Two Christmas Miracles

On Saturday, we took Lilya to the children's museum. There is an ice skating rink and fake snow made out of white confetti, arts and crafts, and many toys to play with. Santa Clause was there too. This was the third time we have seen him. We saw him at the mall for Thanksgiving; she only waved from a distance. We saw him again at the mall about 2 weeks ago. She went to see him then but wouldn't speak and sat on her daddy's lap. Yesterday, we let her see Santa all on her own. This Santa had candy canes; Lilya is easily persuaded with candy. It took about 30 minutes or so but she finally got on his lap. Great Christmas card picture, just a few weeks late. We then went to let her ride the carousel at the mall, always a Lilya favorite. She rode the spinning cup of course with our friend Ali, then she decided to get on with her daddy for 3 more rides. Let me explain this one too. Lilya does not ride the animals at all, only the spinning cup or the bench. I was sitting on the bench waiting for Lilya and Roger to come around and was pleasantly surprised; Lilya was on a horse. I found out that Roger told her that she could be a big girl like Oscar and ride a horse and then we would send him a picture to surprise him. Apparently that's all it took. My child grew up to be a big girl all in one day.

Lilya's Cooking for Christmas this year

Last year for Christmas, Lilya got a cooking set with food, menu, plates, napkins, an apron, the whole nine yards. We are bad parents though because we hid it in the closet and didn't let her play with it. There are probably 100 pieces. She found it this week so we decided she could play with it. Got to entertain her somehow. She is a good hostess. She takes your order, cooks your food, brings everything to you, and even offers to get you more. Think we are going to let her cook for Christmas this year.

Pictures of Baby Jaubert

We had an ultrasound today to check on the little one. He/She is doing great. Just thought I would share the pics since these are better than the ones they take at 18 weeks. We will be having another ultrasound on Jan 5th. We will keep everyone posted.

Oscar comes back to Calhoun

Chris, Jessica, and Oscar arrived in Calhoun the week of Thanksgiving. They stayed with us from Monday to Thursday. We enjoyed having them there and Oscar and Lilya enjoyed playing with each other...sometimes. We had a birthday party for Oscar on Tuesday to celebrate his 2nd birthday. His birthday is Dec 19th, but since we never get to have a party with him, we decided to have one while they were visiting. The birthday theme was Cars since he watches the movie 30 times a day. Lilya had no idea what that was and now we have to watch it as well and play the "Life is a Highway" song over and over. Thanks Oscar. We had Thanksgiving dinner after the party. Roger and I enjoyed our meal while Jessica gave us a lecture on the stirofoam plates we used for dinner. We took the kids to the park Wednesday morning since it was warm outside and we needed to let them run off some energy. Of course Oscar went for the swings while Lilya stayed on the slide and ran around the bushes playing hide and seek with her daddy. Roger wasn't feeling too great that morning (think it was the whiskey from the night before); but Lilya caught him trying to catch a nap on the park bench. It was sad to see them go on Thursday morning. We had a great time and already miss them.

Halloween in da hood

Sunday night we enjoyed Halloween in Cottonport. For those of you who don't know what da hood is; it is the area in which my mom along with 3 of her sisters (Lisa, Gail, and Nicole) and a few of my cousins (Sarah, Renee, and Rachel) live. It is a very interesting place, lots of excitement, tons of drama, you should all at least go for a weekend. For Halloween, we all met up at Lisa's house to start our hayride; we had 2 trailers and 5 golf carts full of trick-or-treaters. We only trick-or-treated down the gravel road, but that took us at least 2 hours. We had lots of fun though. We also crossed over to go to Bully and Gail's to see Chris and Kim's new baby. Alli Elizabeth. I think everyone was dressed up;grown-ups more than kids. Gail was Little-Bo-Peep, Nicole was Tinker Bell, Lisa was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Roger was Goofy, and I was "Miss My Period". Lilya wouldn't dress up, so she just wore her halloween shirt and skirt. She would not ride with me and Roger on our cart either. She stayed with Camille "Coyote" (long story) the entire night. Lilya ate candy the enitre ride and Camille ate on the glow stick. Afterwards, we went back to Lisa's for supper and the saints game. We had a wonderful time in da hood. Think Lilya would stay if we would let her. Check out Laura and Clay, on Saturday night they went to a party. She was Flo from Progressive insurance and he was Billy the Exterminator (Vexcon). They were awesome. She won first prize in the contest. Hope you all had an interesting Halloween, we did.

Lilya at the Pumpkin Patch

Sunday we took Lilya to the pumpkin patch after church. I was very surprised she keep her dress on that long. She had a great time. There were a lot of pumpkins this year, especially really big ones that she thought she could pick up. There was a pumpkin carved out of wood too that the kids (and grown-ups) could stand behind and take a picture. She thought this was really fun, so did her daddy. I also took a picture with Lilya at the pumpkin. Had to post it for my cousin Erica. She says I never put pics of me and Lilya on our blog. Really didn't want to now, already feel big and pregnant. Sorry don't think you can see the belly in this picture though. Lilya was being silly of course and running (as always) everywhere. We ended up with a very tall pumpkin. We have ideas for carving. Plan on doing that this Sunday. We will send you pics of our awesome carving! Happy Halloween.