the Good life

I know I am due for a huge update. It seems like forever since I blogged, but I do have a good excuse. Back in November we found out I am pregnant. I have felt horrible for about 3 months now...could barely do laundry and keep the house straight, much less sit down and compose a few thoughts. So, now I am 14 weeks pregnant and starting to feel a little better. I went to the doctor on Thursday and everything looks great! Yea! We are very excited and so are Riley and Walker.

In other news:
- We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's! Over Christmas we told our families about the new baby. Everyone seemed really excited and happy for us. Our traveling just consisted of trips to Birmingham and back...we are very fortunate to have our families so close! The kids got a ton of toys. I was so glad I went through and cleaned out before they got new stuff! New Year's was a lot of fun. We went to Birmingham with 4 other couples and ate at Bonefish Grill (love Bang Bang Shrimp!) and saw "We Are Marshall". Awesome movie, if you haven't already seen it.

- Riley is still loving school. Her class will be singing a few songs at the PTO meeting in March. I knew they had been practicing for it, but was so surprised to hear that Riley has two solos. I am so proud of her! She has really enjoyed Kindergarten and her teachers. Wednesday will be the 100th day of school. Riley has a 100th day project due that day (which we haven't started on)...they really make a big deal of being in school 100 days.

- Walker still keeps us in stitches. One day last week, Riley and Walker wanted to go outside and jump on the trampoline. That was fine, except it was 40 degrees! I told them if they went outside, they must wear coat, toboggan, and mittens. Walker was so excited. He just kept saying, "Oh thank you, Mommy! A snow hat, a snow hat!" and pretending he was throwing snowballs at us. He wore his toboggan and mittens outside and then the next 2 days straight! He wore them to bed, at the dinner table (I did convince him to take off his mittens to eat), to pick up Riley from school, everywhere! It was hilarious! I kept meaning to take a picture of him, but as you can see I forgot.

- Speaking of snow...I really wish it would snow here... before my children are in college! Hello! Walker has never seen snow, and Riley was 6 or 8 months old the last time it snowed in Tuscaloosa. Needless to say, they have never played in the snow. How sad!

- I love a clean house! We had Leah, Abby, Jeremy and Stephanie (our adopted college students from church) over Sunday for lunch. Tim helped me clean house Saturday, and I love the feeling of having a clean house. I just wish it would stay that way! I do have laundry to catch up on, though! Uggghh!

I hope everyone has a great week! Happy Monday!