Happy new year!

Best cuddling!

Braylon and baby belly all curled up to a little Dora before bed! Love this!

Happy Holidays!

We have had a busy couple weeks!

Puddle jumping...it was almost 50 degrees! We had to test the new rain boots out! Not to mention we made a pretty awesome snow man too! Check him out..... 

We take full advantage of any extra outside time we can get! We all love to play in the snow no matter how chilly our cheeks are! You can not tell very well but Braylon is standing by his first ever snow angel in the second picture down! 

Christmas was a blast this year. Not only did we have fun with Dig our Elf and the Advent calendar we also tried to instill the true meaning of Christmas. We would not be at all surprised if he thinks his baby brother is baby Jesus! Check out the spoiling of this toddler. 

A dino Roar!!! 

He could not resist to help EVERYONE open their presents! Lucky for 

We also had fun baking and decorating cookies for Santa. He sure loves to like the dough like mommy and he really loved the sprinkle too! 

We had fun celebrating baby Jesus and his special day with the Fenstermaker clan this year! Braylon and the boys even took the four wheelers out to explore the frozen pond and get a little dirty! Ha! 

Daddy also decided Christmas break was a great time to try out a more shaved looked. This wife was a little nervous to do it because if he did not like it... I was the one going home with him. So we had Papaw do it. Turns out he likes it better or at least its easier and cheaper! 

Our little book worm! 

What should we name the baby?

Big night in our house!

We have had Santa in our mind!

The other night someone was in the Cbristmas spirit at bed time :)

Blue Creek Christmas

Tonight our calendar had us visiting a small town Christmas light show! We even met nana there and had some fun dancing to the music too! The video is dark but he definitely has the moves!

We have been busy this month!

December is full of excitement for many reasons.... including all the Holiday fun, family, crazy work schedules and daddy is off for two full weeks!! So far we have had a lot of fun with our Advent calendar.. enjoying letter J candy canes for baby Jesus, coloring special nativity pictures, having fun in a peppermint nativity bath, drinking hot cocoa, making a special tree for Braylon and tonight we had a special family movie hour topped off with a special candy treat! Braylon (and every child after) is doomed to have the LOVE for sugary treats! We have also had some fun in the snow and Braylon even got a special shovel from daddy tonight to help "scoop" as he calls it!  We even attempted to visit Santa Clause when we went to my works Christmas Work Shop. It didn't go so well! We barely got a good look at him before the freaking out started! Maybe one day!! Check out some of our December fun..

What a rush!

Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we are only 20 days away from Christmas! CRAZY!! I am slightly prepared but as I sit and think more and more about it... am I Really?? Braylon will be getting older each year and I feel I will have to step up the game a little to make sure presents stay secrets and things are fun and unspoiled. Yikes!! This is my last (lets just call is) "lazy" year of Christmas for a long time! The last week or two have flown by! We had a lot of fun spending time with family over Thanksgiving and of course stuffing ourselves silly! Braylon ate his fair share of carbs over the weekend for sure. He really loves his mashed potatoes! Although we are getting to the stage where travel can sometimes be a head ache we really do love our time making memories.

The life of this momma is about to turn into some longer hours and crazy schedules but lucky for us it should be short lived. This time of year with two large holidays makes for a lot of traveling staff and a lot of extra hours. I do enjoy getting in the classroom though! Can you believe that baby number 2 is already 27 and a half weeks along! Still a very active little guy as I am sure he will continue to be during the last stretch. We have yet to agree on a name but have a few in mind. It may be a secret until he arrives... if we can keep it that long or maybe we just won't agree on one by then! This pregnancy is by far much different than Braylon's. It started off rough with a couple solid months of a very BLAH feeling and has now turned into an annoying vein issue that results in me wearing some very tight compression leggings. The second, and tighter, pair are on order now. According to the doctor if this next pair does not work then I just deal with it as there is not much I can do for it while carrying a child. In the end though I am sure it will result in a common vein surgery after pregnancy. Oh and the fact that this will more than likely be the same if not worse with our next one (if there is a next one!). The things we go through to get the mommy status ... YET every single part of it is totally worth it!

Braylon is continuing to amaze us with his speech and sentencing as well as comprehension! Its like a little light bulb clicked in there and he is a none stop talking machine. We truly could not love it more! Although the slight attitude that is also arising we could easily deal with out. Ha!! All in all we cannot complain on his temperament or behavior. To us he is PERFECT (most days!!).

I think we are all looking forward to Daddy's two weeks off this Christmas. The week of Christmas and the week after. Not to mention a week of daycare so its an extra special daddy week with a few special mommy days too. We love our extra time with daddy! We are really hoping that mommy, daddy and Braylon have the patience and skills for some potty training too! Cross your fingers!

Check out some fun pictures of the baby belly, our Advent calendar, Dig our Elf and some randoms...