Happy Birthday Daddy!

We had fun celebrating Mike's birthday this past weekend.  I ordered him some presents I was so excited to give him.  The first was a home brewing system called "Mr Beer" and the second was a yeast starter kit to further his love of making pizza.  With his background in chemistry, I have high hopes of how both will turn out. 

We've really been trying to take the kids out to eat and do fun family outings in the last couple weeks before the baby comes.  I still don't think it's totally sunk in that we're going to have a newborn soon!  Lately, Amelia asked me every morning if baby brother is coming today and tells me how much she wants to meet him!

Amelia really doesn't like getting her hands dirty!

Big Girl Room

I have been anxious about moving Amelia out of her crib into a “big girl” bed for a while.  I knew I wanted to do it at least six weeks before the baby arrives so that she would have time to adjust and wouldn’t feel like the baby was taking her place.  We decided to do it over Christmas vacation while Mike had two weeks off and could help change the furniture and rooms around.  I can say I was pleasantly surprised with how easily she handled the transition.  We had been talking about getting her a big girl bed with princess sheets for a few weeks, so when we surprised her with her new room, she was really excited!  We did a trial nap and, after lying in her bed with her for about 15 minutes, she told me to go to my bed.  I wasn’t sure what to expect when she woke up, since she had never tried to climb out of her crib – so, I didn’t know what she’d do.  Well, she still doesn’t get out her bed either . . . she just lays there, yells my name, and snuggles with her puppy until I come to get her.

Having Mike off for two weeks was AMAZING!  I literally checked off every “to-do” chore I had.  He refinished a toy bench, painted the nursery, put together Amelia’s new furniture, and fixed all sorts of things.  It is such a great feeling to have everything ready, especially considering three weeks ago I had ABSOLUTELY nothing ready!  

 We spent New Years day with our friends, Tom and Tracy and their adorable three-month-old, Simbry.  It was so fun to watch Noah and Amelia interact with her.  Noah was especially smitten and he loved that Simbry kept smiling at him!

I can't wait to hold my little boy!

Mike took Noah to a car show where they saw a car that matched Noah's shoes!