Party of 6 please!!

And now for some updates...
Now that I have started this blog, I suppose it's time to actually use it...
The holiday season is upon us and I have to say it is so much fun to see Christmas through a child's eye again. Austin is really into Christmas this year - last year he had no idea and wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with Santa Clause. However, this year, Austin can't wait to get hot dogs and a hammer from Santa. Yes, that is all Austin wants for Christmas - a hot dog and a hammer. For the first time ever we may come in under budget after Christmas shopping! Ashlyn doesn't quite get it yet, but definitely enjoys presents - so will have a great time too.

Party Time!
Shawn and I recently attended Shawn's company Christmas party. We had a blast! Shawn ended up doing a bit of karaoke and dancing on stage to "Ice Ice Baby" by himself...I just fell in love with him all over again! What a fun night out - although it took me two days to recover - being 7 months pregnant and staying out all hours of the night do not go together well.

The Best Day Ever
This following picture was taken on Shawn's b-day weekend. I surprised Shawn with what may very well be the best weekend ever! Or at least that's what he kept saying all day. I had secretly gotten tickets to the opening K-State basketball game (thanks to my sister) and also got tickets to the last home K-State football game (thanks to Shawn's brother in law) which were both on the same day. I had lined up babysitters for the kids (my parents) so that Shawn and I could spend the whole weekend in Manhattan together. So, Saturday morning Shawn thought we were headed over to the cabinet shop to pick out new cabinets for our kitchen. We dropped the kids off at my parents and we were on our way! Little did he know that I had packed overnight bags and hid them in the car and we headed straight for the Little Apple! He was so shocked when I finally told him where we were going - and was truly surprised! Not only did K-state end up winning their opening game, but somehow K-State also managed to beat Texas in football that night too. It was definitely one of the best weekends ever!!

28 Weeks Prego!

And here I am at 28 weeks pregnant. I can't believe it's almost here!! We are already on our 2 week appointments - this baby is gonna be here before we know it!! Lately, I've been thinking it's a boy, but you never know. At some point we are going to have to come up with some names for this little one - we can't be calling it Baby T3 forever! Austin wants to name it "balloon", but hopefully he will settle for giving the baby a balloon instead of naming it balloon....

The pregnancy is going really well, no problems, just slowing down a bit and getting tired a bit quicker. Although - today was my day to watch 6 kiddos to give my other two mom friends a break and I'm still alive!! Two friends of mine, that each have two kids, started a "moms time out" idea. Each week one of us watches all 6 kids til after lunch so that the other moms have a day off. So, you watch the kids one week and then you get two weeks off! It's awesome!! And the kids play so good together, they have so much fun and it usually ends up making for a great nap afterwards (don't worry - mommy naps on those days too!)