Memorial Day 2012

Sorry for three posts in a row from us, but these are all important things, I think.  Anyway, I had a regular baby dr. appointment today and was confirmed something I suspected all along-this baby is going to be big.  I am measuring an entire week ahead of my due date-they are not, however changing my due date because we know for certain it is correct.  Anyway, this being the case I am making an executive decision and having the baby at 39 weeks.  After talking with Dad about when he could make it out for the baby blessing we discovered that Memorial Day weekend (1 week after the baby will be born) is the only time we can do it.  I am posting this here because I want to invite all who feel inclined to join us.
I understand this is not for another 5 1/2 months or so, but I wanted to put it out there early to get you all thinking.  Another thing to consider is that you might want to stay in a hotel if you come unless you want to sleep on my dining room or living room floor or sleep in a tent in my back yard-we only have two bedrooms and moving Noah and Lucy into our room with the baby really isn't an option.  Anyway, think about it if you like, we would obviously enjoy everybody's company if you can make it, and let me know if you want/can come.  Have a great New Year!

Christmas

I missed reading the request, my bad, so here's a little of what our Christmas looked like.  We were invited to a get together last minute on Christmas Eve so we didn't get to do the puppet show-I was a little bummed...next year. 

Merry Christmas!

ultrasound day

 BOY!

We are thinking about Owen Henry...Henry was Dad's Grandpa Hutchinson's middle name.  I thought it was a boy, we are stoked and Noah is super excited about having a brother.

Christmas 2011

Here is my picture from today. Merry Christmas.

Christmas Eve @ the Hairs

Christmas Eve began with Addie having a fever and coughing. Jason went out and picked up some medicine for her early that morning. He said while reading the labels on the boxes, a friendly guy next to him said, "By the time you're done reading all those labels, you'll be a doctor!" *smile* He thought that was pretty funny.

That evening we picked up Jason's dad, Tom, from the airport. He joined us for the annual puppet show. Here they are for the curtain call-
We don't have an advent calendar, so this year we counted down to Christmas with 24 Christmas books, mostly borrowed from the library, wrapped under the tree. The kids have loved picking a new one each night to read. Tom was here to read the kids their last Christmas bedtime story-

I thought our house looked so pretty and cozy, all ready for Christmas morning-

And the day finished up with Jason and Tom putting together Santa's big surprise this year- A TRAMPOLINE! We borrowed a flood light to help with the set-up, and an ornery neighbor yelled out to them, "Turn out the light!" We did, but we finished first. Ha! And, I know most of you don't do Santa, and I haven't really been a believer, but when Addie saw her trampoline with the big red bow on it this morning and was in awe of Santa's magic, it made me happy that we are doing Santa. It's fun.

A Christmas Request

Will each of you take a moment on Christmas and post a picture or two that you took on that day? Since I won't see all of you, I'd like to know how things went and what you all look like on Christmas. Thank you, Mom

PJs!

Thanks to Hillary for giving us these wonderful PJs. Addie loves them, and Macie hates them. I love having them wear them together, but it is a chore to get Macie to wear them. But, for the most part, she can be convinced to do anything that Addie is doing. The web "wings" crack me up! Oh, and Carson is wearing PJs that Jason wore as a baby. They say "Football Tough Team" on them, and are so old and funny. Yay for PJs!

Thanks for the new background, Jana. It's great!

Happy Birthday Kari (a day late)!

Happy Birthday Kari,

I'm sorry that I missed the real day. I kept thinking all day yesterday that it was Dec. 12th. I hope you had a wonderful day.

Mom

a wee change in plans

So last week a meeting was called for the students going to York.  Eric was nervous, thought there was a problem...well he was right.  They told us that York could accommodate 8 students...7 people matched there.  At this meeting they were told that, sorry, York was wrong, they can really only accommodate 5 so two people are going to need to go to another site in PA that they just barely opened up in Lancaster.  They asked everyone to consider it, talk to their families and if they wanted to volunteer that would be great.  We discussed it and decided that we actually like Lancaster better than York.  The area is cheaper to live in and the hospital has a residency that Eric had actually already looked into.  Tonight they had a meeting for those that were interested...four people showed up.  So a lottery was held and Eric's number was picked!  YAY! So instead of moving to York we will be moving to Lancaster...actually we are looking into a city that is just north of Lancaster called Lititz.  Anyway, thought you would want to know.  We are really excited and actually feel more comfortable with moving there than we did moving to York...must have been meant to be.

