Baby #3

We had our first ultrasound yesterday and the doctor determined our due date to be August 7, 2009. It was funny, because the lady referred to the baby as a "gummy bear". I never thought of it that way but at this stage it really does look like a squishy little gummy bear. The boys are getting excited and know what is going on now. They are both hoping it is a sister... Austin is really excited that the baby might be born on cousin Ryan's birthday! I would post pictures, but they are not that great- just imagine a blurry black and white image of a gummy gear- now it's almost as though you have seen the picture!

Christmas Cheer

Christmas was great this year! The boys were absolutely adorable- really getting the whole thing this year. Nathan told Drea on the phone- "Santa came... there's present EVERYWHERE... everywhere!" Pretty cute. It was also really nice to spend Christmas at home this year- our first ever! Plus, we had Grandmas here- which was a real treat. She is such a work-aholic and worked with Brandon to install a new kitchen sink and file out the top layer of all of my kitchen grout to get the dirt that was sealed in by the previous dirty owners. LOTS of work! I am so grateful- everything looks great! Plus, while she was here she played with the boys, cooked, cleaned- even did all of the laundry for the week. It was a real treat for me and the boys loved the visit too! Thank you Grandma!

Santa Claus is coming to town

Austin's preschool had a little breakfast with Santa today for all of the classes. During the breakfast Santa walked around and chatted with the kids. Afterwards, we waited to get our pictures taken. Both boys were excited and no tears from them... although there were quite a few other kids who screamed and cried. I got very sad when the "Santa's" grandchild came up and didn't even recognize him- reminds me of our own Santa who we lost last Christmas. Papa loved to dress up as Santa and fool the grandkids. We miss you... woo didn't intend for this post to go that way. But, this is going to be a tough first Christmas without him.

The things Nathan says...

This week Nathan has had a few memorable quotes...

We were driving and my mom says "Nathan aren't the mountains pretty with all of the snow?" Nathan's reply..."No, Mommy is pretty." Ahhh, melt my heart! Then I was combing his hair for the day and Nathan says, "I need mirror." So, he steps up on his stool in the bathroom and peeks into the mirror and says, "I cute, I so cute." Yes, you are baby!

Snow Day!

The last few days have been icy cold. It snowed on Monday but melted as soon as it touched anything. Today though was a different story. It was snowing for several hours today and began to stick outside- we didn't get blankets but it's still been a pretty cool day!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving

Drea came for a visit this past weekend and whenever she visits it makes me miss her even more when she is gone. Because her visit was so close to Thanksgiving we postponed our big family meal... yum, was it worth the wait?! The boys had a great time visiting with their Aunt Drea and wished she didn't have to leave. We love you Drea and hope you can come back soon!

Christmas is coming

Every year the kids get bigger and Christmas gets more fun. Austin is having so much fun in pre-school making ornaments and "surprises" for us. Nathan keeps asking, "Where's Tanta?" I must say that tree decorating was a lot of fun this year, since both of the boys participated. The tree had a lot of ornaments on the bottom rows, but they have slowly been moved around and are starting to look more even. I must say that our "big" 6 1/2 foot tree looked much bigger last year. This new house makes it look midget size... Can't wait to hit the after Christmas sales to try and pick a big one up- and of course that means more ornaments... yeah! I love Christmas decorations. Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!

Good news!

We just wanted to share with our friends and family that the Quaid's are expecting another Quaid. Yes, we are just as shocked as you are! We are just barely pregnant and don't even know a due date yet, but we couldn't keep the good news to ourselves. We will keep you all posted as we find out the details... and yes, we will let you know if the baby is expected to be a boy or a girl. I know everybody is hoping for a girl but this time I am ready for when they tell me it is a boy... we have a pretty strong family track record!