Happy Birthday To Me!

December 5th was my 28th birthday. I'm getting closer to that big 3-0. Yes. It is freaking me the freak out.

Honestly,
it feels like I just graduated yesterday. Maybe it's because I'm married to my HS sweetheart or maybe because I really did graduate yesterday and in the blink of an eye 10 years went by.

No one will ever know.

So, first I have a birthday announcement which I actually made on my birthday on Facebook but have yet to announce on the blog.

We're excited to be expecting a baby boy in April! I'd be just as excited to be expecting a baby girl but Travis was feeling very out numbered so he is super excited!

Yes, we have a list of names picked out. No, we will not announce the name until we actually name him which will be when he is born.

I don't expect I'll be posting much about pregnancy because quite frankly, it's boring. I will however mention that at 20 weeks I've already been fussed at for gaining "too much" weight. I gained "too much" with my other two pregnancies also. Let me just go ahead and tell my body to stop gaining so much weight....not. Here is my 21 week bump. Travis says I'm carrying higher than I did with the girls. I don't really notice things like that, all I know is that I feel like a whale and I can't imagine getting any bigger.

Second, since I'm 28 this year I thought I'd make a list of 28 things you may or may not know about me!

1. I play the flute
2. My favorite color is pink
3. I dislike pickles. A lot.
4. Summer is my favorite season
5. I don't have as many tattoos as I want
6. I've considered getting a job just so I can buy shoes
7. I have a potty mouth
8. Laundry will be the death of me
9. One week before I was supposed to go to boot camp I found out I was pregnant
10. I watch a lot of documentaries
11. I think my babies are the cutest babies ever
12. I've had a sewing machine for two years and have never used it
13. My second toe is longer than my big toe
14. I don't read (non-picture books) as often as I'd like
15. I love celebrity gossip
16. I despise talking on the phone, that's why I don't have one
17. I don't drink alcohol
18. My Pandora is filled with techno stations
19. I can roll my belly
20. I went to college for interior design and architectural drafting
21. Vienna roast is my favorite roast of coffee
22. I'm pretty darn lazy
23. My husband is my best friend, we've been together 12 years
24. I wish my hair was straight
25. I have a younger brother
26. I have a freckle on the bottom of one of my toes
27. I love hiking
28. My goal is to one day move to Hawaii

That's my list and it took a lot longer to write than it should have! Did you learn anything??

Christmas Countdown 2012: Day 12

This is our first year in the Charlotte, NC area for Christmas. To the west of Charlotte is a small town called McAdenville which calls itself "Christmas Town U.S.A." Every year they go all out to decorate their town with tons of lights. Tonight was the night we went to view these beautiful lights!

There were so many lights and also a lot of traffic. I'm glad we decided to go on a weekday instead of the weekend because I'm sure the traffic would have been much worse.

It was a nice drive, the lights were beautiful. It wasn't anything spectacular, just a whole town decorated with lights, but they really were pretty to look at and the perfect place to go "drive through the neighborhood to see lights" if you like to do that with your family. I know the girls really enjoyed the lights and the best part is it's free!

Wondering what the joke was for today?

What Christmas carol is a favorite of parents?

Silent night

(tee hee, of course the girls don't get it...)

Christmas Countdown 2012: Day 11

Today the girls were supposed to write letters to Santa. They put the letters under the tree and the elf takes them to Santa. Getting Charlotte to write when she doesn't want to is like pulling teeth. I don't normally force it on her so I just asked her periodically throughout the day what she wanted to write to Santa. Finally, she told me what to write so she could copy it herself. I left her alone to write her letter and soon she came out with her letter all folded up in a tiny square and placed it under the tree.
After she was asleep we peeked at the letter and found that instead of writing the letter herself she just folded up the letter I wrote.
That girl is a little sneaky sneak.
I found the letter she originally wrote on the kitchen table, she had ran out of room on her paper and probably got frustrated but, instead of asking me for help she decided to pass off my letter as her own.
Well, now she is going to have to write Santa an apology. Age five is going to make me lose my mind.

I will update with her reaction and the new letter when she does it.

Today's hi-larious joke

What does a cat on a beach have in common with Christmas?

Sandy claws!

Christmas Countdown 2012: Day 10

For day 10 we did a very simple craft. Contact paper and tissue paper chains. We make paper chains every year but this year we decided to make them using just contact paper (which is sticky clear paper that people use to line their shelves or quickly laminate items) and tissue paper.

Just lay the contact paper (sticky side up) on the table and stick tissue paper to it, once you're done cover with another sheet of contact paper.

Here is Lexi's finished collage. Neither of the girls wanted to use the Christmas-y colors I set out for them and that's alright with me, as long as they enjoyed working on their craft.

 Once you have the second sheet of contact paper on top cut the collage into strips to make links

 Then, start making links!

 Today was yucky and cloudy, I can't wait to see how the chain looks with the light shining through it!

Today's joke was:

What do elves learn in school?

The elf-abet

Christmas Countdown 2012: Day 9

Today for day 9, I made the girls Christmas themed play dough. If you haven't made play dough for your kids before you are missing out. It is so easy. Flour, water, oil, salt. Some recipes use cream of tartar, I used a recipe without. Once you have your base dough you can add whatever your heart desires!

For our Christmas themed dough I made gingerbread scented (with spices), red peppermint scented (with extract), blue with glitter, and plain green dough.

A rolling pin, cookie cutters, and various beads and buttons were set out and the girls got busy creating.

They spent quite a few hours creating, destroying, and creating again.

Alexis was so proud of her green blobby snowman

Eventually, all the play dough ended up mushed together into a big blue-green blob. The girls don't mind though. I put the leftover dough in a zipping plastic bag and it will be good to play with for a couple weeks!

We chuckled over this joke while playing with play dough

Who is the cheekiest reindeer?

Rude-olph