Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all you readers and bloggers! I hope this day is filled with all of the love and joy that the holiday can bring. Sitting here at nearly 8 o'clock in the morning still haveing not heard a peep from my lovely children I am baffled. Who knew they would sleep in on Christmas when they had stockings to open? I of course woke up with a full bladder and empty stomach at 7 o'clock so I am all up and ready to watch the joy spread across their sweet little faces and start bouncing around the room. Kids happiness tend to overlap onto anything remotely close to it so I am looking forward to this being a very happy and fun holiday. I certainly hope that all of you out there are waking up to similar happiness and excitment on this blessed day. For now I am going to sit and enjoy the last few minutes of sweet silence before the day blasts into full swing. Much love and happiness to you all.

Seperation and more

Well, it happened. I had to give up my studio room. We moved Zoe into her very own "big girl room" and for the time being Sydney has her own too. Syd will be sharing her room with the new baby eventually. We are hoping that this will help Zoe to fill more grown up and extra special so she will act like a 'big girl" instead of like her little sister. We are also hoping that it helps Sydney feel more comfortable in the big sister role that she is about to take on. First night was rough - both kids didn't want to be apart and ended up in our room about 5 times each. The last two nights have been better, and I for one believe that once they get use to the idea the arrangments will lead to better sleep for everyone.

By the end of the week our holiday guest (Nanny) will be in residence, and we anticipate seeing much more of Auntie Shar as Christmas grows nearer. For now we are working hard at finishing our shopping and wrapping and other preparations. The kids are on Santa countdown. The weather finally turned cold (20's or so) and we have had a bit of ice and snow, but so far nothing like previous years. Here's hoping for a white but not too icey Christmas!

First Appointment

Yesterday was my first OB appointment for this time around. I'm happy to report I got a prescription for anti-nausea meds! Hooray! Other than that it was the usual go rounds of drawing blood (which took forever thanks to my tiny insignificant veins) and general physical exams. No actual weight gain as of yet, although my tummy already sticks out a bit due to lack of muscle tone and two previous pregnancies. We listened for the heartbeat twice but since my uterus is tilted backwards (it has always been that way - no cause for concern) it made it impossible. So we are going back for another listen in two weeks (yep, Christmas Eve). I think hearing the babies little ticker would make for an excellent Christmas present. Other than that there is little to report. The kids and I are making Christmas candy (and rapidly eting it) and looking forward to the festivities to come.

Tree Time

Last weekend, we went to the tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree... (you'll be happy to know I made it there and back without vomiting once- a real achievement these days).

Here Rob and Zoe consider a tree (a noble fir from Oregon - just like every year) and this is the one we ended up with.

Here Sydney and Auntie cheese it up for a picture before we head inside to pay and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies.
Later we decorated the tree. It looked pretty good. The kids keep trying to rearrange it now though so who knows what it will look like by Christmas day!

No climbing on the chairs!

A couple of days ago my sweet children were playing on barstools that they are not suppose to be on and Sydney pulled one down on top of herself. Ouch, right. More than that. It landed on her big toe and gave her a huge bloodblister. I called the pediatricians office and they said there was nothing anyone can do and that she will probably lose the toenail. Bummer. So now she is limping around and can't wear shoes at all. Poor little thing. And yet she still tries to climb on that same barstool that has given her all that pain. Go figure.

Caution: Graphic images follow...

Thanksgiving

Hope Everyone had a great turkey day! We had fun. Just us and Auntie Shar and way too much food. Troy came over later and we watched football and then played rockband. Goodtimes. These are pictures of us making candy/cookie turkeys with the kiddos.