We put up our Christmas Tree today! The boys slept over at their grandparents last night and got home around 3:00 today and then it was time to decorate the house! Bradley was so excited- he put on every ornament. Cole was much too tired to participate- I guess he played A LOT last night! We had a fun night getting everything up and now we can enjoy the holiday!
We had a GREAT Thanksgiving! We hope you all did too. We went up to my parents house in Park City and had the WHOLE family gathered (all 22 of us). It was so much fun. The boys had so much fun with their cousins. They played dress up, went exploring outside, watched a movie, played with train sets, and ended up sleeping overnight with their grandparents and 4 of their cousins! What a day! It just reminds us how thankful we are to have two great boys and a large loving family surrounding us!
Wow! It is ANOTHER boy! That makes 3 for us! We finally found something we are good at.... While we were hoping for a little girl to bless our house (and hopefully calm it down a little bit) we got a surprise and have a boy on the way in May! While the sadness lasted for about an hour (ok 8) I had quite a few wonderful people (Karen, Kim, Teresa, Sara, Marianne, etc) give me some great words of wisdom that completely lifted me up and I can't tell you how excited we are for this little boy! What a blessing! We have already started planning all the fun stuff we get to do with this little boy and Cole and Bradley are excited that they have someone else to play ball, Ninja Turtles, Pirates, trains, etc with. I was so nervous to have another baby- so much anxiety for the past 4 months, but since finding out this was a boy all that went away and I feel complete calmness and peace...so for me I think it truly is a blessing! I guess I just needed the comfort in knowing what I was doing! I know what a blessing it is to have a healthy baby boy on the way- I am so grateful! While this pregnancy has already given me some grief we are hoping that this little boy will be our "ZEN" baby and bring calmness into the house (is that possible with 3 boys)?! I also just need to say that I have the MOST amazing husband...hopefully I am lucky and my boys will turn out just like him. He is so fantastic! He is my best friend and I can turn to him for anything. I can't imagine a life without him..he makes me smile daily and we laugh all the time! Cole and Bradley adore him...when he leaves for work they run to hug and kiss him and watch him as he drives away. As soon as they hear the garage open at night they run to him again! They often want to call him at work and tell him about their day! It is so cute. Life is good....a great family and another baby boy on the way...what more could I ask for...a life spent with boys...which makes me the princess..right? Just how it should be! :)
Can I just brag for a minute? My kids have been so sweet. They have had to deal with me being out of commission for awhile and they have not complained once (not to my face anyway)! There have been some fun things we have had to miss out on and days where they stay home all day with me...a little bored..but they have been wonderful. Yesterday Cole came and told me that he made the beds and cleaned up the cushions on the couch so I wouldn't have to do it (he is so worried about me) and today Bradley went outside and started shoveling the snow- and said he couldn't come back in until it was ALL DONE! Sweet!
Bradley ran into my room yesterday and said "It's snowing! It's snowing!" He was so excited. He asked if it stuck to the ground could he go outside and play in it. Well it didn't stick to the ground yesterday but when he woke up this morning he saw that there was A LOT of it! He waited for Cole to wake up and then we got them dressed and out they went! They are LOVING it! Winter here we come......
Halloween was such a great day! I got to go see Cole and Bradley's Halloween parade at their school. It was fun to see them walking through each class room and as Cole and Bradley passed each other they got so excited and told each other how "awesome" they looked. I then helped Cole's class with their Halloween projects! It was so much fun! We then had a Halloween get together at our house with some friends later on that night! What a busy day- but a VERY fun Halloween!
