Lily & Dillon's New Room

But first, a trip down memory lane...here are two nursery pics from before Lily was born (sob, sob)! Can't believe how quickly time goes.

Now for the transformation from a nursery to a co-ed kids room...

No border...

Marshmallow white paint - no more green and yellow...We wanted to keep it neutral since we are trying to sell the house.

Bunk beds!!! We wanted Lily to sleep on the top to get used to it, but she can't do the ladder up and down very easily. She fell off trying to go down it. So, we will try again in a few weeks. We are concerned about Dillon. Not sure how we will keep him from climbing up the ladder. We took the ladder down for now.

We saved some of the border so I could make this photo to keep the animal theme alive :)

Anson did A LOT of work this weekend. He put up the Christmas tree, painted the room, helped me clean the house, he put the bunk beds together, went grocery shopping and he put up outside lights! Lily wanted some pretties on the house. He's the best husband and daddy ever!

The Elf came to our house last night. Lily found him right away. It took Dillon awhile but he saw him too.

Other updates:

• Dillon is quite the time-out boy these days. He gets in trouble for throwing things, pulling Lily's hair and jumping on Sampson. He's in time-out as I write this.
• Lily is still enjoying her dance class. She goes around the house doing her dance moves.
• Dillon is talking a lot more these days. A few weeks ago we took the Binky away from him except for naps and bedtime. He has really been talking more without it in his mouth all day. He says mama, dada, sissy, nana, papa, puppy, baby, tree, vroom (for car), ba-bye, hi, and various other words that sound like he trying to talk. He can follow instructions too. Like if we tell him to throw something away or put a dish in the sink. Our baby boy is growing up!
• We decided on a name for the baby - Lacy!
• Lily is really excited for the baby to come. She always says she's going to teach Lacy how to walk, talk, dance and do various other things. She's the mothering type.
• Four day weekend is over. Back to work tomorrow!

Putting up the Cross Christmas Tree!

This morning we put up our Christmas tree and other decorations!

Helping to fluff the tree

The kids clapped when Anson turned the lights on

Lily did a great job hanging her ornaments on the tree

Dillon tried too!

"Samba Claus"!!

Video of hanging ornaments

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Yesterday was a great day! We have so much to be thankful for - each other, family, friends, good health, good jobs and of course, our beautiful children!! We went to Nana and Papa's for dinner and to spend the afternoon with them.

My parents got out some of mine and Jamie's old toys. Lily and I cleaned my old My Little Pony castle. It was a lot of fun to see the toys and remember when I used to play with them!
Dillon played with it more than Lily, though! It's okay though because he zoomed his cars and trains through the house...just like a boy :)

Then, last evening, we stopped by Heather's parents' house to see her and Uncle Jeremy. Heather's mom bought the kids coloring books and markers. There were other kids there and Lily and Dillon had so much fun playing with them. Lily cried when it was time to leave.

Uncle Jeremy and Daddy playing games on their phones.

This photo is from a few days ago. I think it's cute when they both ride the train together!

Dillon's Boo-Boo

Dressed alike in their Thanksgiving shirts

Dillon fell off his toy car at Nana and Papa's and got some pretty bad road rash. It's healing nicely, though. We hope it's better before we take our Christmas card photos.

Dillon is being a stinker lately. He's truly a boy! He climbs out of his crib and strips down to his birthday suit. Lily didn't do either of those so this is new for us. Hope he outgrows it soon!

Trick or Treating & Papa's Birthday

Dressed a like in their Halloween shirts

Eating suckers
Helping Papa blow out his candles

Jinxy still lets Lily pick him up

Eating her cake

Dressed up and snuggled up in the wagon, waiting to go trick or treating. They stayed in the wagon the entire time. Anson only took them to houses he could pull them up to.

Family Photo

Here we go!

Dillon kept eating the candy wrapper and all! Also, when he took a piece of candy from someone's dish, he would put a piece from his bucket in their dish...like he was swapping candy with them. It was cute.

When we go home we sat with Nana and Papa and helped pass out candy.