So glad I didn't miss this!

Lilly LOVED Santa this year!

We got to see Santa on Saturday morning.  We were one of the first in line so we got to see Santa arrive.  As soon as Lilly heard the jingling bells and saw him she got so excited.  She kept yelling "Hi Santa!"  It brought a tear to my eye then and it's doing it again now.  I didn't know how she would react to him, but she was super excited.

This is Lilly telling Santa what she wants for Christmas.  Jack sat her in his lap and he asked her what she wanted...without hesitation she responded "DORA"!

She did awesome for the pictures.  I like that you can bring your own camera to this Santa as long as you buy a print from them.

I know it seems really early for a Santa visit, but I did not want to miss this!!  I was afraid if I waited until after Liam arrived then I may not be up for going.  I would have really missed seeing this.  I was so proud of Lilly.  I guess I just figured at her age she was not going to enjoy or understand the Santa thing.  Maybe putting the tree up mid November this year helped...LOL!

Liam will be coming in a couple of days now...4 actually!  I'm still doing pretty good, just a little tired.  We hope to get a picture of Liam up after he joins us so keep checking for that update.  We hope everyone has a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

BELLY LAUGHS!

Well as of today it is officially 2 weeks until our scheduled c-section!  We are getting soooo excited and nervous.  Meredith came over on the weekend to take some belly and family pictures for us.  The belly laughs is pretty much about my outtie belly button that freaks most everyone out.  As we were trying to take pictures something made me laugh...laughing= belly button way outtie!!  This in turn made Jack start to freak out as he could feel it growing in his hand.  LOL!  I find it funny myself.

I had a Dr appt. yesterday and he said nothing has started yet.  Liam did drop some this weekend, he's not kicking my ribs anymore.  I'm feeling OK, my body is just getting sore and my emotions are a little crazy.  Jack just rolled his eyes as he read this I'm sure!  Sorry Hun, I should be back soon.  Our 4 year anniversary is this Thursday, we may do something crazy like go out for dinner and stay up til 9pm.  That's all I have energy for.

Here are a couple more pictures...enjoy!

Halloween & Pumpkin Patch Pics

WOW, can you believe it...I only stayed up til 1 o'clock in the morning...but I was determined to get these done...ENJOY!

 Same but w/o texture and partial color.

 This was Halloween night.

 For those of you who haven't seen Jack lately here are some pics.  I have told you about how hard he has been working out...well see for yourself...

A picture post!

I'm behind I know, I haven't had a chance to get a new belly pic so I will now post the one I didn't post when I should have 3 weeks ago!  Hhhhhh..

 And now some of Lilly... (these are not edited...just happy I got them onto the blog before the new year)

Enjoying the beautiful Fall weather at Market Street.

Gotta love that electrifying time of year! 

This one was from April...ish

And remember a post a long long looooong time ago?  I said I would post a pic of Lilly's playhouse after I finished working on it.  Well, I found this picture mixed in with the one above so here you go.  I think it turned out really cute and Lilly loves playing in it.  Still waiting on the deck to be built...JACK! ;-)

Halloween pics coming soon!  I PROMISE

4 weeks to go!

I hope to add pics later...

So far all is still going very well!  YAY  We had another Dr. appt. yesterday and everything looks good, Liam has a strong heartbeat and is moving all over the place.  I have started getting some swelling in my feet after a long day of sitting at work.  I try to walk over to the Target store, next to my office, at least twice a day to get up and moving.  A little shopping is good for the spirit...but I'm usually only hitting up the Starbucks or food stand for a fresh baked choc chip cookie!  As far as weight, I have started putting more of that on - thanks Target cookies.  Actually I think I'm at +26lbs now.  This is still way better than +50.  In the past couple weeks Liam has really grown and started putting the pressure on my ribs, bladder, lungs...  I'm still feeling better than last time, but it is getting harder to sleep through the night comfortably.  Liam is a very strong kicker and will jolt me out of a dead sleep with one swift kick to the rib, good times!  Yesterday was the first time I had the feeling of being done, ready to deliver this kid, ready to feel normal again, ready to have my body back!

Liam's room is finally ready for him, the walls are painted and it looks really cute.  Jack thinks I've gone nutty because I decided to take on the task of painting all of Lilly's furniture...last weekend!  I'm half way done and it is going to look FABULOUS!  Out with the brown and back in with the off white.  Lilly herself said it was beautiful.

Jack really likes his new position, he looked like a businessman when he came home the other night.  He was dressed in a business suit and looking really sharp.  He has already travelled to Ohio and will be heading to California soon.  I am excited for him to be able to travel to all these different places, even though he will only have one afternoon to sight see.

Well, Halloween was a fun night.  Lilly was Tinkerbell and looked super cute.  I only took her to the first 3 houses then I sat in the driveway to hand out candy.  Jack took her the rest of the way, accompanied by Nana, Papa, and some friends.  Our neighborhood gets really crazy on Halloween, our neighbor counted over 320 trick-or-treaters!  People were everywhere and some of the houses go ALL OUT with decorations, smoke machines, spooky music...etc.  Jack said Lilly had a death grip on him with one hand and covered her eyes with the other hand at the scary houses!  LOL