Boys Room.

For Christmas this year Dave and I had talked about moving the boys into the same room together. This past week we finally got the room all done in time to show them Christmas morning. We kept with the trains, motorcycle, airplane, car theme that we had used in Colt's bedroom and moved all of it into the bonus room. The bonus room took about 4 days to clean out and organize all the stuff, we need a bigger house (or one with more storage). We bought 2 twin mattresses, new bedding and some wall decals to decorate the room, everything else we already had. This is the boys big Christmas present, we didn't get them much else but I know they (especially Colt) will be so excited when we show them their new room tomorrow morning.

 We had these in Colt's previous room, these are on the wall to the right as you walk into the room.

This room does not have a closet besides this little storage space, luckily the boys do not have a lot of toys and everything fit perfectly.

 The reading/music corner.
The rocker was my great grandma's both the boys love sitting in it and rocking back and forth. My mom had it re-covered for me when I was pregnant with Colt.

 This is the other half of the room complete with their train table, beds and dresser. Dave spent some time while watching the Boise State game screwing all the train tracks down so the boys can't pull them up or throw them around the room. He was also the mastermind behind the room decorations, I just did what he told me too.

 Jax's bed.

We are leaving him in his crib until probably April, he sleeps so good right now and we don't want to mess with that. I know Colt will be excited to have a room buddy when he finally does make the transition.

 Colt's bed.

It is fitting that Byson is laying on his side because he takes a nap with Colt everyday on his bed.

We got the sheet sets off of Amazon and they had these wall decals that were being sold that matched them so we bought a set, there are trains, helicopters, cars, planes, motorcycles and trucks. They were the perfect addition to the room.

The boys spent the night at my parents Thursday night so Dave and I could finish their room, today we put boxes in front of the door and told Colt he couldn't use his play room (the room used to be the boys playroom and Dave's hunting/fishing room) because daddy and I were wrapping Christmas presents in there. We are letting him sleep with us tonight because Marni is here and sleeping in Colt's old room (we now have our guest room back!). We had a laid back Christmas Eve tonight, my parents came over and I made appetizers for everyone to eat, we let the boys open up their Christmas Eve pajamas and one other present. Everyone is asleep now except Dave and I, we are playing Santa and filling up the boys stockings. 

Merry Christmas Eve!

Luke 2:8:9

And there were shepherds out in the field,

keeping watch by night.

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them,

and the glory of the Lord shone around them.

New Hats

The boys got new hats from Aunt Katie for Christmas. A shark for Jax and a Davey Crockett hat for Colt. They seem to like them.

Christmas 2010 with the Pemberton's

After Colt's Christmas play all of Dave's family came back to our house to have an early Christmas celebration. Dave and I switch off every year and this year we are with my parents so we celebrated early with all of Dave's family. We had some yummy appetizers and some very interesting dinner conversations (thanks to Katie), I really wish our time with his family could be put on reality television, I know we could make millions just off of his sisters and what they say. It was so fun and as always we laughed, ALOT! After the food and fun we opened presents. We all draw names every year and usually exchange on Christmas Eve but since we are not going to be there we did it early.

 Aunt Dee Dee getting some cuddle time from Jax. Everyone loves cuddles from him, that's all he wants to do is cuddle!

 Katie's turn for cuddles.

 Dave's parents always give us pajamas on Christmas Eve so we all opened up our pj's first and changed into them right away.

 Cam and Colt giving each other a little side hug.

 Why is it so hard for 3 year olds to smile normal?

 I love this picture, it just screams happiness!

 Jax's face cracks me up, he is such a happy little guy.

 Julie, Me, Randee, Kenzie, Katie.

 The boys- Dave, Taylor, Mike, Andy. 

They were cracking up taking this picture because we kept telling them to scoot closer, then Andy kept trying to make himself look bigger.

Little boys - Cal, Colt and Jax.

 Calvin, the youngest cousin (until May).

 Colt and Camryn loved opening their presents and everyone else's Both the boys got lots of fun things, books, movies, airplanes, cows (Jax is obsessed with cows right now) and Colt got his first video game (the Leapster Explorer) which will be great for car rides.

 Jax even liked taking the paper off.

 Dave's parents always buy a family gift that we can play with and this year it was nerf guns. Jax liked to pull the dart out and put it back in over and over, then he would pretend to shoot at you and do it again.

 Colt had no problem figuring it out, he loved running around shooting everyone and he didn't mind being shot at either.

 This boy is happiest with a gun, a sword or a bow in his hand. 

For Christmas he asked for a jet pack and an ax (are you kidding me!).

 Andy had Dave and he got him a beer making kit.

 Jax and Poppi opening presents.

(Jax can say Papa now and he says it all the time around both Mike and my dad).

 

Jax and Memah playing with the nerf guns.

Brothers.

We had such a fun evening with everyone. Dave's parents took the boys back to Tri-Cities with them for a sleepover so Dave and I had the rest of the evening and most of Monday to ourselves (we drove over Monday night and picked them up). Dave had to work on Monday and I spent most the day cleaning, running errands and organizing. We are moving the boys into the bonus room together and cleaning it out and figuring out where to put everything has turned our house into a disaster (at least it looks like a disaster to me). Our plan is to fnish it up Christmas Eve so when they wake up Christmas morning they have a new room (that will be their Christmas present this year). We are going to wait and move Jax until later this spring, he sleeps so well in a crib right now that I hate to disrupt that but probably sometime in April we will transition him. I think Colt will be excited to get a room buddy.

