What's It?

So, now we know what we're having! Aren't you so excited to find out? I know you are!
We decided to tell our families for Christmas, and wanted to do it creatively. So, Elisha designed these shirts. First we arrived at the McCullough's (Elisha's fam). Mom saw Elisha's shirt, only after long conversation, and Dad saw Jason's, but neither saw the opposite shirt. That naturally made for some great confusion. After sorting it out, we showed the correct shirt (still not telling you). Christmas day we visited the Kendall family (Jason's side). Mom didn't see either shirt, but brother, Jeremy and friend Brandon, did. They kept trying to tell mom to look, but she kept on conversing. Finally she saw Jason's BOY shirt, and started to cry. She was forced to look at Elisha's GIRL shirt. Torturing was easy, but we finally gook off the pink GIRL shirt to show: it's a BOY!
We are naturally super excited, even Jason, as he really wanted a girl.
Congrats to Elisha's sister, Zjani, who is due the end of June and is also having a boy!

Belly's UP!

I guess we are really beginning to see a baby bump. It seems really obvious depending on the outfit Elisha wears. I really like being able to see some actual progress besides the Ultrasound which we had done recently. That's a story for a different post. Hopefully the baby will start kicking hard enough for me to feel it. So far Elisha thinks she has felt it move, but she's not sure.

You're invited!!!!

This Wednesday night we are hosting a game night at our place. We will be serving Jason's Christmas bonus (ham), and everyone reading this is invited to come. This is a family event in which we will be playing an assortment of games which may include Killer Bunnies, Kill Doctor Lucky, Category 5, Hand and Foot, Farkle, Nurse, Werewolves (if enough people come) or whatever game you would like to bring.

Oh yeah, and it's New Year's Eve, so I guess if you feel that you need an excuse to come you have one. This isn't a New Year's party; you are free to leave whenever you want, and you won't be required to kiss anybody you don't want to, unless it's part of a game. This would be a perfect activity to do before going out and freezing at First Night, or after you've already been frozen and decided that fireworks just aren't that worth it.

If you would like to join us we will be prepared to accept visitors some time around 5. You can come by anytime after that. Call Elisha or Jason for directions. You're welcome to bring a friend or family including kids. An RSVP isn't required, but it wouldn't hurt. If you come it would help if you bring a party snack to share, i.e. chips and salsa, dip, shrimp, buffalo wings, candy, drinks, or whatever. You should also bring your favorite game.

Christmas at my childhood house...

This Christmas my brother decided to decorate his house with all of our childhood decorations. He did this because he is so excited to become an uncle and he knew that I would love to see all of the decorations that were so important to our Christmases. I was very touched by this; it really made this Christmas very special.

Obviously this is the tree. You can't really see them too well but the bigger ornaments were hand painted by my mom and her sister for my first Christmas.

The Santa train was also painted by my mom and aunt, and it has been in our home for nearly every Christmas.
The candy cane and stockings were the last part of the set. The stockings are my favorite part. They have our names painted on them. It's hard to see, but the picture has Santa and Rudolph in a hot air balloon. This has been and always will be my favorite Christmas decoration.



These pictures have nothing to do with my childhood decorations. I just wanted to take a picture of the outside of his house. The first one was taken with the flash on so you can see how crazy the snow was. I guess we really got a white Christmas. The second one was taken two seconds later without the flash. The lights were pretty cool, but the bushes are the best part: My brother trimmed them into little box shapes and then wrapped them with a bow! They looked so cool.

Another Week Another Belly Picture

So, here's Elisha...again. She's getting a bit tired of the weekly pic, but hopefully we see a change. If anything, the hair is different! We found out what we're having, and will post that after Christmas, ultrasounds and all. Thanks everyone for your input!

Christmas at Our House

So our families have never been able to come visit during the Christmas season, and mom (Karen) asked to take some pictures so that she can see how we decorate for the holidays.

This post is for you mom!
Obviously, this is our tree. It's two days before Christmas and we only have 3 presents under there. How cool! Next year we will have one more. (You know, for the baby).
This is the fireplace area. I really don't know why our stockings aren't hung with care when we have a fireplace. Jason bought the stuffed reindeer thing on clearance. Isn't it cute?


This is the front of our house. The huge inflatable decorations were bought the day after Christmas (Jason likes to buy things on clearance the day after Christmas), and since we have them Jason wanted to use them, even though our yard isn't big enough for them. The top picture was taken right at the beginning of our snow storm (note the snowflakes), the bottom was taken the next morning. I didn't really plan on the snow for decoration, but it certainly adds to the look.

Jason's Belly

So I've been spending so much time paying attention to Elisha's belly that I think I forgot about my own. I've done a really good job of putting on sympathy weight. I'm pretty sure I have gained at least ten pounds since we found out about the pregnancy. My reasoning for this is that I'm eating for three now (the baby, Elisha, and me) so that I can see how much food I need to be able to afford.

Elisha bought me this shirt last year for Christmas so that I would have something Christmas-y to wear for the holidays. When I decided to pull it out this year I realized how bad I've gotten. I guess I will have to save it for next year.

Don't worry, I won't subject you to a weekly picture of my belly. I'm sure that it won't change as rapidly as Elisha's. Maybe once a month or so. I am going to try to lose those new 10 pounds by the time the baby is born. Some of you already roll your eyes when you see me buying even more candy at the store. Now I am asking you to not only roll your eyes, but make me feel real bad about the purchase as well. I will probably still buy the candy, and get mad at you, but I will also appreciate the support.

For the record, the shirt was a little tight when I got it last year!