Christmas with the Christensens

This year was our first Christmas away from family. It was just Emma, Luke, and I Christmas morning opening our mountain of presents. Our family sent so many presents and made sure that we had a very special and unforgettable Christmas here in Texas. After Emma opened her stocking she was completely satisfied. She loves and loved to open the presents but she needed a little encouragement from mommy and daddy to put her stocking toys down and open the rest of her gifts. Luke has taken two weeks off of work - YEAH! One down and one to go. We have had a lot of fun being able to spend so much time together. Emma and I may not let him go back to work...ever, it is too much fun with him home all the time! (You can click on the images to make them bigger.)

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Emma loves singing! She knows all the words to "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." Luke and I caught her having her own jam out session after her and Daddy had been singing and playing at the piano. The second video is her and Daddy jamming out.

Cookie Monster

Caught in Action! Apparently Emma has been watching her mommy sneak some gingerbread cookie dough. I thought I was being sneaky. Like mother, like daughter, she knows what the good stuff is...

Baby Ultrasound Pictures

Here are some pictures of our baby from today's ultrasound. Last appointment, when we found out the gender, he did not want to cooperate and the Doctor could not get all of the measurements he needed. So, we had to have another ultrasound today. It is the fourth one we have had! We are sure lucky ducks that our doctor likes to do ultrasounds... I am sure these pictures won't be too interesting to most but for Daddy who is at work and grandparents here you go! You can click on the picture to enlarge it.

Santa

This year Emma is super excited about Christmas. All she can talk about is Santa bringing her presents and filling her stocking. She know all the words to "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." She has been super excited to see Santa and when I sat her on his lap she was completely happy for about 30 seconds until Santa tried to hold her hands down for a picture and then she lost it. She was holding onto my neck so hard! I would have to say her and Santa have a love/hate relationship. We have our ward Christmas party on Friday so we will see how she does with Santa then.

November Highlights

Sorry I have not been very good about updating the blog. Here are the highlights from November.

Our little Diva still loves wearing mommies boots.

Daddy turned 27 on November 20th. Emma thought it was her birthday, as she does most days. We also got to find out that we were having a baby boy on Luke's birthday.

We had a great Thanksgiving! Our friends the Reeder's came

over to celebrate. We had tons of yummy food just as if we were home for Thanksgiving. Of course we made way to much of everything but it was yummy! We had turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, green bean casserole, spinach artichoke dip, shrimp dip, 2 jello salads, yams, deviled eggs, and homemade rolls. For dessert we had four kinds of pies! We had pumpkin, chocolate cream, soda cracker, and out of this world pie. We also had sparkling cider and slush. Talk about a menu! We took the kids to the park after their naps. If was fun to see the two daddies play on the toys too. They are such kids at heart.

It's a BOY!

We found out this morning that we are having a baby BOY! He did not want to cooperate and was in a little ball at the bottom of my belly so we did not get to see any pictures of his face but he was still adorable!