Christmas Cookies

Last year we missed the annual Christmas cookie day at Mimi and Pop's but this year we made sure that we did it! After a week of James being sick and me feeling super pregnant I wasn't sure if we would actually do it. But by the time we got to Thursday after being couped up in the house all week it was time for a little fun with my sister, Stella and Mimi!

James didn't really want any help, so I gave him a pile of dough and just let him play with it like it was playdough. Ha! This year we decided to try a new dough recipe and it was AMAZING! We also decided to make Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss Cookies that were dynamite!!!

Here are some pics from our fun day!

It's fun making a mess

Sweet Girl

Big Mama aka Me making the dough

So fun

My handsome boy

Time to decorate

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I could eat him up

Flour Feet

The one rule is you have to have flour on your nose

Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving was spent here in Charlotte. My oldest sister came up from Georgia with her three kids (#4 is on the way!!) and her hubby! And my other sister was kind enough to host us all. It was such a wonderful day though. I love seeing all the kids together playing. Even though there is the occasional screaming fit they truly love being together. I was just thankful for us all to be together. If we were still living I don't think we would have been able to make the trip down due to my pregnancy. At the end of the night my Dad asked us all to talk about ways that God revealed himself to us or showed up. It was neat to go around and here what everyone had to say. It's been a hard year in our family for many reasons, but the one thing that has remained constant and true has been the presence of the Lord and the fact that the ONLY reason we are all able to feel thankfulness for anything is because of Him!
Here is our day in pictures:

The key to the yummy turkey

Loves Rocks

Stella girl

Love some Caroline Gray

Hunty!

It's normal for kids to want to play with rocks in neighbors yard right? 

Manny and Ware! 

The Fleming Boys

Indian Hats for the kids

We like to call him Dennis the Menace

Running Indians...on your mark, get set, GO!

My sweet Indian! 

Silly Goose

Loves these kiddos

Kel and G

Our little photographer

Mom and Michelle

Yup...he's pure sugar!

The end of a fun day! Stella loves her Uncle Silly

Halloween

I know...it's November, well actually it's almost December. But I totally forgot to post pictures of our Halloween. We went to my sisters house and let Stella and James trick or treat together. They had a blast. It was so much more fun this year with James. He really got into it and had fun running up to each door. Every house he went to he would say "just one" and then say "thank you-welcome" when they gave him the candy. It was just a bit cute! He dressed up like a dragon and Stella was a peacock. I already have lots of ideas for how to dress he and his brother up next year. Here are some pictures from the night:

In the Home Stretch

We are in the home stretch! Only a few more weeks to go. I am turning 34 weeks this Sunday. It's so crazy that it's almost time for this little one (still no name) to arrive. There is a part of me that is super ready for him to just be here but there is another part of me that is terrified of having a second child. You would think that I might be worrying about delivery, but that is not it at all. I am just nervous about how life will change, be overwhelming, and nervous of the affects on James. All of wish I know that God will see us through. I have literally already started praying for strength and endurance to get through those first few months once he's here. I am not one of those people that does well on no sleep so I'm just praying for super natural strength! :)

Other than that we are hanging in. James is such a delight most days. Now don't get me wrong we still have our days and moments that are tough. But his little personality is so much fun and most days he just makes us laugh. He talks all day long and I feel like since we moved here his vocabulary has tripled. I think he'll be a great big brother!

The house is still slowly but surely coming along. We actually have a roof, well the beams for the roof up! Last week we picked out our cabinets and soon we'll work on lighting, fixtures, and paint colors! I can wait to pick more stuff out. We are still hoping to be able to move in come January but I think if we're realistic it'll be more like February. We shall see though.

Life lately through pics:

We got to get dressed up for a gala! So fun! 

My sweet boy loves being outside

Serious conversations with Daddy about the acorns

This kid is obsessed with sunglasses

Cool dude

My little monkey

30 weeks

31 weeks

With my best friend

Just chillin...he sleeps with his arms like this too!

Again....no words! Love him!

Updates on Life

Wowzers it has been a crazy month getting settled and adjusting to life back in the South! We are loving it though. It has been wonderful to be back. Our past few weeks have been spent catching up with old friends, getting our condo packed up in Boston and making new memories with our family. We are in the final weeks of preparing for baby boy #2 to arrive. I personally feel like I have been pregnant forever, but I will say these last few weeks have been flying by. I am 31 weeks pregnant this week. So if we go by when I had James I could have this baby in 7 weeks! Crazy! We have a doctors appointment tomorrow to check up on the babe! Can't wait to see him again!

Our new house is coming along slowly but surely. We are trying to really trust in the Lords timing and know that we will get in when we are supposed to get in. I will admit though that it is super hard being patient! I will head over there one day soon to take pictures to update what it's looking like!

*Note: I have been trying to upload pictures for the last two days to this post and it won't let me! Ugh...Pictures to come!