Doctor visit

Today we had a follow up Dr. appointment for Carson. The Dr. was thrilled at how well he is doing. He has gained weight and is now 7lbs 10oz and 20 1/4" (that averages to a weight gain of two ounces a day since his last visit). His face is beginning to fill out and he's starting to lose the old man look. We went in expecting to just have Carson checked but ended up getting a flu shot for Averie. Poor Averie was not expecting a shot and it pretty much ruined her morning. She was quite dramatic about it and needed to be cuddled, so we went home and the three of us snuggled on the couch while Averie and Carson took a nap.

Today is Cameron's birthday. We went to the post office to mail his B-Day package (late as usual) and Averie miss-understood and thought we were going to visit Cameron. She was so disappointed when we got to the post office and Cameron wasn't there. Needless to say she had a rough day, but finished off on a good note by watching Shark Boy and Lava Girl (a Disney Chanel movie). It was the highlight of her day!

Ready for bed...

While I was making dinner Averie was playing with Carson's swing. I thought she was just playing with the mobile (which she usually does), but when I walked in this is what I found. She was quite pleased with herself...

We had a great Christmas! Averie slept in and we had a nice, relaxing, morning. Averie was as sweet as can be and enjoyed every minute of the day until about 30 minutes before bed-time then she had a melt down... too much activity and still having trouble adjusting to a new baby in the house. Carson slept all day (much of that time on my chest while I dozed off and on). To finish off the day we had a wonderful dinner with our friends the McBrides.

Merry Christmas!

It's a boy!

First "picture" of baby boy Johnson. All went well with the ultrasound. Averie got to come and see her baby brother and hear his heartbeat.

Home Improvement

Justin working on replacing the patio door and a portion of the sub-floor.

The gaping hole once the old door was removed.

The new floor.

Yesterday we went to Mt. Gretna Lake. Mt. Gretna is a cute little community about 30 minutes from our house. This was our first time there and we had a blast. Averie swam her little heart out for nearly four hours - the only time she stopped was to have lunch and play in the sand for a bit. She was so tired that she fell asleep in the car on the way home (around 4:30pm) and slept until the next morning; she woke up at 7am. That is a first... she's never slept so long!

Oh how things change in the blink of an eye! Our house is officially off the market... It's not sold; we've changed our minds about moving. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted. Now the hard part of commuting an hour and a half until January. Fortunately there is a group of ladies who carpool from Lancaster to Allentown and they happened to have room for one more! Since we've worked so hard to keep our house in showing condition we're still in improvement mode and are looking to replace our back door and the kitchen floor. The next project is to put the baby's room together. We still have three weeks until we find out the gender.