Colt's First Christmas Play

Colt had his first ever Christmas play on Sunday at our church. He was a star and did a great job walking up on stage and waving his star with his blue star glasses on. He knew the song he was supposed to sing, we have been practicing for weeks and he can sing it all by himself but he much preferred waving his star wand over singing. Oh well, he was still really cute. Dave's entire family came and so did my mom and dad.

 Colt is in the blue sweater wearing the blue star glasses on the right. When he walked in he found all of us right away and started waving. He was so proud of himself and very happy that so many people had come to watch him.

I wish I had photoshop because I could have replaced Colt in this picture with the one below.....

 ...or replaced my mom with the one above.

 Trying to get all four cousins to look at the camera is a chore.

 Take 2 was not much better.

The little guys.

17 weeks.

 I think this picture makes me look smaller than I am, but maybe its just me that feels that way. I have those days when I just feel huge and then other days when I hardly notice I am pregnant. I couldn't find a picture of me at 17 weeks with either Colt or Jax but I feel like my stomach is comparable to what it looked like with them at this stage. I start showing so quickly!

Baby #3 we can't wait to meet you!

 I LOVE the 2nd trimester, most of my clothes still fit (with the exception of some of my tops that are too short or too snug now), I don't feel like I am going to throw up all day long, I can still run long distances without feeling like I am going to die, and the best part is that no one has started commenting about how big I am (love those comments from my high schoolers when I still have 8 weeks to go:)). I have a doctor appointment next Friday where I will get to hear the heartbeat again and we will set up an appointment for my ultrasound which will be right after the New Year. This is flying by! Oh and we have still not changed our minds, we will not be finding out the sex at the appointment (sorry Jules I am not mailing you an envelope either:)).

What's happening (or not).

I talked to one of my best friends the other night and she gave me a pretty good lecture about my lack of blogging lately. I blamed it on this pregnancy and the fact that I spend most of my free time on the computer working on my online class and not blogging. Both lame excuses but I had to make something up. I have been really bad about taking pictures lately and feel a little bit like my life is in chaos right now. Anyway, here's an update.

• Jax is growing up, no really he is growing out of that baby stage and starting to act like a toddler. He runs everywhere, asks for things, is picking up new words like crazy, is starting to hit and throw fits but the best part is that him and Colt are really playing together. Laughing, screaming, running around having a ball together. Its the best part of my day!
• There will be no Pemberton Christmas card this year, I'm sorry for those of you who looked forward to this but I just never got around to getting pictures taken and I really have no pictures that are worth the money to send out. Again, I blame it on this pregnancy and the miserable, nauseous state I was in for 14 weeks these past couple months.
• Colt got his first real black eye (he's had a couple small ones but nothing like this), of course it happened when him and Jax were playing together. They both bumped heads and Jax's forehead hit Colt's eye just perfectly and within about 10 seconds it was swelling. No crying from either of them and after a split second they were off running again. The kid is almost 3.5 so its pretty amazing it hasn't happened until now.
• I have been looking at newborn baby girl outfits online. Maybe I will actually buy a girl outfit to take to the hospital this time. When Jax was born I just borrowed one from Dave's sister Kenzie just in case we had a girl. I didn't want to waste the money on something I might not use, but I can always give it as a gift.  Though I am sure if this baby is a girl grandma Di Di will show up at the hospital with a bag full of brand new clothes.
• We are in the process of moving both the boys into the bonus room. We got them both twin mattresses as well as blankets, comforters and sheets for Christmas (what a fun Christmas present for a 3 and 1 year old but between all the aunts, uncles and grandparents they will have plenty of fun gifts). We are planning on sending them to my parents Christmas Eve day and decorating it for them for that night. I think we will keep Jax in the nursery for a little while longer. He sleeps so good in there right now that we will probably wait till March or so to move him to his bed. It will be nice to have them both in the same room with all their toys and to have a guest room again.
• Looking forward to Christmas break, especially the lazy mornings and not having to get up at 4:30 for a couple weeks.
• Dave has a new project going on right now. You will never guess in a million years what it is, I still can't believe it myself but he has been staying up till midnight (or later) working on it for the past couple nights.
• We have been talking alot about names and we have them written on our white board at home. We try to keep it to just our top 5 for boys and girls and then sometimes a new name comes up and it beats an old name out so we swap them. We have roughly 22 weeks to decide, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't even have a final name until after he/she is born.

Christmas Cookies.

 The boys and I did some Christmas baking today. 

Colt was a big help, Jax was in the way most the time but we had fun!

 Getting ready to bake!

 Colt was in charge of unwrapping all the Hershey peppermint kisses. Jax tried to help but every time he was successful in unwrapping it ended up in his mouth. We made Candy Cane Kisses from Our Best Bites blog.

 Colt was really good about not eating any candy unless he asked. I never caught him trying to sneak any, he would always ask me first. Of course since he was asking I had a hard time saying no. I have no idea how many ended up in his mouth by the end.

 These cookies were made like a chocolate chip cookie recipe only you added cocoa and dark chocolate chips, once they came out of the oven we put the peppermint kisses on top.

 Colt loved putting a kiss on top of each cookie.

 Meanwhile, Jax started eating the dough.

 So I let them both have a taste...............

 .........and they both chowed down.

Next up is sugar cookies with frosting, I am putting those off until closer to Christmas though because they are a favorite around here and I want them to last until Christmas!

While the cookies were baking we were singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" so Colt got out my salad spoons and tucked them into Byson's collar and told me that Byson was a reindeer and those were his antlers. The funniest part was Byson just went along with it, never growling or running away like he usually does when he doesn't like something.