January thus far

This month doesn't seem to go by fast enough. Ever since Christmas ended, each day feels like an eternity, but probably it just seems that way because I'm approaching the last few months of my pregnancy. On the 9th, Scott turned 28! We celebrated by having a fabulous dinner at PF Changs, and then went shopping for some new clothes for him. I finally hit the 3rd trimester, and everything is so far so good, but the real test will be the month of February. I went on bed rest with Luke at 28.5 weeks, and with Easton at 29.5 weeks. Currently I am barely past 27 weeks. Wish me luck!! Finally, this weekend my Dad was able to come and spend a few days with us. The boys enjoyed wrestling with him, playing with trains and crashing them, reading books, watching him fix our cars, and making a wooden bird house and tool box with him. It was a great weekend with Grandpa.

Best Buds!

Our boys are so cute, and they fight like most siblings, but they love each other so much and are each other's best friend. Look at how we found them asleep last night. So darling! I wanted to crawl in and cuddle with them too! (This isn't the 1st time its happened either).

6 years of wedded bliss!

Our anniversary was on the 27th of December and it has been a wonderful 6 years. Scott is an amazing husband and father and I couldn't imagine life being any better than the way we have it. Scott took me to the Pacific Northwest production of the Nutcracker and it was fantastic. (I think he even enjoyed it a little). Take a look at what we've accomplished in 6 years:

1. We've lived in 3 states, and had 6 different addresses.
2. We've had 3 beautiful boys and are about to embark on boy #4.
3. We've completed 2 Bachelor degrees and 1 Masters (Scott still thinks there is a PhD in the future, but ask me how I feel about that).
4. And we're still waiting for our marriage to "get difficult", but with all we've been through so far, I don't know if it ever will (knock on wood).

Christmas

We had a lovely, but quiet, Christmas. It was just us this year without any family to share it with, but our boys sure made things exciting this Christmas. On Christmas morning, Easton woke up at 4:30 because he wanted to see if Santa brought him presents and then told Scott that he heard Santa say "ho, ho, ho!" (What an imagination!) We opened gifts, had some fabulous food, and hung out all day while the kids played with all their new stuff. I have even been slaving for the last month over matching quilts for the boys' beds, and of course, they were thrown back on the floor the moment they were opened, like a new package of underwear or socks. Oh well, I was expecting that, but at least I got to revel in the moment that they were done and wrapped and can now go on their beds. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! (And yes, Luke wears that hat all day every day even on Christmas at 5:00 in the morning).

Let it snow, let it snow, let it stop!

So if you've watched the news/weather over the last week or so, then you've heard about our big storm in the Seattle area. It was fun at first playing in the snow, being cozy inside, thinking everyone else was a wimp because they wouldn't drive in the snow, but then it wouldn't stop. We reached record snow amounts for our area. As you see in the pictures, there isn't a lot there, but that was only about the 2nd or 3rd day of snow, and then it continued to pile up every day for the next week until we had 7 inches out our front door. We've lived in snow before (Utah and WV) but it is so bad here because they aren't used to it and there are no plows, ice melt, or salt for the roads. So even now that we haven't accumulated any more snow over the last 48 hours, we have about 7 inches of slush and ice to get through because it will just stay there until it melts (which I don't think will be any time soon). So enjoy our funny snow pictures, and believe me, we got a lot more than what I took pictures of and it is still here. (p.s. Do you like our make-shift sled that Easton is dragging around?)