Joshua's Birthday

I've been so busy getting ready for our trip and finishing up Christmas presents, that my blogging got put on hold for a couple weeks. Josh's birthday was December 5th and he had drill that weekend, so Kylee and I drove down on his birthday and surprised him. I had called on of his friends and let him in on the surprise so he could get some of the guys to go to dinner with us for his birthday. He was completely surprised and we had a great time there. He wanted a strawberry shortcake for his birthday cake, but Kylee said that the strawberries weren't boyish enough. She finally agreed that he could still have the cake if she put blue sprinkles, a blue truck, blue car, and blue airplane on it. She found the ones she wanted at the store and then arranged them on the cake. Here is the finished product!



While we were in Biloxi visiting Josh, we went to the outlet mall in Gulfport and they had a playground there that Kylee had a lot of fun on. She had never climbed a climbing wall that high before, but got the hang of it quickly.

I found Kylee "teaching" her baby and bear in her room.

Zane hasen't even been born yet, and getting in the car has been taking twice as long because we must make sure that the baby and bear are safetly buckled in their seat belts.

28 Weeks

Here is me at 28 weeks (plus 3 days). You all will have to agree that I have a baby bump now! I went for my appointment last week and also had my glucose test. They messed up and took my blood too soon so they had to call me back and take it again. Given how much I love needles, I was just overjoyed to hear that I had to go back and have it taken again! Thursday also was the day for my shot to since I have RH negative blood. Kylee kept asking me if it hurt. I had to be a big girl for my 3 year old!! The good news for the day was that Zane is doing good and growing a the right rate.

Christmas Tree

Kylee was very anxious to get the tree up when we got home (literally). We put it up Saturday night. She loves the star on top and the Nativity scene at the bottom under the tree.

Kylee and Daddy putting on the star (the picture is a little blurry, but it was the best one I took)

Ta-da!

Thanksgiving '08

For Thanksgiving this year, we met up with three other families in Branson, Missouri. We had fun and relaxing time and made a lot of memories. We spent the week relaxing, taking the kids to the park at the resort, went and rode go carts, played miniture golf, went to the Christmas show at the Dixie Stampede, saw Noah the musical, spent the day at Silver Dollar City, and had a nice Thanksgiving dinner together. Thanks to Jana for organizing our vacation. It never would have happened without her.

Here's the whole group. Patrick, Corene, Tea, & Avery Doherty, BJ & Jana Hemion, Joshua, Esther, & Kylee Smith, & Jason, Michelle, Kelsey, & McKayla Corder

Patrick, Joshua, BJ, & Jason

Corinne, Jana (& baby boy), Esther (& Zane), & Michelle

Here's a funny little tidibt - Jana and I are both having boys and are due 10 days apart. When we were all together about 6? years ago, Michelle & Corinne were both pregnant and both had girls 10 days apart. This isn't a tradition that we plan on continuing with!

At the Dixie Stampede - Jason, Levi, Beth, Nate, Esther, Joshua, & Kylee

Us riding the go-carts. Kylee hadn't ever been on one and had a great time, except that she wanted to go faster.

Kelsey, Tea, & Kylee - at the miniture golf course

A really cool statue at the Sight & Sound theatre

what we saw Josh doing a lot during our vacation!

the girls in a HUGE rocking chair at Silver Dollar City - Kylee, McKayla, Kelsey, Avery, & Tea

Kylee & Josh

Us in front of the huge tree at Silver Dollar City. They had a light show that night with all the lights on this tree. It was pretty neat.

The girls in the sleigh

Kylee (she was finally getting cold)

Computes?

I just got a new ceiling fan for the living room that only runs by remote control. The one I really wanted was $150 and this one was $50, so that kinda sealed the deal and I like this one pretty good anyway. This morning, Kylee wanted to play with the remote and was turning the light on and off. After she had turned it on and off a couple times, she said, "Wow, this really computes!" I didn't even know she knew that word. :-)

Little Artist!

Last week, I worked on painted Kylee's new room. The room was blue, but when I told her that she was going to be moving into the bigger room (since she is going to be the big sister), she was very adamant that her room be pink and not blue. I tried to convince her to maybe put some purple, or another color (since her room now is pink and yellow), but she was not to be convinced! It is a dark fuchsia pink and a pale pink. It turned out cute. I will post pictures of the completed room, once we have moved her stuff into it, etc. I let her help me a some during the painting process. She didn't understand why I had to paint over where she had already painted, but other than that, she had a great time.

Pumpkins

Yesterday a friend called and said that Wal-Mart was trying to get rid of their pumpkins. So much so, that I got 4 good size pumpkins for a total of .04. You can't beat a penny a piece! I want to cook and puree the pumpkin and then freeze for future use. My mom always did her own, but this will be a first for me. I'm thinking I also need to make another pumpkin cheesecake. Yum!

Election Day!

After I took Kylee to get her hair cut this morning, I went to vote. I had Gracie today so both of the girls went in the booth with me. I had to keep them on the other side of the "cast your vote button" so they wouldn't see it and succumb to the temptation to press it!

Both of them have silly expressions on their faces!