Let it Snow!!

(I am getting to Christmas, I promise. These two post were just ones that I had started before Christmas and thought I should post now!) We had a pretty big snow storm about a week and a half ago. So big that our ward Christmas party got canceled that night and also church the next day. The funny thing is yesterday at church they made the comment that they had canceled church the week before because we had over a foot of snow and now it feels like spring (most of the snow is gone and over the weekend we got into the 50's)! We decided to take Aspyn out in it and see if we could do anything with it. Unfortunately it was pretty powdery so there wasn't much you could do with it. Here are some pictures of what we did do with it though.

Here is Aspyn all bundled up and ready to go out. She was so excited to go play in the snow, she had a different opinion after all the cold though.

Here she is on the sidewalk that had kind of be shoveled.

She really wanted to get in the snow and so Josh put her in it. This picture shows 2 things, how much snow there is and how much Aspyn really didn't like being in it!
Here is her footprints in the snow, I thought they looked pretty cool.

We did some walking around, luckily Josh and I have some pretty good boots so it was easy for us. Aspyn at the time didn't have any boots so Josh carried her a lot (she now has boots but there's no snow so maybe later she can walk in it).

Here is Daddy and Aspyn in a little wooded area by our building.

After we walked around for a while Aspyn decided she needed to go potty so we had to go inside and get all the layers off her so she could go. She then wanted to go back outside so we had to bundle her up again. Here she is with her "snowball" (just some snow she picked up saying it was a ball).

We decided to brush off our car so that it wouldn't freeze to it overnight and be easier the next day to drive. Aspyn wanted to help but struggled holding the scraper with her mittens on.

Here she is scraping the snow off of the car.

Then Daddy discovered that the snow that had been shoveled was kind of good for making a snowman with. He made a little one and moved it over to our patio so Aspyn could see it, she was pretty sad when he melted. This is them building the snowman, I forgot to get one of the finished product.

We have some neighbors that have some bird feeders that they keep stocked at all times. It's fun to see all the birds (and squirrels) that come and eat there. These birds were not bothered at all by the snow.

Or were they bothered by the fact that we were out playing in the snow about 15 feet from them.

Belly Shots!!

Here are some belly shots for those that want to see. This is me at 24 weeks, I am a little slow putting this up because I am now 27 weeks (only 13 weeks to go)!

While we were taking pictures Aspyn decided that she wanted in on them too. So, I asked her where her baby sister was and this is what she did.

If you can't tell she is putting her hand on her stomach because she thinks that her baby sister is in her tummy, not mommy's. So we decided to do a side by side shot of us together.

I think I win for biggest tummy!! She's pretty insistent that the baby is in her tummy though. When she gets the hiccups she will put her hand on her tummy and say, "Oh, baby sister is kicking me!" She is one funny little girl!

Finally, an update!!

I finally did it! I buckled down and blogged about what we have been doing this last month. I would have done it sooner but every time I get some time it is during Aspyn's nap time and when I put her down I usually like to try and take a nap too. So, that's why I have been slacking. But I have made up for it in all the post I have done today!! Enjoy!!

Drumroll Please....

We had our big ultrasound last Friday and we know what we are having!! Despite what Aspyn thinks she is getting a little Sister!! We are so excited to have another girl and can't wait to see her. She is such a little mover. During the ultrasound she put on a little show for us moving all over the place, kicking her legs, trying to get her thumb in her mouth (she was a little off and we could see her trying to suck but her thumb we up by her nose), and just generally moving all over the place. We actually only got a quick glimpse that she was a girl but the tech. said she saw it so we are happy with that. Here are a few pictures we got of her, they aren't the best because they are pictures of pictures but that's okay.
Here you can see her hand really well.
This is the picture of her trying to suck her thumb
We got some got pictures of her despite her moving so much.

Washington D.C.

For Fall Break we decided to go to Washington D.C. for our 5th Anniversary. We were able to drop Aspyn off at my sister's house in Delaware to spend a couple of days with her cousins and she had a blast. We had so much fun and it was such a nice break. We did so much, went and saw the capitol and supreme court building, went to the Library of Congress, three Smithsonian museums (Air and Space, Natural History, and American History), walked down to the White House, saw the momuments at night, and then to finish off the trip we went and did a session at the beautiful Washington D.C. Temple. Again, we had so much fun!! I can't wait to go back again and see more. We took so many pictures I just decided to put them in a slide show (this is just a few of the good ones.)

