OH yeah.....I forgot to mention!

So If you haven't figured it out from the title of our blog,

We are expecting...SURPRISE!!!

We are about 12 weeks along, and are due the end of May.

We are excited to see who will be the next to join our family.

I'm Back

So I kept putting off posting because I had a bunch I wanted to post about and I wanted to play catch up.  Well, that project became too big and I was overwhelmed.  I decided to post a quick summary of what we did this summer and early fall.  I do have a bunch of pictures posted on facebook if you are on there, and I still might post some of my favorites.  Our family has experienced a lot of changes since my last post in May...sorry.

The kids and I drove out to Cali with a friend in June to visit everyone and help mom with the house, as she was retiring and selling the Cerritos house.  We had a great visit, we went to Disneyland, spent time with family and friends, and shared memories about growing up in that house.  We got back in time to celebrate the 4th of July with the Andersons' in Georgetown and celebrate David's (my nephew's) birthday.   Mid-month my mom got here, she is building a house in Buda, and until it's ready will be staying with us.  I welcome the help and company, the kids are loving having her around.  We also got to spend a few hours with my Aunt Deanne who had driven out with her from CA.  Thanks!  At the end of the month we went to Sea World with my niece to celebrate her birthday...all I can say is that we ended up having a great time, but man the Texas heat kicked my butt that day. 

August started great as we went out to Brenham to participate in Brittany's (my niece's) baptism.  It was a great weekend and I'm glad that we got to go.  The next week we had a visit from my brother Christopher and his wife Victoria.  Orson and I took them out and we did some Austin sightseeing via the Duck tour.  It was a ton of fun and we learned a ton about our city.  After sending them off Orson and I ran away to San Antonio for the week.  My mom was nice enough to watch the kids for us.  That weekend a few of my girlfriends met me in San Antonio and we had a blast.

September was kinda quiet around here, we played and played and played.  We were sad to say goodbye to Fridays at the pool with our playgroup. 

October though made up for the lull, birthdays, birthdays, and more birthdays.  Orson started off the month...we celebrated at home and he had a rice crispy cake.    Orson and the kids then went camping with Daniel and Lisa and had a great time.  Savannah's birthday came next with a little party at home and some great one-on-one time with each of the grandparents.  I can hardly believe that she is really two.  The next weekend was Seth's first birthday party.  We had a BBQ at the house with a monster theme.  He was spoiled with attention and gifts.   Thanks for all those who came to celebrate our little guy's first birthday, it was GREAT!  Of course by then it was time to get everyone dressed in their adorable little costumes.   This year we decided to go with their nicknames meaning, Savannah was a monkey and Seth was a monster.  I loved each of their costumes so much and we had a lot of fun.  We got to wear them three times, the ward trunk-or-treat, playgroup, and of course trick-or-treating.  Halloween morning we also went to visit the Elgin tree farm.  It was a fun day spent looking at animals, hayrides, swings, having rubber duck races, and of course pumpkins.  I also introduced the kids to those big round suckers.  They loved it.

Savannah's Favorite Songs

A few weeks ago, Savannah finally started Nursery at church. She came home the second week singing. Her favorite one is "Ring Around the Rosie." I heard her the next day mumbling a few words and then saying something really loud at the end. It was really cute, so I started actually listening and realized that she was singing Ashes, Ashes...DOWN!. SO here is her debut, she loves to do the actions too.

We also started singing "If you are happy and you know it," My favorite thing is that she does this squishy face thing when we get to "your face will surely show it." So now that she is getting to the talking stage we are having a ton of fun with songs.

Really Cute...and it's a giveaway!

So I was doing my daily round o' the blogs world, and came across this really great giveaway. Thank for the link Lena. Her cousin makes these really great fabric banners.

Mother of the Year

So my wonderful mother in-law sen me this great video...I didn't even know I had been nominated. It was such a great honor to be named as Mother of the Year!

Yes...this is how he sleeps

I can't tell you how many times I a day I used to try and uncover his poor little face only to come back to it covered again. I guess he is like his dad in that way. They like it dark when they sleep. I have finally given up trying to uncover him, I figure if he needs to breath he will move the blanket. He's a funny little man.

One and A Half!

Can you believe it, my little girl is already a year and a half. We celebrated Sunday with a few friends, and cupcakes. She went to nursery for the first time by herself and did great, she has never been a clingy girl. She is starting to really talk with her words along with her signs. She can sign, more, thank you, please, and cup. She says "more," "baby," "daddy," "mommy," "shoes," and "sit." She can show you where these are, her hair, her feet, her nose, her mouth, her hands, her tummy, and her tongue.
She climbs on EVERYTHING...hence why I call her monkey. She is becoming a big girl very quickly. She still loves to eat but is becoming a bit picky which for most of you is a big surprise. I tried to get a few pics the other day but she was pretty squirmy, so I didn't get many great ones. Here are a few of my faves though.