We will miss you, Baga

As many of you know, Kirtis' dad passed away unexpectedly on December 6th. We have broken hearts, but we feel at peace because we know that our family is in God's hands. He was such a good man and will be greatly missed by his family and many friends. He was such a great father-in-law to me, and grandpa to our kids. (They called him "Baga") When my dad passed, I was especially grateful to have him in our lives.
Thanks to so many of you who have done so much for our family. We can't even begin to tell you how much your love and support has meant to Kirtis and Kristi and our family at this time.

It feels like time has stood still. It's hard to believe it's the 18th of Dec. Avery's birthday is in 2 days, we move into our house in 4 days, and Christmas is in 7 days! Luckily, we have these happy little kids to keep us going.
We hope you are all having a happy and joyful Christmas season.

Kids are awesome

Found Jackson like this at my mom's house. I hooked the back of the bra for him and had to snap a few pictures of his "softer side". I never thought of using a bra as a Bjorn, but now if I'm in a pinch, I'll know what to do.

We went to Texas

The kids were awesome travelers! We lucked out with a whole row on one of our flights so Avery didn't have to sit in my lap!
We ate awesome food. This is the armadillo in front of Goode Company BBQ. I ate there THREE times. So yummy.

The weather was perfect. I forgot how perfect it would be and didn't pack a swimsuit for Avery.

We played on the beach with Grandma. She's awesome.



We went to parks.

The kids were so good and so happy!


It was 10 days of pure bliss.


Not pictured and other random side notes:
-Helping Grandma clean out the garage. We sold tons of stuff on Craigslist and helped her get ready for moving. It was really fun!
-Saying goodbye to Texas and my parents house. It's so easy to remember my dad when I'm in Texas. It's like I could walk into the room and just picture him sitting at his desk and hear his voice.
-Coming home to Virginia was a little depressing! Our little apartment had dozens of roaches, some dead, some needing to be killed. Yuck!
-We have a closing date for our house: Dec 22! So the countdown begins!

Halloween 2009

Snow White and her Knight in Shining Armor:

Hope you all had a fun Halloween night like we did.
Avery really got into the trick or treating after the first door. She was practically running and doing the sign for "more". Both kids took it very seriously, and Jackson made sure Avery always got candy at every door.
Halloween just gets more fun every year!

We like pumpkins...

and Jack-o-lanterns too!

Now that's progress...

They started putting up drywall on Sunday, and when we went over yesterday they were just finishing up the siding! It really makes it look like a real house now! They also installed the garage door and delivered the railings for the stairs.
Here's the back of the house.

My mom's house. They initially delivered the wrong framing supplies, so it has sat a few weeks like this. They just delivered her new framing stuff and hopefully hers will start to look like a real house soon too!
I had to include this picture of Jackson even though it's blurry so you guys could see our "woods". We are so excited to have some trees on our lot! Right now it's the bathroom spot when Jackson has to "go" while we are looking at the house! Ha ha. I'm sure that won't change too much after we move in. Boys will be boys, right?

Here's some drywall as proof! This is the master bedroom.
We really are so excited and definitely counting the days.

H1N1

We decided to get the H1N1 vaccine. We got there at 1:45 (clinic didn't open until 3) and were out at 5:30. I held the place for a couple hours, then kirtis came with the kids. I'm so glad I had him to help. It was a pain to spend half a day there, but I'm glad we're all vaccinated now. Plus it was free! (The kids still need booster shots but at least we have some kind of immunity now.) Hopefully it's not too late. I keep hearing about people who are sick with the flu.
I hope you are all well and don't get this yucky virus!