Mommy n' Lilly's BAKING PALOOZA

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Lilly and I decided to bake some goodies. We had a blast! It was as if a flour tornado came blasting through my nice clean kitchen. I am pretty sure more flour got on my belly than in the bowl. We almost ran out of chocolate chips.......most of those fell into Lilly's mouth! Our goodies came out YUMMY YUMMY but I think when we bake Christmas goodies we will go wreck Grandma's kitchen!

Papa's 20th Birthday

As most of you know, this weekend we celebrated my Dad's 20th birthday! It turned out to be a great time. We tried to get a bunch of people together to do a video of inspirational sayings of a happy birthday. We didn't get as many as we thought we would but when it was put together it was amazing. We took more videos at the party so now we can put them all together for a great memorandum of his BIG 20th! The party was a great turnout with a little over 50 people. I know by the look on his face that Papa had such a blessed time with all his family and friends! Thanks for helping us celebrate this special time!

Playing Suzie Homemaker

This summer I was blessed with a wonderful gift from Grandma Thompson. A BEAUTIFUL SEWING MACHINE!!

Now, growing up being "one of the guys" I have never been the "suzie homemaker" type but I thought I would put some use to this thing. So, with my mother's help and some great ideas I decided to start off making the kids something. That way if they suck, the kids can't tell.......and I will make them wear it anyways. (the joys of being a parent) I spent a couple weeks and went for broke. I ended up making Lilly a pair of jammies and a matching bathrobe. Then I made her baby matching jammies too! I am on a roll, let me tell you. This "suzie homemaker" stuff comes naturally to me. I am now making Rafe some bag jammies! Hopefully, with some practice and guidance one day I can make quilts somewhat like my my Auntie Susie! (big maybe on that one, she pretty much rocks the quilting thing) So, in this "oh-so wonderful" nesting period.....THANK YOU GRANDMA THOMPSON for giving me a hobby!

Belly Update

I am now 32 weeks along and growing every moment! I now see the doctor every two weeks and things are going quite smoothly.....from what they tell me. These next couple months will be spent getting the small things together and growing uncontrollably, I am sure. Can't wait until he gets here......we are ALL getting VERY VERY EXCITED!!!!!