Please stay in bed Ethan...

Have you ever found a sleeping child surrounded by a brand new... and empty... bag of wipes?

I am so wrapped around his little finger.

I've always wanted to make something out of the damask pattern. Is that right? Anyway, it was a fun v-day project. A little mod podge, some ribbon and voila!

The decision has been made...

Here's a picture that I took with my phone. Not fabulous, but you get the picture. Get it? (Oh boy. :) )

I had been looking online for vans so much that my head was spinning and I ready to get behind the wheel. Dave has been out of town and working crazy hours, but we found a weekend that we could car search. Hallelujah! :)

We went to a dealership in the morning looking for a white Sienna and ended up walking off the lot with a blue one! :) (Sorry Amy :) ) I totally love the blue color because it's a nice change from the plethera of silver cars that me and all of my family owns. We're breaking out of the mold! :)

It's been so weird getting used to a bigger car because Dave and I have only owned little Sedans, but it's so comfortable. How about that? We have way more room than we need, so give us a call if you need a ride. :)

So, we now own a '07 Toyota Sienna, it's blue, 8 passenger, has 2 sliding doors, one is automatic and a couple other perks. Nothing too fancy, but we're really enjoying it. It can haul almost anything that I want to now! And of course, the kids love it and have requested to sit in the very back. The middle row of seats are all folded down for now so it seems so spacious.

7 more weeks until Abigail arrives! At least we can drive her around now. :)

It's official

Chocolate does help you feel better when you're 7 months pregnant.

Bigger car...

MINIVAN Review

So, I think we're going to buy a minivan in the next 2 months. Can you believe it? So, I'm looking for ideas and suggestions about what to buy if you know of any.

Here's what we're thinking:

Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sienna or Nissan Quest

Year: 2007+

Price: low

Let me know if you have a favorite van (it doesn't have to be on my list) or one that you really don't like.

Our new home! (More pics to come... later)

Did I ever think I'd be able to write that? :) We moved into our new home on the Saturday before Christmas and it has been incredible to say the least. I wish I had a million pictures to post... but if you'll be patient with me and my slow pregnant brain... they will come. So far, we love the area, our ward and our new home. Dave has been out of the country for almost 3 weeks and I learned how to turn the power back on in our bonus room. :) Did you know that if you plug in two space heaters, it will blow a circuit (or a fuse... or whatever you call it). After 4 people helped me try to find the right switch (it's not on the normal power box) we finally found it. Hooray! We have power and now I only use one space heater.

Just to tide over the picture lovers... here is one picture of Ethan and his new big wheel. This isn't quite how we intended for him to ride it, but he and his red mustache are happy and giggling, so I don't complain. :) Katelyn is getting good practice riding all over our wood floor.

Um, here's a picture or our kitchen... in use. :) This is our New Year's party.

We danced to the Wii, Just Dance, all night long. We turned around to find Ethan boogie-ing on the stars. Woo hoo!

My morning laugh

I honestly laughed so hard I almost couldn't see anymore because of the tears in my eyes. I have to share the joy. Watch this little video.

If you don't think it's funny, maybe watch it really early or really late, but I'm still tearing up about it. :)

AND another story.

Me: Katelyn, what should we name our new baby girl?

Katelyn: I don't know. Maybe mommy or Santa Claus.

:)

It's the most wonderful time...

Happy Birthday Dave!! My sweet, wonderful Dave has finally caught up to me in age. (And no, I won't be posting that number.) Dave is the most amazing person that I have ever met and I just love him more every day. Here he is with out sweet kiddies.

Now, I'll admit it. I've been listening to Christmas music for a few weeks already and I've loved it! The tragedy is that I'm starting to get worn out already! Oh boy. I'll get my second wind any day now, I hope.

While we were AZ, we found this little Christmas tree at Walgreen's for about $10. Since we're moving in 2 weeks, we don't want to get our big tree up (that we've only used once), so we pulled out the little guy. The kids were THRILLED and had so much fun decorating it.

And the best part... when it gets bumped and falls over... it's not a big deal. :) Timber!

Katelyn was so excited to get out in the snow. Especially since she got to wear her new "sparkle hat and gloves." Note to self... if you want Katelyn to wear something, put glitter on it.

"I can't put my arms down!" He wasn't so sure about the snow so he hung out in the garage for a bit. We had fun though and I got to show Katelyn how to make a snow angel. Love it.

Dave LOVES gingerbread cookies and we had an AWESOME recipe. Let me know if you want it. Tonight was the night to make some cookies and we had so much fun!

Ethan was almost covered from head to toe in flour.

Now this was clever. All the sudden, both kids toted in their own chairs and sat in front of the oven to watch the cookies bake. Who needs a TV??