Christmas In Kansas

Well we made a last minute decision to change our trip back to Kansas so that we were there over Christmas. It was nice to be back home for the holidays and next year we will be back to celebrating our own traditions with the baby!



Jennings Family Portrait on Christmas Eve

Snyder getting spoiled at the Collins house!

Apparently he prefers beds that are too small for him

As always our trips back to Kansas our hectic as we have both families to spend time with and friends to try and see as well. But somehow we always make it work! We even had time to go to a K-State game (thankful they were playing in Kansas City that weekend) where we watched them beat the 8/9 Florida Gators!! Great win for our Wildcats!! 

Treating a friend to the K-State v Florida game for Christmas

 

Christmas morning at Tara's house

Christmas morning at Reid's house

Also while we were back home and I had the help of Reid's mom to make his birthday cake. It turned out super cute and we were even able to keep our tradition of eating pizza for dinner. Happy Birthday Reido!!

Reid with pizza for his birthday dinner

A mountain themed birthday cake complete with "Dad" snowman

Hopefully I'll have more frequent blog posts in the upcoming weeks as we plan to go hiking on New Years, have my 20 week baby post, move into a new place and then have the 20 week ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby!! Lots of fun coming our way.

 

Happy Holidays

Well it's the most wonderful time of the year!! It is finally starting to get that crisp, cold feeling in the air but we are still waiting on the snow! Reid is missing "home traditions" this year so we decided next year we will be back for the holiday festivities. But as for this year, we are both excited to continue our own family traditions and hope the week goes by quickly.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

Baby J 16 Weeks

I hit the 16 week mark yesterday and think I can officially say I have a bit of a baby bump coming. Our next doctor's appointment is on Wednesday to check in on baby and see how he/she is doing. Still I have been feeling fine (after a minor set back of catching a bug), but I can sense my body becomming more achy and tiring a lot easier. Let's just say workouts have been fun!

How far along: 16 weeks
Best moment this week: Eating for two on Thanksgiving! So thankful for my growing family
Miss Anything: I actually miss being able to go for a good run
Movement: nope
Food cravings: Thankfully these have subsided for the time being and I've just been trying to eat healthy!
Have you started to show yet: I think I can see a bump coming, finally! Still just feel "fat" though
Gender prediction: I still don't know. Most think it's a boy!
Looking forward to: My doc appointment next week. Seeing baby on the screen makes me happy and actually feeling "pregnant" at this moment.
Fun fact this month: Reid nicknamed baby and likes to call him/her Booger and me cookie pants!

In other news, last weekend Reid took Snyder out hiking with some friends. This time they hiked Mt Sherman which is another 14er Reid can check off his to-do list. As always they had fun and Snyder ran around like he's never been outside before. I just can't tag along on those bigger climbs anymore. My cardio level has taken a big hit and it's also a lot harder for me to catch my breath at times.

Also we have started taking tours of some houses to move to. We found one we are going to submit our application for but are checking out a second one today to compare. I'm excited to move and finally let Snyder have a yard to play in.