Friday Photo and Week In Review

Well, this week has been our last as a family of three. That's pretty unbelievable, if you ask us! We've seen the Doctor again, and we see him one last time on Monday before "the big day". He told us that he wouldn't be surprised if Harrison just arrived at any time. However, since Dr. Shoemaker isn't on call this weekend, and we have TONS to do, that just really can't happen! Of course, we all know that babies are on their own timetable, but we're REALLY hoping that Harrison wants to be cooperative!

Wednesday night was our last night of helping out with the kiddos, and they couldn't understand why Tanner couldn't just bring the baby with her next week. Of course, Tanner's co-teacher also only gave her a week off (she was only sort-of kidding), so we may end up back before we know it!

Hampton has had lots of fun this week, getting to spend a day with both Tanner & Bo's parents. He especially loves that Grandi gives him unlimited fresh-baked cookies & that Grandpa always treats him to pizza & a hot dog at Sam's. And yes.....Hampton eats both! Can you tell that the boy gets no attention? Bless his heart!

Other Weekend Fun

It seems as soon as the holidays arrive, it's non-stop hustle & bustle around our house. Especially since we're trying to get as much done as possible before Harrison arrives next week! We had put off the Christmas decorating until after we hosted Thanksgiving, but we kicked it into high gear this weekend and got the whole house finished. We spent a little time shopping, and got all of our gifts wrapped. We've only got just a couple of things left to do before we're finished with all the holiday prep, but some of it we can't do until the baby arrives.

One of the most fun things we did over the weekend, though, was go to Hampton's little friend Lucas's birthday party. He had a cars theme, and his mom even made cute "box cars" for them to race. Hampton had a great time playing, and we had even more fun visiting with the other parents!

Hampton sitting by the Birthday Boy, excitedly waiting for cupcakes.

The car races......apparently our little friend Kai's car was going in reverse!

North Pole Breakfast

For anyone who hasn't heard of it, the Elf on the Shelf has become a big holiday tradition in the last several years. A family adopts an elf, and the elf stays during the Christmas season, watching the children and reporting each night back to Santa on how they acted that day. Since the elf goes back to the North Pole each night, every morning he's in a different place....sometimes even being a little silly on the way. We've only heard good things from our friends about the elf, so we decided to start the tradition this year, even though Hampton is a little young to grasp the whole concept.

We welcomed our elf, who we've named Telly, Sunday morning with a North Pole breakfast. We never miss an opportunity to go a little overboard, and we thought it would be a cute way to kick off the Christmas season. It was simple, but we really had fun showing Hampton his new elf, reading him the story, and letting him try powdered (we mean snow-dusted) doughnuts for the first time.

We're looking forward to our new tradition & seeing what all Telly will be up to this year and for many years to come!

The breakfast table, where Telly was front & center.

Hampton enjoying some snow-dusted doughnuts and his new Dora coloring book that Telly left for him.

Black Friday Fiasco

On Black Friday, we didn't go out shopping, but we did head down to The Hangout to try and score Bo some cheap festival tickets. They were having a raffle starting at 11am, so we decided we'd go down there & have lunch while waiting to see if we'd won. Well, it turned in to the biggest ordeal EVER! There were baby & mommy meltdowns, unhappy would-be concert goers, and more. Luckily, when the dust settled hours later, Bo did end up with his tickets, so all's well that ends well!

Hampton playing in the sand while waiting on our numbers to be called

Thanksgiving

Since we couldn't travel to TN for Thanksgiving this year, we celebrated at our house. Paul, Jan, Bob, and Randi all celebrated with us, and even better....they brought several yummy dishes each! Lunch was absolutely delicious, especially since we made sure to request all our favorite foods. Tanner even attempted her Grandmother's famous macaroni & cheese, which got the ultimate compliment of being "Fayetteville worthy". We had a great time visiting, browsing the Black Friday ads, and just enjoying each others' company. Hampton loved all the attention from his grandparents, and Tanner loved the fact that we got to keep all the leftovers from her favorite meal of the year!

our crafty Thanksgiving banner

posing for a Thanksgiving photo

our holiday table

Hampton making good use of the Thanksgiving craft table, aka the way to keep him out of the kitchen!

Friday Photo

We just came across this photo from the summer and thought it was hysterical, so we wanted to share. Hampton was at Grannie & Grandpa's house, and decided that a bucket would make a great one-man pool. Looks like he was right, huh?

Happy Turkey Day!

We hope everyone has a safe & wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family, friends, and yummy food!