2 Birthday Parties in 1 day!!!

The three (and a half) of us spent Saturday at 2 birthday parties. The first one was our friend Tyler's 5th birthday at Ty Kwon Do. The kids were able to do some exercises and try some karate moves. After their games they ate cake and pizza and watched Tyler open his gifts. Before we all were sent on our merry ways the Karate master gave us a little demonstration of his skills. Braden thought it was really cool when he broke some wooden boards with his foot. The second party of the day was for our friends Catherine (5 yrs) and her sister Alyssa (3 yrs). They had a mermaid swimming party at the Lenoir City Pool. Braden had a blast swimming with Dadda and his friends. I just sat back and watched since I am too big to wear my regular bathing suits and too small to wear my maternity one. It was still a fun day. Then when we got home Elijah, Ethan, Nay-Nay, and Pop came over with dinner and more playing. We are all pooped from the eventful day and are off to bed.

Family Christmas Photo

My mother-in-law wanted to have a family photo taken for her Christmas card this year, so we wrangled everyone up and had it taken this morning. I took a picture of our copy, but a better copy will be out soon. I just wanted to show everyone how pretty we all looked.

Look what they did to their faces!

My dad took Elijah and Ethan to the Oak Ridge Children's Museum on Saturday. Braden and I were unable to go, so it was just the 3 of them. The boys had a blast and before they left to scoot over to our house to play with Braden, dad let them get their faces painted. Elijah chose Batman and Ethan chose Spiderman. Well, see for yourself.

Our Crazy Cat

So, my mom bought me some new tennis shoes, the ones without backs so I do not have to tie them up everytime I wear them. All through my pregnancy with Braden I wore flip-flops so I didn't have to bend over to tie my shoes. Not this time!!! Anyway, getting to the cat. She found the shoe box on the counter and thought it looked cozy to snuggle in. Here's the results of her thoughts.

Update on Baby Allen #2

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, I went for another doctor's appointment. This one was just an ultrasound to measure the baby and do an early detection for downs syndrome. They also took another blood sample from me as well. I will know the results by next week, but the ultrasound technician said everything looks great. The baby is measuring right on target and the heartbeat is right at 159 / 160. I'll keep all of you posted as to what the test says and all, but for right now I am right on schedule (Nov 6; 3 months and 2 days).

Happy Halloween!

Well, today was Halloween and Braden had so much fun going out trick - or - treating tonight. We hope everyone had as much fun tonight as he did. Here are some pictures of him in his costume. Can you guess what he is?
Here is a hint . . . There are 10 in a set and you can knock them down with a ball.
(He's a bowling pin.)

Halloween Costumes

Our church had a Halloween party on Sunday, Oct. 26, and we took the boys. They had hot dogs, cookies, hot chocolate, games, and a costume trick or treat parade. The boys had a blast. Ethan fell in love with a cow and could not stay away from it. Here are some photos of the event and of the boys in their costumes (we are still trying to perfect Braden's for Halloween night). Elijah is a Clone Trooper from Star Wars, Ethan is Spiderman, and Braden is a bowling pin.