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New Years Day is my due date. Can't wait!

Christmas 2010

It was a great Christmas this year. The kids were sooooooooooo excited to open presents.

Kaylee showed us an ornament that she decorated at preschool:

They were very excited about thier new train pajamas and have practically lived in them since!

Christmas eve we spent alone as a family. Jeff got done with work early and we got everything ready for when the kids would wake up from their naps. We spent the evening eating, talking to family on phone and on skype, and of course, opening presents and playing with new toys.

Christmas day we went to church and Uncle Brian came over for the rest of the day. The kids just go wild over that guy!

I just LOVE this picture of my little man:

This is adorable as well:

Now that Christmas is over, we look forward to New Years and the arrival of baby #3.

Halloween 2010

NEMO
and a Unicorn!

We were fortunate to have Jeff parents visiting with us over Halloween. I don't think I could've been brave enough to take the kids out trick or treating without some help! This year we went to Sunset Square and visited all the shops. It was a little chaotic, but a lot of fun. Hudson seemed terribly confused by it all. I suppose he wondered why he never got free candy in these stores before, but since he dressed up as a fish suddenly people were practically throwing it at him. :)

Girls Day Out

Kaylee had her first salon experience in October. I wasn't sure how it would go, being that she screams anytime Jeff or I try to detangle her hair... a price you pay for such beautiful curls. But she seemed to have faith in my stylist. She is a professional, after all!

Combed out and getting some layers to help avoid future tangles (worked for a week)

Now for some relaxing time under the blower, catching up on her gossip.

and finding things to buy...

Next Kaylee and Mom went to the archery shop to get a little practice in. First you gotta say hi to "mustache". Rub his tummy for good luck.

This was the first time I presented Kaylee with her "new" genesis bow. She was excited and had fun during her first lesson. I think it's going to be a while til she's really ready for it. Her attention span wasn't so great. But I'm just glad she enjoyed it.
Future archer:

Seaside Long Ago

Last OCTOBER, yes, I said October, we took a family trip down to Seaside, OR once again. I'm a little behind on my updates, sorry!

We had great weather and a splendid time. I had fun wading in the water with the kids. We liked to walk way out to meet the waves. When one came in, we'd turn and outrun it. Of course it didn't take long for the kids to get sopping wet and sandy, but that's beach life, isn't it?
Jeff enjoyed building sand castles with the kids. Once again I forgot buckets and shovels, but we made do with jello cups and driftwood shovels.

There's never anything quite as fun as a big hole to jump and play in. Hudson is stylin in his shades...

Looking real cool until he accidentally falls into the hole! :)

Here is the first of Jeff's creations. Hudson had a good time smashing the towers as soon as they were built.

Incidentally he also found a love for the taste and texture of sand. We let him take a taste, thinking he'd freak out and not try it again. Much to our dismay, we had to start restraining him from digging into it again and again. The beach was one big buffet for Hudson. That was one messy, gritty diaper after that day! EWE!

Of course we had to make our trip down to the cheese factor at Tillamook, followed up with a bit of Tillamook icecream!

Can't wait to go again...

This morning the kids were enjoying their breakfast when Hudson exclaims "Go Gurt!" Kaylee corrects him and says "No, it's YOgurt", then with perfect comedic timing, she pauses and adds "I'm always right".

I about squirted juice out of my nose. Of course Kaylee had no idea what was so funny.

Pumpkins

Back to Stoney Ridge Farm! We got out twice this year. Once on a day I was feeling particularly crazy (to be explained later), and again on the day Kaylee's preschool went out there.
So far so good. We played in the playground, looked at some animals, and took a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch.

Do I really have to choose only one pumpkin??

So we got our little pumpkins and then went to find some apples. Hudson thought they looked like fun balls to throw. Oh dear...

Kaylee was very sweet to find a baby apple for her baby sister...

Here's the crazy part. Eight month pregnant Mom decides she can not only carry the baby pumpkins and the apples, but also thinks some big pumpkins would be good too.

Kaylee found this love 50 pounder!!!!

Thankfully they have wheelbarrows or I never would've made it!