Holiday cheer

So I kinda skipped right past Thanksgiving. Mostly because I didnt take any pictures and I had to work a lot around the holiday. I know....LAME!
Anyway Josh and I wanted to do something with Kinsey that was service oriented but she is too young for most volunteer things.
My fab Gma lives in an assisted living facility on the east side and just loves to have visitors. So my plan was to have Kinsey help me back cookies, package them all prettily and deliver them to the residents while visiting my gma! Total kill 2 birds with one stone project! Gma loves visitors and Kinsey was getting to give to others!
Much to my suprise this was a total success. She loved helping me bake and was an excellent assistant packager. Granny walked us throught the facility and we knocked on doors, handing the resident cookies and wishing them happy holidays! They all adored Kinsey and she just ate up all of the attention. I hope we brought some holiday cheer to some who may not have anyone who visits them.
This will definitely be repeated next year.
Next years goal: Take more than one picture :(

Sleep over

Nothing beats movie night!!! Kinsey, Josh and I rented the Cat in the Hat (I bet you can tell who had the most say in that rental), moved all of the furniture out of the living room and brought out the sleeping bags and pillows. Popcorn was popped and everyone had a great time! Then the movie ended, it was 10pm and Kinsey was running around the house like a mad woman!
At that point an executive decision was made to abort operation sleep over and put that girl to bed!
In the end we got to spend some super awesome family time together and mommy and daddy didnt have to wake up in the morning with sore backs from sleeping on the floor! Score!

Whoa Baby Im behind

These past couple of months have been complete insanity. First of all, Im nearly nine months prego and a complete slug. Second of all, our computer died and I have been without one until a few weeks ago. And third of all, I still am having a hard time acclimating myself to these new computer. Nonetheless, here we go. I am going to start where I left off. Next up......Halloween!!! I know! Dont laugh but if I dont post about it how am I going to remember this stuff people???
Kinsey was an absolutely perfect bumble bee! We went to the zoo and there was entirely too much stimulation there. The next night we went trick or treating in the neighborhood. She was a pro! We finished off the night at grandma and grandpas. Enjoy the pics!

                                        Now thats a mouthful of candy!!!!

Peters Family Pumpkin Trip

Last week we made it out for the annual pumpkin patch trip. Now I know its only the second year, but its kinda something you gotta do. It was a super windy day and we made it early in the morning before the rain hit! We went with our dear friends and the kids had a blast. We did the hayrack ride, searched for the most perfect pumpkins, pet the animals and rode on the cow train.
Kinsey was a real trooper and at 24 weeks prego I felt pretty darn good.
Overall the day was a success and will be repeated next year. Happy hunting ya'll!

Sleeping Big Girl Style

So I knew this time was coming......All along we had planned for Kinsey to transition into a toddler/twin bed so that we could free up the crib for the new baby. We got a toddler bed from a fab friend and started to piece together her new room.
            All this big girl stuff is a little too much for mammas heart to take.
I was way apprehensive about this transition as I selfishly thought she was going to sleep worse and in turn make me lose sleep.
            Well turns out shes a pro and absolutely loves her new room. Other than a few thuds in the middle of the night where I had to go put her back into bed she has done great!
             Although I may shed a tear or two, big girl bed = happy mamma and happy baby!

Its a BOY!

We found out on Monday that we are having a BOY!!!
This came as a total shocker to me! For some reason I had it in my mind that this baby is for sure a girl and never really gave it a second thought.! Boy oh Boy!
When the sonogram lady said she was 100% he had little boy parts, Josh said "I feel like I won the Super Bowl." Totally cute. I am so happy that my husband is so happy.
Now this momma needs to wrap her mind around the fact that we will be buying blues, greens, cars, tractors.....all the stuff I am not used to.
We are so happy most of all that everything seems to be healthy with our little baby. God has blessed us in so many ways and we cannot wait to meet this little fella!! We love you so much already baby!

Love this guy

Date night is few and far between in our house. It seems like we just never take time to schedule something with just the 2 of us. We just really like our friends and when we have an opportunity to do something kidless we choose to hang with them too.

Time spent with just my honey fills my love tank to the brim. We really do need to make this more of a priority. Nothing like cranking up the music and jammin out, being silly with the one you love.

Once this new little one gets here we need to make it a frequent thing to get out of the house, away from the kids, be alone, eat a hot meal, have a cocktail and just have fun!!!
Love you babe!