The Binky Addict...

So the other day Estin was having a hard time deciding which binkey tasted better... so he decided to try both! (He got them both in by himself!)

Estin has become quite the binkey connoisseur, apparently 2 binkeys at once was not enough! He'll be sucking on one and if he sees another one, he'll spit the first out and stick in the second. This is repeated over and over. What can I say... he likes his fix!!!

We Won!!!!

We went to look at all the different gingerbread houses today after church and we won the adult category!!! We still don't know what we get ("cash prizes")... it's probably like $10 to the hospital cafeteria... (just kidding) but it was fun regardless. There is still the "People's Choice" award that will happen all week. We'll find out about that Friday. (Pictures below)

Estin...

Isn't he getting SO big!! (He unzipped himself)

Gingerbread Lane

Justin & I decided to enter a gingerbread house contest held at the hospital. We were watching a movie the other night and saw a doll house we both really liked, so we patterned our structure after it. Overall, it took us about 40 hours to complete! It was a lot of fun and it was great working on something together. What a GREAT way to start off the holiday! We'll find out next week if we won anything.

Today is Sunday...

And Estin & I are sick. Justin & I figured that with Estin not feeling well, we wouldn't be able to take him to nursery, so one of us wouldn't be able to pay attention anyway. I woke up feeling yuck too, so here we are, Estin & I hanging out this Sunday morning. I thought it would be a good opportunity to get caught up...

November 12th was my 29 birthday! Can you believe it! 29!!! I used to think 30 was SO old and SO far away!!!! I don't feel that way anymore. Justin and I had breakfast together before he had to leave for work. I spent the day enjoying myself at the salon while Estin was at Grandma's. When I got out to my car I found a dozen roses and a card. While I was driving home, Justin called me but unbeknownst to me had changed my ringtone on my phone to a new song I'm in love with ("Lucky" by Colby Callait and Jason Mraz). I met him for lunch only to find that he was dressed in shirt & tie and had taken the rest of the day off to hang out with me! Don't I have the BEST husband!!! That night we took it easy by ordering in and watching a movie. It was a GREAT day!!!

Thanksgiving...

This year everyone came up to our neck of the woods for Thanksgiving! Now that my mom lives in the next town over and it's only a 4 hour drive for everyone else... this year we got to celebrate as a family. It's the first Thanksgiving since Justin & I have been married that we had it with my siblings. It was great! We actually had it the weekend before the holiday, due to work schedules. Everyone came up Sat. and stayed until Sun./Mon. We had a great time just spending time together and the kids had a blast with their cousins. I hope we can do it more often.

Future Blackmail... Owen (3), Mylie (1) Estin (19 mo.)

Poor Grandma Nelson... Aaron is always making her do crazy things! What a good sport! Grandma always has one eye closed so Aaron decided to make her an eye patch!