Long Overdue Christmas Post

Christmas celebrations started for us with Kason's program (breakfast and music class) at his school. It was fun to watch him interacting with the other kids. He loves school and tells us all the time about his friends, so it was great to get to be a part of it for a couple of hours. We started with breakfast and then went to their music and exercise class where they had been working on some Christmas songs. Kason got really upset on his way across the hall to the class because he thought we left and weren't going to watch him. He cheered up when he realized we were still there, but still refused to participate in the exercises. The music got him going again, though. They sang and danced to, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Jingle Bells", along with their regular music class songs.

Singing and dancing



Daddy & Emmy at Kason's school

The weekend before Christmas, we took the kids to San Antonio to see Grandma since we wouldn't be celebrating Christmas there. It was not really a Christmas trip, but we did get to take part in some fun activities - church play, Christmas lights, playing in the leaves, and Santa on the firetruck!

Santa




Christmas was lots of fun this year with Kason and Emily both enjoying the festivities (mostly Kason, though). Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were spent here at home with our little family of 4. We enjoyed church service, baking, and pizza on Christmas Eve, along with late hours in Santa's workshop finishing up the kids' play kitchen. Santa was very good to them this year with a new wagon and play kitchen.






New Years' weekend, we traveled to Fort Worth to celebrate a late Christmas with my family. Unfortunately, I think we forgot our camera this weekend, as I cannot locate any pictures. As usual, though, Kason had a BLAST playing with his cousins and opening presents again! Emily got sick pretty much the moment we got there, so we ended up cutting our visit short by a day so we could get home and get some much needed rest in our own beds.

We celebrated Christmas with Kyle's family the week of Emily's birthday, so that post will be coming tomorrow.

Happy Birthday, Emily!

My sweet little Emily turned 1 year old yesterday. Can you believe it? Where did the last year go?
We were so busy with cake and presents and the aquarium that I didn't get a chance to log on and wish her Happy Birthday on the blog, so here it is...Happy Birthday to my precious little Emmy! Mommy, Daddy, and Kason love you more than you could know!

A Few Christmas Pics

We have been without our home computer for a couple of days, but we are back in business now. It is late and I just finished Emily's bday invitations, so here are a few teaser pics for a larger post coming soon.

We Plan, God Laughs

Remember a couple of posts back when I said I had been under the weather? Well, there is a reason for that (and, things are finally looking up). Kyle and I are expecting our third baby this July (7/11). Some answers to your questions:

1. No, this wasn't planned. When I finally decided to take a test, I was actually well past the time I found out I was pregnant with Kason & Emily because this just wasn't something we were ready for. Oh well...ready or not. We were planning for a 2-3 yr separation between Emily and a third baby, but as the title reads, "We plan, God laughs".

2. Yes, we are very excited (a little apprehensive, too). It's a baby....how could we not be excited?

3. Yes, we are finding out the sex (although Kyle didn't want to originally). The perinatologist from the NT scan made a guess already....girl. We'll see if she was right in 4-5 more weeks.

4. Baby is seemingly healthy. We have had 3 ultrasounds and baby looks great, even measuring a few days ahead. Today, at 13w2d, heartbeat was 164.

My belly is growing quite rapidly and I have already gained more weight than I would like to admit. I'm really not sure how, though, seeing as I have had awful morning sickness. Much, much worse than with Kason or Emily. That, originally, made this whole thing hard to accept. We weren't planning this, so I wasn't prepared and/or ready to embrace the morning sickness like I would have been if we had been trying. But, I have moved past that phase and am finally feeling better (minus the random day of puking).

Emily, of course, has no idea what is going on. Kason, however, will tell you there is a baby in mommy's belly and kiss my belly. When asked if he wants a brother/sister, his response is "just a baby". I'm not sure he gets it quite yet, but I think he will understand a bit more as I grow more and time progresses.

We are very excited to have our children so close together and hopeful that they will be best friends and confidants as they grow older. We are so thankful for our unexpected blessing and are excited to welcome him/her in July.

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Stay tuned for a Christmas post tomorrow.