Tim & Megan: December 2011

7 Years

12.31.2011

Happy anniversary to my fantastic husband. I love him and am extremely blessed to have him. He loves me, his baby girl, baby b and the doggies (even though he might say he gets annoyed with the dogs....I know deep down he really does love them...because right now they are sitting right next to him on the couch =).

Last night we were able to go out and celebrate. Thanks to our friend, Tina P, for watching Madelyn and the pups! We went to Olive Garden (complete with free dessert...thanks John!) and then to see Mission Impossible 4. I've never seen any of the Mission Impossible's so I wasn't so sure what to think, but I loved it! Growing up with 2 brothers I kind of had to like action movies because that's all they ever wanted to watch. Now I'm hooked on them. Love Saving Private Ryan, all the Die Hard's, the Bourne trilogy, Gladiator, etc. etc. On mine and Tim's first date we went to see Vertical Limit..an action movie. And yes, I picked it. Today and tomorrow we're going to have a Mission Impossible marathon.

Here's a picture we took last night at Olive Garden..

-Megan

18 Weeks

12.27.2011

On Christmas Day I was 18 weeks along. My sickness and fatigue have definitely gotten better. I've been sleeping about 9 hours a night....but that's really not too different for me. I love my sleep! =)
Craving fruits, veggies and dark chocolate almonds (which I am currently eating!). I haven't had my pickle/orange juice at night combo yet like I did last time around. I'm sure it'll come soon though. I'm able to drink coffee again without it making me want to vomit...so that's nice....especially for those of you who know how much I LOVE coffee!!
We find out in a couple weeks what baby b is. Cannot wait!

18 Weeks

-Megan

MJ's First Christmas

Our Christmas this year was wonderful! Since we had a Christmas Eve service on Saturday night and a Sunday morning service on Sunday morning, we had Madelyn open her gifts on Saturday morning. She loved the paper...and of course the gifts inside. But the wrapping and tissue paper was a big hit.

Checkin out the gifts

Loving her new music toy (we call it her baby ipod)

A new music walker from Aunt Tina and Uncle John

Her new dolly from Aunt Val and Aunt Amy

Cool blocks from Gigi and Pops!

The doggies also enjoyed our Saturday morning with some new bones (we call them bone-bones...everything is said twice with them for some reason, ha!)

We went to Shari's Restaraunt for our Christmas Eve dinner before we headed to setup at the church for the service.

The Christmas Eve service went really well and was a great time to celebrate Christ's birth. I was able to sing on the praise team and we were blessed to have our Missional Pastor's wife and daughter to watch Madelyn so both Tim and I could be involved.

After the service we drove around to look at lights and then ate some pie (that we got at Shari's) for dessert. Love marionberry pie! Yum!

Sunday morning we got up and headed to setup for the service that morning. I was able to sing on praise team again and started out the service singing a solo-the song "All is Well". I absolutely love that song.
We relaxed for a little when we got home, then headed to Izzy and Tom's house for dinner. They are so nice to invite us to holiday gatherings with their family. We absolutely love spending time with them. We had a fantastic dinner and the kids do a birthday cake for Jesus every year. Madelyn was able to take part it in this year. She was mesmorized by the candles. I don't have a picture of this yet, but will hopefully get one soon.

I'll have some more pictures of Christmas evening to post once I get them from Izzy's daughter in law. Hopefully next week.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

-Megan

Madelyn: 9 Months

12.21.2011

Madelyn,

Happy 9 month birthday!

Cannot believe how big and long you are getting. You've had many changes this month.

-Weighing 19lbs and 27.5" tall

-You are in size 3 diapers, 6-9 month and some 9 month clothes.

-You still scoot around a lot and can crawl backwards, but not forward yet. You're getting there though. I know you're ready to chase the doggies around.

-You're still a chatter box! Love to talk to anyone and anything.

-You had your first cold last week-a stuffy nose and cough. The cough is still lingering a bit, but we can tell you're feeling better.

-You are eating 6 oz. four times a day. We're guessing the doctor will want to lower that even more after your checkup. You love to eat and try everything we put in front of you. Your new favorite this month is turkey. You'll try some more yummy favorites at the end of this week (on Christmas)-definitely some cheesy potatoes and ham!

-You sleep between 11-12 hours at night. Going to bed at about 8pm and waking up between 7am-8am in the morning.

-You make noises when you eat (like your Uncle G used to!).

-Your naps haven't been as good as usual since there are houses going up all around us. It's been pretty loud around here. We're trying to drop your third (evening) nap, but recently you've needed it since your afternoon nap has been pretty short. The workers have normally gone home by the time your third nap rolls around.

-You celebrated your first Thanksgiving! This is when you had turkey for the first time. Along with some green bean casserole and dressing. You cleaned your plate!

-Big happening this month....your first tooth has come through! It's on the bottom. You look so cute. The tooth next to it should pop up any day now.

-You've tried drinking out of a sippy cup. Just water though. We won't do juice for a couple years. You'll drink a little bit out of the cup, but then try to chew it. You'll get it eventually...especially when your bottle goes away!

On Thanksgiving with mom, dad and the puppies