Happy Fat Tuesday!

Mumsy and Gus have been in town to meet baby Carmen and play with Simon. On Tuesday they introduced Simon to the fun of Mardi Gras. Now every day Simon wants it to be Fat Tuesday.

Gus Simon and Mumsy wearing their beads.

Dancing to Mardi Gras music.

Simon found the baby!

Carmen the party animal.

Carmen Sophia

Born 2.12.12. 8 lbs 6 oz, 20 inches long. She is doing great! She had a few days on the lights for jaundice, but she handled it really well and is finally done. I can't believe she's already over a week old.

While I'm Waiting

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of this little girl. In the mean time, I've been making a few things to keep my mind occupied with other things.

My sister in law Emily inspired me to make one of these car seat cover blanket things.


I've been wanting to make these soft baby shoes for about three years now, but I was always too intimidated by the task. I finally sat down and just did it yesterday. It wasn't as scary as I thought, and now I have the confidence to try making more.


Hopefully one of the next couple posts on here will be of a squishy new baby. Wish me luck!

Bowling and Emperor Simon

We took Simon bowling for the first time last night. He was very serious and focused about the whole thing, but thought it was awesome. As we were driving early this morning he was really quiet, then suddenly said, "Daddy came home and we went bowling. We pushed the ball and knocked down the little white bats. I like it."
It is so funny how he tries to express what he's thinking. When he can't remember the right word for something he just describes it the best he can. Funny little dude.





A little video of Simon as The Emperor.

The Home Stretch (no pun intended)

Happy 36 weeks to me today! This pregnancy has seemed to last a really really long time. It is finally coming to a close, and we are getting super excited to meet this little girl. Check out how much she's grown!

28 Weeks vs. 36 Weeks

I'm getting pretty anxious to see how Simon reacts to all of this. He's become very comfortable with being an only child. Whenever we ask him when the baby is coming he keeps saying "The baby will come on Thursday. It will open the tummy door." Ah, if only it were that simple.

Christmas

We had a fun Christmas this year. It was awesome to watch Simon learn about everything this year and really start to grasp an understanding of it all.

Opening presents on Christmas Eve.

Singing Christmas songs. I don't know why this picture is flipped, it's normal on the computer. Oh well, you'll have to turn your head to see it right. :)

Showing off some of his presents.

Acting out the nativity after dinner at Mat and Alicia's.

Ready for bed on Christmas Eve.

Our "Mumsy Jammies".


Christmas morning.

He was pretty thrilled.

We have a couple cute videos, but blogger is not letting me upload them for some reason. If you'd like to see them, you can go to my facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=29003044

Making Cookies

Also, unrelated to making cookies but something that made my day. Simon was eating his breakfast and I asked him if he wanted a banana. He responded in what we like to call his "sweet voice", "No thank you. Can I have some strawberries please?" Yes, he got strawberries and yes, he knows how to manipulate his mommy.