Christmas-y Days

We have been getting ready for Christmas around here! Lots of fun decorating, cookie baking, and activities. Here are some fun pics we wanted to share.

Lighting the 1st Advent candle

Avey is back! Drinking out of the syrup...silly elf.

Snuggling on the Polar Express. This was a great year on the train for Gage. He LOVES trains and especially the Polar Express. He watches the movie nearly everyday while also acting it out with his toy trains. Love him.

There was fresh snow the day we went on the Polar Express so the kids got to have their first "real" play-in-the-snow. They had a blast even though they only had about 25 minutes. Daddy pulled them a little bit too fast in the sled and it tipped, dumping Gage face first in the snow. Poor kid was screaming with a snow covered face. Admittedly, we all had a good laugh about it.

We participated in the Jingle Bell Run at Addie's school. Who knew she was such a runner?

Making cookies!

Our little frosting worker bee. She sat so quietly and just decorated cookies all day while we baked. You wouldn't have even know she was there except for her tray of beautiful cookies. A little artist in the making. :)

6 weeks in the making...

6 weeks ago...

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

Tonight...

She has been babying that tooth along since it first came loose 6 weeks ago. She would try and let me pull it out and then raise her hand in the air (our "secret" signal) for when it hurt and she wanted me to stop. Tonight, it was wiggling by a thread so I talked her into letting me try before bed. Right as her hand popped up, I said, "I got it!" And much bouncing off the walls, happy giggling, and general euphoria ensued...

Happy milestone, Boog. We love you.

Yep, we're that cool now...

So yesterday this happened:

Yeah, yeah. Now I am officially a minivan-driving, kid-chauffeuring, soccer-mom. In all seriousness, I am pretty stoked about all the space and storage. The kids can't touch each other while we're driving. Blissful.

Plus, we need room for our next little package who has yet to be formally introduced on the blog! Meet #3! Due to arrive in 12 weeks (yikes!) on or around 2-24-14. I love that little face so much already.

And in case you were wondering...it's going to be a...

28 weeks!

This pregnancy is going pretty smoothly. I was definitely sick in the beginning (and I hardly ever felt that way with the other 2) and I'm tired a lot, but what parent with kids isn't? This little man's arrival is sneaking up on us, but we couldn't be more happy. We are very blessed. God is good.