The Christmas tree is up

Our Christmas tree is finally up, YAY. Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year so I am always so eager to get things started. I couldn't wait to put the tree up. We had been busy the past few weeks so it totally got delayed beyond my normal timeline.

I wanted to get the boys involved and make it a fun family event as I do. Tman was all about it, Jbird not so much in the beginning then he got really into it. It was so much fun to watch.

So here we are starting our little expedition. Hubby was not really motivated because he wanted to watch football instead of taking care of the tree, men I tell you. I was able to convince him to get things done, good thing I am a pretty convincing person

My mom and grandma came over to hang out as they do every Sunday so this was definitely a family event. I love having my family nearby.

Working on the tree with my boys, Tman the helper, Jbird the destroyer and bean in the belly :).

Tman was really into it while all Jbird wanted to do was eat the ornaments

Jbird was fascinated by Tman in action

Jbird was stealing all the ornaments on the tree after Tman would put them up, lol

Tman's favorite part was probably putting the star on the tree

Hubby helped him and you should have seen the look on his face. Unfortunately, Jbird shook the tree and the star fell so we decided to forgo that until Christmas day. A destroyer that Jbird I tell you

  After all our work we were finally done. A family pic was in order of course :)

Tman got a special ornament from his grandma and was super excited about putting it on the tree

Jbird attempting to put his ornament on the tree too

After we got the tree up, it was time for advent calendar fun. Tman was so excited once he realized that there was chocolate under those doors

We allowed Tman to help Jbird open his advent calendar and let me tell you it was happy happy joy joy. The boys really loved the advent calendar and the treat under the door.

This year I really got my stuff together. I mean I got my Christmas card ordered by the first week of December. Dude, I am loving how organized I am with things this year. I really like how they turned out, now to put them all in the mail in a timely fashion

Well, my favorite time of the year is here and we are ready to get this party started :). I am so excited for this Christmas, the boys are so going to enjoy themselves and it is such a treat to watch them enjoy every little thing.

I am so happy that the tree is up, it finally feels festive around here and I am loving it. Are you putting a Christmas tree up this year? Any fun tradition you are starting with your family?

Thanksgiving celebrations

I ate entirely way too much on Thanksgiving. My sister always hosts so we don't have to do anything but show up at her house, score.

The morning was relaxing, we woke up, made waffles and stuffed our faces. Then it was bath time followed by nap time and before we knew it, we had to get ready to go to my sister's house.This was my in-laws first Thanksgiving celebration in America. Unfortunately my poor father in law was not feeling well so he didn't join us for the festivities.

Before we left the house, we of course took a few pictures. I mean, my boys all looked decent so I had to capture that before they got all messy and crazy. Plus I did my hair and was feeling pretty sassy.

Almost 28 weeks with baby #3, can you believe that the 3rd trimester is here. Insanely good I know. My Jbird joined me for a belly pic. Look at that belly

Front view of the belly so don't do justice to it

I love this family picture, the boys aren't looking but they are actually smiling

After the mini photoshoot, we headed to my sister's house. We had such a good time at my sister's house. We spent the entire afternoon chatting away, enjoying some good food and just overall enjoying each others company.

Check out my nieces hanging out together (my sister's daughters and my brother's daughter)

My sister and my mother in law (I love that my in laws are here now and we get to hang out often)

Hubby and Jbird making faces, these two I tell you

My brother and my other sister all smiles

My grandma was there too of course, here she is hanging out with my brother and niece

Speaking of my niece, can you believe that she is 2 months old? She was the life of the party, so happy and alert and check out that bow

with my sister in law and our little ones. Check out how serious Jbird looks

Jbird was pointing at my niece saying "baby". PS - I am loving the way my hair turned out

My mom and the little princess who was passed out after a fun Thanksgiving celebration

I love my family, my brother, sisters, and hubby with Jbird

By the way, Jbird was attached to my hip most of the time. I not going to lie, as a working mom it's the best thing your child can possibly do. You don't get to spend every waking minute with them but they still want you just as much. I just love that.

Tman enjoyed the food for sure but his favorite was definitely the red velvet cupcakes

Me and my brother. Hello baby #3

Our attempt at a family picture, completely failed but we were all smiles. Love my family

The next morning I woke up to this beautiful sight, Tman and his daddy sleeping peacefully. This just warms my heart. Tman still sleeps in our bed, I know it's crazy but it works for us.

