Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is one of my favorite days of the year...the excitment that lies ahead is just awesome! I love dressing up and taking pictures, eating yummy food and opening a few gifts! Spending time with family is the best part though! This year, we headed up to my aunts house and spent the evening with my family. It was great to see everyone!

All the girls!

LK with her hotdog ornament! Too funny!

LK and A!

Me and K

Sisters

I'm so blessed to have these three girls as my sisters!

Mom with her girls

The whole family!

Man, my husband is good lookin'!

He loves his son so much already! :)

The Hammarlunds!

Baby Tucker love!

Mom with her mom

Three generations!

Come back tomorrow for more Christmas fun! :)

33 Weeks

PREGNANCY HIGHLIGHTS

How Far Along: 33 weeks

Size of baby: pineapple...4lbs
Weight gain: We will just say that I've gained weight...I'll be weighed again next Friday. 
 Maternity Clothes: All bottoms and tops are still a good mixture.

Gender: BOY! Tucker John

Movement: Yes! But now, I really want to know what is poking out...ha! Can't figure out if it's feet or hands.
  Sleep: Sleep wasn't good at all while out of town, but I'm getting up more at night for bathroom breaks!
Symptoms: Nothing new. Praise the Lord!
What I miss: Dunkin' Donuts coffee
Cravings: Krispy Kreme...but I haven't had any. :(
Best Moment this week: Enjoying the holidays with our families. Tucker is already spoiled! And Tucker's future wife....Kenzie Jayne was born on Friday, December 23rd!!! :) She's a beauty! Can't wait for her and Tucker to grow up together!
What I am looking forward to:  Hearing his heartbeat again!

Christmas Number 1

Last Saturday, we did Christmas with my Dad. He has to work this year on Christmas so we headed up to see him and R and my grandparents. It was a fun afternoon!

Pretty tree!

K and B about to open gifts!

Mr, LK and myself

Love this pic of them!

Mr with his Home Depot gift card!

Mr. and LK with her new Uggs! (We match now!)

Daddy and R

B with her coveralls...yes, she asked for them and she was SOO excited! She works on her motorcycle with my Dad, so she said she need them! :)

Dad, B and R

With their new gear for their motorcycle fun!

Then for a quick photo op in their new gear! They crack me up!

So funny! Love them!

We had a great visit and fun celebrating the holiday!

The Four visit Santa!

We have a yearly tradition! This makes 6 years! LOVE it! :) I am so thankful for their friendship! We are all married now! So crazy! Love these girls sooo much!

SWW!

It's Wednesday!

So What If...

•  I'm lovin' every second of Christmas break!
•  I'm so hooked to my Nook tablet...it's just amazing!!!
• I'm so excited about the Mr.'s Christmas presents...Tucker got him a present too! :)
• I sit around my house in my Uggs....they are so darn comfy!
• I'm loving watching my tummy move on the outside...it never gets old!
• The Mr. and I always have Christmas music playing in our house...thank you Pandora on the Nook tablet!
• I'm glad I'm certified to CPR now, but it makes me nervous...I hope I never have to use it...especially on my little Tucker!
• I'm looking forward to Christmas weekend, but not looking forward to not sleeping in my own bed.
  
  

  
  

  

The Grinch

My favorite Christmas story/movie is The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Always has been since I was a little girl!

The Mr. set up for us to pain the Grinch at one of our local painting places. It was such a fun night! I think our Grinchs turned out pretty good! :)

Eric the Elf

So I started Elf on the Shelf as a tradition in my classroom because I don't have children of my own yet...well kind of but you get the point. I did it last year with my 5th graders and they played along but I know they didn't truly believe that the Elf was from the North Pole. Well this year, with 2nd graders, they truly believed that he was from the North Pole and that he really reported back to Santa. :) It was so fun! My students named him Eric and he was in our classroom from after Thanksgiving break until last Friday. At first he just watched the children and reported to the North Pole each night and we had to find him the next morning. But then towards the end Eric started to do some funny things! :) Here are some pictures of what Eric the Elf did in our classroom!:

The last day he left a Kiss on every students desk with some North Pole dust! The kids loved it! I cannot wait to do it with my sweet TJH when he gets old enough!!