It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like....

Christmas!!!! You know what time it is!!!! Our house has happily gotten into the spirit of the season and it is not even December yet!!! Minor details, people!!!

This year, Jillian helped Daddy set up the tree! We've got allergies people!! No real trees here!!

Then she helped Mommy decorate the tree!! She did a GREAT job!!

This year, I finally have a place to hang the stockings!!!

Jillian even stumbled upon the bag where I had their Christmas jammies, so we are already wearing our Christmas jammies in November.

Notice in the pictures that Rocco has discovered the joys of slippers. However, in my denial of having a rough and tumble boy son, we do not have any "boy" slippers in the house. So Rocco has had great fun wearing the pink reindeer slippers that Jillian is letting him borrow. We'll see if Santa can bring the boy some "manly" slippers.

A Sign of the Apocolypse

Have you seen the new cover of Shape magazine???

How did this happen???

I have GOT to get my act together. This cover is going to go up on my fridge so that every time I go for more cookie dough, I will STOP!!!!

If Kelly can do it, I can do it!!! (This is all after B3 arrives.) Well, I really should stop eating the cookie dough now so I can pass that 3 hr test but that seems a little too "cold turkey" don't ya think??

She probably works out, right?? I am going to do that too.

I think I can...I think I can...I think I can!!!!

Oh, gotta go - the PTC is delivering my faculty Thanksgiving present. What is it?? Brownies!!! YUM!!!!!

I CANNOT help myself!!!!

So let's get down to it. We all know my weakness.....I cannot resist cute kids' clothes (the story is getting old, I know, I know). I like my kids to match. I am not going to make apologies for wanting my kids to look totally adorable.

I have done well lately to contain myself. Winter clothes are not my favorite. I am a summer lover with the stylish clothes for the family to go with the attitude!!

However, when my Mom found this ADORABLE dress and leggings for Jillian, I had just HAD to have it for B3. HAD TO!!!!! It looks sooooo cute in the catalog and when I saw it came in newborn sizes too, I just lost control. I bought it immediately. They are going to look fantastic!!!!

The problem is that the dress/leggings sets come in lots of different colors and patterns. So far, I have done a GREAT job resisting the temptation of buying more. We'll see how well I can do??

In other weakness news, I failed the 1 hour glucose test AGAIN...... On to the 3 hr. test. The problem is that I just don't have time to take the test. We leave on vacation tomorrow and get back Tuesday. Hopefully, I can squeeze it in on Wednesday before Turkey Day. I have to somehow control my desire for sweets until after Wednesday..........yea, I'm with you....it's never gonna happen!!!!!

C'est la vie!!!

Random Projects

This is the last week before our Thanksgiving vacation and to say things are crazy is a vast understatement.

I have been working on several projects in our house lately and things are finally coming together.

First, the kids' bathroom.....I love it!!! I did a surfboard/beach theme. My favorite is the surfboard bath mats!!!!

The towels from Pottery B@arn are perfect!!!

This summer in Port A I bought of lot of knick-knacky beach stuff for my shelves.

Finally, this was my Mom's idea and I think it turned out pretty cute. We hung some wind chimes that we found from the ceiling to add some more color to the room. Again, I like it!!!

Next, I have also been working on the kids' playroom. I got a hand-me-down TV stand from Bryan's sister. I thought it would be perfect for this room but it was a very light beige color sooooo I have been painting it forever. It turned out pretty cute with stripes on the front and polka dots on the top and inside the door. I thought the whole TV stand/shelving unit turned out pretty cute.

Next, I need to put stuff up on the walls. Why is this taking me forever?? Oh yea, because I have two kids under 4, one on the way, one husband and one demanding job. How am I ever going to finish??

Football Slump

In Texas, where football is king, losing in not acceptable. But everywhere we go lately, losing is happening. My family does not seem to be a good luck charm. What is up with that???

Yesterday afternoon, I took the kiddos to see their favorite offensive lineman for his last regular season game as a senior. There he is ready for action (#74).

No matter how hard our three little cheerleaders cheered and shook their pom-poms for their favorite football cousin, his team did not seem to hear our cries!! (with Katie)

Even with some serious yelling from his worried parents, Brandon's high school football career came to an end. (This will be Bryan and I in 10-12 years cheering for Rocco to slam somebody's head into the ground!!!)

Jillian got in one last high five with the mascot!!!

Even though his team lost, his senior football season over, this sweetheart marched right over, swung the kids over the fence (like they weighed 10 pounds and not the 60+ pounds they do weigh) and gave me a great big smile. That's why we love our Brandon!

A sonogram with an attitude!

We had our follow-up sonogram today and all I can say is, B3 takes after Bryan!!! Only 24 weeks, 4 days, this little one already has enough sass to match my other two.

The tech started the sono looking at all different things on her checklist and so forth and then said, "Oh my goodness, the baby is flicking us off." I was appalled!!! Why would she say that?

Because sure enough, when she zoomed in, it was quite apparent that B3 was giving us the bird. Can you believe that?? She quickly caught it in a picture for a "wonderful" momento in the baby book.

Next, she confirmed for us that B3 is indeed a girl.

Finally, she tried super hard to get a great picture of her face. For most of the sonogram, B3 had her hands over her face. As we watched and waited for a good picture, it was VERY clear that B3 was sticking her tongue out at us!!!! The tech was cracking up laughing!!!

I am throwing my hands to the Lord!!! How, oh how, am I going to handle 3 sassy, head-strong children???

Remember what I said???

The name of my game is busy!!!

B-U-S-Y!!!

So I posted many entries to update you on what's been going on!!!!

Laterz!!!