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!

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

i'm so excited for this christmas.  graham is old enough that he finally, somewhat, gets what christmas is all about.  normally we get a real tree, but i'm usually the one in charge of lighting, decorating, watering and taking down.  wasn't feeling it this year with little miss and all.  so we got a pre-lit one that is PERFECT!  the perfect size for little people to help mommy decorate!!  i'm so happy to have a helper this year!

he did a really good job helping at that too!  somewhat heavily concentrated ornaments in one spot (see top right photo), but we were able to disperse them when he wasn't looking.  :)  he definitely had a technique of his own though.  instead of hanging the ornaments on an actual branch, he would look for a light and hang the string on that.  too funny!

the tree turned out great, and someone loves helping me plug the tree in!

christmas is coming!!!

give thanks

grammie was oh so gracious and hosted thanksgiving at her house this year.  and what a fun time we all had!

we did a little exploring outside with mojo.

attempted some KEY-YUTE finger painted cards with grammie (we only got one done before graham became uninterested).

played a little piano and guitar.

caught up with the fam: grammie, bruce, kim, sam, justina and garrett.

and most importantly.....ATE!  :)

and oh my...for dessert we had three, yes three, different kinds of pies.  so of course i had to try all of them!  they were all delicious, along with dinner of course.

i'm so thankful to have this special time with our family.

25 weeks

well, gained another two pounds since last month.  not too shabby! (especially with halloween candy being consumed over the past month!)

the doctor is very happy with how i'm progressing.  crazy to think i'll start going to the doctor every two weeks soon!  how time flies!

the ultrasound doctor hasn't moved my due date, but let's say with recent measurements...i'm not so positive if i'll make it to my due date!

 she's still a little busy body in my tummy though.  especially after that tasty lime/mint sparkling water i'm in love with.  so much that grady has now felt her kick and graham has SEEN her kick in my belly!  i didn't even have to ask graham if he saw her.  he pointed to my belly and was like....was that it!

i'll often times have graham say good morning to the baby and i love you.  i will permanently burn the image into my brain when he was saying good morning to little miss, lifted my shirt a bit, and kissed my belly.  he truly is a sweet sweet little boy.

old and new

someone has started to become very attached to his bears!  

what makes me so happy is how dink, my bear when i was little, loves to cuddle with the dude and his panda! usually black bear makes a cuddle appearance as well...just so happened he was left in bed for this shot.

playing around

we're taking advantage of the unusually pleasant november weather.

haircut and dinosaur playground here we come!

playoffs

no, not NFL...flag football!  :)

croistoir's team, the chargers, started their playoffs this morning at 10am.  the weather was beautiful, so we headed down to algonkian park to cheer him on.  we were a couple minutes late, but even when we got there, the chargers were up!  and it wasn't long that we were there when who receives the ball and runs right by us for a touchdown....criostoir!!!  chargers win the game and go to game two.

(even though graham did some cheering for criostoir, the tall grass was just too enticing!)

chargers win game to and head to the finals!!!

we weren't able to get to the final game since graham was wiped from playing at the other two games and taking a nap.  but when we heard from colleen, it was a close game, but unfortunately the chargers lost the final game.  bummer.

but the good news out of all of it....criostoir got MVP for his team for scoring FIVE, yes FIVE touchdowns!!!  pretty proud of him.