91 days and counting

Today the doorbell rang and my first thought was, “what did I forget that I ordered for Christmas from Amazon?” When I opened the door, it was an Amazon package, but it was from Karch’s amazing little cousin’s Wyatt and Owen. I consider it a birthday gift as his big day is tomorrow. He got his very first Thomas “choo-choo” track. Once I opened it and put the track together he played with it for a good hour, which is like 10 hours for his active little self.


Tomorrow, Jason is taking the day off for Karch’s 2nd birthday. We plan to go to jump land in the morning, nap, then a Christmas vintage train ride for the evening. Great family fun! Karch has come into his created a feisty personality for himself…I cannot wait to see what this year brings us. His newest action, he holds his finger up to his face as if he is thinking and says “hmmmm”—too cute. Earlier this afternoon, he used this contemplation look when he saw some of his Christmas gifts at the top of Jason’s closet. I can only imagine what was going through that active mind of his…I am sure he was thinking, how the heck can I get those toys down, NOW! Luckily, we were able to distract him and move onto something else.

As for little Tabitha, she is taking up a lot of room in my tummy. Today I am feeling it to the fullest—between last night’s sleep and this morning, I feel like I gained 20lbs, and I am going to pop. 91 days and counting…is it too early to be counting? EEK! I know she will be here before no time. After Christmas especially, the time will fly by. I was able to register for her over the past week, which was good…, one less thing to think about. The shower for Tabitha will be January 30th, I am getting excited.

2011 has been a very productive year for us—AND WE’RE BACK!

Over the next few months I will have a little extra time to keep up with our family blog as I am taking the spring semester off of school—preparing for our new bundle of Joy and getting some quality time in with Karch. For those of you who don’t know, we are expecting a little girl in March 2011. We bought a house during the summer in Allen. Jason and I got engaged on Thanksgiving. Also, I am back in school and kicking some booty! I think that’s it for our big happenings during this year.
Karch turns two in one week, which amazes me. I am still shocked how quickly time flies by. Jason is taking the day off, so we plan to have a fun family day by strolling through the arboretum or going to jump land during the day. For our birthday evening plans we are taking a vintage “choo-choo” as Karch calls the train on a holiday adventure (https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/christmas/NPX/times.html) around Grapevine—I think he will get a kick out of it. I love seeing him get excited just recently he starts repeating himself and jumping up and down when he is totally into something.
Everyone is asking about Jason and me getting married now that we are finally engaged. We know it will be in 2012 as we already have a busy 2011 year ahead of us. Plus, if we have a destination wedding this will allow everyone to make plans. We are in talk whether we will have a wedding in TX or have a destination wedding—can’t decide. I know if we have our wedding here, I want to keep it as simple as possible. I am too relaxed of a person to have an extravagant stressful day—not my cup of tea.

Recently, we had our yearly family photos taken here is sneak peak…cannot wait to see the others from the session.