Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

(View from our front door.  Yes, I know MN friends this is just a dusting of the white stuff :-D)

The snow is falling.  To my surprise, I am actually pretty excited about it.  We went outside today & caught snowflakes.  Savannah loves the snow.  She likes to sing "Wet it Snow, Wet it Snow & Fwosty the Snowman."  It's pretty cute in her 2 year old voice as she hops back & forth & bobs her head. 


Christmas baking has begun in our house.  So far Savannah & I have made 4 batches of chocolate-walnut fudge & peanut butter fudge,  4 dozen ginger cookies, & 3 dozen buckeyes.  Our neighbors were pretty excited about Christmas treats & Matt's co-workers are getting there treats next week.  On the list this week is decorating & making sugar cookies.  Last year Savannah just ate the icing & cookies we gave her to decorate (smart kid) & I imagine it will be the same this year. 

Thankfully we have all of our Christmas shopping done & we are finishing up the wrapping today.  It's nice to know that its all done & we can just enjoy the rest of December.  I really don't want to set foot in another mall or department store in 2010:-).

Our tree looks so little in the 12 ft room:-).  Oh well maybe next year Santa will have a bigger tree to put gifts under. 

Last week at 27 weeks.

The newest stocking on our mantle for baby Adilyn Grace.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday afternoon & great week!

Some pictures from November...

I can't believe that Thanksgiving is only a week away! This time of year seems to fly by too fast, but I am looking forward to all the excitement of 2011. Here are a few pictures from this month so far...

 Savannah enjoying some Nutella or as she calls it chocolate peanut butter:-)

She creates a big mess but its worth it because she LOVES it.

Our Turkey cake pops that didn't really turn out:-/  But they were yummmy

She had fun helping mommy vote:-)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

AZ Trip

Matt had a business trip to Scottsdale, AZ last week & I tagged along. It was our first trip away from Savannah ever. It was very hard to leave her and the first 24 hrs were the worst, but we had a great time. Savannah had a great time with Nana, Papaw & Uncle Darby at home too:-).

Here are a few pictures from our trip...

22 weeks at Pinnacle Peak

Over 2000 ft up

Just a small house in the mountains:-)

At the top

Our patio that looked onto one of the mountains

The fireplace in our room.  Yes it was cold enough to use it.

Our huge bathroom

Cloudy & overcast all but 2 days

The mountain we hiked



Look who we met in the airport!!!



Our walk in closet on the right & then our bathroom straight ahead



Fall Fun

Fall has blown in with a force! The leaves have turned brillant shades of red, orange and gold, the air is crisp and this is the first year in my life that I can truly say I am so happy for fall. We have had a blast picking out pumpkins, eating dozens of honeycrisp apples, taking long walks in the evening watching the sun set on the lake, eating s'mores and painting pumpkins. Here are a few pictures from this fall...

It's a ________.......

Last Friday we had our 2nd trimester ultrasound for our little one.  We found out that we are having another baby girl:-).  She is very healthy & VERY active.  She gave the ultrasound tech a run for her money.  We are excited to meet her in Feb. & can't wait for Savannah to have a little sister.  Matt is a little worried & decided that a bow flex or maybe taser for the teenage years(for the boyfriends) are in his near future-haha. 

Here are the 1st pictures of little Snowflake...

She looks so much like Savannah's 4D pictures

                                              Crossing her legs.

                         The Dr's exact words to Matt, "sorry no acorns."  I laughed so hard.

                                                                The alien face

                                             One of the little feet that is constinately kicking me

                                                               Sucking her thumb:-)

A Fancy 2nd Birthday

Today is Savannah's 2nd Birthday!  I can't believe she is 2 & we have another little one on the way.  Matt & I feel so blessed to have our beautiful little girl & can't wait for her to become a big sister.  We celebrated Savannah's birthday on Sunday with all her grandparents, aunts, & uncles--whew our family is getting big but we love it. 

Savannah had a Fancy Nancy party.  For everyone that doesn't know who Fancy Nancy is, well she Savannah's favorite book character who LOVES everything fancy & french.  So we had a Fancy party for our little Fancy Savannah.  Since I go a bit, ah hem, crazy when it comes to parties--I took the theme very seriously.  Savannah had a Fancy cake, Fancy outfit, Fancy invites, & well you get the idea:-).  Poor Daddy is just praying for a boy after Sunday with a house full of glitter, pink, purple, & lots of tierras.

We took a few pictures--not being funny we didn't take that many.  We are not great at remembering to turn our camera on for important events.  But I am sure that Savannah's aunts & uncles have a few extra pics that they will share & I will forward along.

Enjoy the pictures below!

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Last days of summer

The past week Matt has been on vacation.  Unfortunately, the week has gone way too fast but we have had a lot of fun & got a lot of projects done on the house.  We spent a few days in St Joe, MI enjoying the last few days of summer at the beach, eating ice creams at Kilwin's, & watching the sunset over Lake Michigan.  We also went to my parents house & spent an afternoon in the pool.  It was great to get away & get some time with Matt before his hectic travel schedule begins for the fall.

That was the fun part of vacation.  Phase 2, I like to call our workcaton.  We had new mulch delivered, painted Savannah's room, power washed, stained the deck, worked on projects for Savannah's birthday party & planted mums.  I know you are jealous...  Unfortunately, we still have 5 more rooms to paint & some misc. furniture to paint.  But it was a good start to the projects & hopefully the rest are done before baby #2 arrives. 

Speaking of baby #2, I had my 15 week appointment on Friday.  We are both doing great & healthy:-).  The baby's heartbeat came way down to the 130s.  4 more weeks & we find out whether our little snowflake is a boy or a girl.  Oct. 1st can't come fast enough for us!

Hope you enjoy the pictures!  (Double click the link below)

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