The Rest of December

Mommy, Jacob and Jessica trimmed the tree: Jacob is becoming a pro at this, though it was Jessica's first year.

then Jacob and Jessica had a short break for a Daddy back ride.

All of the stockings were hung by the ... TV with care? These are the stockings i made last year, and yes i made extras incase of family add ons... good thing too!

we put out the milk and cookies for Santa. Jacob was very worried that teddy (the cat) was going to dring all of santa's milk.

Jessica got her first my little pony and seemed to like it's nose.

Jacob got a sword from santa, something he had been asking for all year.

that night we got all dolled up, went to nanna's and went to Christmas eve service. when we got back to Nanna dn poppas we did the gift thing again and went to bed. the next morning we went to Grandma and Granpas and did the final round of gift opening. the kids had a blast and Jessica got really good at opening gifts by the time we were done.

this concluded Christmas and December :)

December- tree shopping

I was good about taking pictures this month, the lighting was not so good in a lot of the pictures. Oh well, i tried!

we went to our local tree farm to do the good-ol' tradition of picking out the perfect tree. the kids got sleigh rides.

and Jason and i took hardly any time to find our tree this year. Usually this is a long and painfull process. I was not feeling too bad, but didn't want to be there too long to see what breakfast looked like in the snow after you had eaten it!

this is the tree that jacob wanted. he was very dissapointed to find we woudl have to wait several years before we could take it home.

jessica joined in on the snowball fight. I think she ate more than she threw!
jason tied the tree on the top and jacob was fasinated that it would not fall off on the way home.
the next week we went woth jen and ryan to see"the lights" the rotary club in the area put on quite the show every year for those that want to enjoy the festivities and we have made it somewhat of a tradition to go every year.

while we were there we were followed by some homless people that were asking for a hand-out. we gave them some spare change and took their picture. ha ha... it's just danny and his girlfriend andria. (sorry if i spelled your name wrong AGAIN)

this is all i can do for now, more catching up later!

November

November was full of fun. Jaob had his 4th birthday party, and Jacob got a wagon as his big gift from mommy and daddy. to his demise he found this wagon was to be shared beween all of the kids. :)

but he got lots of other toys that were all his so the party turned out to be a success as far as he was concerned.

we had our first measurable snow and daddy and Jacob built a snowman while Jessica and mommy staed warm in the house. (mommy was still throwing up at this point in the pregnancy)

We also has thanksgiving twice during this month, one at nanna and poppa's and once at grandma adn grandpa's. The most eventful thing this holiday was that jacob was roughhousing iwth his cousins and smacked his two front teeth VERY hard on the end of a metal bedframe. He came out with one tooth chipped in half and was concerned because he had swallowed the other half,

October

My highlight of October was this. on one of our last beautiful days in october, jason gets up in the morning and announces that we are going on the bike traila nd w are going to take the kids through the long tunnel. I at first was not up for it, feeling like i was going to barf and all, but once we started waking, it was nice. I still felt aweful, but it was a great distraction to the day.
Jacob really enjoyed the wet walls as we went through. or he just liked to shine the flashlight on them. either way he really enjoyed this time through the tunnel.

the rest of the month flew by, work work work. I went to my first appointment and found that they think i am due on May 19th. I personally think they are wrong, by about two or three weeks, (meaning i am due before that date) but we shall see. The doctor also gave me a really expensive perscription to keep me from throwing up so much. I'm not sure if it works. I think two things that make this pregnancy so hard is one- i am working such long hours i am running myself down daily, and two- all of the smells in the office start to really take effect on my day.

well, this is all of the blogging i can do for today, i have two crying and yelling children to deal with. hopefully i can do this again sometime soon and it won't go 3 months again. I will also keep everyone updated on the new arrival.

September

September started off with me not feeling too well. Getting up at 4:45 every morning and getting home between 5:30 and 6:00 at night were really starting to take their toll. Then on September 6th i had an all to real dream that i was pregnant. I took an at home test to find it was positive. perhaps that is why i was not feeling well.

Jason and jacob made shelving in the basement to store all of our "stuff" and was upset to find that all 6 shelves he made were fully filled with baby clothes and other hand-me down items. He will have to get over it until the next family member starts to have children. (hopfully not too soon as neither of them are married! :))


jacob grew quite a bit this month, or i just wasn't around so much so i notticed it more.

and jessica grew quite a bit too. Upside down. She had started to pull herself up onto furniture last month and has mastered the skill of walking along furniture this month.

and jason worked 50+ hours a week taking the kids to where they needed to go every morning before he had to be at work, and picking then up 1/2 the time for me after work. and i worked 40 hour weeks throwing up in the work bathroom at leat once every day, comming home somethimes throwing up on the side of the road, and then again when i got home. The house went to shambles and mom came over once to clean my kitchen for me. (thanks mom) Oh how i love being pregnant. We think this may just be our last.

August

August was fun... full of playing in the sun and kids. Jacob learned how to operate the teetter swing without his cousins there to help him play on it.


Jessica's hair got longer adn looked cuter put up.

and she got her first daddy back ride.

this was also the time that i got the call to work at Ft.McCoy as a military pay technician. I started the 18th of august and went full time. I was reminded how hard it was juggling a home, kids, husband, and full time work. I opted for 4 10hour shifts so that i could have modays with the kids and save some gas money since work was 35 miles away. (one way)
my four ten's started the beginning of september.

July... Continued

Okay, I'm going to have a blogging fit. I am going to get fully up to date. This is July, however the pictures loaded back words and my mouse doesn't work to click and drag so, start from the bottom and read your way up. :)



So this was our July. the only thing missing is that i babysat trevor ariana and amelia for two days as Barb made plans to go to washington. That was a lot of fun and we all miss having them around.



one of her gifts was a bubble machine that she and jacob both loved, and that we were able to share later with barbs kids before they had to go.

she was of course flooded with gifts from the entire family. little girls are so fun to shop for!

Jessica did a number with the cake, though it took her a while to "dig in". this is her hammy scrunchie face.

Then closer to the end on the month we decided to have Jessica's 1st birthday party. This was decided so that her aunt and cousins could be there since they were leaving for washington the actual day of her birthday. it was a good decision.

Baby Evelyn Jane was born bright and early July 11th! Mommy and baby did great. Evelyn looks a lot like jen. and jen acts a lot like evelyn. (JK)

Then on one very special day (july 11th) she decided to crawl! I think she realized she was no longer the baby of the family and needed to do some growing up. yes that's right... there was a new baby in the family on this day as well!

Jessica continues the art of "scooting" and we were starting to wonder if she would ever decide to crawl.

we all attended the 4th of july parade with Barb and the kids. This was jacobs first parade and he loved it. He was a little too nice about letting all of the other kids get to the candy first, so barbs kids were nice enough to share their spoils with him. His favorite part was the accession of 18 tractors that came down the road. Jessica loved it and waved to each float as it went by. Then the firetrucks came. Jessica cried and cried as they blew their horns, but was still waving!

but then jessica wanted a ride just like jacob, so jessica got her first tractor ride with daddy and cried when i took her back into the house.

July started with hammy girls and boyish boys. While daddy and jacob were mowing the lawn, jessica kept me entertained.