Jana, can we get a Christmas-ee background?

Thanksgiving Pictures

Sorry about how light it is on the left. Jim had the camera set for the light in the room and by the time we all got in place, the sun came out.

A big thank you to Hillary for the use of her home and fixing the turkey. And a big thank you to Heather for the minute to win it games. That was a riot! We love you all.

Last Week

Here is picture I took of Jana's family when we were there. I'm not real good at the picture taking business, but hey, it was free.

Dad finally got to Chik-fil-A and we got to see the cow!
These are pictures from the reception, starting with the candy table.
The happy couple.
I love the expression on Joy's face.
Here we all are.

Thanks for all of your help, it went very well, even with the couple of glitches we had.

Jamie Hyneman

That was Harvey's costume this year: Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters. Simon was Adam Savage, and the four of us went as the "build team". I was a bit apprehensive because when we were getting the boys dressed, Harvey started throwing a fit that he didn't have a cool shirt like Simon. We told him if he was good through the pictures he could wear whatever he wanted. Since we finished the pictures outside, he could see other kids already trick-or-treating, so he forgot about the shirt and we were off.

Simon actually wanted to stop after only a handful of houses, so Joe kept feeding him candy to keep him going. Harvey loved it. This is the first Halloween that he's really gotten excited about, so it was a lot of fun for us, too. We left a bowl of candy at our door so we could both go out. Harvey was so much fun. He kept saying how much he loved him costume. A lot of people even recognized who they were supposed to be.



And here's a picture of my latest creation. It's our baby-shower gift for one of Heather's cousins.

A Very Scary Hairy Halloween!

Carson's duck feet had to be taped on with packing tape. Poor kid, the first boy yet he's wearing his sister's hand-me-downs.

This is the best picture of Addie's wings we have. I think they turned out pretty. I shaped them with wire hangers, and it took f.o.r.e.v.e.r. They were very hard to manipulate, even with pliers. I then used white nylons (2 pairs for $0.33 each!) and hot-glued the pipecleaners on for the designs. She was so proud of her "hot-pink butterfly, and orange too" outfit. (And, to be honest, so was I!)

Here is Macie, on the run with her older friends. There are a few 9 and 10-year-olds in our ward who just LOVE her and take her everywhere with them. She loves the attention and was the most adorable Chick-Fil-A cow around! We had a great Halloween.

Muppet Movie

There is a new Muppet Movie coming out on Thanskgiving. I thought it would be fun if we go see it as a family! I'm sure not everyone, for one reason or another, will go, but I'd like to, and want to invite y'all to join me! I was thinking Thanksgiving night, or Friday night. What say ye?

Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! We had lots of fun this year. The good part was that I only had to make one part of one costume!

halloween

 The ballerina.

 The pirate...look at that vest, Mom, you made it.

 I had to throw this in here, I made these twins hats for their costume.

 Tonight instead of trick or treating we carved our pumpkins.

Noah was serious about carving this time.

Lucy also wanted to help.

This one is Noah's...he actually carved a lot of it.

 This one is Eric's

This one's mine.

Happy Halloween!!

pumpkins & family business

I'm sure most of you look at our family blog, but just in case, here are our jack-o-lanterns! I'm just happy we actually carved some this year, I was so disappointed that we skipped it last October. Here they are! I like them better with the lights on, so you can see their awesome ears!

Now, to business. I need to know what I'm supposed to have ready by the time we come up for the wedding/Thanksgiving trip.

1. We are exchanging family gifts, correct?

2. We are also doing an adult white-elephant exchange, correct?

3. Are we waiting to give Mom & Dad their present until Christmas? I still haven't received anything from anybody! Not that I've done it myself...