Christmas

Whew!  What a crazy couple of weeks!  Due to being VERY pregnant, we invited both of our families to come our way for Christmas.  My family came over Christmas, and Keith's family came just this past weekend.  With so many visitors, it would be fair to say that Kase received A LOT of attention.  Poor buddy was so distraught when each family left...how does one explain things like this to a toddler?

 I got my double stroller for Christmas, and Kase insisted on going for a walk around the house.  I think he's going to enjoy this stroller as much as I will!  He's pretty excited about "baby" sitting next to him in the stroller.  We'll see how excited he is when baby is actually here :) 

One of our nightly traditions for December 1-25 is our Jesse Tree.  It's something I read about on a blog and found some homemade ornaments online, one for each day.  Each ornament has a few Bible passages to go with it, and then a brief description of how it relates to Jesus and/or Christmas.  Kase usually lost interest after the first Bible verse or so, but we're hoping it'll be a fun tradition we can continue for years to come.

We opened gifts with our little family on Christmas night.  I think both Kase & Molly enjoyed their gifts!

"If you're excited about your presents, raise your hand!"

We got some new kicks,

new blankies

a new bed for Molls

 and a new tunnel/tent/ball pit which now takes over the majority of our living room.

Keith got an acoustic guitar and Kase got a blow-up guitar in his stocking.  Kase wanted to play his guitar just like his daddy, but wanted to only wear his diaper and new tennis shoes.  

 Like I mentioned, this past weekend was Sietstra Christmas.  Kase LOVED having his cousin Callie come to play at his house.  Callie was less thrilled with the photo attempt :)  But, it was late and both kiddos were ready for bed, so no one blames her for not wanting to take a picture.

Kase got a play guitar which he's in love with!

enjoying Auntie Karen's peanut butter balls!

So, we've survived a busy Christmas season.  Keith and I start work again on Wednesday (P.S. we LOVE Christmas break), so baby is welcome to come anyday now.  Tomorrow (Monday 31st) we're officially 38 weeks so it's fair to say that I'm large and ready to meet this baby!  Kase has been pretty consistent in thinking it's a baby sister, so we'll just have to wait and see.  Maybe we'll have the New Year's Baby!  Sounds like a good idea to me :)