Weekend Wrap Up

Or should I say weekend, week and weekend?
Two Thursdays ago Aunt Kelly came to visit!

She met Little Miss

Who wore her "My Auntie is a Fox" outfit

We celebrated Christmas

Had a photo shoot with a 6 week old

and her brothers

Got in lots of snugggles

Turned 35

Did Some reading

Lots of playing
Took pictures

Gave Hugs

Got Kisses

and was here while Little Miss and I stayed in the hospital. Thankfully it was a slow case of RSV and we were out of there within 24 hours! This happened to be a blessing. Chad got to stay for awhile with me and was there when we checked her in. Not the first time she has been in town for such an occasion!

This one I like to call "C.P. phone home". (Her fingers were too little for the pulse ox machine, so it went around her whole hand. It reminded me of E.T.)

A visit with Uncle Patrick

First snow of the year

Other than that we didn't actually do much. Hung out. Hung some pictures (now that we have been in this house for 4 months!)And we ate. And ate. And ate. And I got to sleep in. But not Aunt Kaaaay-Deeeee as she was called at 6:30 in the morning by a little boy with a pacifier stuck between his gritted teeth holding it in for dear life! She's such a good sport.

But now she is gone and we already miss her like crazy! See you soon!! XO

Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend we didn't have much planned. Two birthday parties were the extent of our plans. Chad took B to the first one and mom, C, and I went to the second one. Both bounce parties. Thankfully B's party was early which led to a nice little nap!

My parents came up for the day on Saturday. We had given my dad University of RIchmond basketball tickets for Christmas and this was the game. They got beat up pretty good, but I think they all had a great time. Since my brother and his oldest boy went to the game, my sister in law came over and brought their 4 year old. It was great to see her and the boys all played great together!

Unfortunately, I didn't take a single picture, even though it was the first time they had all met and held Little Miss.

Sunday it was too cold and rainy to take Little Miss anywhere. Chad got to run out and do a few errands including the grocery store. I was actually a little jealous. That's saying a lot considering I despise the grocery store.

This week isn't looking too exciting either. Thats ok, we could use a little down time! Lots of time for games, crafts (maybe a pinterest pin or two), coloring, and reading! And it makes it a little easier that it is winter time and not beautiful outside!

What have you got planned for your week?! Something fun? Fill me in!

Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend was pretty slow. Normal I guess when you have 2 small children and an newborn.
Saturday we didn't do much. It was super cold outside. Well, super cold if you are 13 days old. However, daddy took the big boys outside.
We B spent some time on the potty.

That would be Q reading to him. They sat there awhile. No luck. We keep asking byt he seems uninterested.
Sunday it was more visitors! This time it was Uncle Dirk, Aunt Michelle, cousins Paul & Piper!

We celebrated Christmas and got some lunch! It was cold again, but that didn't stop the kids from playing outside! Everyone had a great day! B was a little worn out!

It was a great weekend and we have a big week ahead of us!!

Weekend Wrap Up

Since I was just over one week post op, we didn't plan on doing much. In fact we don't plan on doing much for the next 4 weeks. Great for the wallet. I'm sure Visa is wondering what happened to me!

Because we are hanging out close to home, this let everyone know we were available for visitors! And let the visits begin!! I love having company. I don't know why, but I do. Since I was a little girl I have always loved having visitors. I didn't really do much to prepare for my latest gathering, and I don't think they were expecting much. Which are the best kind of visitors to have! Just being with and spending time with family makes me happy. Especially since we have this new joy in our lives to share!!

Uncle Todd, Aunt Sarah, and cousins Josh and Caroline came to visit us. The weather was fantastic. It is the beginning of January and everyone was playing outside with no jackets!! This weekend last year we were in the middle of an ice storm. I know, because I was trying to paint the guest bathroom in order to put the house on the market. Home Depot had to deliver the paint to my house (since they mixed the wrong color)and I wasn't dragging the boys out in that!

Don't you love it when you watch a grown man let a baby put such a smile on his face?

Little Miss is a bit out of focus but look at that smile on her Aunt Sarah! I think both girls are just beautiful!

Cousin Josh, was pretty excited to hold Little Miss as well, however, she wasn't as interested due to timing. It was feeding time and Josh really didn't have what she wanted.

Speaking of pretty girls, check out these two! Caroline has lots to teach Little Miss and I can't wait to see the things they get into together!

We had lunch downtown and celebrated Christmas! Even though we spent the day together, they left much too early for their drive home. Something about the kids having to get ready for school and all. I mean, who needs school!? But I am glad to have had a Phillips' fix! I'll take as little or as many hours as I can get!

We'll get some more family time with another set of Phillips' this weekend! Can't wait!

December Wrap Up

I really did mean to keep up with the blog over the holidays. Honestly. I did. Because it would make what I am about to do so much easier. But then again, if we kept up with everything on a daily basis, all our chores would be easier. You know, if you clean up while you are cooking, there isn't so much after dinner to clean up. And if you put away your toy when you are done playing with it, you don't have an entire playroom to pick up before bed.

December was busy. VERY busy. And I went from being 34 weeks pregnant to 38 weeks pregnant with baby #3. I also learned that week 39 won't be coming. Because that baby #3 is coming Wednesday. One day before I hit 39 weeks.

Finding and decorating a tree. Hitting Hallmark, so the boys can pick out their ornament. Wrapping up those festivities by searching for "the pickle".

Putting together the train (and changing the batteries on day 2!!)

Throwing up some lights outside, so we can say we "decorated"

The boys and I spent lots of time in the kitchen

We got ready for Christmas break with a school performance by Q (where he actually performed!)

Chad and I spent too much lots of time trying our hardest to be creative and find spots for "Elfie"

With some help from a favorite elf in Florida

Doing Christmas Crafts
Gingerbread House:

Including some time at Build A Bear to make a gift for our new baby sister!

Passing out in random places and random times

Annual trip to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens

Riding the train with Santa (and Papa Joe, Grandma, etc etc)

Chaos of White House Family Christmas

And then it was Christmas Day!!!

The aftermath

And that my friends, was our December. January doesn't show any signs of slowing down. So you might want to brace yourselves and prepare to wait for a January update as well. Maybe even a new blog name, since we will have added some new XX chromosomes?!