January and February, 2010

Sadly, my camera has been sitting in its case, alone and in the dark, for most of the last two months. Frankly, I'm not a winter/ snow person and the South has not lived up to my expectations this year. There has been more snow and freezing temperatures than in any of the 12 winters that I have called this home. Of course, we did have a brief reprieve last weekend, but I failed to capture any of the fun that we had. I was too busy enjoying the weather myself!! So, here are the few shots that I have to share from the last few months...

Momo got the boys a trampoline for Christmas. It is a little larger than an exercise trampoline, but packs a lot more bounce (thus the net to keep the children from flying out of said trampoline and into tv, table, each other). So, I asked Josh to push the dining room table aside and set that thing up in the house. You may think I'm crazy. But if you do, then you don't know my children. They REQUIRE energy release or we are all in the looney bin. Those of you with more than one boy living under your roof know what I'm talking about. I'm not certain that you can feel the same effects if you only have one little testesterone-filled child. Let's say they each have an energy level of 10. When you put them together, you would think that would equal 20. However, you must multiply, not add, for a total level of 100. I'm not kidding. That's just the way it is. So, this trampoline has been set up in our dining room for the last few months. It has been a lifesaver. They jump on it ALL of the time. I highly suggest purchasing one for your own home :)

As mentioned, it has snowed quite a bit in our 'neck of the woods.' As a general rule, Brax loves it and Brody is not a fan. Brody simply hates to be cold. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree in that regard. So, the compromise is four-wheeler riding. Brody can do that without actually being IN the snow.

At one point, (on my sweet niece, Trevi's, first birthday) we actually got about five or six inches. The whole city was shut down for about four or five days. Seriously. We just aren't equipped for that kind of snow emergency around here. But Josh made a great sledding hill that started in our neighbor's yard. Brax loved it. He couldn't get enough. Brody, however, would only go down on Josh's lap. Maybe my careless daredevil is getting some sense :)

Sweet little Trevi-girl turned one. Unfortunately, her party was the weekend of the big storm, so attendance was limited to immediate family who dared to brave the icy roads to celebrate with her. I don't think she minded. She loved her cake and all of the attention.

And these are the only pictures on my camera from the whole month of Februrary.... One day we made homeade play-doh and the boys loved it!

And in a baby update, things seem to be going well. I have been on progesterone shots once a week since 17 weeks to (hopefully) keep me from having preterm labor like I did with Brax and Brody. So far I think that has kept my contractions from being too regular. I'm feeling pretty good most days and am so much more comfortable being pregnant in the winter! We've picked a name for 'baby girl.' It is Everleigh Maye and it honors both sides of our family. The 'leigh' is in honor of many of the men in Josh's family who have the middle name Lee, most importantly being Papa Dave. (I know it's spelled differently, but we chose the more feminine version and we're ok with that :) The Maye is in honor of my mom's family. Her middle name is 'Maye'- a combination of her grandmothers' (my great-grandmothers') middle names- May and Mae. We've started working on the nursery and it's turning out well considering that it's also being used as a guest room. I'm still waiting on a few things to complete it and will post pictures when it's closer to done. The closest is slowly filling up with pink things, which is both strange and exciting. I can't believe that she'll be here in 11 weeks (hopefully more like 8 or 9 :) I'll leave you with a few 'belly shots' from the last few weeks..

27weeks

29 weeks

Obviously I got my hair cut between these shots- perhaps not the wisest decision for a pregnant face :) I will do my best to take more pictures in March. Thanks for checking on us!!