Mary Joyce's 3rd Birthday Party!

20 Weeks!

Yesterday marked the 20 week point in my pregnancy. Here is the most recent tummy picture...

Recent Random Photos

Christmas Parade--Florida Style!

7 Random Things

I just found out that my friend Kim tagged me for a meme, and since I'm playing catch-up with the blog right now and waiting on some pictures to upload to Photobucket, this seems to be the perfect time...

The Rules
1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write 7 random things about yourself.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post.

7 Random Things:

1. We are having Mary Joyce's 3rd birthday party tonight (the actual birthday is on the 16th), and most of the prep work is already done. The party is at 6, and it isn't even 2 yet.

2. I was pretty sure even before the ultrasound that our coming baby was a boy because this pregnancy has been very different than my last one.

3. I don't know if I will ever completely get used to Florida weather in December, but I do enjoy it!

4. I never think I will be able to come up with enough random facts to complete these memes, but somehow I usually do.

5. I finally got started on Christmas cards yesterday. They might actually get mailed within a reasonable time frame.

6. I can get more done around the house in the one hour that Sesame Street is on TV than at any other time of the day.

7. Chet and I are both reality TV fans. Favorites include "Amazing Race," "Survivor," "American Idol," and "So You Think You Can Dance."

TAG! The following friends have been tagged to do this on their blogs! :) (And, as usual, Kim has tagged a couple of people I would have tagged, so let me see if I can come up with 7):

1. Jen

2. Karen

3. Aimee

4. Susan (Ting Ting's Mom--Kylie's mom Susan was tagged by Kim)

5.Dana

6.Mendy

7. Shelley

Our First Purchase for Baby Boy

Chet and I went Christmas shopping last night, and I'm glad to say that we made a huge dent in the amount of shopping we had left. While we were at Target, we made our first purchase of a baby boy item. Aren't these adorable little shoes?

A Visit with Santa

Here is this year's Santa picture. Mary Joyce was SO excited to see Santa this year. She's been talking about it for 2 weeks now, and when we got there, she went running to him and jumped up in his lap. She was much happier than the picture shows. She kept smiling between the photographer's shots. Katherine, on the other hand, was exactly as happy as the picture shows, meaning not at all!

It's a...

BOY!!!!!

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Here are today's pictures of our little boy, Howard Malcom. (We are planning to call him "Malcom.") Howard is Chet's first name, and was also his dad's and grandfather's first name. Malcom is a family last name from my side of the family, and it is spelled without the second "l." (For the record, I'm not posting the "It's a boy!" photo, but I will email it to family and any close friends who would like to see it.)

Profile:


His "Alien" Picture:


Cute Little Baby Foot:

Thanksgiving Trip Pictures

Our Trip to Georgia

We had a great Thanksgiving trip to Georgia to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. The trip was a whirlwind, from Wednesday to Saturday, but we made the most of the short time we had. Thanksgiving Day was spent at Chet's sister's house, where Chet (with the assistance of his brother-in-law, Wade) fried a turkey for the first time. It turned out very yummy. Somehow, most of the pictures I actually made that day had to do with the turkey. Not my best photography effort, I'm afraid. On Friday, we met my parents (who were at my sister's in Atlanta) and my sister for lunch. Then, on our way home, we stopped by to visit with our south Georgia friends who were such a big part of our lives when we lived there, and who we really do miss. All-in-all, a good trip! Pictures in the next thread...