Whew! 'Tis the Season!

This holiday season has proved to be busier than ever!  Chris and I are both working extremely hard both outside of the home and inside as well. We are trying our best to balance being good parents and good providers.  Sometimes it gets the best of us.
But we are trying!

Here are some updates from the last month...

Peyton started soccer!  It is a class for 2.5-3.5 year olds and is led by two coaches.  The coaches are GREAT with the kids and know just how to motivate them (with stamps and stickers, naturally!).  It took Peyton a few visits to really warm up, but now she is a star!  She loves to run up and down the field kicking the ball.  Lots of friends are in her class including Gray Spencer, Maya Oldham, and Lydia Terdik.  She looks forward to going with Daddy every Saturday morning!

We drove home for Thanksgiving this year.  It was a lot of fun to see family and friends.  On the way down, we stopped in Orlando for an annual holiday lunch with the Munroes and the Joyces. The kids are getting so big and our families are all expanding.  It is really great to have evolved from high school and college friends into being spouses and parents!  My how time flies!

We are looking forward to staying home for the Christmas and New Year holidays this year.  We are busy decorating and preparing for Grandma, Grandpa and Mimi to visit. The tree is up, lights and garland are hung, but Chris (aka Clark Griswald) insists we need more lights.  We'll see how this turns out!

In pregnancy news, I am 21 weeks...just over halfway there! I am feeling GREAT!!! Still running in short spurts.  I can go about a mile at a time and then I have to stop for a bit.  But it does make me feel good and balances out my diet of Happy Meals and candy.  The baby is very busy.  I hope this is not an indicator of how busy he will be as a newborn!  We still don't have a name, but will let everyone know as soon as we do.

The room decor is picked out and the carpenter comes tomorrow to start installing the wainscoting. Chris will paint after the holiday visitors leave.  We will take lots of pictures!

That is about all for now!  We had lots of catching up to do! 
Ta Ta for now!

Much Love!

Here is a picture of Peyton wearing jammies that Mimi bought for her and her Baby.  She also LOVES the pink Christmas tree in her room!