Bebe Sounds

When I was pregnant with Caleb I got one of those "Bebe Sounds"
monitors so I could hear his heartbeat. After about the 30 week point
with Caleb, I could find his little heartbeat. Since baby Luke is such
a mover and shaker, and makes his presence very known, I've been
able to catch his heartbeat for about a month now. Caleb thinks it's
so much fun to "hear baby," although I know he has absolutely no clue
what he is actually listening to. The other evening I saw the most
precious thing, and actually took these pictures so quickly that I didn't
notice that the lens cap wasn't fully off, which explains the dark spots.




Listening to his baby...Yeah, he has NO IDEA what he is in for
come February!

Visiting Santa

Let me start by saying that Caleb will do anything, and I mean
anything, for a sweet treat. Realizing that he may be a little timid
when it came to meeting Santa this year, I told him that he would
sit on Santa's lap, I would take a picture, and then we could go
and get a cookie with sprinkles. We even practiced those steps,
and he told me what he was going to tell Santa he wanted for
Christmas...

• Red Play dough
• A kitchen "like the one at Target"
• For Grandpa to fix Granny Sue's garage door
  

When we walked up, I took Caleb out of his stroller and pointed
towards Santa. Without any assistance or persuading, he walked
up to Santa by himself and climbed in his lap. I was shocked.



And there he sat for at least two minutes, listening carefully
as I can only hope(!!) Santa was telling him that he only brings
toys to good boys and girls. Hopefully the focus was on being
good, but I couldn't hear from where I was standing. But Santa
just talked and talked.


At that point Caleb took over, and I did make out kitchen, so
I am assuming he did tell his wish list. Santa then helped him out
of his lap, at which point Caleb walked straight to me and said
"Cookie with sprinkles now." Did I mention he would do anything for
sweets? Santa...no big deal. But a cookie with sprinkles...now we're
talking!

I REALLY love my...

new Elmo slippers!

I can fix it!

We have a smaller tree that I usually decorate in all white ornaments
and put in front of the dining room window. Unfortunately when we got
the tree out this year we noticed that one of the legs was broken.
Before we even realized what he was doing, Caleb had gotten out his
tool set and was working on the tree. "I fix it, Mommy!"

A First of Many

After church yesterday, our Christmas tree now has its first official

handmade ornament, and we just LOVE it! I'm hoping it will be a

first of many to come!

Baby Luke Checkup

On Wednesday we (Luke and I) had our 27 weeks checkup.
Baby Luke was happy with a heartbeat in the 150s. My doctor
might have joked with me as she walked in, "What did you do,
eat the WHOLE turkey?" in reference to my November weight
gain! But, in my defense, I took trips to Florida, Nashville,
Cincinnati, and had Thanksgiving over the past 4 weeks. I'm
hoping that had something to do with the drastic change on
the scale! I also did the one hour glucose test, and so far haven't
heard that I failed- no news is good news! Next Monday I have
to get the RhoGam shot, then won't go back to the doctor until
the end of the month. Praying that all these appointments will
continue to be routine and event free!

Part 2

On Black Friday instead of hitting the stores, he headed through

the mountains (I got the worst car sick headache ever!) to Claytor

Lake in Virginia. There we celebrated Thanksgiving with my Dad's

side of the family. I did a terrible job taking pictures...I promise that

Grandma Beth, Marshma, and Papa were there too!

Luckily Annie is a really, really sweet dog!

Caleb and PeePaw practiced "bump ball." I think by

Christmas they are going to try a flip.

With Uncle Drew (Drew happened to apply to UK as one of his

college choices...how AWESOME would it be if he was only an

hour away?!!!)

With Uncle Matt (Creed is going to try and work it out for Matt

to sell cars this summer at Bachman. Fingers crossed!!!)

Freezing cold Claytor Lake. Looking forward to being back there

in June!

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and we hope you did as well!
Thursday morning we rolled out of bed and headed to Charleston,
West Virginia to celebrate with Creed's family.

Caleb enjoyed his Fruit Loops, while still in his "jommies"

for the trip.

Ava was there, and she was my little buddy the whole day,

wanting to always be with me. I LOVED it! Isn't she just

beautiful!

Caleb and Ava both took over 2 hour naps at GG and Papa

Bill's house, so they were in great moods! They had fun

exploring Aunt Terry and Uncle Ron's house.

And of course, there were lots of hugs and kisses!

Part of the "kid table." Ava, Caleb, and cousin Spencer

are all two years old. Notice they had their water glasses

replaced with sippy cups!

While we were only in Charleston about 24 hours, it was a

wonderful trip and always seems to go by way to fast! Next

stop: Claytor Lake, Virginia!

Worth Checking Daily!

I LOVE the site, Baby Cheapskate, and find myself checking it daily.
It always lists the best deals on everything for your little one. Check
it out for Christmas deals!

http://www.babycheapskate.com/

It's up!

On Sunday Creed hauled the giant tree up the steps and we began
our tradition of decorating the tree the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
It never goes as I plan, though. I imagine Christmas carols in the
background, talking about the ornaments as we all put them on the
tree, while drinking hot chocolate. Yeah, that's not how it went at all.
Since it was like 70 degrees outside, Creed was wearing a short
sleeve shirt when he picked up the first part of the tree. After ripping
his poor arm to shreds, he changed clothes, but never got back in
the Christmas spirit. (I don't blame him!) Caleb put ONE ornament
on the tree and he was done. With all the Christmas bins scattered
about, he decided to get out all of his toys. Then he wanted Nerds
and then he spilled the cup of Nerds all over the floor. So, in the midst
of "tree trimming" I was vacuuming Nerds. So, I decorated the tree
and tried to let the Christmas carols playing in the background
drown out Caleb's fussing! Next year I'm sure it will go just as I always
imagine...

Helping Daddy put the star on.

Caleb got to hang the first ornament- his door from last

year!

Our finished product. His expression is "Please hurry

and take the picture so you can unpause Mickey Mouse

Clubhouse." ;)