3 Men & a Mom

It was another wonderful Thanksgiving in Parker, Tx at my Aunt Jill and Uncle Jody's house this year. We had originally planned on heading to Little Rock to Erik's aunt and uncle's house for Thanksgiving but given that I had been battling a cold/sinusitis/general congestion for a few weeks Erik decided it would best not to travel. Jill and Jody have so such a huge yard they have a pool and still enough room for the annual family football game which is extremely intense. This year they even painted the blue cowboy star in the middle of the field not to mention the real goal posts they added last year. I wasn't able to be at full strength this year because of being sick and being 19 weeks pregnant but my competitive nature kicked in and I played a little:) Enjoy a few photos of our holiday.

Erik and I wanted to share with you the most common words we hear in our home these days. I knew the day would come when Jack started bringing me things and saying "What's this?" and honestly I wasn't looking forward to those days because I knew eventually it would become a question I am asked about 100 times a day. Well, the day has arrived. Jack is constantly saying "wss dis" and then when I tell him (or make something up) he says "ohhh wow'. We can't believe how much he's started to use his words! He even says "ohh cool" when he sees an airplane. When we are at restaurants he wants to walk around to every table and greet people with a wave, a clap, then a goodbye kiss. The other day he brought a whistle to me and said "wss dis" and so I showed him it was a whistle to which he replied "ohhh wow" and took it from me and blew it. Enjoy the picture of him practicing blowing the whistle!

It's been a long time (that I can remember) since I've been at a Big 12 game that Baylor won in a decisive manner. Erik and I are always a little hesitant to drive to Waco for any random game for fear of being greatly dissapointed BUT one thing we definitely want to "train" our son to do is cheer against the Aggies so thought we better go down for Jack's first "learning experience". We started teaching him the words my dad taught me to all their "songs" just so we can start out own form of brainwashing early:) And what do you know? The bears WON! Not only did they win...they walked on their grass, they chewed gum, they shaved Reveille's (sp?) hair off, and they didn't take their hats off on the bleachers...YIKES...all that to say, they beat em pretty good:) And I might add, Erik and I can't remember the last time all our teams won in the same weekend...Baylor, Texas, Nebraska AND the Cowboys!!!! It was an excellent football weekened! Here are some pics from our day trip with the Kampen Klan.

I had my 16 week appointment this past week with Dr. W (Jesus' great great nephew...can you tell I love my Doctor?) and everything went well. As many sonos as Dr. W does throughout the 40 wk period you'd think one of them would be at 16 weeks but we'll have to wait until next month for that "confirmation" if you will. Dr. W did tease us a little bit when he listened to the heartbeat by saying "hmm...fast like a GIRL" knowing full well that the perinatologist predicted BOY at an earlier appoinment:) We'll go in to Dr. A next month for our 20 week screen and find out 100% what this little baby is. What we know for sure is...this baby is a mover and shaker. I didn't feel Jack kick until closer to 20 weeks and I've been feeling this little one for over a week now! And this baby actually was kicking Dr. W during the appointment this week. We were reminded that in just a few short weeks we'll be half way done with this pregnancy already! Time flies when you have another little one to take care of! This is going fast! I'm not in maternity clothes yet but I feel like this baby will pop out anyday now! Here is the scene we we are anxiously awaiting in April!!!! By the way, have I ever mentioned I LOVED my C section??? It was WONDERFUL. I am so excited for this time around.

Between repeating everything and blowing kisses to everyone he sees Erik and I are having so much fun with the stage Jack is in right now! He's like a little sponge. Our neighbor's name is Jackson and it only took him a few times of hearing his name before he was saying "Jackshon". We are amazed out how much his personality comes out more and more everyday. And those of you who have been around him know, he's not shy:) Every person he sees gets a wave, then a clap, then goodbye kisses. If he really likes what he's eating he'll say..."ummmmmm" in the most dramatic voice you've ever heard. If he hears an airplane he quickly looks up to the sky to find it and then he waves at it. He does sic em bears all the time, too. Unfortunately, for some reason, he's still not saying "mama". He says "airplane" but not "mama"...weird huh?

Erik and I don't spend a lot of time on facebook...however...this election season facebook has been pure entertainment GOLD. Most of the "panic" had to do with President-Elect Obama but there were a few things about McCain as well. Here are some of the status' we have been viewing... I erased the names and replaced them with a letter....enjoy...

"A" just took an Obama and wiped his Biden

"B" is convinced: America drank the coolaid, and will now quaff it for 4 years

"C" is remembering God is in COMPLETE control

"D" is ready for the CHANGE to happen...is it Jan 20th yet?


"E" is derka derka, Obama jihad. (offensive, maybe?)

"F" is allergic to the counterfeit, impartial politics

"G" totally smells what Barack is cookin'!

"H" is praying for mercy for our country

"I" is moving to Australia (my personal favorite)

So there were lots of people saying things like "praying God will show our country mercy". I was thinking...do we only pray for our country when the person we vote for doesn't win? And as Christians, we are called to be light in the world. As far as I know, that command doesn't change when Bush passes the torch to Obama.