Catch Up...post-holiday updates!

The day after Christmas we were laaazy.  I'll call it a Christmas hangover...because we managed to stay in our jammies, not leave the house and other than some present organizing...we were bums!  It was awesome.  We busted out a new game Owen got from Santa called Don't Rock the Boat.  You load it up with penguins and try not to tip it over.  He thoroughly enjoyed this game...especially when he won!!

The boys received a Disney Infinity from Grandma this year.  It is an awesome gift that I know they will enjoy growing into!!  Jeremy and Owen spent the better part of an afternoon learning the ropes. They were like two kids in a candy store!!

The weekend after Christmas we gathered our wits and headed out to make a few pre-baby purchases we knew we needed.  $300 later we wandered to the Mills mall for a carousel ride and some snacks!  I'm so glad we snuck this little outting in.  We had a fun afternoon and enjoyed a great day of family time!

 This kid LOVES to dress up.  Capes, slippers, hats, masks.  This particular day he wore this cape and mask for literally hours of the afternoon.   It was hilarious and too cute not to photograph!

This what 37 weeks looks like...and yes folks...I've just gotten bigger.  My back and shoulders are achy for some relief!!  

My attempt at apple dumplings using crescent rolls and Mountain Dew.  This was heading into the oven...they were delicious and I will make them again!!!

I am the mother to cheesballs.  Cute ones at that!!  They love their new towels they got for Christmas.  Proof below!  God do I love these two!!! 

Lasagna in one of my awesome Christmas presents...a new deep dish lasagna dish.  It cleaned up easily and didn't drip over into my oven.  LOVE it!!!

New Years Day we had some visitors in the form of our niece, nephew and their parents...after lots and lots and lots of playing these two asked to watch a movie and after getting them set up...I found them snuggled in like this:

This one was busy enjoying The Croods in 3D with his Daddy and Uncle Jonnie..and after lots of playing...crashed. Just like this!

After the New Years wrapped up it was d-day on all things Greyson.  If you ever wonder what the term back to square one feels like being smacked in your face...wash some bottles while your almost 5 year old is pottying on the potty like a big boy and dressing himself at the same time.  Oh Momma...here we go again!!!

There is something so darn appealing about baby laundry.  I do not like laundry whatsoever...but folding this stuff?  It's so cute and small...and precious.  And given that my biggest and middle boy once fit into many of these items...this time around it's super nostalgic. I love it!

We've been trying to teach him how to sing the lines from CeeLo's song Forget You.  It's starting to work.  It's adorable. Nuf said.

 In the middle of a foot deep snow storm...a day after I had a little bit of a scare with heading to the hospital early and we put a call into the doctor's emergency line and we're packing for the hospital...we got a snow storm that brought snow, bitter cold and blizzard like conditions for most of our area. Then...we lost our power.  The temps were due to drop to the lowest they had in 20 years and here goes our power.  Thankfully, after getting online...it showed the power would return. So we built a fire, hunkered down and waited. Our house got pretty brisk but we did get our power back as promised. Thank you Ameren!!

The morning after the big snow...we woke to this.  That would be a minus sign next to that 9.  Making the wind chills about -25 or 30.  Brrrr!!!!  Owen went on to have a week off of school due to snow and cold.  Hello January!!!

I have a problem with jealousy when it comes to anyone who owns one of these awesome cargo totes from 31.  I honestly have no earthly idea why I never just went out and bought myself one...BUT now I don't have to!!  Jonnie and April stopped over on a random evening to visit us saying they had something to drop off.  This beautiful-ness is what they dropped off!!  Covet no more!!! And just in time for Greyson's arrival...I can tote it on up to the hospital and it'll get it's first good use!  Woohoo!!