"Nesting"

I think it would be an understatement to say that I am "nesting" right now! In the past two days I have not stopped cleaning and organizing. Last night my sweet hubby built me some shelves in this closet so I can actually have places to put our wrapping paper, games, china, sewing stuff, scrapbooking stuff, ironing board and a lot more "junk". Here are the before and after pictures. I wish I could make a living out of doing stuff like this--it was so thrilling to see such a difference.

BEFORE.......

And AFTER.....
What do you think? It looks a little different, huh?!?

Joy to the World!

Joy to the World a Savior is born who is Christ the Lord! What a reason to celebrate! We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with both of our families. We first went to mine and enjoyed the usual fun, action packed time with all the kiddos....

Story time with Papa!

We took all the kids to the Conference center to see the amazing gingerbread house of Sanford Hall with the choo choo going around it.

Typical picture of sweet little Hannah going with the flow trying to hang out with her big cousins:) Can you find her hidden under the book?

Will and Cooper with their new "mo mo's"! This was just a few moment before my mom got wacked on the head and has a nice welp to show as a grandma battle wound:)

Will's new COZY COUPE!!

Then we headed to celebrate at the Brannens...
Santa brought Will some cool shades at the Brannens!


The perfect little table built by Nick's dad for snacks, coloring and playing little people style!

Hope you all had a very Merry Chrstimas!

A Merry Little Christmas for Just the Three of Us...

Since we will be with lots of family on Christmas morning we had our own little Christmas for just the three of us! It sure was fun this year since Will is a little older and was so excited about seeing his stocking and all the gifts. Here are a few pictures to capture our time together.

Will seeing his stocking for the first time...

Daddy's stocking....



So much to look at and play with....

"Look what I got mama and dada!!"

Ripping the presents open is half of the fun!

Will was so excited about the digger that he could hardly wait as Nick opened the box!

Trying to figure out how to use the remote...

One of my favorite parts of the night was seeing the gift Nick wrapped for me:)

And guess what was inside.....a new Janome sewing machine from my sweet hubby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to try it out right away. I can't wait to sew lots of cute little clothes for our baby girl that is on the way!!

The aftermath.....


Hope you all have a Merry little Christmas!!!!!

"Mo Mo"

If you spend any amount of time with Will you will quickly learn that he is obsessed with "Mo Mo's." A "Mo Mo" is anything with a loud motor (blowers, lawn mowers, motorcycles, chainsaws...you get the idea) and he never ceases to amaze me how he can hear one anytime and anywhere. This fall he was Nick's biggest helper blowing the yard with the "Mo Mo!"

Poor Nick got his workout because most of the time he would carry Will with one arm while holding the blower in the other. Will was in heaven!!!!

Up to NO good....

.....painting his face with mama's lipstick....

.....throwing away little sisters 3D ultrasound pictures in the trashcan....

.....strategically placing the chair to climb on the table to play with the dinning room centerpeice.....

....AND opening one of his present he found under the tree a week before Christmas while we were not looking...
Oh the wonderful joys of raising a curious, active, fun-loving little rascal!!!

Cozy nights!

Grandparents

I am totally convinced that Will has the best two sets of grandparents that a little boy could ever ask for! Nick and I are so blessed with parents that love each other, their children, grandchildren and most importantly love the Lord! They would do anything for their grand kids and will come and babysit at the drop of a hat (which Nick and I are very grateful for---free, loving babysitters---doesn't get much better than that!). As of right now both grandfathers are called "Papa" and both grandmothers are called "Gigi." It gets a little confusing when they are both around but I think it's pretty smart on Will's part because if he calls for "Papa" then they both come running. Double the attention!!

Here are just a few recent pictures of him with his Gigi and Papas....

My mom playing ball with Will and Porter.

My dad cutting Will's hair before leaving for work.
Snuggling with Nick's mom on the couch.
Just having fun playing with Nick's dad.

Just a little Christmas fun so far....

We went to the Christmas in Winterville and rode a "choo choo". Seeing his little face light up was worth every second of it!

We have been dong lots of baking together getting ready for Christmas parties! He calls my Kitchen Aid a "mo mo" because everything with a loud motor qualifies for being a "mo mo:)

Some attempts at getting a family picture for our Christmas card. Thanks to our photographer, Aunt Kelly:)

I love this little guy!

Bringing the tree home (notice Will asleep in the backseat? I guess he was not as excited as I was! ha!)

Merry Christmas!