buddies back together

the clays were back in town for the holidays, and we were able to get the boys back together!

graham was very excited to see liam!!  we went to the park to burn a little energy....

...and then we met up at a friends house for some post-christmas fun!

it's christmas!

WOAH, santa ate all the cookies and the reindeer at all the celery!

and santa must have a memory like an elephant.  everything in graham's stocking was.....BATMAN!

someone brought in the loot!  spiderman, batman, ironman, hulk, monsters, and....a view finder!!!  those were some of the hot items this morning as we were unwrapping.  

and then an attempt at some family photos!

we had such a great time. and again, i realized that i didn't snap a photo while grammie and bruce were at our house.  i think we were too busy stuffing our face with sticky buns and hotdog pie!  

merry christmas!

christmas eve

we traditionally have lasagna for dinner on christmas eve, but um yeah, kind of ran out of time.  so we had spaghetti instead.  close enough right!  once we finished up eating dinner, it was time to decorate cookies for santa!

wow...so we figured out that the sprinkles come out REALLY fast!  :)  after that disaster we stuck to frosting in a can and getting the reindeer's celery and peanut butter made.  on christmas eve, wink's elf magic can be lifted and graham was able to hold him, give him a hug and a kiss.  he was SO EXCITED!  all he's wanted to do since thanksgiving was to touch wink! 

so we got our plate of cookies and celery ready.  put out a glass of milk.  and sat wink next to everything so santa would know where to go for a quick snack.  we hung our santa key on the front door so he would be able to get into the house and bring presents, and then headed up to bed.  looks like wink had one last trick up his sleeve!!  a little elf boobie trap!

and a special....

...merry christmas eve from the sanners!!!

29 weeks

so the last visit i had at the doctors i had gained another two pounds.  not bad!  so far, for 29 weeks i've only gained 11 pounds.  much less than i did so far with graham, but still feeling like i have more of a basketball sticking out in front!  

my skin is much tighter around my belly, and yes...i've seen the dreaded first stretch mark.  booo!  but honestly, with how much she's sticking out, it doesn't surprise me.  interestingly enough though, i had stretch marks below my belly button with graham, and with hannah they're on the top of my belly button.  also, this time around my belly button has started to pop, which didn't happen before.  

i'm starting to get tired a little faster, but prepping for the holidays probably isn't helping things.

i still have my weekly saturday morning regular coffee, but during the week i have been addicted to decaf black tea with honey and milk.  

graham will tell you that i have a baby in my tummy and her name is hannah, but still not sure how much he really comprehends it.

she is still a kicker!  when dr. foster was listening to her heartbeat at my last appointment, she decided to kick right under his hand.  took him a little by surprise!

santa

after a previous failed attempt to seeing santa....the line was RIDICULOUSLY long the first time we went...and seeing as i had today off, i picked up graham early from school to go see santa.  phew, and i'm glad we got there when we did.  we were the second to last people in line before they cut it off for santa's hour long break!  it took us an hour, but it was well worth the wait.

graham was getting a little antsy towards the end, but when it was our turn to go see santa he got right up in santa's lap.  got our picture taken, and then graham and santa had a little side discussion.  it was too cute!  he was so happy afterwards.  the magic of christmas is alive and well and i'm LOVING it!

so what did he ask santa for christmas you ask?

batman!!!

well hello there

got a little face to ultrasound time with hannah this morning.

just like her brother before he was born, she likes to have her hands in front of her face when getting her picture taken!  we were able to get a couple good shots though.

in the top photo she has her hand right near her mouth.  and in the bottom right photo she is opening her mouth.

oh....and at the end of visit they let me know how well she's been growing.  maybe a little too well!  it seems that little miss is 2 weeks ahead of schedule, at a whopping 3 pounds 1 ounce already!  oi vey!  of course when i asked the ultrasound tech if that would change my due date....nope.  

so we'll see...maybe our little march baby will be a february baby?!

hinge holidays

we had a good 'ol fashioned ho ho homicide hinge holiday party! (aka a north pole murder mystery party)  here are a few of our mug shots.

us reindeer have to stick together!!!

love my hinges!!

a birthday!

happy birthday daddy!!

graham: "look mommy....wink brought daddy's birthday!!!!"

me: "yes, yes he did graham!"

we love you so much daddy and hope that you have a wonderful day.

enjoy the last year of your thirties!  ;)

wink shenanigans continue

that wink sure is a trickster!!

taking marshmallow bubble baths, sending hello greetings and bringing our christmas stockings!!

he is definitely bringing the christmas spirit to our house.

every morning graham is looking to see what wink got into.

i love it!

oh...and i'd like to say that wink is almost famous!  he made it onto the redskins flagrunners facebook photo page!  graham was pretty excited!

snow day!

it worked!!!!!

we have snow!!!!

graham and mojo decided to snuggle on the couch and stay warm for a bit.

then we headed outside for a little fun in the snow.  it was the perfect amount for little boys!

snow wishing!!

they're calling for snow.....

...maybe wink will bring some tonight!!!

27 weeks

i head to the doctors on thursday, so no update on weight gain.  however, when i was at the doctor yesterday (with a sinus infection), it looked like i was at the same weight as last month.  so we'll see!

i feel like i'm getting bigger, faster this time around though. but opposite to the old wives tale, i feel like i'm carrying much more in front with little miss.  i look back at when i was pregnant with graham (http://katiesanner.blogspot.com/2010/08/7-days-7-nights7-months.html), and i feel much less....wide!

she is still quite the little acrobat.  not only can i feel her jumping and kicking, but i've also started feeling her simply shifting around.  i like being able to watch her do that too.  i'll lift my shirt on the couch and just watch the show for awhile.

and for the BIG news....we have a name for little miss....

Hannah Kathryn

...we can't wait to meet you soon!

up to no good

wink has been one silly little elf lately!

he's baaaaaaack!

wink has made his triumphant return!!!

he must have heard us saying how our tree topper was too heavy for this tree, so he hopped up there himself!