Snow Day

Today we had our first snow this winter. We knew the weather was going to get bad so we brought our laptops home with us, thinking we could do some work too. Abby's school was closed as we anticipated. Since Jennifer is so close to going into labor we've tried to stay calm so we don't have to venture out of the house for a delivery. Jennifer is seriously concerned there wouldn't be an anesthesiologist on call! Abby was very excited that snow was on the ground and immediately asked if we could go outside to build a snowman. So we headed outside to see if there was enough snow on the ground. Of course there wasn't and it was very icy snow anyway, but we still had lots of fun playing in the snow and throwing snow balls!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Happy Valentine's Day!

This Valentine's Day daddy took Abigail to get donuts for breakfast. She picked out pink donuts and baby donuts (donut holes) and brought some home for mommy too! The day was mild and sunny so we had a "tea party" outside in the afternoon. Abby enjoyed being hostess for us and poured the tea and made sure neither of us had empty teacups. That evening Abby went to Papa and BB's so mommy and daddy could enjoy a nice date night. It will probably be our last before Allison gets here! 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Allison's Room

Wow! Jennifer is now 37 weeks, which means Allison is full term. We are so excited that D-Day is getting closer. We've finally finished up Allison's room too, so all we're left to do is wait for her to make her grand entrance. As usual Ginger joined us for the photo op, plus she loves the rug in Allison's room.  We went in for the weekly check up today and Jennifer is already dilated at 2.5 centimeters. We were shocked because it's much faster progress than it was with Abigail. The doctor said he may be seeing us before our appointment next week!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Party & Painting

Abby's friend, Reagan, celebrated her 4th birthday on Saturday at Southern Glaze. All the kiddos got to pick out their very own "coin bank" to paint in whatever design they wanted. Their finished pieces are then fired and glazed as a souvenir of the day. Of course, Abby loves painting and crafts so this was perfect for her. She chose the princess castle and painted it pink, purple and red. The only thing she didn't like about the party was that she couldn't take her castle home the same day. We have to wait a couple weeks before we can pick it up and bring it home. By then, it'll be a nice surprise for her!

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

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