Baby #3!!!!

We have some big news to share....Baby Lucas #3 is coming in July!!!! 

That's right! The due date is July 25 and I am just over 19 weeks now. We are all very excited for this addition to our family. Like last time, we will not be finding out the gender of this little one. We LOVED the surprise in the delivery room with Luke and are looking forward to that again. The hardest part of not knowing the gender is having to come up with both a boy name and a girl name, and so far, we haven't been able to come up with either. If you have any suggestions, send them over! :)

It's been a pretty smooth pregnancy so far. I tend to feel really tired during the first trimester, but my energy quickly goes back to normal as soon as I hit 11-12 weeks. Unrelated to the pregnancy, it has been a really bad cold and flu season in our house again this year. I swear the kids and I have been sick every other week. Meanwhile George hasn't gotten sick once. Guess all of that spinach he has in his smoothies is paying off! 

The kids are excited about the new baby, although we found out last time that it doesn't totally hit them until the baby is actually born. Over the past couple weeks as I've started showing more, they will comment on my belly and the baby every now and then. I have an ultrasound next Friday and we're planning to bring them so they can see who is in that growing belly. 

One morning when the kids were home with me, we decided to do an impromptu photo shoot to reveal the baby news. At first they cooperated...

 

Then they got really silly... :)

 

And then Madeline turned the camera around me, slippers and all! Haha!

Christmas 2018

Christmas was forever ago, but I never captured it here on my blog and I have lots of pictures to share with you all. This year, the kids had almost two weeks off for Christmas break. Their school here in Austin is structured more like an elementary school, not a daycare, and observes a lot of the typical school holidays and breaks. Luckily, I had saved a lot of vacation time so I took off the two weeks. It was a nice break from work and our normal routine. I may or may not have taken naps with Luke whenever possible! 

We did some Christmas decorating around the apartment, which Madeline was very into. She managed to squeeze every ornament onto our tiny tree. Even though it was tiny, it was a good little tree. Nice symmetrical shape and it hardly shed at all! 

Since we didn't travel home for Christmas, my parents came out here the week before to celebrate with us. My mom made her famous cut-out cookies and frosting and let the kids go to town. I'll let the pictures speak for themself. Note: I think I'm still sweeping up sprinkles! 

 

Grandma and Grandpa spoiled the kids with some early Christmas presents. 

She also made my personal favorite, Cinnamon Rolls!

Madeline and I went to see Mary Poppins Returns over Christmas break. We both enjoyed it! 

It's been a pretty cold and rainy winter here, so we try to take advantage of the nicer sunny days. 

You may remember from the past few years that one of our favorite Christmas traditions is do a ginger bread house. This year was Luke's first year joining in on the fun. I found a Christmas village kit with a bunch of mini houses. It worked out well because the kids could each do a couple. Madeline gets very into the decorating and design. Luke was very into the frosting and candy...eating it that is. 

 

 On Christmas Eve, I made them their favorite "special"...aka orange juice, ginger ale, and strawberries. 

 

Cheers!

The moment they had been waiting for...Santa came! :)

Another post coming soon...with some big news! :)