Ethan and Rebecca

Rebecca is our next door neighbor and a day younger than Ethan. They are like two little peas in a pod when together. Thankfully, at our other neighbors house this afternoon - they only broke 1 Christmas ornament!

8 Months Down, 1 To Go...

My sister-in-law came over and did a "photo shoot" of the belly. I had wanted to get some of Ethan touching/kissing my belly which he will always do, but of course not on this day!

Ethan hopes Santa never comes to town

I said I was not going to be one of those Mom's that forces a child to wear a Halloween costume or sit on Santa/Easter Bunny, etc. for a picture and I meant it. I guess this is borderline as Jonathan was trying to see how E would react..this was my only quick shot to document the unsuccessful trip to see Santa. Maybe next year when he understands that Santa brings gifts...

This is how we trim a tree....

Always a kid or a dog crawling on you.....

Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving, we hosted both my family that was in town but Jonathan's family too for a total of 16. Thankfully, my Mom and my sister are both fabulous cooks and helps and it was all a team effort - but everything turned out great and fun was had by all.

We did miss the annual Trivial Pursuit boys vs. girls game b/c everyone insisited the pregnant one go to bed. Maybe at Christmas....

Which one is bigger?

The real turkey or the one in my belly?

The Cousins on Turkey Day Mornning

How cute are they? All sitting there watching cartoons. The twins (Luke and Mason) are 3, Ty is almost 6, and Ethan is 20 months. Ethan loved having his big cousins in town and picked up the new nickname "Big E". He also learned things like climbing on the outside of the stair railing and other good things like that! Ha.