Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving Day! I even cooked a Turkey for the first time. It actually turned out decent! Abbie tried the stuffing and the cranberries. Not such a fan apparently. She did LOVE playing with the Rummy Kub tiles and messing up Nate and Amy's game. The next day Ryan and Anna came over for lunch, and it was great to see them. Abbie even learned how to say "Ry-Ry" for the occasion. (Sounded more like Wy-Wy) super cute. I'm excited that Thanksgiving is over because now it's officialy Christmas season!! YEAY! We had to put Abbie in her green Christmas dress to take a family picture. She loved it, and didn't want to take it off. The pictures of her in the red sweater (with the sucker and the blue mouth after the sucker) were from a Thanksgiving party we went to. I had to take pictures because I put her hair in a pony tail and she looked so OLD, but so cute. I might not do that for a while though.... = ) Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and has a great holiday season!!

Play Time!

Well, here is a snap shot into play time at the Merritt house while I'm a stay at home mom. She loves to say "no" when I ask her to do things which is a recent development, and oh so lovely. We got her a boy doll to try and prepare her for Brady (she named the doll Abbie, GREAT!) and she is nice up to a point, and then throws the baby. It's a pattern. Hopefully we can break the pattern before the REAL baby is born, that would be good.

Trick-Or-Treat

Awwww, it was Abbie's first time trick-or-treating. We got the wagon all set up with blankets, and got our costumes on. Of course Nate and I had to go along with the Snow White theme. He was Doc, and I was Sleepy, which was extremely appropriate. Munch didn't really get the whole point that if you go up to the door, someone will give you free candy. She got some, we unwrapped it for her, and then she just held it. At the end of the night, she had a piece of Hershey's in one hand, and a Sweet Tart in the other. Neither of which she tried to eat. This morning I actually found the Sweet Tart in her bed. Anyway, she finally did get a sucker, which is her FAVE, and then she did eat that. Without letting go of the other things of course. It was so quirky and funny!

Debbie, Nate's mom made all three costumes, and they were such a huge success!!! Thanks Grandma Debbie!!! Can't wait for next year when I have TWO little munchkins to dress up.

Brady Bedding

Here is the bedding I just got for Brady boy. From Land of Nod. SO cute. I'm doing the room in a teal color on the top, white chair rail, and a khaki color on the bottom, I'll be sure to post pics of that, and Munch's "big girl room" when they're done. = )

It's Definitely Fall

We took Munch to a forest type place with lots of hiking trails. Super fun. She was such a trooper and did NOT want to be held at all. She walked by herself the whole way. It was about a mile. Of course she had to stop every 3 seconds to investigate a rock, leaf, or other natural phenomenon. Nate threw leaves on her, then she started doing it to herself, apparently she like the leaves falling right in her face. She also thought that playing hide and seek behind the tree was very entertaining as well. It was a perfect fall day, the weather was mid 60's and the leaves were so pretty. I forgot how much I like fall being in California for the past 5 years. She stood up on a bench and started patting my tummy without me saying ANYTHING. It was so perfect and precious, so glad we had the camera!!

OH BOY!

We found out yesterday that we will be expecting a boy at the very beginning of March! His name will be Brady Nathan. Cute right??! = ) Here are the ultrasound pics they gave us. There's a GREAT shot of his wee-wee. That's totally making it into the wedding slideshow for SURE!! = )

Update

First of all, thanks to EVERYONE who has been such a huge support and encouragement during a very difficult time period. I resigned this morning from the position, and will continue for a few weeks, until they get a replacement, but it shouldn't be more than a 1-3 weeks. It was SO the right decision, I just didn't belong there. I am totally happy with my decision, and Nate and I both really feel it was the right thing. The principal and staff were surprisingly respectful and supportive and seemed to understand the motives behind it, so that was good, seeing as though I was sick to my stomach during the day waiting to talk to them and break the news!! Anyway, here are a few random pictures that we had on our computer that I haven't posted. Remember, random is the key word. = ) Thanks again...the support really helped!