Free Range on Fairview

Wow time flies! Here are the 18 and 20 week pictures. If you really want a pregnancy to fly by I suggest having a toddler to keep your mind off it and you'll be amazed how fast half of the time will go by. We find out if the little bun is a boy or a girl on January 3rd, in less than two weeks. Then we can officially start talking about names at that point in time. Yippee! Plus my little sister is due any day and I can't wait to meet her new little baby boy.  Can you believe how tall Dylan is getting?

The time is almost here for Christmas cheer. Here are a few pictures of us getting ready for the season. The first two pictures were taken two seconds apart. As you can see he tries so hard to be good, but some days you can do nothing but cry.  Posing in front of the tree, such a challenge Ho ho ho, the boys got to see Santa after we went to the Kittitas community dinner, free spaghetti, face paint and fun times together plus a way to help those in need and see the old man.   Yes Dylan got to stand in line forever to see Santa with one of his best buddies. At this age they are still allowed to be friends with girls.  Shane has been working a lot more lately with the Christmas rush at UPS so here they are getting some special cuddle time together before he leaves.

One of my favorite thing Lincoln does is his silly face. I think you'll enjoy it too. Fancy hair-do from sister Hanging with his brother Excited to be a big bro Enjoying some chocolate Yes that's Lincoln fully clothed in the bath.

December goes by so fast! When you were a kids you just couldn't wait for Christmas. Now I just feel so busy the days are flying by. I was wide awake for hours in the middle of the night the other day so what did I do? Make a list of all the things I need to do before Dylan gets out of school (like make those homemade crayon stocking stuffers I thought would be cute but really they aren't that great and just took an hour) and a list of things I would like to do before Christmas. Even today I'm done with my shopping but I'm still spending time online trying to look up what would be a good gift for Dylan's bus driver. Really is that necessary... no. Yes I want to show Tommy appreciation but no more money is leaving this mama's wallet. Plus I just want to enjoy being with my boys. I made a little Christmas countdown and planned some crafts for vacation and decided instead of getting caught in the hustle and bustle that I just want to make this month memorable. I s

Yup that's my first official belly shot for baby number 3, kid number 4. According to the baby books and  the internet the baby is over 5 inches now which makes sense because this week I started to feel the baby move! Yup little squirt is most active around 6-8 in the evening so far, or when I squish it too much. I'm still early on so I forget sometimes when I am bending over or holding Lincoln over my stomach and the baby retaliates. We will find out in a few more weeks what we are having and couldn't be more excited. If it's a boy we are pretty much set as far as the stuff part of a baby goes. I mean I do need to get a new Boppy and the consumables like diapers, wipes and pacifiers, but otherwise we are good. If this one is a girl then boy I will have trouble not buying headbands and ruffly outfits. At least narrowing down the sex will help us start talking about baby names. The morning sickness has subsided but I've been sick with a cold for almost an entire mont