See Santa and the Christmas Train

We took Brody to see Santa, and to our surprise and delight he walked right up to him and sat on his lap! :) We have been talking about Santa as well as explaining why we give presents on Christmas... to celebrate Jesus' Birthday. So I think it helped him knowing who he was and what he was supposed to do when he saw him. :) He of course told him that he wanted a train that makes noise. (Every time we ask him what he wants for Christmas this is what he says).
We got one of their pictures (that they give for free) which is a good one of him looking right at the camera, and we were also able to take our own pics as well. He had a great time and was talking about it the whole next day.


The Christmas Train!

We went and saw the Christmas Train with Jason's family. It was a lot of fun yet at the same time it was very cold!! Brody loved riding on the train and was looking out the window the whole time! Here he is playing with a train in one of the gift shops. :)

Papa and Brody playing with some of his cars while we were inside getting warm!

Aunt Brandy and Uncle Jeremy eating some ice cream to stay warm..... :)

Aunt Holly, Uncle Ryan and Lilly enjoying the indoors.

Here we are on the train. He is not to interested in looking at the camera, he would rather turn around and look outside. :)

We had a great time and look forward to going back next year when hopefully it is a little warmer. :)

Christmas Lights, playing with Lilly, and going to the Doctors

Tonight we went and looked at some Christmas lights. Brody was fascinated by all the lights they had and really enjoyed walking through them. We all had a great time!

Brody and daddy walking under the Bridge.

Yesterday we were able to watch our niece for a little while while her mom went and got her hair cut. This was the first time that Lilly has come over to play and we were so excited to have her! She crawled around everywhere and even came into the kitchen with me while I was cooking and played with my Tupperware. :) Brody was taking a nap most of the time she was here but when he woke up he was glad to see her. I know as they get older they will have fun playing together and going over to each other houses!

I am now 30 weeks along and have 70 more days to go. When I think about it, that is not long! We are ready to meet our little girl, yet at the same time not ready. :) I went to the doctor today and had to take Brody with me since my apt. was changed due to a surgery my doctor had to perform. We had scheduled the apt for a time when Ja would be home to watch him, however it did not end up working that way today. My apt time was at 10:30 and Brody and I did not see the doctor until 1:30! Yes that is right! Just imagine an active two year old waiting that long! :) However he did really good and I was very proud of how he acted and minded me while we were there.

Here he is playing with his cars. I am always prepared with snacks and cars for him and usually if I have those he is good to go. I was also encouraging his good behavior with a reward of a sucker!

You can tell by this picture that he is looking a little bored, but after you have looked at every magazine in the room and picked out things for him to identify, sung songs, pointed to body parts, practiced counting, and played with cars, there is just not much more to do in the small doctors office! I know some of you are thinking, gross he is laying on the floor..... no worries I put hand sanitizer all over him when he was done. It is not like you can keep a little boy off the floor when he is playing with cars! I was just happy that he was not playing with the trash cans!!! :) When the doctor came in she listened to the heart beat and we were done in about 3 minutes! :)

Look at that happy face now, he had eaten lunch, had a chocolate chip cookie and is eating his sucker on our way home! He was such a good boy that he deserved some special treats!

Visiting my grandparents

This past weekend we went to visit my Grandparents. We had a lot of fun hanging out and eating a late Thanksgiving dinner with them and the rest of our family!

A fun family photo. :)
We would like to congratulate my sister and brother-in-law on their upcoming adventure of becoming parents!! We are so excited for them and can't wait to have another niece or nephew!! We know they are going to be great parents and are so glad that our children are going to be close in age so that they can be great playmates! Our baby girl and their baby will be three months apart!

My grandparents took us to a very fun and festive hotel, that had tons of Christmas decorations and trains (for Brody) to look at! They surprised us by taking us in a limo to and from their house to this hotel. It was a lot of fun! Brody really liked riding in it and enjoyed watching the trains go along their track at the hotel.

Mom and Dad :)

I am now 28 weeks along with our little girl and it is very hard to believe that we are not far from having her! The bigger I get, the more Brody is interested in touching my tummy. He will come up to me and say, "I want to see baby sister". :) It is very cute. Tonight we were trying to get her to kick while he was touching my tummy. I think it is cute to see him trying to feel her! I am sure there will be times when she comes that he will wish she was back in my stomach! :)* Our prayer is that they will be great friends and playmates!

Ja and Brody cooked a wonderful Gingerbread cake tonight!! Yum, Yum! He had a great time helping Ja make it and then later eating it!! :)

He loves his teddy bear! We have lately been feeding Teddy, taking Teddy to go pee pee on the potty and putting big boy underwear on Teddy! Stuffed animals can be such good friends! For some reason he wanted to get in this bucket and hold Teddy. :)