30 Weeks

I'm 30 weeks pregnant today. 10 more weeks to go... hopefully sooner though. :)

Things I'm Loving Right Now:

*my Gap lounge pants... well, pretty much any pants with an elastic waist

*Bath & Body Works bubble bath, using this one at the moment

*The Belly Band

*How Ava pretends she has a baby in her tummy... a baby girl, of course

*Benj's back massages

*Digging through all the baby clothes

*Justifying my horrible food choices as "cravings"

Things I'm Missing Right Now:

*Running

*Sleeping on my back

*Being able to paint my toenails decently

*Wearing "real" clothes

Maybe I'll get a picture up here... maybe.

Other updates:

Lexi lost 2 teeth last week, her top ones. The Tooth Fairy sure was busy.

We had friends come down this weekend... Amy is also pregnant with her 3rd girl. It was so fun to hang out and the girls all had a blast playing together. Thanks for a fun visit you guys!!

Spring break is next week and I'm trying to come up with some fun activities to do with the kiddos. I'm thinking children's museum and butterfly park... anyone want to come??

Home Sweet Home

Lexi has been on track break from school for 3 weeks (back to school on Monday, thank goodness!!). So to kill some time, the girls and I flew up to Montana for a visit. I usually FREEZE when I'm up there, but I guess we brought some warm weather with us. 50*+ days and the day we left it was snowing. I loved it!

Our schedule can be pretty predictable considering there's not a ton to do in Hamilton. We had a couple shopping days in the "city" (Missoula), haircuts at my dad's shop, shopping on Main Street, several meals at Taco John's, a visit to my grandparents' house, a drive up to Darby to get some treats at the candy store, a stop at Lake Como, and some browsing @ Kmart and Walgreens. Thanks Mom and Dad for another fun visit... the best part was just spending time with my family!















The girls with Romeo

Lexi, getting some of that thick hair cut off

Rooney's turn, who had this to say after her haircut: "My hair is definitely beautiful!"

The girls with Grandma @ Como Lake

HAHA- you just had to be there for this... We were eating A&W burgers and my mom asked if I wanted her pickle and I said sure. So she flings it over and it landed on my cup, through the straw. Lol.

Feeding the ducks with Grandpa

My girls and my parents

A few MT flakes

Happy V-Day!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

I found these flowers from my sweetheart

waiting for me in my car before church. Love him!!

Who Dat?!

If you know me well, you know that I'm a New Orleans Saints fan... have been pretty much since I can remember. My dad has always been a Saints fan and us kids grew up watching NFL games with him every weekend during football season. So my dad's love for the Saints (or the 'Aints as they are called the years they aren't doing so hot) rubbed off on us, and I have been a loyal fan all these years. Every season I would vow to pick a new NFL team to be my favorite, but I just couldn't do it. So this Superbowl was incredibly exciting for us. As you can see, I've got my girls roped into the Saints team spirit too, sporting their Saints tattoos.
We enjoyed the game with awesome friends at a fun Superbowl party. And after the big win my dad called and told me to hold the phone away from my ear... just so he could holler in celebration. :) We're going to have to order some Saints Superbowl gear now. SAINTS ARE #1!!!

Hoover Dam

Last Saturday we were driving around and decided to drive out to Hoover Dam. We hadn't been out there for a while! It was a beautiful day to just go there and walk around. The new bridge they are building is coming along... it's pretty impressive! The girls liked it, although Lexi freaked when I told her we were going to walk over to Arizona. She said, "But Mom! We didn't pack any clothes!" =)

It's a Baby...

GIRL!!!
Yep, we're having yet another baby girl. I'm ok with it... not so sure about Benj though. He just sat there @ the ultrasound saying, "Three girls? Three girls?? I'm going to go broke!" Lol. I told him, sorry babe... but it really is your fault. ;)

But everything looks nice and healthy! Hey, at least we don't have to re-paint the nursery... it's staying purple.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning this year was a little quiet, but fun. We were on our own for the first time in our marriage. We didn't go anywhere and no one came to us. But it was just fine being with our little family. The Christmas magic was so fun to watch with the kids! I thought the older you got, the less exciting and magical Christmas gets, but not when you're a parent. It's great!

Santa came! And those are the nightgowns they opened Christmas Eve (another tradition).
The only thing Lexi asked for was an Easy Bake Oven.

And Ava asked for a baby doll that really peed... yeah, there are NOT any cute dolls anymore!

Stockings

Lexi insisted on handing out the gifts

Ava sleeps with this music box- every night! :)

The lovely mess after everything is unwrapped

Santa left a few crumbs...

That afternoon Bret, Natalia, and Abby came over for Christmas dinner. We had our traditional prime rib, Benj does a great job cooking it to perfection! It was great spending the rest of the day with some of our family. We hope your Christmas was a great one! Happy New Year everyone!