Christmas Time is Here!!
Thanksgiving was a lot of fun - Josh's parents hosted and there were 35 people there total with 17 of them being under the age of 12. Josh had fun, and he still wants 8 children! (Yes, Josh is down to wanting only 8 kids). In other josh news, he is almost dead set on raising goats. How many kids does he want? (sorry, bad joke, but I had to say it)

House news: The ceilings are all up! YAY! Now Josh has to finish putting up the walls, then he can start mudding and sanding and mudding and painting and doing cabinets and floors and we are soo close! Praise the Lord!

Today I did Christmas cards! Lizzie took a long nap and I had so much fun with Christmas tunes on writing out those cards. And this year I did a newsletter, so I hope all my friends enjoy reading them!

Lizzie has started rolling in her sleep - now I have even more to be worried about. She rolled onto her tummy, how frightening. Luckily, she is sleeping with us so when she does roll into a position she can't move from she just kicks me and I wake up to rescue her! :-) Other Lizzie news, she is starting to try and move around, but its more rolling and scooting. Crawling is around the corner, but I can sure wait.

Pictures!


I took these pictures today. A lady gave us the outfit and she looked so darned Christmasy-cute I had to take some photos. These are all at the beautifully decorated Log home.


This is about half of the kids that were at our house for Thanksgiving. Phew! This is Lizzie with her 20 month old cousin Mycah. Mycah loves Lizzie to pieces!
And finally, Josh played guitar hero with the children. They loved him so much. He also made them hot chocolate, which they requested each night.

God bless you!
Annie

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Finally! Time for Christmas music, and FOOD!! I finally got down to my pre-pregnancy weight, and now the holidays are here. And I love holiday food more than anything, so it's gonna be hard to be good.

Well, today I am working at my hubbie's cabinet shop filling in for the sick secretary. Lizzie is currently sleeping (when else can I type a blog?), Josh is playing Christmas music, it's snowing outside and food is on its way. Can life get any better than this? I am very surprised at how easily Lizzie is letting me work today. Sure, she has her moments when she wants held and/or nursed, but I just clock out and take care of her. Most of the time though, she has played with her toys. Oh, her favorite game today was when she was sitting in her stroller and she'd drop her toy, bend over to see where it fell and I'd pick it back up for her.

She's growing so big!

What are your thanksgiving plans? I pray that God keeps you safe if you are traveling and sane if you are hosting!

My in-laws are hosting (like they do every year) for about 30 people. I'm glad we are still living there, because I can be more help this way (late at night and early in the morning). The first batch of family arrived last night - cousin John and his 6 kids - at midnight. More should be arriving tomorrow sometime. Then we are eating our meal Saturday!

I have to vent a little bit now. My mom and dad are divorced. I didn't mind that so much when my dad lived in Wisconsin, but he has moved back to Kansas and now him and my mom are 15 minutes away from each other. So holidays are even more stressful now. For example, this Sunday we are eating the meal with dad and then going to my mom's for dessert. Christmas will be seperate too. Why can't we all just get along and do holidays together? It's enough to make me say "Sorry Charlie! It's all or nothing. If you can't get along, Josh, Lizzie and I are having our own holiday without you!" But we live 15 minutes away from them, so its hard to say such harsh words, ya know?

Thanks for letting me vent. My family isn't that stressful, just at times......

God bless you all! Enjoy the binge eating!!

YAY FOR PICTURES!! Oh you can't imagine how long I have waited to get some recent pictures up for all of you. Well, I'll blog a bit and then its on to the good stuff.

Lizzie is my cuddle bug! If she is fussy, I pick her up and she nuzzles my neck. Oh I love it so much :-) She is having more independant play time now. I can lay her on the floor on her back, and she'll play with her feet or roll around and play with her toys. What she really likes is peek-a-boo! Oh she will start giggling and laughing for that!

I am so blessed to be at my church surrounded by such amazing people! Lynette has been such an amazing friend, watching Lizzie on Tuesdays while I go to class. She totally has the better end of the deal though - she gets to hang out with a fun and cute baby while I sit through lectures of seed-bearing plants! And I have really enjoyed getting to know Jenny. I can go to her house and just talk and talk! Its great to have a friend with so much to talk about with.

OH! I have to brag about Josh real quick. I went into Angel 95 this morning for about 30 minutes to do the news, and he watched Lizzie down in the van. When I came back, he started bugging me with "I have a surprise for you!" and wouldn't tell me. Now, I am not a patient person, so this just tortured me. Finally, 15 minutes later, he gave me a tiny envelope that had a love note in it! And in the back seat was the happiest bouquet of flowers - all colorful and bright! He had gone into the florist while he waited on me this morning! I have been so blessed with such a thoughtful, loving, funny and romantic husband!

ok, picture time!

This is Lizzie's 5 month picture. I take on each month, and each month she gets more into it!
This is Lindsey with Jamie and Lizzie on Halloween.

Here is a better pic of her costume. I made her halo and wings (almost) all by myself! My mother in law helped sew some of the wings, but I did 90% of the work, I am so proud.
Our house! Oh it is sooo close to being done! Josh still has drywall and cabinetry, but it should be done by January - how awesome!
How can I not have fun staying at home with such a happy baby? Now, I think she has Josh's eyes, my nose, and I don't know whose smile. I can't tell that yet, I think the smiles change once teeth appear.

God bless you!
Annie

If Lizzie could talk, she'd say "Mommy my gums hurt!" Yes, she is teething. I am about 75% sure that's what this is. I can't really see any teeth, but then again, I don't know what to look or feel for. But she is fussing a lot more than normal, gumming on my shoulder, nursing way more than normal and is starting to drool a little bit. Thankfully, baby Orajel helps and she still gives me smiles once in awhile, so I know she's not suffering too bad.

She is growing up so fast!

She's also moving from cooing to babbling. I was so excited when I heard her say "na-na-na" for the first time. I actually turned around in the car to make sure it was Lizzie speaking.

She's also sitting up on her own (ok, she falls sometimes still, but I just put a pillow behind her and watch her closely). She loves playing with her toys! It's so funny to watch her concentrate so hard on her blocks.

For Halloween she was an angel, and I promise to post pictures as soon as I can get them off my camera! YAY! She was so adorable.

God bless you all! Lizzie is fussing, it's late and she probably wants to go home. (We are still at Angel 95, so I'd better get goin')