Long time!

I know, it's been a while since I've written, so I'll try to catch y'all up with our little world! We had a wonderful Christmas, and visited my parents for 5 whole days! It was nice to have a break and have someone to watch Matthew a little. My brother and his wife also came up for a few days which was a lot of fun too.

January was quite interesting! Brett had a business trip with his job, and was in Chicago for 5 days-- you know the week when it was -10 degrees? Needless to say, he was happy to come home to our 45 degree weather!

We are now on week 32 of baby Tooley #2. This pregnancy has gone by SOOOO fast, and no, we still haven't picked a name yet! Once we are 100% sure, we'll spread the word!

Because our house didn't end up selling, Brett said I could do a few things to the house-- so I've been trying to get some stuff done before the baby's here (because I know it won't happen after that!)

We've had a great start to the new year, and are looking forward to April =)

for those of you who are curious what I do (besides being a mommy)....

The first Sunday in December was our annual Children's Christmas musical. This weekend is all musical-- set up, dress rehearsal, pure craziness! But everything went well, and Brett and I got home Sunday evening and ordered a pizza at 9:30 at night to celebrate! Here's a pic of the kids =)

Day at the trains

Brett, Matthew and I went to Northpark on Monday for a fun day of shopping, and checking out the cool trains! Matthew was fascinated and kept looking at everything around him-- it was really neat!








My two handsome guys (it'll be 3 handsome guys in less than 4 months!)

Baby Jesus has been washed!

That's right-- Matthew is fascinated with the dishwasher, and loves carrying baby Jesus from our nativity set around the house. So when you combine the two, look what happens!

I was emptying the dishwasher yesterday, and found Matthew's little gift!

You can tell what happens to the stain and varnish when it's thrown in the dishwasher!


The culprit =)

It's official! we're having a.....

We're having a boy! We found out tonight and announced it with a few close friends and family. 2 Boys! I hope they'll grow up to be best friends. Now we're going to begin thinking of names-- if you have any suggestions, let me know!

a great weekend

Brett and I left Matthew with Nana and Grandpa this weekend and had a weekend all to ourselves. Besides preteen camp (which doesn't count, because we gave up one baby for 80 preteens), this is the first time we've had a weekend to ourselves since Matthew was born!!! Way overdue. I started Friday with getting a manicure and pedicure at coldwater creek spa, and then picked Brett up from work. We stayed at the Omni Mandalay all weekend, and had a great time hanging out, eating, shopping, having breakfast at the arboretum, and then he took me to the symphony Saturday night-- all Disney music! We had a wonderful time =).

Fall Festival

I have a few pics to post from our fall festival last week. (thanks to Leann!) Our camera is broken, and we bought an $8 one at Walgreen's that I haven't developed yet. Matthew went as a pirate this year (I called him my pirate baby when I was pregnant with him). Brett wanted Star Wars again, but conceded because we did Yoda last year!