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! 

Florida Keys

There was no Black Friday shopping for us this year, we woke up early Friday morning and headed straight to the Keys!

We enjoyed lunch on the water of course and it was delicious!  We had seafood, seafood, seafood of course!  And Benjamin enjoyed his 1st virgin pina colada!  

 Then we stopped at Robbie's Marina in Islamorada Key to feed the tarpon, shop around and enjoy the beach a bit.  It was so much fun!  Unfortunately  Benjamin wanted his pacifier all day since he was not exactly feeling 100% yet.  I cut all of the nipples on them  and am determined to get rid of it this month, luckily he only uses it at night or when he is not feeling well.

 

And stopped at a fruit stand where we enjoyed the most delicious key lime milkshakes and Benjamin and his cousin Annah got to feed animals and enjoy Benjamin's favorite thing these days-big trucks (or tractors!)

Such a fun trip to the Keys!

Thanksgiving Day

Benjamin woke up Thanksgiving Day feeling less than great and ended up with an ear infection and 102 fever that afternoon.  He felt a little better after Tylenol and ear drops so he did play outside for a few minutes but later that afternoon he fell asleep on me at the dinner table and was pretty much miserable the rest of the day.  I hate seeing Benjamin so miserable and luckily he was feeling better by Saturday morning.

 We did manage to sneak in some family photos that afternoon.

 But Benjamin was just not in the mood.

 And was much happier inside on the couch reading books and snuggling.

Thanksgiving Feast

On Wednesday Auntie A and I joined Benjamin and his class for their Thanksgiving Feast.  It was so cute to see Benjamin interact with all of his friends that we hear so much about at home. 

And then we headed to the airport that afternoon to catch our flight to Florida.  Benjamin and I had some fun in the airport with a few selfies to pass the time. 

 

And desipite an hour and a half delay Benjamin did awesome!  We were well prepared with lots of new stickers, books, toys and snacks and this super fun Olaf spin sucker that Benjamin spotted in the airport.  It was a long day for all of us and we were all super excited to finally get to Florida around 9:30.