cookies for Santa

We made a few cookies for Santa which TJ was really excited about! As we were decorating I think she was more excited about eating the decorations and licking her fingers. When I asked her last night to grab a plate to put a few cookies on she was ecstatic!

We have had presents under the tree for over a week now and she is sooo ready to open them while at the same time when I told her Santa may bring her a candy cane - you should have seen her face light up. We only have ornaments at the top of the tree as she has all the others in a pile under the tree that she takes out to play with and then returns. Brad and I finished her kitchen which has been a lot of work but we are really proud of it and so excited to have used majority recycled products from the re-store.

SNOW

We have had snow here for over a week now I think and a lot of it! Terrace has been loving it!!! We took her sledding at a friends house, have thrown snowballs, taught her about snow angels and she shows us how she rolls and tries to swim in the snow. We have shoveled ALOT but Terrace prefers to walk through and find the deepest areas. The roads have been pretty decent up until yesterday but I think we now have solid ice on the ground. Yeah for a white Christmas!

snow outside our house after 1st "storm"



TJ changed into her swim suit as soon as we came in from the snow; we are so thankful we have heat!


sledding; it was really cold and windy



after storm 2 and maybe 3...I have lost track

Nutcracker

Grandma McFarland came up with a new tradition of taking Terrace to the Whidbey Island Nutcracker. We were a little hesitant bc Terrace is so young to sit through a long show and was sooo tired from a busy weekend BUT she did awesome! The show was sooo great and we had good seats up close. Since the show Terrace is really excited about Nutcrackers and princesses. She calls herself the princess cinderella and has dance moves she remembers from the show; very fun to watch! Thank you Dottie for taking us and we are excited for next year!

Lights of Christmas

We went to Lights of Christmas again this year with our friends and had a great time. It was not as cold as last year but did rain on us off and on. There are such beautiful lights and I think TJ's favorite part was the horse ride and helping with baby Brooklyn. Santa was also there and he did have candy canes this time!

BP christmas party

We had a great time in early December at Brad's family work party. BP does such a great job for the children to enjoy themselves. Terrace had been telling me that she was excited to see Santa but I was a sceptic. When we got to our turn to see Santa she ran to him sooooo excited and asked for candy canes.

Healthy Baby

We had a great ultrasound today and baby is healthy and VERY ACTIVE, it was hard for the technician to get pictures for us because it was moving so much. By the end, baby calmed down and everything looks great. Baby is measuring a little big already so they are thinking 8-9 lbs again, but time will tell.

For those wanting to know if it is a boy or girl you can see below....








we were able to get a clear shot of our little BOY as you can see....he gave us a clear shot right away!

Want to guess???

Boy or Girl?

We go into the doctor tomorrow for our 20 wk ultrasound. Hopefully we can see if there is a little girl or boy in there! Any guesses?

Thanksgiving weekend

We had a nice Thanksgiving weekend with both of our families. My parents stayed in a condo in Birch Bay which was great as TJ and I were able to join them for breakfast one morning and swim another evening. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. We are sooo thankful that we were all able to be together.


Making a pecan pie with Grandma Mac


Brad carving the turkey

Almost 5 months pregnant

18 weeks after eating thanksgiving dinner....soooo full! This pregnancy is going really well and I feel pretty great. I try to remember to take iron because when I don't for a couple days I get pretty tired. It does not help that Terrace will not sleep in past 7 these days and is usually up by 630 am. I started to feel little baby kicks around 17 weeks so that has been fun though they still catch me off guard. We have our ultrasound next Friday and will most likely find out what we are having as long as the baby cooperates. I do think it is a boy so we will see...

Christmas Gift....

Brad and I, with some great help from my dad are making TJ a kitchen for Christmas. Here are some of the before pictures and we can not wait until it is finished, thank you dad for all of your help!

Terrace singing...

Terrace sings a lot now and I have been trying to get a video of her for a LONG time but she always stops when I pull the camera out. She learns new songs before Brad and I can remember then. I finally got a good video so ENJOY!

Bow class with the boys

Brad made a traditional long bow with a couple friends during a 2 day class; now he just needs to learn how to hunt...maybe turkey hunting next Fall.