William Mitchell :)

Just so I have it documented somewhere I won't misplace. We welcomed William on Friday, December 27th at 1:13pm. He was 7lbs 5oz and 20 inches long. He was very wide eyed and alert for hours after he was born, which was wonderful. Nate wasn't a big fan at all. It took a few days after we got home for Nate to even touch him. It has taken 8 weeks for Nate to really start paying attention to him. He'll rock his chair and put his blanket back when it falls. It's cute.

We hope everyone has been enjoying the winter weather. we're about tired of all the freezing temperatures. It's finally in the 40's this week. So the 7 inches of snow that has been hanging around pretty much since Liam was born is finally melting. We can't wait for some sunshine! And Nate is super excited to visit Memphis next week! So yay, can't wait!

Enjoy a few pictures of little Liam..

And Nate, he was very excited about his new Thomas shirt. 

I finally got some things done around the house. My pantry is organized and a few pictures are hung on the wall. I had to invite Brandy over for some supervision. I'll blame it all on being pregnant that I cannot seem to form a complete thought these days. So making it through an entire task like decorating a room or organizing the pantry wasn't happening unless I had some there to make me do it. So yay for my helpful mother in law! Nate's room and our bedroom are now decorated. Nate loves his Alabama room. I won't have to worry about Nate ever pulling for another team, he's a Bama fan all the way. Nate is also getting more open to talking about the baby. Although last night he tried to convince me that it was a puppy, not a brother. We'll get there, soon. Very soon. Hopefully we'll have a baby before Christmas. It's supposed to be a little warmer this week, which means it'll stay in the 30's at least. So that'll be nice. Hope everyone can come visit! 

This is just Nate being weird. He watched football in the baby seat. 

Dinosaur.

Nate saw the giant blow up Christmas dinosaur and his reaction was hilarious. He wouldn't get near it. He thought it could get down and eat him. He went around every display he could to stay far away from it. And he asked me every 2 minutes if it was going to get us. He's too funny. 

New car.

New car for our new garage. :) It didn't take long for Murphy's law to kick in once we moved into the new house. The dishwasher and the Maxima went kaput. So we finally upgraded to a more family friendly car, a Hyundai Santa Fe. So far it's wonderful. And Nate loves his new car. Nate's blue car. 

I also got a totally awesome dishwasher. Since the home warranty was only going to pay for the most basic model, we took the money and upgraded. After so many crappy apartment dishwashers, I have a new happy, and oh so quiet dishwasher. Life is one crazy mess after another right now, but at least I have squeaky clean dishes. 

We cannot wait for the baby to get here. He is one strong boy and has literally knocked the wind out of me about 15 times. I haven't a clue when he'll decide to show up. The doctor said he's still right on track for Christmas. So we'll just have to see. Nate still won't talk to me about the baby. Whenever I ask him anything about it he says "no, mom, no" and walks away. It's ridiculous. But I'm hoping he'll be okay when the baby comes. 

Lots and lots going on. This is how things go in our little life. Mitch and I don't do a lot, and then bing bam boom. New house, new car, new baby. Ahh! Absolute craziness. I couldn't be more thankful for Mitch. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and can't wait to see y'all soon! 

Oh yeah, we're homeowners.

Well, we've bought a house! Yay! It's awesome. We've been in here for almost a month now. We're nowhere near being completely settled in, but it's a process. Nate loves his new house, especially his backyard. He could dig in the flower bed with a spoon all day. He helped me rake the leaves the other day and thought it was awesome. And by help I mean he ran amuck through all my piles. We haven't met many of the neighbors, but it's gotten cold so everyone stays in. But I have a feeling we'll see how many kids are in the neighborhood whenever the snow comes. Mitch loves being able to pull into his garage and the garbage can isn't across a parking lot. We want to say thank you to everyone for helping us move. I know you are all happy that you won't have to help us move again for awhile! Maybe never again because Mitch and I are probably going to throw in the towel and just pay someone next time around. Haha. But we'll be here for a bit, we have lots of fun plans for our little house. We'll get around to doing eventually because of course our blogs will soon be filled with pictures of our new little boy. Nate still refuses to talk to me about the baby. Mitch has gotten him to talk a little about it. But he just walks away when I ask him anything about his baby brother. He'll figure it out soon enough. 

Well, I'll try to post some more pictures of the house whenever I find that my house isn't littered with random crap and boxes, and dinosaurs. There are dinosaurs everywhere, all the time. 

Mud.

Nate went on an outing with Mitch. They came home with all of Nate's clothes in a plastic bag. Mitch said he was trying to get the minnows. I'm pretty sure he had a blast. 

Random fun.

This is Nate with his new Thomas the Tank sunglasses, and my waffle cone. He asked for a bite and I didn't get it back. He really likes his sunglasses too. He loves to be like Mitch. He also has picked up a bad habit of calling Mitch, MItch. Because I call Mitch to wake him up or from across the house to get his attention, Nate likes to holler it with me. It's bad though because Nate doesn't pronounce it correctly. Nate uses an R rated version. 

Nate found himself a little hidey hole while we were in Walmart. I was walking and I heard him say "bye, mom" and I turned around and saw his feet disappearing into the cereal boxes. It took awhile to get him to leave his little fort. 

And of course, Nate found himself another pile of dirt and rocks. He has a particular tree on our walk that he thinks monkey George lives in. So whenever we pass it, he hollers up the tree for George to come down. I had to tell him that George was out for the day so he planted himself under the tree to play with the rocks and wait until he came back. He had a pretty good time, even though George never showed.