The Countdown: 31 Weeks

 So here is the lovely picture of me at 31 weeks.  I feel great except for my belly gets in the way now and 

I definitely pay for it when I do too much.  The baby is moving all the time now, especially from 7-11 pm! 

 Looks like we are going to have another night owl in our family.

I was reading back to my post when I was this far along with Talon and I said I had the leg 

cramps at night.  Not this time YAY!!! So it has been a really easy pregnancy so far.

This picture shows how big I really am.  Some of my friends say my belly looks so cute and fake because it looks like the models you see in the magazines, I will take that as a great compliment because I don't feel that way at all, especially when Tyler comments that I am as big as I was at 38 weeks with Talon.  

9 More weeks to go and we will get to meet this little he or she!!!

New Year's Freeze Out Talon Style

 So we are done with freeze outs for new year's for awhile while we have little ones, staying in the snow cave with Talon last year was a little much.

This year we decided to stay in a Yurt instead.  This is a high class yurt with TV, Carpet, Hot Chocolate and Popcorn.  It is our friends Lance and Cami Taysom's.  They finished last year and now rent it out as a B&B,  perfect for a fun family get-away or a get-away with your spouse (wink).  Check it out: www.caribouyurt.com

Anyways, we had a great night, eating some amazing potato soup of Cami's, looking at pictures Lance's pictures of his trip to Denali, and of course the YURT!!!

Talon LOVED it!! My mom and Dad were worried he'd get cold and asked him if he wanted to go home with them and he said "NO!"(which he never says no to).  He ran around and around wanting to put wood on the fire, squishing "snowman" that we had tracked in, drinking hot chocolate, eating popcorn, playing with the huge stuffed moose, and of course terrorizing.  He had so much fun he stayed up for the New Year!

 

Around 10:30 we put Ice Age in to watch to come Talon down and get him to sleep.  This is how he watched the first 15-20 minutes of the movie, hanging off the side of the bed.  The movie wasn't boring enough and he stayed up for the whole thing.

Finally, after midnight, a sleeping Talon

Tyler keeping cozy by the fire!

 New Years morning, looks like Talon didn't get enough sleep, imagine that.  

Our New Years day consisted of getting stuck in the Taysom's drive and getting pulled out (which Talon loved, thank you Jesse), a big Belgian Waffle breakfast with my parents and Caitlin and Ryan, and hiking and skiing the ski hill.  It was a great way to start off the New Year!

Merry Christmas

The Christmas festivities started by meeting Jessica and Britton in Twin Falls and going to the lights at Rock Creek.  The lights of course were amazing and the kids loved it.  Santa was even there!

Talon and his cousins Carter, Kambree and Maylee.

They loved this little display with stuffed and dolls in it.

Here is the huge camel that they got to feed carrots to.

It finally snowed right before Christmas so the kids could all go sledding!

This is where they had to sled because, good enough right!

A picture of all 6 grandkids (and Aunt Lindsey) enjoying a huge bowl of popcorn.

Playing a game of Disney Scene It.

Christmas Eve we open a Christmas book from Grandma and Grandpa and Grandpa reads it.  This 

year the book was "The Christmas Train."

The newest Grandbaby, Isaac.

Christmas Morning!   Talon was really cranky which didn't make it super fun but that's ok.

He loved his Mcqueen Car and didn't really care to open any of his other presents.

All the grandkids got teepees from Grandma and Grandpa!  

Maylee got a horse,  it was so fun to which her ride it all morning she was so excited!

The whole family!!!!

Grandma watching Maylee's favorite show Sean the Sheep, which Talon loves too now.  Talon and Maylee are 3 months apart and got into plenty of wrestling matches.

When we went back to Rupert we opened presents at Grandma and Grandpa Wheeler's.  

Love this picture!! Merry Christmas everyone!

December

 To Start off December I finished my stocking hanger for my living room!  I love it.

I put up my decorations the first day of December.  We put the tree up above the couch again and 

it only fell on Talon twice!!! 

Andrew, Tyler's little brother, came home from his mission on the 12th.  It's

great to have him back.  It was the first time he has ever seen Talon.  And I looked exactly the same as when he left- pregnant.

 The whole family was there to greet home at  the airport!

Talon wasn't too concerned about seeing his uncle, he just liked the Christmas tree and Planes.

Talon got to see Santa!! He started out just fine but slowly started to cry until santa gave him candy.

 We made a lot of cookies and Christmas goodies all month, Talon took full advantage.

 Talon getting ready to go help his Dad hang Christmas lights on the house.

Talon is sporting a new style, undone pajamas and a t-shirt. 

I brought Talon's old car seat in because I needed to use it.  Talon loved it and would crawl in it and pull the garbage bag over him and say "blanket,  night night," and lay there like he was sleeping.

My boys going into hibernation.

Talon's new favorite place to play in the house is the front window.  I think it helps him feel like he is outside.