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Big news in the Jones House...

This is how we let people know that Baby Three is on the way! I had to play with the holidays because Hunter was due Christmas day and born 10 days early. Blake was due at Thanksgiving and born about 10 days before and this little Bebe is due around mid July so surely he/she will be here around the 4th. So, my little firecracker!

I am nearly 14 weeks and doing great. So far, this has been the easiest one so far. I have felt really good and had random bouts of total exhaustion. Aside from that, things are great! Hunter is thrilled and repeatedly reminds me that the baby is for sure a boy. When you ask him why, he says, "Because boys don't have hair pointing down. Girls do." Apparently, after showing him a real-life picture of what a little baby looks like at this stage, the "no hair" thing has him convinced that it must be a boy. Ha! I would bet my money on that too though!

Bebe Jones is the size of a lemon these days. Hard to believe a little person so small and yet already so developed is flipping around in there. As for finding out- my vote is no and Chris' vote is yes. My money is on Chris on this one- I bet he wins! :) Not that it is not exciting to know, and practicality tells me to find out, but knowing this is it makes me wish for the utter thrill and exhileration of finding out when they are born.

Bebe's heartbeat was heard about a week ago at a healthy 159 beats a minute. Again, to dispell all wives' tales, Hunter's was 139 and Blake's was 178. So there! There is no rhyme or reason (except for maybe what you ate) for why it is fast or slow.

I've only seen the bebe once- on the 8 week sono and it just looked like a peanut then, but I am sure it's downright adorable.

Long time no see!

It's been forever since I last updated. I'm sure all of you have been on pins and needles in anticipation wondering what on earth we have been up to. Well, December just about does me in every year with Hunter's birthday, planning a party, shopping for Christmas, decorating, throwing a Christmas Santa party, traveling and celebrating. It's exhausting but fun! I think I am just now recovered from it all. It's taken me over a week to get my house back to some semblance of normal.

Let's see.... where to begin? I got a new camera (thank you Santa for my early Christmas gift!!) and have loved taking pictures with it. As a matter of fact, I am just now uploading them onto the computer and it is taking forever since the files are so much bigger. This could be a little bit of a glitch for me since I like to take tons of pictures and then choose. Oh well. I will figure it out.

We celebrated Hunter's 4th birthday with a party at Kiddie Park. He had a blast and his friends did too. As luck would have it, that day was particularly cold and windy, but we made do and have hot chocolate for everyone. Really, the kids didn't seem to notice and since the park is shaded by trees, the wind wasn't too bad. Those pictures are on my old camera, so they will come later.
The next day was his school program. He was a cow!

Then, we had our 1st Annual Santa Party. Really it's our 3rd, but the first 2 parties were part of Hunter's 2nd and 3rd birthdays, so it was our 1st time to just do Santa party without his birthday. We had so much fun having everyone bring their kids over to see Santa, play, eat lots of yummy desserts and visit. It was hilarious to see the different reactions to Santa.


Christmas was such a thrill this year with a 4 year old and one year old. I love the anticipation and the excitement. More importantly, Hunter really seemed to understand the Christmas story and loved talking and asking about Jesus. He's been very insightful lately about Jesus and God and the stories we are reading.

Opening stockings...

Blake was beyond excited with his splash table. The boys had so much fun splashing in the water and Blake ended up soaked from head to toe but happy as could be. It was so much fun to watch.




Christmas day and night was spent at my parents' house. We gave my parents bikes for the lake house. They were so excited!

The Stouffer Grandchildren


We traveled to Waco that weekend to celebrate with the Jones side. The kids had a blast and it was wild and crazy as usual.
Dana (the true miracle who we were so thrilled to spend Christmas with) and her 6 grandchildren.

Whoa.. loaded down with gifts!






On a side note, the other day, we were driving through the neighborhood and saw a tractor digging up the street to work on some water lines when Hunter said, "I know what they're doin' Mom. They're lookin' for the debil (devil)." I couldn't help but laugh. Where do they get these things??