Christmas Cookies!

Last Tuesday we decorated Christmas cookies for Santa.  We heard Santa likes sugar cookies with sprinkles, so that is what we made!

Benjamin was an excellent cookie decorator and also an excellent taste tester!

Zoo Lights!

Sunday evening we went to Zoo Lights, just like last year, only this year we went with GiGi and Popi and Aunt Matt, and we had so much fun!  Just as we were headed out the door to meet everyone for dinner Benjamin started to run a little fever so we gave him some Tylenol and luckily he was able to sleep in the car on the way to dinner since he didn't take a nap earlier in the day.  It was a very long day with no nap but Benjamin was a trooper and wanted to walk most of the way through Zoo Lights.  I think his favorite part was seeing the elephants before it got really dark.

Despite how we all look in these pictures, we really did have a great time!

School Pictures

I have been feeling less than stellar this week so I haven't posted much but I woke up this morning feeling back to 100%, thankfully, just in time for lots of holiday festivities!  Benjamin took Christmas pictures at school and they turned out so cute!

There are a few other poses, but this is my favorite by far!  My sweet baby looking so grown up! 

Weekend Recap

We had a very exciting weekend!  Saturday we bought a new car, a Ford Explorer and I am loving all of the space that we have now and I know the 3rd row seating will come in handy once little brother comes along and we have 2 car seats in the second row.  Car buying took up most of the day for us Saturday but Benjamin had a blast spending time with Poppy while we shopped. 



And Sunday we took a trip to Home Depot, one of Benjamin's favorite stores, to shop for Pergola supplies and drano followed by a trip to Target.  Hopefully the Pergola is up in time for Benjamin's birthday party. 

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Last week we got to take a peek at baby Grissom #2...

 

And found out that we are having a BOY!  Most importantly though, everything looks perfect and is growing perfectly.  And growing he is, right now he is measuring in the 87th percentile whereas Benjamin at this age was measuring in the 44th percentile.  Good thing I am having another c-section! =)  He has been very active and was moving all around during the ultrasound, but stopped to suck his thumb for a bit just long enough so that we could take a good profile picture.  Benjamin is excited to be getting a baby brother, but for the next 4 months I am going to soak up all of the alone time that I can with my sweet boy.

Baking Cookies

Monday night Benjamin and I "baked" christmas cookies, as in, we took them out of the package and placed them on a cookie sheet. =) 

 

And then we waited patiently for them to bake.  The hardest part of cookie making by far!  

 

Festival of Lights

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!  We spent the weekend finishing putting up our Christmas decorations and putting  lights on the outside of the house and it looks so festive everywhere, I just love it!  And to get in the Christmas spirit a little more, Saturday morning we took Benjamin to see Santa in our neighborhood and spent Saturday night with MawMaw and Aunt Matt in Galveston at Moody Gardens Festival of Lights.

Ready to see Santa in Christmas attire of course!

And not so ready for picture taking that evening at Moody Gardens!  This was the best picture we could get and thanks to the flash Benjamin closed his eyes for every picture!