Maggie Valley Snow trip!

Yes, we went out of town last weekend to Maggie Valley, NC to play in the snow. Yes, I realize I am 8 months pregnant. Yes, it was very fun and relaxing. No, I did not sled or ski or do anything dangerous. Here are Scott and Noah sledding:




and here is Noah making a snow angel:


and making a snow pile. The snow was too powdery to make a snowman. Or to have a decent snowball fight.

We had to just fling the snow:


Here is the view from our condo window!

The next time we go on a family trip- there will be 4 of us. Isn't that crazy???

Christmas 2009!!

We had a great Christmas!! Here is Noah making Christmas cookies. . .





and digging into his stocking. . .


a pic of the three of us. . .


Noah with presents. . .

and opening them up!!

and to think that next year- there will be double the fun, mess, and noise!!!!

Noah's 3rd birthday!!!

Noah's 3rd birthday was great fun! We cannot believe that he is 3. His favorite part of the party was the "pinyana." The kids liked hitting it too- and I think they all went home with a sugar high.



The elf helped to hang his birthday banner!




Here is Noah blowing out his candles on his cake!




It sure is tiring being 3!!

Elf Invasion!!!!!

Our house has been invaded by a mischievous elf!!! He appeared on December the first and has been quite busy! Noah named him Twinkle Lighty.

He toilet papered our computer room one night:

Had a movie night with popcorn and a juice box:

Dressed up in Noah's clothes for school:


And held a snowball fight with mini- marshmallows! He did bake us cookies one night. I wonder what he will be up to in the next 2 weeks!!

Halloween 2009

For Halloween this year we headed to Atlanta to stay with Chris and Katherine and to meet our niece Kaycie. She is just beautiful, and sweet, and snuggly, and cute, and everything a new baby should be. And she's not colicky!!!! Scott and I didn't know what to think about that- we are used to babies that scream a lot! Noah was so good with her. He held her and brought her things, and helped give her a bottle. He kept telling us that he loves "baby Kaycie". So he got some good practice for when he becomes a big brother!


On Saturday afternoon, we carved pumpkins. As you can see- Chris and Scott did all the work. The pumpkins looked great and we got lots of compliments from the neighborhood. We then took Lightening McQueen, I mean Noah, Trick or Treating. He had a blast! It was cold and rainy so we didn't stay out long. On Sunday we had to come back home. Noah keeps asking when we are going back to 'Lanta!

Fall Festival 2009

We went to the bamboo farm again this year for the fall festival. It was really fun- and didn't rain!! We saw all kinds of things. Noah got to pet a turtle and some reptiles. We rode the hay ride. Noah wanted a pumpkin and a blue spider on his face. The highlight of the day was when Noah got to squirt the fire truck hose! What fun!!

Baby Q is growing! Kicking a lot! We are 99% sure he has a name!! Yay!! Next checkup is the first week of November. I'm more than halfway- 21 weeks!!

Ralph and the Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we had some excitement! Noah caught a frog out of the pool. He named the frog Ralph. We let Ralph go in the backyard. We also went to the pumpkin patch and picked out some pumpkins! It was fun. Very hot for pumpkins, but, hey- what do you expect?