for now I’m snug here,
To my mommy and daddy, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!”

Christmas cookies...Yum!

Christmas goodies

I've spent my morning baking away in my kitchen. I think my eyes are bigger than our stomaches because I have made enough bread and cookies to feed 5 families!!!! But isn't that what Christmas baking is about? You make more than you'll ever need so you can share with your neighbors, family, and friends. (or you stash the snickerdoodles away and save them for a cold January morning. Not that I do that.)

This year I opted out of making the sugar cookie cut outs mostly b/c last year I didn't make them right and they got all hard and nasty. So instead I made chocolate chip(of course), snickerdoodles, my mom's "green things", cranberry bread, and pumpkin-cranberry bread. I have taste-tested all of them and they are yummy!! I still have to make the white chocolate chip-cranberry cookies, but I'm waiting till the regular choclate chip's are gone.