So, first things first, for those who don't know, we are expecting baby Checketts #3 sometime around August 9th, 2014. We are all so excited about a "brand newborn baby" (as Amelia calls him/her) in our family. I have been extremely sick and it has been a rather unpleasant few months (like the awesome peeing-your-pants-while-throwing-up that so nicely comes with being pregnant), but I'm hoping the second trimester will offer some relief.
This was a couple of months ago when they were still willing to share Andrew's phone without FREAKING out about who was holding it. Those days are gone.
Amelia much anticipated Halloween this year. She is not one to forget the day out of the year that you knock on strangers' doors and are allowed to eat their candy. She was in candy heaven. William would not wear any of the costumes we had (he made a super cute lion...for about 3 seconds). He then told me he was a dinosaur because of the dinosaur on his shirt. People still gave him candy, but I think they thought I was a pretty weak-sauce mom for not dressing my kid up before sending him out to mooch their candy.
Mom came to visit in early November and it was pretty much the happiest weekend of my life. I love my mom so much and my body and heart ache for her presence in my life. I loved having her here to help me with my house and my kids and my life. I wish we could be together more often. The kids loved it too, as you can tell. As usual, clothes were optional. Mom opted for clothes, W and A opted for none. Imagine that.
I turned 33 this year and Edy so thoughtfully had Amelia help her make me a delicious watermelon "cake." It was so fun to have a beautiful, healthy treat that I did not have to make myself!
Amelia loves, loves, loves her ballet class and she really enjoyed her Christmas recital.
So fun that her BFF is in her class. These two are so cute together.
We had so much fun celebrating Christmas at Doug and Laurie's this year. My family never did Christmas jammies growing up, so it was really fun when Laurie gave us ALL Christmas jammies. We loved it!
Two cute Christmas jammy bums :)
William excited about his new shoes. Which we now call his stinky shoes because he doesn't like to wear socks, and so they pretty much make you gag...and they are only 1 month old!
This is what William thought of Santa this year
The kids had so much fun in the snow.
We don't really have snow clothes, but Amelia's cowgirl boots and William's sweats did the job long enough for a great snowball fight with Grandma.
We LOVE having Edy live close to us in Santa Barbara. The kids are so lucky to have such an awesome grandma to play with them. She is able to engage in all of their creative play and keep them entertained for hours with fun and imagination. We all love having her around for special family times as it makes everything just that much more special to have her to share it with. She is always helping me with dishes, garbage, dinners, kids, and so many other things. It really is a dream come true for us.
Do Andrew and I look relaxed in this picture? Yeah, that's because we ARE. Saint Edy watched our kids overnight and Andrew and I stayed at a gorgeous guest house on a vineyard in Los Olivos. It was the most relaxing, peaceful and beautiful 24 hours....I'll admit, I was not ready to come home...
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We made fruit sushi for FHE the other night and it was so delicious. We used fruit leather around a banana with raspberries on top. Beautiful and yummy!
