Busy Sunday Afternoon

I feel like there are so many things to try to fit into the holiday season and not enough time to do everything.  Ava is at such a fun age that everything we do is more exciting than its ever been because of her enjoyment and funny comments.  Since she was born, I've looked forward to making cookies with her so we gave it our best shot last night.  We decorated snow men, stockings & Christmas tree cookies with chocolate chips, sprinkles & bright red icing (that I'm about to have to clean up off our table and kitchen floor.)  While it was probably more of a mess than a success it was such a fun time together!  The funniest part was I began to notice that everytime I looked away or walked away to get something her decorated cookies were ending up in her mouth....one by one.  I wasn't even able to take picures of the ones she made because they disappeared so quickly!  She would tell you that eating them is much more fun than decorating them :)

With all the business of the holidays, this pregnancy is flying by!  We realized yesterday that our baby boy will be here in exactly three months and we still have so much to do.  It's so different decorating for a boy than a girl.  I have had to completely switch gears and remove myself from all things pink, frilly & floral.  We decided to buy wooden letters for Keegan and paint them in the colors of his room.  Of course Ava helped us paint (with her own brush and a bowl of water.)  It only took a couple of hours and we are really excited about how they turned out!  Now we have to decide if we will hang them above the crib or stand them up on a wall shelf.