Cookies for Santa

Luke was on sprinkle duty - and he took his job very seriously!

This was one of my favorite cookies that he decorated. I really liked his "pile" technique with the chocolate sprinkles.

After decorating quite a few cookies, he began to ask if he could "taste" the sprinkles.

Of course!

Before I knew it, he was using the 1/4 teaspoon to scoop sprinkles into his mouth.

Some for Luke...

...and some for the cookies...

(please note: we didn't give away any cookies to friends or family - all the slobbery sprinkles that landed on the cookies were consumed by us and Santa. Just in case you were curious!)

and now, to taste the fruits of our labor!

mmmmmm! Finger lickin' good!!

Potty Training

Will we be able to conquer this feat over the holidays?? I wouldn't hold my breath...

The other day, Luke tried on his big boy undies (yes, Nemo undies with socks and shoes but no pants). He wore them for about 2 hours accident free! I kept asking him over and over if he needed to go and sit on the potty. His answer was always a very huffy "NO mommy!!"

Then all of a sudden, he ran over to me and exclaimed "Mommy, I pooped!". As it turns out, "poop" was really just pee... he completely saturated himself! At that point, it was bath time, so he just stripped down and went for a dip in the tub.

This incident does not give me much confidence for potty training, but I'm still gonna give it a whirl.

Any tips are greatly appreciated!!

Cravings

- BBQ + country cooking sides (aka: mac'n cheese, fried okra, mashed potatoes, etc.)
- scrambled eggs!!
- pistachios
- Izze Sparkling Blackberry
- hamburgers (Five Guys, preferably)
- ham and biscuits

and NO SWEETS!

Notice a theme? MEAT and salty things! That pretty much covers it! :)

I'm currently 13 weeks preggo and my belly is already waaaaaaay poking out! I took my first "belly pic" when I was preggo with Luke at 16 weeks... and there was really no belly to photograph! On this pregnancy, the belly is lots bigger, lots earlier. Total bummer!

As with pregnancy number one, this time around I'm feeling great and not sick at all! I'm already 100% convinced that it will be another boy. I can just feel it!

So, there's a quick update on ME! :)

Expanding the Fam (and my belly)

Luke is excited to be a big brother!

I'm currently 11 weeks preggo... due June 27th (a month before Luke turns 3).

We are all so, so, so excited!!

Thanksgiving 2010

(a little catch up...)

Luke ate sweet potato casserole, more sweet potato casserole, one bite of turkey, a deviled egg, then more sweet potato casserole. :)