I know We're SUPER overdue for an update! So this one might be really long!We had a great Christmas, for the first time since we have been married we got to spend it in our own home. Emma got way too much for Christmas (especially from Grandma), but she loves all of it! She had so much fun opening all of the presents. The picture is of Emma's Christmas program. They sang 2 songs, Away in a Manger and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Each s0ng had hand motio
ns. She completely froze, she stayed in the same position the WHOLE time (as you see in the picture). She didn't sing or do any of the hand motions even though she knew them well. Oh well! Maybe next year! Despite all of that, it was a very cute Christmas program.
ns. She completely froze, she stayed in the same position the WHOLE time (as you see in the picture). She didn't sing or do any of the hand motions even though she knew them well. Oh well! Maybe next year! Despite all of that, it was a very cute Christmas program. We ended the year by attending my uncle's funeral. It was a shocker to all of us. We are sad not to have him with us anymore, but happy to know he is heaven with our Lord Jesus Christ. It was good to see my Aunt and cousins that I had not seen for several years. I wanted to include his obituary on our blog to remember him:
"Howard L. Crum, 70 years of Peebles, died Monday, December 24, 2007 at his residence.He was born in Carroll County, Indiana on May 28, 1937 the son of the late Floyd and Emma (Eaton) Crum.
He was a member of the Peebles Baptist Church and had worked as a steel worker for Penn Dixie.
He is survived by his wife Alice (Longfellow) Crum whom he married on January 18, 1959, two sons and daughters/law, Steve and Terri Crum of Newport, Michigan, Dan and Kim Crum of Martins Ferry, Ohio, one daughter/law, Amy McSorley of Cincinnati, Ohio, one brother, Louis Crum of Kokomo, Indiana, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Graveside services will be held on Friday, December 28, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. at the Freeland Hollow Cemetery with Paul Conn officiating.Friends may call on Friday from 9:00 A.M. till 10:30 A.M. at the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Peebles.
Memorials may be made to the Adams County Christian School, 187 Willow Drive, West Union, Ohio "
On our way back from the funeral, we stopped in Dayton and stayed at the holiday inn with an indoor swimming pool. Emma swam for the first time by herself with swimmies on her arm. She was so proud! We had no idea that swimmies worked so well!
We started the new year with a huge snow storm, over a foot of snow. Emma had a great time playing in it and helping Daddy shovel the snow. We have an awesome neighbor, he snow blowed our drive way after both snow storms. We are super blessed! Since then we've had 2 other huge snow storms.
We also started out the new year in a new car. We upgraded to the family vehicle, yes...we are now mini van owners! It really is an awesome vehicle. Thanks to my father being a Chrysler worker for 40 years, we once again got to take advantage of the employee price on a Chrysler Town and Country. And of course for Jerrod to keep his manly ego...we had to go with Black instead of baby blue :) Emma is really enjoying the DVD player, she gets to watch Caillou, Mickey Mouse Club House, and Little Einsteins all the time. And it's not as bad in the snow as we had thought it might be. Although it is not the Jeep on the snow. It's extra roomy and will fit 2 car seats without a problem.
We've been extra busy trying to get ready for the arrival of Jacob. I'm 34 weeks and huge! People are starting to look at me and Jerrod overhears them say "whoa, she's huge!"
The baby is very healthy, we were at the dr's the other day and she was trying to hear the heartbeat and he kicked her very hard. He kicked clear across my stomach and raised it up way high. I couldn't stop laughing, which made my stomach look like it was a torpedo raising up in the air! All of us found it quite humorous. I do have to say that this pregnancy is much easier than the first. It's kindof nice that my stomach is already stretched and I haven't had any new itchy stretch marks. I'm not near as miserable this time around. I'm actually kind of enjoying it.
We went shopping at Target yesterday, it was fun to get all kinds of baby stuff. I called it our baby shower, since we aren't having one. We still need to get a toddler bed for Emma, I think we're doing that this week. Baby brother is getting her bed. Grandma got us the whole bedding set--very cute--zoo animals. And we found all kinds of stuff to match it at Target. We're set with newborn clothing, but may need more 3+ month clothing. We still want to go tour the hospital with Emma and Grandma so they both know what to expect when Jacob is born. Emma is super excited for Jacob to get here, she knows she gets a present when Jacob arrives. We have a new baby doll for her and the whole fisher price set of play swing, basinet, stroller, and mat for the baby doll. So she can do everything with her baby that Mommy does with Jacob. We're hoping that helps, we've been told that it will. 