Gingerbread party

Wyatt also got to attend his first gingerbread party. Carson and Steven Richard helped me build my house. Our house accidentally got destroyed a few time, but it was lots of fun. Carson had to try several tastes of our gingerbread house to make sure it tasted just right! He referred to it as his "batman house!"

Christmas at Ma and Pa's!

When Wyatt was 11 days old, he got to go to his first Christmas celebration at Ma and Pa's! We all had a very fun time. Carson loved opening his presents and walking down the street to play at the park with his cousins. Wyatt looked very cute in his reindeer shirt. We also enjoyed our annual Christmas tea party and game of apples to apples! I forgot to bring my camera so thanks to Erin for all these great pictures!

Wyatt's Nursery

We went with a nautical/pirate theme for Wyatt's nursery. We were initially planning on doing a pond animals theme, but when I saw this set, I loved it immediately!

Wyatt Charles Powell

Born December 8th, 11:35 pm
7lb 5 oz, 20 inches long

I started having occasional contractions during a quick trip to the zoo that afternoon with Stephanie, Carson, and Steven Richard. Around 7pm, while I was volunteering at church, they started becoming more regular, so I left early and Erik and I headed to the hospital. When I got there, I was 5-6cm dilated. I got the epidural (amazing!) and Wyatt was born at 11:35. I couldn't believe his full head of dark brown hair. He is such an adorable little guy and I fell in love immediately!

Carson was so excited to meet his baby brother and has done better with him than I ever could have imagined!! He just loves this little guy and is so proud of his baby brother!

Unfortunately, he developed jaundice and had to spend a day getting phototherapy so we were stuck in the hospital for four nights. But finally, he was ready to go home on December 11th. What a blessing he has been!

Santa!!

We met Steven, Stephanie, and Steven Richard at Bass Pro Shop to meet Santa. The line was pretty long, but luckily they had lots of fun activities to keep the boys occupied while we waited.

They did remote control cars:


Shot crossbows:


Visited the "North Pole"



Mailed letters to Santa:


Finally, they got to meet Santa!! Carson told him that he wanted "super heros" and Steven Richard told him he wanted a "Randy train." We are still trying to figure out what a "Randy train" is!!



We finished up the day by trying out all the tents, four wheelers, boats, and finally Uncle Steve carried out both the boys!!



So much fun!!

Jude's 3rd birthday and trick-or-treating

On Halloween, we went to Jude's 3rd birthday party and then did some trick or treating around The Heights.

Zoo Boo part 2 and ArBOOretum

Steven, Stephanie, and I were very ambitious a few weeks ago and decided to do Zoo Boo and ArBOOretum all in one day!! It was so much fun, and definitely exhausting!!

We started out at the zoo:




And then headed to the arboretum to meet Renee and Jude. We did the trick or treat trail where there they have a bunch of cute nature-related game.

Here, Carson is pretending to be an owl and looking for things that owls eat:


Then, they walked along a rope like a possum:


And did a zip line:


Then, he pretended to be a bee and looked for pollen:


And climbed up a "spider's web":


A group photo:


Petting zoo and riding horses: