Thankful

We just got back from Knoxville and had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving with the Cox Family. I took 400 pictures while we were there (literally) so I will work on loading and organizing those, but in the mean time I didn't want to put off officially announcing that, come April, Nate will have a ...

BROTHER!!

I have had boy vibes my whole pregnancy (ask anyone who tried to convince me it might be a girl) but to find out we were really having another boy last week was still a little surprising! I think I still had, in the back of my head, the thought that the odds might be in my favor this time for a girl. But no, my house will be filled with boys - which is kinda strange for a girl who grew up in a house with all girls! But we are thrilled and, most importantly, he is healthy and wiggly so we are absolutely blessed. We are 20 weeks already so time is moving quickly!

So, until I get caught up from this weekend, here are some pics from Nate's Thanksgiving lunch at school last week....

Modeling his Pilgrim Suit (Yep, that is Thomas and Percy in his hands...they came along for Show & Tell that day)

All of the boys lined up and said the blessing together...I was amazed...

Before all of the food was even on the plates, Nate went straight for the cookie...I clearly didn't put that there!

Halloween Weekend

Even though we had a rainy Halloween, we still had a really great time. The weather put a damper on some of the plans we had but Grandpa Dale came in to town and we still got to go out trick or treating. Nate really got in to it and enjoyed going from house to house and getting candy!

Just like last year, I decided to go with a homemade costume plus a back up. I made him a mummy costume that I actually kinda liked (not sure if this picture does it justice) but I didn't get to finish the top of the pants so I happily let him be a cute little cowboy instead. Here are a couple of pics of him in costume but I added an album with lots more to the right...

The day before Halloween Nate and I played hooky from school and work and went to Wesley Kate's 2nd Bday Halloween Party. I loved having a mommy day and getting to actually go to a play date with everyone and Nate loved wearing his hat and playing with his friends that he doesn't get to see enough.

After the party, I took him to my office to meet everyone (he hadn't been there since he was 6 wks old) and see the pumpkin carving contest. Unfortunately, we got so wrapped up in Nate making his rounds that I didn't take any pictures. He had fun with everyone but now I think he thinks that mommy just goes to play at the office every day (don't I wish!)!

The Sunday after Halloween was gorgeous so Nate got to play with Amanda at her neighborhood Fall Festival. Here is a picture of them just hanging out on the curb (they sat there on their own) waiting on a hot dog and in deep discussion about something.

I am trying to catch up on my postings so hopefully I will have more on the way very shortly!

PS - Welcome to the world Baby Maggie Cibula! I was holding the little (well, not so little - 8 lbs 10 oz) beauty the whole time I was visiting at the hospital so I never thought to take a picture (I am really slacking on my photographer duties!) but she was just so sweet. It brought back all of the memories of being in the hospital with Nate...and I can't believe we will be doing it all again in 5 short months!! Congrats Paula and Clay...can't wait to see her again!

Carnivals & Pumpkins

Weekend before last was our neighborhood Halloween carnival and unfortunately Nate was battling a cold (and it was pretty darn chilly outside)...but I just couldn't keep him from going up to check things out. I did not put him in to his costume since he wasn't 100% but we did go up and have a little bit of fun. Here are a few shots from the carnival...

He sat on the pony for a minute but wasn't sure enough to go for a ride....

So he decided to get off and pet him instead.

He tried Cotton Candy but surprisingly didn't like it...when I tore him off a piece he wiped his nose with it.


He cheated a little bit at the bean bag toss...but we let him because his first attempts at throwing it were a little "off course"!

Checking out his prize (Bubbles!) at the Fishing Game with Nena

Our Lil' Devil

Last burst of energy in the jump house...

Then we decided to run to our Church to grab our pumpkins since we didn't know if we would get another chance...but that was pushing it. He wasn't feeling well and by that time he was tired, so we pretty much just grabbed our pumpkins and headed home. And unfortunately it was too cool out to show off his adorable new pumpkin shirt that Amy made him! We will find another opportunity to show that off though because I love it!