Baby Boy Phelps!

We'll we're pretty sure we're being blessed with another little boy! We have another ultrasound this Thursday and we're pretty sure our initial beliefs will be confirmed... we both saw "boy" on the last ultrasound. We decided to take James with us to the last appointment and he did great. When the PA did the ultrasound, James said, "Look, it's a fishy! Like the aquarium!" Too cute. So, since we're nameless at the moment, we're going with "Baby Nemo" until otherwise stated.

Things are going great. I'll be 19 weeks this Thursday. I did have some sickness in the earlier weeks and was tried and hungry, but most of that has passed - except the hungry part... always hungry.

So, the countdown is on! It's crazy to me to think that "only" 150 days from now we'll be a family of four! So excited to meet this new little person. I'll keep you updated. Promise... I'm going to be better about it :)

"Going up to heaven..."

So, James was playing by himself in his room and I went in to play with him. I noticed that he had been building a lego tower, so I said, "James, did you build a tower?" His answer was, "Going up to heaven!" I melted! You see - we've been reading his storybook Bible a lot and one of the stories we read is the Tower of Babel. What an amazing little guy. He remembered the story and understood they were building a tower up to heaven! So, I did what any mom would do - I grabbed the video camera. It's not as candid as the first one, and I had to kind of coax him into saying it again, but it's still really cute. I didn't cut it or anything, so sorry about the couple twists and turns... enjoy!

Our Pretty Cabinets!

Well, we've decided to do some "remodeling" in order to put our house on the market this May. We're trying to think ahead with the potential move next year - so that means trying to sell our house maybe sooner than later.

One of the biggest tasks we undertook was painting our oak kitchen cabinets. If you're considering taking on this task, I won't recommend it...it's too much work. But, the result is really awesome. We're super happy with our new cream colored oak cabinets... (and we owe a super big thanks to my parents for their help!)

The before picture isn't the best...we were half way through removing the doors

to sand them before I thought to grab the camera.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Pretty... isn't it?

So, say some prayers for us. We're hoping this whole house selling thing
isn't a super painful process. Thanks!

Yummy Snow

Our little family at Kevin & Casey's wedding. This is James' current photo smile.

We've had moments of snow this winter - and James had enjoyed playing in... I mean...

eating the snow when it's available. He's a funny kid. Especially this particular day...

First, he'd pick up a handful of snow and give it a try,

and slowly, slowly, he moved closer to the snow...

Yes - he's actually laying on the snow at this point...

Now he's really getting in there.

Look! A giant chuck on snow! Yummy.

All gone!

Eww...

Ok - maybe eating snow isn't the best idea after all.

Silly James.

The Most Wonderful (& Busiest) Time of the Year!

OOPS!!! I just found this post that I never actually posted... my bad.

So, I'm going to throw it up here anyway and then move on...

Check out the Shutterfly page for more pics!

We hope you had a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to an exciting New Year! We have been to Colorado for Christmas, New Orleans for a wedding, we've survived a week of being sick and we're almost back to "normal".

It has been a whirlwind for us during the last 4 weeks. We have had a lot of fun (except for the getting sick part). Colorado was wonderful. We were able to spend some quality time with Reid's family (Mimi, Pa, Uncle Jason, Great Grandma and Great Popper as they are all know these days). We spent a couple days in Breckenridge at Reid's parents place, then we headed down to Colorado Springs for a full and fun Christmas: Christmas Eve with the Sprehe's, Christmas morning with the Phelps', back down to the Sprehe's, then back to the Phelps' for a Christmas dinner with both our families. Whew! It was a lot of fun, but a very tiring couple days. Our parents did a great job of doing what they do best - spoiling James. He was really excited about opening presents, but was a little worn out by the end of the day. He now has a lot of new goodies!

SKIING!!! James loved it!

James & Daddy Christmas morning!