Tis' the Season!

Before I can even start on Christmas I have to rewind a bit because there's some serious catching up to do! So let's go back to October when we took another trip to Disneyland. This time it was just Drew and me and the girls. While it was nice to spend time with just our little family, it proved much more difficult to actually ride things because we have two whimpies amongst us. Carly and Abbie refused to ride Tower of Terror, Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain Railroad...and the list goes on! Hopefully when we go again in a couple of years they will have a more "adventurous" attitude.
Drew and the girls on our first day at the park. It rained in the morning but cleared up after the first hour or so. The Halloween decorations are so fun!
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is my daddy's favorite so I had to get a picture there for him. (Here you go, Daddy-O!)
Don't you just love this one? Could that little face hold any more joy? Savannah had a great time on the rides. She loved this one in Bug's Life and also the Casey, Jr. train. In fact, we had a hard time convincing her to get off when the ride was over.

So next up is Halloween itself. I was a bit of a slacker and didn't actually make a single piece of the girls' costumes this year. However, we did have a family night carving pumpkins. Here are the results:


Baby #4 is doing great. We have received confirmation that it is indeed another girl. No too much of a surprise, right? I suppose our house is just meant to be full of drama. I just hope Drew can hold out! This ultrasound was actually done at 13 weeks and I am now 18 weeks, but I thought it was a good one. Isn't it amazing how far technology has come? Just look at those little arms and legs!

And that brings us up to the present...ah Christmastime! How I love it! I love everything about it...the music, the smells, the food, the shopping, and of course the spirit. This year has been the year of the advent. I have always loved advent calendars and wanted one for a long time. This year I bought this little premade one and we have filled all the drawers with either candy or an activity to do together as a family.
This next one I saw on a blog and had to make one. Each of the pockets has a different ornament to take out and hang on the tree to decorate it. It's been a lot of fun to sew all the little ornaments, although I am not quite done yet. I only have four more to go and I figure as long as they are in there by the time the date comes up I'll be fine. The girls have been trading off who gets to open which advent each day and Savannah just empties them all out and eats whatever candy she can find when no one is looking! We are super excited for Christmas and spending time with our families and friends. We hope you all have a happy holiday season too!