A couple things that I wanted to mention for this month that are not shone in pictures. -A couple times this month Caden and Catherine would surprise me by cleaning the house/their rooms (really good too) while I was taking a shower. Here I thought that they would just watch a movie and I would come out and BAM!!! SURPRISE!! I seriously have the best kids ever! But in all seriousness what 4 year old would think to himself...."Self, I want to surprise mom by cleaning the whole house"!?!?! Amazing! Thank you Caden and Catherine (mostly Caden cleaning however, but Catherine tries...she is only 2). -Catherine is also now getting to the stage where she likes to get dressed, brush her teeth, and a bunch of other things ALL BY HERSELF!!! she says "I do it"! haha miss independent! Now if only I can get her to think like that for going potty IN THE POTTY!!! Grrrrr -I had a Dr. Appointment. All is going well!! In a couple months we will get another ultra sound to see if the placenta has moved up. She is just slightly concerned about having placenta previa. But I have a feeling all will work out and it will move up out of the way! I just love feeling this little guys move and kick so much...just wish it wasn't at night when I am trying to sleep haha. Now we just need to start thinking of a name. Chris really likes the name Mckay Davis Huntington, but I am not all the way on board with that name yet but we shall see. It might just grow on me in time. I am sure that we won't Really seriously start thinking of a name until about a month before he is to join our family. I really can't wait to see what this little guy is going to be like! -Briton and Coulsen came and spent a couple nights here. Too bad I was really not feeling well at that time to really enjoy it. But I was glad that Caden and Coulsen could play together. I watched Coulsen the whole day so that Briton could go to his grandpa's funeral. -The Laurel president and I were in-charge of the Christmas Lesson. It turned out really good. We had our main focus on Mary! I think the girls really enjoyed it! -We also had a Amazon Prep Christmas Work Party for the girls that work in our garage. I think they really liked having a party and seeing that we care a lot about them. We had Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner with lots of fries and chicken!! We also had a Christmas Stocking for each of the girls that was full of wonderful things inside!! -I just love Christmas Time!! -December is always full of fun events! And I love the spirit of giving that always seems to be a little more "present" in December! Despite all the sickness and anxiety we had with those sicknesses, it was quite a fun and good month!! Merry Christmas!
Painting ornaments to give to grandma and grandpa Huntington and Freeman. They were little popsicle picture frames that we put a picture of Caden and Catherine in. They turned out so cute that I made one for ourselves! Kids loved doing this!
At the Claytons house watching Polar Express and eating popcorn. After the movie we got the kids down for sleep there and played some games.
About to go on the Polar Express Train! The kids are so excited!!! They will be given hot chocolate, a chocolate chip cookie, and a special gift from Santa!
They were even so excited about the tickets!
Santa is Coming!!! AWWW They couldn't wait! Catherine was very unsure though! haha
Santa gave them a Bell just like in the movie!
So Fun! Definitely would do that again!
Caden at school with his ornament that he made for us!
Grandma and Grandpa Freeman came to visit. Caden was at school so Catherine got lots of two on one time! She loved it! This was the first that she was so clingy to Grandpa! haha I loved seeing this...I have always been a daddy's girl! And now my daddy gets to hold my baby girl! Just melts my heart! Thanks Dad for having patience with her and All of her toys she piled on you! haha
Apple Pie Filling that I made for neighbors and friends! Wow that was a lot of work. Glad to have that done!!
Catherine was so funny when she would say Ho Ho HO. She would do a really low voice!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!
Caden had such a fun time at Sam's birthday Party. He was so excited to give him his present. He made Sam a picture frame with a picture of both of them together and he also gave him walkie talkies! The party was star wars themed! Sam taught them all how to have the force. Then...Darth Vator came!!! Caden had fun seeing him from my side but would not go fight him. haha
It was funny watching Darth vator just walk away down through the neighborhood!
At our Ward Christmas Party! Flannel themed! So fun! Yummy food and a good little program!
haha where is Chris!?!
Baby picture time!
Oh Caden you are funny! He looked like he was pooping on the tree! haha
He is so excited to have a little brother.
I am about 26 weeks here.
In nursery they roll played the nativity scene. Catherine was Mary!! Perfect fit for her because she loves holding babies! So cute!
We went to a drive through lights! Kids loved it!
First time this year with this much snow...kind of sad. But the kids finally got to play in the snow!
Caden with his friends Matthew and David!! Playing in a fort they made!
At Uncle Kevins for our traditional Christmas eve dinner and gift exchange game! From the Gift exchange game Caden ended up with a Paw Patrol blanket and Catherine got a matching game! It was perfect for both of them! We love going to family activities like this!
Kaitlin testing to make sure his beard is real! YUP! haha
After the Party we came home to let the kids open their Christmas eve present! PJs!!! Caden's favorite thing right now is paw patrol which is what he got! (Funny thing about his pjs is that it was a nightmare trying to find ones that would fit him and when I finally did I thought that it got lost in the mail. So they refunded me. A week later the pjs showed up! haha I ended up getting them for free!) Catherine got her favorite thing right now too, Ponies!! Perfect Jammies for them this year!! They loved them!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
We had the perfect Christmas day! We spent all morning opening presents and putting them together.
Caden got a bike, camera, paw patrol dvd, compass, teddy bear, a transporter truck, socks, gum and tick tacks (He Loves gum, he did good with his candy and gum to save them). He loved Everything!!!
Catherine got a little tikes car, purse and camera, Caden made her a special box and necklaces, Shoe lace game, magnet doll to dress, candy (she ate all in that day), and a little bunny (I have regretted giving this bunny to her because she has wanted it in bed with her at night and it is so small that she looses it! One night around 1 or 2am she woke up about 4-5 times saying "I can't find my bunny"! Oh I was hatting that thing!! but we have worked it out now...she isn't allowed to have it in her bed anymore! haha)
After naps we enjoyed the little snow we had. Built our first snowman of this year and Chris pulled them around on their sleds.
For dinner we enjoyed our new wok that Chris got for Christmas and had Delicious Stir Fry!!!
The Week after Christmas!
We had planned to go to Colorado but then that didn't plan out. So we then were going to go to Meadow at stay at Marla's because my parents were super sick. And with us just barely getting over all of our sicknesses we didn't want to get anything from them. We got down to Payson when Marla called and said that they feel like they might throw up...so we turned around. We ended up having a staycation! We built forts and took Caden's new bike out for walks, we also went bowling and went to the pool. I guess that is one good thing about not having any snow right now! haha By the end of the week Chris was pretty ready to go back to work. He said that each day started feeling like groundhogs day. haha now he knows a little like each day is normally for me.
Best Fort that I have ever built for them!
We went and saw Grandma Elaine a couple days after Christmas! Such a good visit! This was like the first time that the kids weren't afraid to give her hugs! YAY! I always felt so bad for grandma when they were afraid to give her a hug! So cute! Grandma is so good with them even when she is in pain!
We Love you Grandma Elaine!
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!
Gave the kids baths and got Catherine to bed. Caden got to stay up and do fireworks and then have a sleepover with dad in the living room while watching a movie and having popcorn!
Happy New Year!!!
