Catch Up

is not happening fully yet....but it will, I swear! I know I need to start at Christmas and move forward, I've just had a serious case of lazy/tired-itis..........

Without pics, I can tell you we had a good Christmas/New Year.....I was sick through Christmas, but it was still fun to have my parents come for a couple days...Evan LOVES having them stay at our house! We had a nice family dinner with Adam's family too....

New Year's Eve/Day was so great...Adam took me on a little getaway to Ellis Lake to stay in a cozy cabin, kid-free, for a couple days! Thank you to Grandma J(and Grandpa too) who generously agreed to ring in the New Year with a 3 year old! It was so relaxing and great to spend time with my hubby.

Aside from that, I'm getting more and more pregnant every day.....I'll be 34 weeks this Friday and I'm feeling every ounce of it....I'm tired and seem to have not a whole lot of patience these days...I know that's going to be the biggest challenge for me when #2 comes along...patience! I am praying daily for more of it! :)

Anyway, I'll post some Christmas pics soon....hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!

Oh, and this weekend the Scripps will be coming to stay with us to help celebrate my 31st BDay! Oh my goodness......31........BRING IT.

Big Momma's House

Soooo, we've been doing a lot of work around the house to try to get ready for baby boy number 2...by 'we' I mean everyone but me...First Grandma and Grandpa had a man come in to strip wallpaper, fix and prime walls for painting upstairs...Since then Adam and the in-laws have been working their tushies off!

I've been doing what I can, but I'm definitely limited with what I can help with....Paranoid Grandma J and Auntie Robin won't let me paint, for fear of the fumes..I love you both..and I can't move heavy stuff, for obvious reasons....so, Evan and I hang out...I do what I can, which has been enough to get sore (moving books/toys/cleaning)...ANYWAY, Evan's room is pretty much done, with most of his stuff back in there, but not done enough for a picture....our room is getting closer too...some beige-y walls, with a couple that are a color called Copper Mountain....Jill, you remember our living room in our old house right?? That color....The baby's room isn't painted yet, but we're making lots of progress.....

Thank you to my great family...always there when you need them and they work so hard....we'd never get all this done without them....just a little more to go!!!!!!

There have also been a couple requests for more pictures so:

Here's Big Momma herself.....31 weeks......

Auntie Robin just getting started on our room.....Grandma J has done a lot of work since then too...

Grandma J working on Evan's room....

Silly (soon to be Evan's Uncle) Paul working on Evan's room.....Silly Uncle Paul even came on Wednesday to watch Evan while Grandma was busy....he's so great with Evan and we just love this guy!!

ON ANOTHER NOTE.....Adam got half his Christmas present on Friday.....he'd been talking about a live Maine lobster forever, and so I caved and ordered one Jumbo Dude for him! It came Friday and Adam boiled it up and even shared a little...that was the most delicious lobster EVER!! Okay, so it was only the second time I've eaten it, but yummy!!!! The best part was that Adam was actually surprised!! Not only am I a notoriously bad gift-giver, but he's a notorious SNOOP. So, I was so, so excited to see how excited Adam was!! He refuses to let me take his picture, so he got this one of me getting ready to chow!

Well, it's almost Christmas and my parents will be here Tuesday to help us celebrate...I'm so excited to have them here and for Evan on Christmas day! I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy start to the new year! Adam and I will be ringing it in kid-free in a cozy cabin in the snow in Interlochen....the last getaway for, well a long, long time! :)

Big Momma OUT.

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He's Healing....

My bruiser boy is healing up....it's getting mighty colorful, but so much better! Thank Goodness!

Prayer Request

Add this to your list please.....

I just got word from Megan, friend and former coworker from a few years back, that her husband is really sick......
Go to their website www.kayaraine.blogspot.com for the full story, because it is truly one that needs prayers, prayers and more prayers...... I don't know what more I can do for their family, but I thought I'd send out a request and at least add a few links to the prayer chain..... Thanks ya'll.....

This is yet another reminder to me to be so thankful for my healthy family.

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oops! in my haste to post pics of my poor little man, i forgot to give the scoop on what happened.....

well, ruth was there watching evan, as she does on tuesdays and they were playing by the train table....well, I guess Evan went running for ruth and tripped and smacked head/eye first into the side of the train table.....

i was about 5 minutes from home and ruth called and said...."we've had an accident....."..so, I arrive home to the below pics....

After ruth left (feeling really bad)...I called the doc and they told me to watch for this and that and evan was completely normal (for him :) ) and so we iced it and gave motrin and waited......

this morning he woke up with a huge black eye...i'll post more pics later, b/c it looks even worse...my poor boy..he says it doesn't hurt him though....so, he went to school today and was telling all the little ones about his ouchy....

This is what I came home to today......

and it keeps getting bigger and bruisier and looks worse in person....

Sometimes being a mom makes me want to puke......my poor baby.