Halloween!!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year because we finally got Aspyn to understand the holiday. We went to our wards chili cook-off/truck or treat and then came home and carved our pumpkins. Aspyn loved dressing up and loved getting candy even moreShe started "flying" around the room the minute I put her wings on. She was so funny.

She wanted me to take a shot of her wings.

This is the face she gave me when I said to smile like Tinkerbell. Super Cute!!

Here is one more good shot that I got of her. It took me a while to get her to stop flying around the room to take this.

Carving pumpkins with Daddy.

Here is Aspyn "helping" draw a face on the pumpkin. She kept telling Daddy that she wanted the pumpkin to have a funny face.

The finished product.

Aspyn wanted her picture taken by the pumpkins.

Happy Birthday!!

In October, Josh had a Birthday!! He now feels very old. I had a hard time trying to tell Aspyn that it was Daddy's birthday, not hers. She sang Happy Birthday all day and loved when I let her call Daddy on the phone to tell him Happy Birthday. He had a great Birthday.

State Parks

We took a couple of Saturdays to explore some of the sites that are close to us. The first one was Princeton Battlefield. There was a really important battle that was fought here during the revolutionary war that I would go into more detail but I don't want to bore all you out there. If your interested all you have to do is google it. It was really pretty and so we got some great pictures of the colored leaves and Aspyn running around.

This is the house that was on the property during the battle that was used as a hospital for both the Americans and the British.

Aspyn in front of a marker telling about a General the died during the battle. There are a lot of things around here that named after him.

A shot of the battlefield

Another shot of the battlefield.

These columns have been moved three times (originally from Philadelphia) and now stand in front of the grave where several soldiers are buried.

Aspyn and Josh standing on the steps. Aspyn loved going up and down the steps and we passed it the other day and she saw it wanted to go up the steps again.

Here is the grave marker.

The next weekend we went to a place called Rockingham. It is the house that George Washington was staying when he found out the war was over. We learned so much there, very interesting place to visit just not too kid friendly. Aspyn did great but we probably wouldn't take her there again. I couldn't take any pictures inside so I just got a couple of the outside.
We saw this guy on our way there on the side of the road eating. We stopped to take pictures of him and he looked up at me while I took them, didn't move at all the whole time.
Rockingham, the house.
Aspyn outside in the rain. She saw me taking pictures and wanted one of her taken. She had fun once we got out jumping in the puddles.

Carnegie Lake

Last Saturday we went to Carnegie Lake. It was very pretty and we (meaning me) took a lot of pictures so I thought I would just put them in a slide show for you to see. Somethings about it are the fact that you never see any ducks in New Jersey, only geese (and they are really loud geese), this is the trail that Josh takes when he rides his bike to school, very pretty ride, and Aspyn spent most of time throwing rocks and sticks into the water and riding daddy like a horse (she is also on a skirt kick and we have a hard time getting her to wear pants these days). So, here are the pictures, enjoy the beauty of New Jersey!

Aspyn...

has a new shirt she wants to show everyone!!

Before the move!!

Here are some pictures that I found on my camera that are pretty cute. I meant to blog about them before we moved but just got too busy!! So, here they are now.

Here is Aspyn and her cousin Maddie at my little brother homecoming. They had the same dress on so we had to take pictures of them.

This was one day this summer after we come home from swimming. Josh was making chili mac while I was showering and Aspyn was "helping". She helped herself right into the chili can.

In this picture you can see her dirty fast and hand a little better. She really likes her chili!

We had family pictures on my side of the family a couple of weeks before we moved. We went down to my sisters so that I could get my hair down and Aspyn was feeling a little left out. So my niece put curlers in her hair and put her under the dryer.

She loved them so much!! She actually cried when we took them out of her hair. She thought she looked pretty good with them in!!

Here is the after, she doesn't quite have enough her to get it to work well with the curler in quite yet. Maybe someday!!