Baby bump?

I am finally four months along. The nausea is mostly gone, HOORAY! I am not showing too much yet, but here's my tummy at 16 weeks... (Yes, Eli is in his spiderman costume again--don't judge me.)

Dora being cute. She was clinging to my leg!

Oh and we painted Dora's toes for the first time. She's really excited about it and if you comment on them, she'll hold her feet up for you to see and wiggle them around! It's really cute.

Santa and Playing with Dad

Around the same time as the gingerbread house, we went to see Santa. Eli was pretty excited.

Dora was willing to sit on his lap as long as Eli was sitting there too. (She actually pooped on his lap! Haha)

Here's Eli doing the craft while Dad changed Dora's diaper. It's a snowman doorstop.

The kids also play with Daddy all the time. Dad's being a horse...

A horse that can also walk around on two legs! Amazing!

Gingerbread house and Pool Playing

Around December 1 we made a gingerbread house. So, that shows you I'm a little behind. Actually though, I just haven't been taking many photos lately! So, here are a few posts to catch up some. Eli and Dora helped Daddy and me decorate the house. Dora mostly ate...but we had fun.

Dora, striking a pose. Haha.

Also, our club has a pool and the kids have been loving it when Dad has time off to take them swimming. Eli's doing really well...

What a dive!

Also, I should note for the record that five days ago, we decided to take the plunge and make Eli wear only underwear. He's gone five days now without a single accident. WAHOO! Dora is potty training too, much to Eli's dismay. "But she's only one, mom." Yeah, Eli, she's still just one.

Mom, You're the Best

Today has been sort of long. It started out badly because the kids kept me up all night last night. I won't go into details about the anything, but I had some shopping to do and I took Dora with me. I also went to the post office here that's in a drug store--not a good call with Dora in tow. Anyhow, I was pretty tired by the kids' bedtime. I just put Eli to bed: brushed teeth, told him a story, said prayers, etc. I was about to leave when it happened.

Eli said, "Mom, you're the best. I know you could save the day."

I said, "How do you know that?"

He said, "Because you save me when I have bad dreams."

And I couldn't argue with that, because I do.

I'm so glad when daddy comes home...

Eli and Dora missed Daddy a lot tonight (he's working) and so I tried to teach them a song. You have no idea how many times we practiced. I was a little disappointed that this is all we got!!

We miss you dad!

And one more...

Nana's Visit--and A GARGANTUAN TREE!

Nana came to visit--she had a fun time, but the kids were the real beneficiaries. Dora still points at photos in the album of her and cries, "Nana! Nana!"

Nana grabbed a photo of me with my angels snuggling on me. It so rarely happens! I'm really going to miss it. They grow up SO FAST!

Nana also watched Dora so we could take Eli to pick out a tree. Here you can pay $5 for a license and go cut one down yourself. They're supposed to be 12 feet at most. We really thought ours was... until we got it home.

Whit's holding it up here...
Eli had a fun time...

Here it is at the house... It was a bit much for the base so we had to lash it to the wall!! Plus, it still hits the ceiling.
After we cut off the top, it just fit. The only problem is that we couldn't reach to decorate the top. So, Whit had to stand on the top of the ladder, utilizing all 6'3" and toss stuff up there! So, it's a bit haphazard up there...

Pretty cool tree for $5, right?

Snow!

It snowed out here a few weeks ago--YES, I am way behind. Anyhow, the kids loved all inch and a half. They had their "shovels" (which translates as spatulas and spoons) to scoop it up with, and they wore all their new snow clothes. Don't they look cute?

There was a lot of snowball throwing.

And a lot of smiling. I didn't take photos of it, but if you're a parent, I'm sure you can guess there was also whining and hot chocolate, not necessarily in that order. :-)

Also I am three months pregnant here--so THAT'S what a 3 month pregnant lady looks like with no make up--SCARY!

Misc Catch Up...

Little Miss Dora wears her mullet in pigtails now and it looks much cuter--kinda like Cindy Loo Who!

The sure love their dad--and his I-pad. Haha
Dora loves to scribble too--and she always does it all hunched over with her feet tucked up behind her--cute!

Oh yeah--I gave her some jam toast--blackberry that I made this year. She likes it, a little too much perhaps. She doesn't eat the toast, she licks the jam off. I came back downstairs to see this.