Ringing in the New Year...with bells on!!

HAPPY 2011 FRIENDS!!!! :) I can honestly say that I have never been so ready to see a year end in my life!! Not that I'm not grateful for each and every day God gives me, but 2010 was a truly ROUGH year. The move was stressful and this pregnancy has been close to intolerable. But ya know what? In four weeks, Lord willing, our little guy will be here, I won't be sick anymore, and even though I know life will never be the same again, maybe it will resemble my life a bit more!

That being said, would you like to see some Christmas pictures? Hopefully, you're emphatically nodding right now because you don't really get much of a choice!! :) And then after the Christmas pictures, maybe I'll let you see how huge I am these days! 

And because I'm in such a festive mood, here's my 35 week picture...please don't gasp too loudly...

I'm hoping my next post will either be my final belly picture or a post on our little man's birth!! Either way, I'm almost there friends, and I can hardly wait to introduce you to the newest member of the Witzig family!! 

Catching up on Life

My last post was about Halloween...I believe that officially puts me WAY behind on blogging!! :) I'll try to make this as painless as possible and just hit the main points of interest with a few pictures here and there. Sound good? Super, let's get started!! 

Hopey started gymnastics in October, but I never got any pictures of her in class until Brian came to watch last month. She's already graduated from her beginner class and will be starting her "big girl" class the first week of January!  

And I got bigger...

We celebrated the Witzig family 5th annual holiday of Thanksgiving-Christmas Day 2010 with presents, food, and movies!

And then of course, the next day, we got to celebrate Hopey's third Thanksgiving with my family! It was a pretty small crowd this year, but that was okay with us because my dad had just had rotator cuff surgery and I was still very pukey! :) What can I say, we were a pretty wild bunch this year!!

As if we hadn't already had enough fun, the next day we got to go cut down our Christmas tree! But, before we made it to the Christmas tree farm, we stopped in to see Brian's grandpa before he went back home. The kids just love him!

 In our opinion, this year's tree is one of the best ones we've ever picked!! Good job Brian!!! :) (It looks even better decorated!)

 The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of Christmas parties, decorating the house, playing in the snow, Christmas baking, and wrapping presents!

 And in the midst of it all, my precious friends Meghan and Kara gave me the most wonderful and unexpected baby shower!! You girls mean the world to me, and I love you both to pieces!!

The next week, we took our annual trip to visit Santa, and this year, there were NO TEARS!! :) 

Wow, I've really talked your ear off, haven't I? Okay, I'll finish up with last weeks big event, our second annual Birthday Party for Jesus!

AND SUPER LASTLY, I got bigger...

WHEW!!!!!!!! I promise I won't go so long in between posts next time!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!! :)

Hopey's First Christmas!

Hopey's first Christmas was just fantastic! She got to experience all of the old traditions, new traditions, and a few "tester" traditions. We had a birthday party for Jesus on Christmas day, (thanks for the idea Katie!) and she seemed to get a big kick out of it. I've always really loved Christmas, but to see it through Hopey's eyes was just the icing on the cake! I think she really kind of knew what was going on. Sadly, I ended up with my traditional Christmas bronchitis, so I was a bit out of it for all of the family festivities. Here are a few pictures from Hopey's first Christmas and Christmas Eve!

Hopey and Santa...The Sequel

Okay, first let me explain. I wanted to do the first mall santa picture, but Wilbur Tague was offering a free sitting with santa too!!! I seriously just happened to be in the studio that day, so I thought, why not?? Anyway, she didn't cry, but she choked on her pacifier as I was putting her in his lap, so she looks a little red and shocked. And I'm serious, this is the last picture with santa for the 2008 Christmas season!

Merry Christmas to the Wonderful World of Bloggers!!