December 2009 - New Year's 2010

December was so much fun! We had a great time with family and friends and missed the family and friends we weren't able to see.

Here is Millie getting prepared for her Christmas photo shoot. Classic!


Jason celebrating his 35th birthday with some "dirt" dessert. Yumm!


A happy mommy with her precious little boy.


We went to church on Christmas Eve with Mom & Dad, Renee, Kevin, Sarah & Avery, and Aunt Lynne & Uncle Rich. When we came back to the Baxter's we sang Christmas carols, ate cookies, and watched the "Santa Tracker" to see when he would be in North Carolina.


We spent Christmas morning at the Baxter's. Santa brought a lot of presents!!!!


Here is everyone at our house for Christmas dinner.


The Horton's stopped by to say hello and exchange gifts.


We spent New Year's Eve with friends in the Holly Pointe neighborhood. Here are some pictures from the evening. Cheers to 2010!!



Renee and I singing kareoke on New Year's Eve! We aren't very good....




This is the 32 week baby belly. 8 more weeks?????

November 2009

We had a very busy November! Our nephew Owen was born on November 17th and Emma got to stay at our house while her her Mommy and Daddy were at the hospital. We spent Thanksgiving at the Meaker's house with Jason, Amy, Dane and Lilly. The food was delicious, especially the pumpkin roll and chocolate pie! Jason, Amy and I went out at 4am on Black Friday to get some super shopping deals, it was fun but I was exhausted for the next 24 hours.

Emma's sleepover at Uncle Jason and Aunt LuLu's house.

This is Owen on Thanksgiving, isn't he cute!

Lilly and Emma playing on Thanksgiving

Dane on Thanksgiving

We set up our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving and decided we needed a train set to go with it. We got a deal on this train from craigslist.


This is the 28 week baby belly ....

I'm feeling great and the baby is too. She has a strong heart rate and moves around all of the time. Her room is almost ready for her. Jason and I started our first parenting/birthing class on Monday so hopefully we'll be prepared when she comes.


Here's our little mischievous Millie. She loves to sit at the table, sometimes on the chair and sometimes on the actual table. She keeps things interesting for us.

NY Baby Shower

Renee, Sarah, Avery and I had a great time in NY! It was Sarah and Avery's first time on a plane and they both seemed to love it. Especially Sarah, she said she would like to jump out using a parachute with her Daddy.

Memere and Pepere drove from Massachusetts for the shower, it was so nice to see them!!! Thank you Memere and Pepere, I hope you had a safe trip home.



Thanks Mom for hosting the shower, the food was delicious & it was so nice to see everyone!

Memere and Pepere knitted 3 sweaters and a hat for the baby, and they are gorgeous!


Jason and I love all of the baby gifts, thank you everyone! I'm sure our little one will enjoy them too! She is doing great, her heart rate was 152 bpm this past Monday and she's growing right on schedule. She loves to move around and kick me at night when I sit down to relax.

It was great to see everyone! Thank you so much!!!

20 week baby belly

Here is the 20 week baby belly.... seems like it's getting very big to me!

Weston Trip, Sarah's Birthday, Anniversary

We finally made it to Tennessee to visit the Weston's new house. We missed out on seeing Jaden play soccer because of the weather but we did get to see the chicks hatching. Very cool! Pretty soon the Weston's won't be buying eggs at the store.



Here are a few picture from Sarah's 6th birthday party. She had a very special princess cake that her Mommy made for her, delicious! Happy Birthday SARAH!


Jason and I went to the NC mountains for our anniversary. I could not believe how many Christmas tree farms they have out there. It's amazing!

Here we are after climbing Mt. Jefferson, the trail was about 1.5 miles. I can't believe how much harder it is to exercise when you are pregnant. I was huffing and puffing on every hike!
This is our hike to Linville Falls, it was fun and Millie got a lot of attention. She tried to jump the rock wall you see behind us. Luckily she was on a leash!


This is a picture we took from the Sugar Mountain ski lift. It was a long way up, it took over an hour round trip. There were really nice views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Millie had a great time at the cabin she had no fear of running full speed and jumping in the New River!