The Best Christmas Party Ever!

For anyone interested - Bubba's Primary Teacher held a wonderful Christmas Party for her Primary Class this last week. Bubba had a great time! For anyone interested in seeing the party pictures click here!

My Time of Year

My parents tell me they brought me home from the hospital - put me under the Christmas tree - and I'd stare at the lights for hours. Maybe that's why Christmas is one of my favorite holidays! I love everything about celebrating Christmas!

Good thing I love making homemade ornaments - it can be done while sitting! I also love watching my kids make ornaments - again... perfect for sitting.

I hope you are all enjoying this holiday time of year! I absolutely love it!

Perspective

When we lived in California Handsome Hubby and I were soooooo excited to plant our very own orange tree! Having grown-up in Idaho and Utah we'd never had a tree like this and couldn't wait to see what happened.

We were so proud of our little tree when it actually produced 5 (or maybe it was 6) delicious oranges!

Then we moved to Mesa and bought a house with 3 orange trees. We still love oranges... but I have to be honest - we are so thankful our biggest tree has only about half of it's usual amount of fruit this year!

In a year that's been so busy... and I've been so unable to help... I am so thankful for a smaller harvest!

Funny how your perspective can change.

Keep It Going

It's been a few weeks since we've had speech homework, but here's the latest... how to keep a conversation going.

When someone tells you something about their day, ask a follow-up question beginning with - how, who, where, what, when, or why.

This lets the other person know that you care about what they have to say.

I Love Bubba, Too!

When The Professor saw the blog about Bubba being OTG Boy's birthday present - he said, "that's not fair... I loved Bubba when he was a baby, too! Can you please put put a picture of me with baby Bubba on the blog?"

Yes I can... here are two of my favorites!

Our Crazy B-day Week

Around 5 years ago OTG Boy got a birthday present like no other...

A Baby Brother!

Okay, Bubba was born two days before OTG Boy's Birthday, but he did come home from the hospital just in time to help wrap presents and sing Happy Birthday!


Which in case you're wondering there is definitely not a shortage of sweets, or food at HaHa's house once Birthday Season kicks in. Here's a sampling of what's happening this year.

OTG Boy had a Golfland Party with a few of his favorite friends.

It was hard to tell which they liked more - laser tag or the bumper boats! Either way, a great party for a bunch of boys with never ending energy!

Food? Pizza, soda & Cake!

Then came Bubba's Birthday!

Food? Hot Dogs & chips (his favorite meal) & cupcakes!

Next, OTG Boy's real birthday...

Food? KFC and more cake!

Follow that with our Thanksgiving feast and... I think I'm understanding why our baby-on-the-way has such chubby cheeks.

If you think we're done... hold on...

My birthday is right around the corner, followed by Christmas (and all of it's parties involving food) and finally we'll be able to slow down once we're sitting around the table enjoying our New Year's dinner of ham, black eyed peas (for good luck) and of course one last dessert!

Happy Birthday, Everyone!

Getting Closer

First Things that Come to Mind:

Bowling Ball

Tired

Sore

Slightly Nauseous (yeah - only slightly!)

Hopeful

Excited

I need to start getting things ready - I've put that off long enough!

Favorite quote from my ultra-sound last week - the tech said, "I've never seen a baby this young with such chubby cheeks!"