Not a very good blogger

Wow, the last time I blogged I was only 10 weeks pregnant.  I am now 36!!! weeks.  Oh, time has not gone by very fast!  I am scheduled to have Baby Laney in 3 weeks!  I am so excited and ready!  I am to the point of being done with pregnancy.  Actually I am far past that point if I am being honest.  Hopefully these last 3 weeks will go by fast.  I have a dr appt on Wednesday.  I am not expecting any progress.  After all, Lucas was 4 days late.  I see no hope of an early delivery.  Hopefully I will post pictures of Baby Laney soon after delivery.  I am not a very good blogger....

And then there were 4...

We are so excited that Lucas will be a big brother in Sept.  He wants a baby boy, Daddy wants a baby girl, and Mommy just wants a baby that is a good sleeper.  :)

Lucas has 4 names picked out.  Igloo, Brynlee (our niece), Taxi, and Lucas

We are so happy!  Mommy is ready for the morning sickness to pass!   I am 10 1/2 weeks and counting!

So Blessed

We had a great holiday season.  Lucas was so fun this year at Christmas.  He is the perfect age to enjoy the season.  He got lots of presents!  He is definitely on the spoiled side.

 

This is Lucas and Gracen at Nanee and PaPa's house. 

Lucas and Gracen got scooters from Nanee and PaPa. 

Lucas especially enjoyed having a white Christmas.  When it snowed in early December, he thought that meant Santa was coming.  I told him that it did not have to snow for Santa to come.  Well, it turns out he was right, it did snow before Santa came!

We also had a great New Year.  We had a great start to 2010!  This past year has been good, but full of different heartaches.  I am glad to move on and heal after some hard times this past year.  2010 has many blessings in store for our whole family.  I am looking forward to seeing all that the new year will bring.  I am so blessed to have a healthy and happy family.  Lucas is such a joy, even though he can be very difficult at times.  I look forward to seeing how he changes and grows.  I can't believe he is almost 4.  I also look forward to where God will lead us this next year.  We have many things on our hearts for the Lord.  I am anxious, and also excited to see where the Lord will lead us in the future.  2010 will be full of new adventures.  I hope I can handle everything that is thrown at me! 

I pray that your new year is full of new adventures, blessings, and health!  I hope that you will continue to grow in the Lord and be open to where he might take you in the New Year.

Getting Ready for Christmas

Well, I skipped right over Thanksgiving without blogging.  I am not a very good blogger.  I think it is partially because writing is not my strength, but also because I don't think anybody actually reads this but me.  :) Well, anyway...

I have had so much fun seeing Christmas fun through Lucas's eyes.  He has really enjoyed decorating, seeing Christmas lights, etc. Lucas and Gracen had so much fun decorating a gingerbread house together.  It kept them busy and quiet for an hour and a half.  That is well worth ten dollars!  We decorated our tree.  Lucas really enjoyed playing with the candy canes but also decorating the tree with them.  He hung the ornaments in pairs.  He put 2 ornaments on each branch he decorated.  Then I went behind him and spread them out a little more.

Every year, I buy a new photo ornament with a picture for that year.  I really enjoy seeing how we change each year (especially Lucas).

 

Every year we have a picture of Lucas with Santa and Lucas is crying.  Well, Lucas is still afraid of Santa.  He would not sit in his lap or even talk to him.  He wanted his present from Santa, but he wanted me to get it!

Lucas has been asking questions about Santa this year.  It is our goal to teach Lucas about the true meaning of Christmas and Jesus during the holiday season.  He is learning so much!  We have been reading him Bible stories at night before bed.

I enjoy old pictures of Lucas as a baby.  Blogging has given me a chance to reminisce.  He is growing so much lately.  He is really changing from a toddler into a preschooler.  He has also gotten so tall!

This is Lucas's first Christmas. He was 9 months and crawling everywhere!

 

 

I forgot, we actually have one picture of Lucas with Santa and he is not crying.

I love these PJ's!

This is Lucas in 2007.  He was almost 2.

 

I think these next 2 are so funny!

Last year was fun.  Lucas was almost 3.  He was crazy about Thomas the train!

 

 

I really look forward to posting pictures of this Christmas.  This is such a fun time of the year!  I wish everyone a blessed holiday! 

Halloween

Lucas and Gracen's very first

Halloween.  They were so cute!

Lucas's second Halloween at age 1 1/2.  He was the cutest little puppy ever!

Two cute little doggie cousins!

When the kids were 2, they started choosing their own costumes.
Lucas was not a fan of dressing up.
We had to pick something that would not involved much dress up.
We decided on a baseball player.

Gracen was a kitty.

   This year at age 3, they both chose their costumes again.

I suggested several things for Lucas, but he decided on a cowboy.

He still does not like to dress up but there are 2 things he loves....his boots and his gun!

I was surprised he actually wore the hat.

 

Gracen was Fancy Nancy and Brynlee was a cute little zebra.

Silas and James (and Mom and Dad, too) were all train conductors.

And Alicia went as ....Camron!

Pretty funny!

It is interesting to me how much little boys (and their Daddies) like to play with guns. It seems to be something you don't have to teach them. At the age of 2, Lucas was playing tinker toys. He put two toys together like a gun and started shooting. I was shocked! I did not even know he knew what a gun was. He has especially played guns since our trip to Red River.  Lucas would shoot at Uncle Brad and Aunt Alicia all day, every day.  They finally went and each bought a play gun.  They ambushed him one night!  He loved it!  The three of them played guns for the rest of the trip.

Well, Lucas's adventures with guns continues....He told us tonight, "When my
Daddy and I go into the forest, we are going to shoot animals."  He was so serious!  He had on his "serious face" and everything.  Well, he is all boy, but I sure do love him!

Lucas says so many funny and cute things. I wanted to create a blog to share some of those things. Be patient as I try to figure all of this out. I am new at this.