BOY!!!!!!
We found out yesterday, the 23rd. He's 6 inches long, heartbeat was 154, and he weighs 7 oz. The ultrasound lady says he looks perfect! We're happy that he's healthy. Apparently, he's LOW LOW LOW (which I already knew, but the ultrasound lady kept talking about it a lot). Sometimes I feel like if I laughed real hard, he could be born today. The nausea is getting better and now usually hits me in the evenings.
Adam is BEAMING. He was hoping for a boy this time so we'd have one of each and get to find out what that's like. I couldn't have cared less either way, but the more I ponder on what it will be like, the more excited I become. Gotta start thinking of names now (we had the girl one pretty much narrowed down, but the guys names still remain a mystery). We have started a list of "possibles." Adam said we can just continue to call him Skittles for now. Works for me. (Dad, the above is the long awaited belly picture you've been asking me about for a few months.)
Here's the finished tile work on our fireplace. We really like how it turned out...
Emma and Daddy and a "special leaf" from the yard.
Cheesing at each other. After seeing this picture, I realized that I don't have hardly ANY pics with Emma. It made me sad. Always being the photographer has it's drawbacks, I guess. Adam promised to pick up the camera more often. :) Hopefully it will be on a day that I'm out of my jammies and looking halfway presentable.
Okay, this might just be the cutest picture ever. At least I think so. Everytime she wears this dress, I think she must realize how sweet she looks. She keeps her matching pink shoes on (for a change) and prances around like she owns the place. Hmmm, how quickly she's able to "forget" who's in charge and who makes the rules. She's not even hit the "terrible two's" yet, but Adam and I definitely are seeing Miss Attitude evolve and have even seen a few tantrums already. Ooooh boy, anyone who knows us, knows that we're gonna do our very best to keep those in check and nip them in the bud (as much as you can hope to, when reasoning with a child).
"Hi Mommy!!! Daddy and I are just having some couch time, and I'm practicing sitting down like I'm supposed to, even though it's pretty boring and I'd rather be standing up."
Funny Story: The other day, Emma walked into her room, got her bible off her shelf, managed to get herself up and in her "bible story chair" where we always read at night, and started reading her bible to herself. I walked in her room and was so proud. Of all the books on that shelf, she loves her bible and always asks to read it.
A not-so-funny story: My "pregnancy brain" is in full effect. Today, I either A) did not put the railing up on her crib when I put her down for a nap (but I'm 99% sure I did), or B) it fell down when Emma went for her little climb... she totally climbed out and fell out of her crib!!! She was terrified but thankfully, not hurt, as best I could tell. The search is ON for a twin bed, mattress, ANYTHING. Skittles will need the crib, so the sooner we can get Emma used to her "big girl bed" the better. We'd like to find a used one, but from someone we know, so that hopefully it will be cootie-free. :) So, if you've got an extra one to sell, let us know!
Never in a million years would I have guessed that we'd wake up to TONS of snow on Christmas Eve...in TEXAS, for cryin' out loud!!! It was so fun...Adam and I kept saying "What a day!!!" all day. We couldn't believe it. Normally, our Christmas Eve is spent here busying ourselves with packing for KY, Adam working hard doing last minute details for the Christmas Eve service at church, and him being gone much of the day working, practicing, etc... Today though, was restful and so nice--just being together. We played in the snow. I baked cookies. We opened presents. Everything in town pretty much shut down, including all Christmas Eve services, some restaurants, and all taxi services...nobody was going anywhere and it was awesome. 
It was Emma's first time to see snow. She got a kick out of it and kept wanting to go back outside. She'd try to put her hat back on her head, manage to get a shoe on, but on the wrong foot, etc...bless her heart.
Merry Christmas!!!
She had snow in her eyelashes.
Getting ready to open presents.
Normally, Emma hears from us, "we don't rip paper...we don't rip books....no ripping anything!!!" So today was extra confusing for her. She'd get a piece of paper off and then hand it to me and say "Neh-noh" (aka "Here you go!") everytime. So sweet. She kept looking at us like "Seriously guys!?!? This is okay? I'm not getting trouble or a time-out after this!?!?! AWESOME!!!"
Vogue.
Round 2 of us back out in the snow...she did NOT like walking in it one bit. This is one of the few pics I got before she started screaming for Daddy to pick her up.
No, we did not travel to a ski-in, ski-out chalet this Christmas...Adam decided midday to get up in the attic and get his ski gear down and SKI down our driveway and street. Um-hum...that's my hubby. He had lots of fun and thankfully, didn't fall down or hurt his knee.
Check out the snow drift by our front porch. It totally covered our bushes.
Our snowy house. 
One of Emma's favorite presents today was getting some bubbles. We gave her a bath tonight and she had lots of fun trying to grab them and pop them...
...and eat them?!? 
