Almost there!

Well my due date is just around the corner. My belly was a relatively small size and then one day POP out it goes. I seriously grew a few inches overnight! This picture makes it look way out there. I look at it and think....am I really that big?

Too cute!

The kids were sitting nicely on the couch together, so I took the opportunity to snap a photo. I needed a new one for the background on our computer. Notice that Haven is still wearing her summer dresses. She's crazy! I am bundled up most of the day and she runs around in a sleeveless dress with no socks.

Is that comfortable?

We usually have to wake Haven up from her nap time. The other day we went in there to wake her up only to find that she was asleep with her feet hanging off the bed. We were laughing and of course I thought it was a perfect opportunity for a picture. When the flash went off she suddenly pops up and starts talking, which made us crack up even more since normally she is VERY slow in waking up. One minute she was softly snoring with feet off the bed, the next instant she is babbling about something strange.

Fun in the Snow

So this post is a couple of weeks old, but I just had to post, some of the pictures are a bit funny.

I realized that I really was not snow ready. Levi ended up wearing a pair of Haven's old PINK snow pants, and her PINK FLOWER gloves :o) Thank goodness Jonathan is comfortable with his and Levi's manhood and thank goodness Levi had no idea what he was wearing.

 Haven was trying to make a snowman. This is the way she ended up making snowballs instead. Again, I wasn't prepared, notice that Haven doesn't have snow boots, she has rain boots. This became a problem later. Snow could easily get inside the boot, so we had to cut our time short due to cold wet feet.

 Haven has talked about snow angels since last year's snow angel, so of course she was excited to finally get to make a real one, instead of a leaf snow angel or a carpet snow angel.

 Levi wanted to swing, but he didn't really fit with all the extra padding. So I didn't swing him very high since he had no buckle to keep him in.  He was crammed in the pretty good though.

 Here is Haven's second snow angel.

Christmas 2010

When I placed the presents under the tree Christmas Eve day, I was overwhelmed with the blessings of God. We have so much and some people have so little. I was filled with gratitude and a since of unworthiness. We are so blessed.

Christmas was such a wonderful time of fellowship and fun. Mom and dad spent the Christmas weekend with us and we were able to webcam Christmas evening with Jimmy, Amie and Savannah and Eugene, Sheryl and the boys.

The kids had a hay day opening presents. I wasn't expecting much from Levi, but he tore into the presents! Haven ended up enjoying his presents as much as hers, so there were times of "Haven that is Levi's Christmas present". By far one of Levi's favorites was his new guitar. He and Haven played with it all day. It was loud and annoying at times, but I am glad they enjoyed it!

 Haven loves to "talk to each other", so she received four puppets so that we can talk to each other anytime she wants.

 Dad and Jonathan went downstairs Christmas Eve afternoon to put this little car together. We thought it would be a few pieces you just snap together. Little did we know that both of them would be down there for a VERY long time. Apparently there were a ton of screws and it was much more complicated than you would think.

Both kids loved this toy too! We broke up a few fights over it :o) Levi can only push himself backwards, so he still has a bit to learn. He would invite us to get in. Can you imagine an adult in that thing? 

 Haven was excited to get a "new" doll house. Thanks be to God for providing a doll house this year. I really wanted her to have one, but they were so expensive. A lady from church had one that she wanted to get rid of and called us a month or so before Christmas asking if we wanted it. YES! It has been a big hit. Jonathan and I had the toothbrushes out a couple of nights before Christmas making it look brand new. She also received a doll she can strap to her feet and dance with it.

 Here is Jonathan modeling his new shirt. It thought it went well with his pajama bottoms ;O)

 Baby Hannah received some early gifts too. This will be my first baby that is born in the pure cold time of the year. So these sack gowns will be so nice to have for nighttime sleeping. They were adorable.

 Haven and I baked some chocolate chip cookies on Christmas day. It was quite a funny experience. She dropped an egg on the floor and then....

 She turned the mixer on a bit high after we put the flour in. She was about to cry and I was laughing my head off. Flour was EVERYWHERE! She got a new set of baking duds to cook in.

 Her expression was cracking me up. She had little splotches on her face.

California Vacation - Part 6 Misc Final Chapter

Here is my last CA vacation post that is full of Misc pictures. 

Grandma Young with the two big girls.

The girls decorating Christmas cookies.

And Lily longing for just one little itty-bitty lick...mmmmm.

Haven drug out Michael's beanbag and so we had to try and make both kids happy while sitting on it. We put it away after a compromise could not be made for long.

Haven got a sparkly dress for Christmas and her and I were on stage performing.

Four generations of Young men!

This picture cracked me up because it looks like her head was put on wrong.

Saying goodbye at the airport. It is tradition to get a picture in this spot right before we leave.

California Vacation - Part 5 Outdoor fun

The weather turned out to be really nice while we were in California. We found out towards the end of our two week stay that the weather in Missouri was not so nice. We were having upper 60 lower 70 degree weather and the folks back home were having zero degree temps.

It was nice to have good weather because it allowed us to spend some time outdoors with the kids. They would get their wiggles out before nap time.

Here is Uncle Jonathan holding Lily.

 When the kids weren't playing in the bouncy house, they were playing with the wagon. Levi the bruiser was pushing people around :o)

 Grandpa Young did a lot of pulling too.

 It was a blessing to be able to spend quite a bit of time with Jonathan's sisters.

 Levi was trying out for a new Olympic event...Grandpa pulling.

 Haven was "planting seeds" and watching her flowers grow, while Kaleb just liked playing in the dirt or laying on the grass. He's an outdoorsman!

 I really don't think Levi ate any dirt, but his face sure makes it look like it.

 See the puddle next to Kaleb, well he didn't sit next to it for long. He had one wet bottom when he was finished playing.

 We went to a park to feed the ducks. Video below. It was quite a story. We were accosted by geese and ducks and I think Haven is scarred for life :o) It is quite the funny story. We were lucky to make it out alive with all fingers in tack. 

This park also had a playground that was a bit less threatening. 

It was VERY windy and cold on the bridge where we took refuge from the attack geese and ducks. So a lot of time you will hear the wind, but it was amazing how many ducks gathered to eat our bread crumbs. They were loud!