Almost Christmas Time!!

By this time Robert and I are way over excited but hearing that since it is raining here it is snowing in WA and OR where we will be driving through on Sat...Ha Yeah We will be leaving as soon as work ends on Friday so we will see all of you on Sat!!! YEAH!!! We already have coverage and hope to be able to get out a little early so we can take our time on the way up. Hopefully we will still get to see everyone.

Finished just in time:

Maddy's TUTU...And the too small attempt at an Alestair Mitten...Robert stepped on my pins as I was sewing Maddy's tutu. Thus the Mitten became a bobo cover.

Just 'cause

After Shopping

On a very wet day here (the first in who knows how long) we went to Carter's after realizing that Alestair did not have warm clothes for wet weather. Knowing that we were going to be in wet weather for Christmas..the choice was obvious. However we were all very tired after the trip and Robert and Alestair feel asleep as soon as we walked in the door and found the couch.

Gingerbread

Robert and I watched a special on gingerbread houses and as always withthe food channel we were inspired. This time it was more Robert. He went nuts and decided to build his own gingerbread house. This is only the first. He has another one in progress. It turned out really well. We melted sugar to make windows and are still looking for candies to decorate the house with. I think we have a new tradition!

Our big boy

Alestair is growing so big. He is now able to pull himself up on things like people and toys (a little harder than people). He also has figured out that he can roll across the room. This is a bit worrysome to Robert and I as we didn't expect him to be so quick on things like this but I guess we had no choice we should have known when the OB told us that he was a very active baby before he was even born. I love when he sleeps although now he is so into rolling that he gets himself stuck in his blankets even if you tuck them down the sides of his crib. We have to tie his arms down in his blankets when we first lay him down or he will play with his binky and make helicopter nosies until he is frusterated that he is too tired to sleep.

Reading Space

Since we were able to rearrage furiture when we brought it back into the living room. We found space for a small reading chair and table.

As you can see Alestair likes it as well as Robert and I.

Carpet Cleaning!!

Afyter nearly 3 years we finally got our carpets cleaned. To prepare for this we had to stick all of the furniture in our two bedrooms and out of the living room. thus we could really only be in the living room. I found my boys watching tv on the floor the night before the cleaning. it was really cute