Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a fun New Year's Eve.  We didn't do much, but it was nice to be snuggled at home with our little family.  

I said to Tyson last night that 2008 sure was a crazy year.  We found out we were expecting baby #2, we decided to move to Spokane, we moved, and we have adjusted to living in a new place.  Then we laughed because 2009 will probably be just as crazy - we will actually have a new baby, we are looking for a house, and we will be moving into a new house sometime in the next six months or so (we hope!).  Overall, it was a great year, though, and I hope 2009 brings just as many blessings!

Christmas Re-cap

Christmas has come and gone.  We thought we would be snowed in for a while, but we did manage to get out and see everyone we wanted to see.  Our friend Rob was here visiting a few days before Christmas and got stuck here until Christmas Eve day, but even he managed to get home to Portland to see his family.  My dad and step-mom almost got stuck in Seattle until after Christmas, but they were finally able to get home too. So, all went well after all.  Here's a quick re-cap of our holidays.  

• Landon has so many new toys it's a bit ridiculous.  He is loving them, though.  Except for the ones we took and hid again to be brought out when I need something for him to do after the baby is born.  I guess that's what happens when you have three sets of grandparents.
• Landon and I were sick for most of the last week or so.  Landon was mostly well by Christmas except for a runny nose, but I am still not feeling great.  Not the most ideal way to spend Christmas.  
• I got a lot of knitting done.  I am almost finished with the bag I am making myself.  It should be done tonight.
• Our house is a disaster.  It always takes me forever to find places to put new things.  
• We generally had a great time seeing our friends and family over the last week, and I didn't update my blog at all because it was WAY more important to spend time with these people. 

In a quick non-holiday-related note, I am going to look at houses tomorrow.  We decided that we wanted to be able to take advantage of the low interest rates and find a house to buy instead of waiting until our lease on our rental is up in May.  Of course, if it takes until our lease is up to find a house that's ok, but we are excited about the possibility of being home owners again soon.  I am going to look at our top few picks tomorrow, and I sort of hope to just fall in love with one.  I didn't really want to move with a newborn, but I also desperately want my own house again.  So, we'll see how the house-hunting goes.  

I'm going to go finish knitting that bag now, and nurse my cold.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and is looking forward to a Happy New Year!

Christmas decorating

We are pretty much decorated for Christmas here. We even got some cute pictures in the process!


Decorating the tree together. I managed to convince Landon that once the lights and the ornaments are on the tree they aren't supposed to come off. As a result, he has been really good about not messing with the tree too much.



The tree all decorated. We are not putting presents out until Christmas Day because the temptation to Landon would be too great. Plus, I have nothing wrapped yet.



This picture isn't necessarily Christmas-related, except it was taken while we were decorating. I think it's hilarious. Landon is really into having things be a certain way in his world, and this picture embodies his bossiness sometimes.

I know I mentioned talking about Advent stuff too, but that's going to wait for another day. I have Netflix to watch.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!  Oh so many things to be thankful for this year.  But right now I am feeling very very thankful for being so close to all my family.  We get to spend this holiday seeing and celebrating with everyone, and it didn't even involve a six hour car trip with a toddler and a huge pregnant belly!  We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives - friends, family, and each other.  I hope your lives are filled with just as many amazing blessings today and always!

First Entry!

Well, here we are in our new blog land home. After taking some time away from the family blog to move and get resettled here in Spokane, I decided to take it on again to keep everyone up to date on our little family. Now I just need to send people this way so I actually have readers.

Also, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Landon is dressed as a Dalmatian puppy today, and we have been working on what to do when we go trick-or-treating tonight. So far he won't say "trick-or-treat" but he will say "candies please." He tends to get stage fright, though, so I doubt he will actually say much of anything while we are out knocking on doors. Oh well. He's darn cute anyway. I was going to add a picture, but I'm not sure how to do that yet so hopefully I can come back later and make it work. (I figured it out - here!)

Have a wonderfully frightful day and I hope you get all the candy your heart desires!