Josh Sentiments

"Man, I love this kid so much already and she isn't even out yet!"
"Whatever big mamma wants, big mamma gets."
"I'll have her on skates before she walks."
"Do you think she'll be as hairy as me?"
...and we are lucky that I could remember this many

Nursery Taking Shape

This weekend Josh and I have been very productive.  Starting with taking apart our desk, moving it out and refinishing our kitchen table at my parents.  Then we got the bug to put the crib together since we had so much space in the nursery with the desk gone.  We also moved Josh's bureau into our bedroom....his man cave/work out room has been taken over!  I also just had to put on the crib skirt because it was too cute to keep in the package.  Jenn's artwork nicely hangs above the crib!  I love it!  Finally, I thought, "why not consolidate photo albums?"  After 2 hours of rearranging photos, we now have 2 nice albums rather than 4 fairly shotty ones.  I guess it was worth it?  Josh is now telling me to relax for the rest of the night, but I felt like making corn bread and there are 3 out of 15 shelves that I haven't organized today.  I might be a slightly crazy lady!

Christmas 2012

The following is an email that I sent to my mom and three sisters.  I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful family!

 To My Fave Four,

I just want to say that I had such a great time with each one of you this Christmas.  I am grateful for our relationships and the love that we share together.  I am so blessed to be surrounded by women like you who are sincere, sensitive, loving, fun, funny and my best friends!  Even if I am not vocally contributing to a conversation or not looking too "alive", I am in heaven just being with you!

As I was unpacking, I found myself remembering all the moments that took place during these past few days.  Surprisingly, I didn't cry, but was smiling quietly to myself.   Josh and I have complied the following list of our favorite memories of this Christmas....it is certainly not completely inclusive! 

1. 17 different kinds of cookies
2. Surviving Santa's Village
3. "rocking" out in the women's car ride up to RJ
4. Maren calling everyone "macaroni head" and not eating her own macaroni
5. Twin black eyes
6. Jenn and Lo performing charades
7. Dad's "Saturday Night Fever" thermometer
8. Dividing endless amounts of cute little girl clothes for 2+ hours thanks to the Armstrong's generosity
9. Guys goofing off on the Kahuna Laguna water slides
10. Watching Maren and Addie shoot out the bottom of the slide with arms up in the air
11. Guys ripping up their toes playing hoops
12. Left, Right, Center
13. Mom's Hams
14. Extreme sledding with rules and without rules
15. Jonas' photo shoot
16. Dad and Em on Dance, Dance Revolution
17. Gourmet homemade meals three times a day
18. Buck Hunter- Safari Ed.
19. Oz books
20. Roasted marshmellows
21. Constant nose blowing
22. Kim killing it at poker
23. Wet Legos
24. Baby bumps
25. Jenn's slow motion sitting up slide ride
26. BEING TOGETHER!!!!!!

Thanks to each one of you for making this Christmas so special for Josh and I.  Thank you Mom and Dad for making Red Jacket possible.  It truly was a place for everyone to have a blast!  Josh and I love you and your husbands very much!  How fortunate are we to all get along so well?  We are all besties!  We are certainly unique in that regard I would say.  

Unfortunately, my vacation has come to a close, but I have so many great memories to remind me of the spirit of this Christmas season!  You were each an integral part in making Christmas special for me, thank you.

I love you all very much,
Kimmy......and Josh

Bumping 29 weeks

 A few pics from Hughes family Christmas! 

Kim 29 weeks

Jenn 30 weeks