We had an awesome Thanksgiving celebration this year. I hope you did too. So thankful to have our family close by so that we can always celebrate together.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We have so much to be thankful for this year. God continues to pour abundant blessings on our family and we couldn't be more grateful and thankful. I am most thankful for my family and friends, my hubby, my Tman and Jbird, and more importantly, I am thankful for baby #3 growing strong and healthy.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, from our growing family to yours.

The weekend before Thanksgiving

I love the Holiday season, best time of the year if you ask me. This past weekend was spent recuperating from the last busy weekend we had traveling. We had absolutely no set plan but chill with family and it was glorious.

Speaking of family, my in-laws have officially moved here, YAY. Are we the luckiest or what? It's been a few years in the making but God has been good, they sold their house in England and moved here permanently. We are truly blessed with both sets of parents now living within minutes of us. Now you know why we keep popping those babies :). We are blessed with family nearby to help us raise these little rascalls.

On Saturday we went to the mall to get our shopping on. My mother in law came with me and the boys while my hubby and his father stayed at home to get caught up on all the sports stuff on TV.

My mother in law with the boys at the mall

 We ended up spending some time playing with trains in one of the kid store

 My boys were in heaven, I might have to get one of these for Christmas

 Even Jbird joined in on the fun

Sunday was spent at home relaxing, cleaning, taking naps together on the couch, watching lots of sports and just having a grand old time.

Hubby with a sleeping Jbird, aren't sleepy babies the best?

 A sleeping Tman, I love taking these kinds of pics

When everyone was, the boys put together a bookcase. Tman really wanted to help. I love this age, I swear, he is so super helpful and always wants to fun things with his dad

 I mean it was a family affair

Jbird with the final product, he was not helping at all but just destroying things but who can resist that super happy face

Jbird with his grandma smiling away, they are getting to know each other really well

My sweet second boy who just turned 15 months by the way

 My sweet first boy making faces instead of smiling

I cannot wait to meet my third boy. I day dream about who he is going to look like, who he is going to be like, how well he is going to get along with his brother and I just know that he will fit so perfectly in our family. Hopefully he is a good sleeper like Jbird.

We had an awesome easy weekend and I am looking forward to the short week and Thanksgiving celebrations. Hope you all had a great weekend too.

Girls weekend in VA Beach

You guys, I've been non-stop these past weekends. What can I say, I am trying to do as much as humanely possible before baby #3 gets here because let's face it is way easier to travel with a belly than a little baby.

This past weekend, my friends L, C, and I traveled to VA Beach to visit our friend HJ who moved there earlier this year. I've known these girls for more than 13 years, and we've been together through College, engagements, weddings, baby making and so many life changes. I heart these girls.

Before I left early Saturday, I took my belly pic and my Tman was awake and wanted to be part of it. This boy of mine I tell you, he has a mind of his own. Jbird was still sleeping and didn't participate in the festivities. Jbird sleeps until 9am on the weekend, I know, don't hate me. He is a perfect like that. 

26 weeks with baby #3, with my big boy in tow

 I love this boy of mine, he is so sweet

It was a quick little weekend getaway so we tried to make the most of it. We didn't go to bed until 2am that night. We had so much fun

Me and HJ at lunch

We had lunch at this awesome all you can eat sushi place, the food was good I tell you

Me and my girls at lunch time

The view from our room, deserted beach what up

 hehehe, who doesn't like a good selfie on our balcony with the beach in the background

Though it was a girls weekend, we did have dinner with HJ's new boyfriend. We were so excited to finally meet him that we broke the no boys allowed rule of the weekend.

The next day, we chilled, had breakfast and checked out the beach. It was not a bikini kind of beach weather but it was warm enough that we didn't need jackets. Can't ask much for a November beach trip. Here we are getting ready to walk around

 Us with King Neptune, VA Beach style

Walking back from the beach

No one wanted to be part of my bathroom selfie, who can blame them

Before we hit the road we of course took this awesome selfie :). Me and my girls. So blessed to have these awesome friends in my life. Can't believe that we've been friends for more than 13 years.

I am so happy that we were able to take this little road trip and enjoy some girly time. I love that my husband is always so sweet and ready to watch the boys so that I can spent some time with my girlfriends.

This was my last solo trip before baby #3 and I totally made the most of it. Bring on our trip to Houston next month with the boys. Our last trip before baby #3. Hope you guys had an awesome weekend too.