Still Around!

It's been a LONG time since I have posted anything! But we're still here. So much has happened since that last post in February. Most notably, we are getting ready to have another baby! As in, she is due any time now!

The beginning was definitely the hardest of any of my pregnancies, so I kind of went into survival mode for a while. The last part of this pregnancy has actually been pretty good, thankfully! I am starting to get to point of really just wanting her to get here already. This body is tired!

I would really love to get back to posting more, but I won't try to make any promises considering we are adding a newborn within the next week. :) For now I will leave you with an updated pic of each of the kids.

Yay!!!

Today we are leaving for the lake!!!

I'm sure I will have lots of fun things to share when we return next week. 

Everyone have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Texas Travels

Mid-March Curt had Springbreak off from school, so we decided to take a roadtrip to Texas to visit my family. We always love getting to spend time with everyone down there and we wanted to introduce Macy to them. As usual, not much went according to plan that week, but it was still a wonderful trip and we were able to spend more time with my grandpa than I expected. It was so awesome to see my kids with Pappy. He is such an amazing man and I am so thankful that our children have been able to have him as a part of their lives.

I have hundreds of pictures from the week, but here are just a few that (barely) hit the hightlights of the week.

Going to the park...

Hanging out with Pappy...

Dallas World Aquarium...

Late night hangin' with Aunt Cherrie...

Dominoes...

Cuddling with Pappy every morning...

Pedicures...

More parks...

Emergency plumbing...

Fort Worth Zoo...

Finally, a picture of Pappy with all of his grandkids and great grandkids.

The kids did great on such a long drive (thanks to DVD players!). It was such a great week and I am so thankful for all of the time we had to spend together.

Our new life

Here is a little glimpse into our new life as a family of five...

As I was preparing the pictures for this post, I realized that I never blogged about Macy's birth. Hopefully I will get that done soon!

Construction!

I am finally updating a little! This is all about the new bedroom that we built for Colby in our basement. The basement was finished as one large living room when we bought the house. And for the most part it has gone pretty much unused. When we found out that we were having another baby, we decided to turn the front portion of that large room into a bedroom for Colby. Curt did all of the construction himself and I am so proud! He did a great job and Colby loves his new cars and trucks room!

His bed is actually a set of bunkbeds that we converted into a loft. Colby was a little unsure of climbing a ladder to get in and out of bed, so Curt built him a set of stairs that also have a bookshelf built in underneath.

The toy box below the window was made by my grandfather. He made it for my mom when she was a little girl. It has wheels and a handle like a wagon. I love it!

The mirror hanging on the wall is from his old room. It came with his old dresser and I painted it and added his name. Lucky for me, the original colors I used matched perfectly with the new decor.

The closet was originally a storage closet under the stairs. We just added a new door and some shelving. Colby now has the only walk-in closet in the house.

In this next picture you can see out into the part of the basement that still functions as a living room. It is so much more usable now and the kids love playing down there. That is great for me...almost all of their toys are now downstairs!

This picture hangs above his bed. My grandma made this for me when I was little and it hung in my bedroom for years.

My grandpa that made the toybox also made these trucks. He was so talented and I love that some of his things have a great place to be displayed in our house. Colby loves them too!

We did not start all of this construction until after the holidays. I am still not sure how we got everything done before Macy was born. We really enjoyed doing all of the work and now have a huge list of things we like to do to the rest of the house!

We've been busy...

I am pleased to introduce Macy Jean Craig...the newest member of our growing family! Macy was born February 2 and is a happy, healthy baby girl. We have been very busy the last month, especially the last couple of days, so I have a lot to update here. :) I will post more pictures and more info soon!

Happy Holidays!

Well, here it is two days before Christmas and I never got around to posting about Thanksgiving. Oh well, moving on. We have been so crazy busy around here. Decorating for the holidays, holiday activities, doctor appointments (routine), me photographing a wedding, Curt's final exams, preparing to begin a construction project the day we get back from our holiday travels and, of course, preparing for the arrival of our new little one. I can't believe we have less than six weeks until she makes her grand entrance!

Curt is now off of work until after the holidays so yesterday we finally finished our Christmas shopping and took the kids to see Santa. They had a great time! Santa was so nice and had the best smile. The picture that we had to buy didn't turn out very good, so here is a snapshot that I grabbed while they were posing.

After visiting with Santa, the kids HAD to ride the little Christmas train. I think this year Chloe might have been more excited than Colby. The second she saw the train she began yelling, "Toot, toot!"

We are leaving for Indiana tomorrow morning for a quick holiday trip. We will be back Sunday night. This is probably the shortest Christmas trip we have ever done. This year it is just necessary to keep it short. My pregnant body does not handle the car trips very well any more and Curt will be building a bedroom for Colby the week between Christmas and New Years. Busy busy busy!!!

I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday season!

Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year!

Halloween, Birthday, Halloween

This time I am not going to start out this post with an apology and a promise to do better. I can't believe that it has been close to two months since my last post, but our lives are kind of crazy right now. It seems like things have been kind of non stop and I know that the next couple of months will only be even more hectic. Hopefully I can squeeze in several posts, but I just can't make promises. :)

So, today is about Halloween and my birthday. The Halloween holiday started out with an event called "Hall-zoo-ween." It is an event held at our local zoo and this was our first time going. There was a long treat or treating path through the zoo, face painting, a costume contest, a magic show and plenty of food tents. Unfortunately, all of the animals were put away for the night, so we only got to see the giraffes and some monkeys.

We didn't enter the kids into the costume contest since they just had store bought costumes. Chloe was a ladybug and Colby was Dash from The Incredibles. Cute, but nothing too original. :) We went to the magic show. However it was so boring that the only good thing that came out of it was an excuse to sit down and get into the candy!

The following weekend we went to Huntington to celebrate my birthday with my family. We arrived Friday afternoon and dropped the kids off at my parents' house. Curt and I then went out to a movie and dinner and then stayed overnight in a hotel. It was the best thing I could have asked for! A whole night with my husband, we don't go on dates nearly enough!

Saturday we went back to my parents' house where we had a small birthday party with my grandma, aunt, uncle and cousin and her family. It is kind of a tradition and always a lot of fun! The kids' favorite place to play:

Colby and Izabella actually posing for a picture!

Of course I had a lot of little helpers opening my presents. :)

One of the few pictures of me with one of my babies. (Please ignore the pregnancy double-chin. Gag.)

Every year my mom makes a red velvet cake from scratch. It is the most delicious cake in the world. Colby thought so too.

After the party and dinner, the little kids put on a Halloween costume fashion show for us all. It was too cute! Unfortunately, by that time in the evening they were getting tired and wound up so it was really hard to get good pictures.

The weekend after that was actually Halloween. Curt's parents were able to come spend the weekend with us. We had a blast! Saturday started out with pumpkin carving.

I drew the designs and Curt did a lot of the actual carving. I had drawn a ladybug for Chloe's pumpkin. It had several small holes, and my smart engineering husband thought of using a drill. It worked perfectly!

Then in the evening it was time for Trick-or-Treating. Chloe loved it, but Colby's shoes were hurting his feet so we ended up only going through about half of our neighborhood. We still had a good time though. Here they are with their pumpkins right before the candy gathering started.

October was a really fun month, and November is shaping up to be a good month too. Hopefully it won't take another month to get a post up, but remember I'm not promising. :)