Cookies!

Abby enjoys baking, but even more than that she enjoys eating cookies. She is, however, particular about which cookies she enjoys. She's not a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies, but she loves butter press cookies. Usually, the only time we make these cookies is around the annual office cookie baking extravaganza where our group bakes several thousand cookies for our clients. For some reason Abby remembered eating the left over press butter cookies around Christmas and asked to make "blue snowflake" cookies. Since we had all the necessities to make the cookies, we decided it'd be fun to go ahead and make them. Abby was so excited to help and loved eating the cookies. They turned out really good and it was a fun Friday night activity.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Parks & Recreation

This weekend we continued odds and ends on Allie's nursery. We're still waiting on her bedding to get in, but we have everything else in place including her crib and new wall art. Abby has been a great help but, she seemed to be getting a little cabin feverish so even though it was pretty chilly, around 30 degrees, we took her to the park to go fishing and play on the jungle gym. She loves being outside so she was ecstatic when we told her we'd be going to the park. She didn't catch any fish, but that didn't seem to bother her. She was just excited to be playing outside! 

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

A Visit to Sally Kate's

This weekend Abby stayed overnight at Sarah and Kurt's with her cousin Sally Kate. It provided us the opportunity to get the girls' rooms switched around and get the nursery started. Abigail is moving to the bigger of the guest bedrooms and Allison's nursery is going to be Abby's old room. We spent all day Saturday and Sunday getting the stuff moved over and all of Abby's clothes and toys down from the attic. It took all day Sunday just to wash the clothes. It's only been three years since Abby was a newborn, but somehow we'd already forgotten all the "gear" that accompanies a newborn! We were able to finish getting Abby's new room set up, the only thing missing was her bedding which should be coming soon. Since she was making the switch we wanted her to make the choices on her bedding, this time around she chose pink! Now we just have to finish the nursery including the the crib, bedding and a few other decor items. 

While we were hard at work on our "babymoon", Abigail had a great time staying at Sally Kate's. Sally Kate's neighbor even came over to play with the girls. Abby was very sad to see SK leave when Aunt Sarah dropped her off on Sunday afternoon, but she was very excited about her new room! We are so glad that Abby got to spend time with Kurt, Sarah and Sally.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Cluck Christmas

This weekend we celebrated the annual Cluck Christmas at Terri and Alan's house in Rogers. They recently finished a remodel on their kitchen and it looks amazing. Everyone cooked something for our early evening dinner and the food was great. Abby spent most of the afternoon playing with the other kids downstairs. She especially loved the trampoline! Daddy and mommy spent time upstairs with the adults. After dinner the kiddos opened their gifts and the adults played the traditional dirty Santa game. We all had a great time and Abby was worn out by the time we got home, she didn't make any fuss going to bed!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Happy New Years!

It's hard to believe another year has come to a close. Pop & Mumzie extended their trip and stayed with us for New Years! Abby was excited because she got to skip school the whole week and stay home with Pop & Mumz. Unfortunately, Abby, Pop and mommy were all very sick with a nasty cold for the whole week! Needless to say, none of us made it to see the ball drop as we were too sick and tired to stick it out. We did have fun with the silly hats and horns that mommy got. Abby passed them out for everyone and even shared with Ginger and Frodo. 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Mommy & Kurt's Birthday Party

Friday night we celebrated birthdays for mommy and uncle Kurt. Their birthdays are the 29th and 30th of December, so it's a good reason to get everyone together to celebrate and visit. Daddy made fajitas and as usual it was awesome. Grandma had left us homemade tamales so we ate those as well and everyone raved at how delicious they were. Abby was excited to see her all her cousins too! Abby and Sally opened their gifts to each other and ended up playing most of the time in Abby's room. The girls were very interested in the birthday cakes and each ate a whole piece to themselves. It was a great evening of family time!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

30 Week Update

The day after Christmas we were scheduled for the 3rd trimester sonogram to check on Allison's development. We went in around 8 and since Abby's school was closed we took her with us, she was excited to see pictures of her baby sister. The doctor informed us that Allison is doing great and is very healthy. She is measuring out to 34 weeks and we're only at 30 weeks!!! She's going to be a big baby girl! We are super excited that she's healthy and it seems the days are crawling by as we excitedly await her arrival! Just 10 weeks to go (more or less!).

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer