I get it!

I GET IT!!! I now know why my parents had so many children...they can help with chores!!! Today Molly helped daddy clean out the garage...she was very productive! Little does she know that we were cleaning the garage to make room for her crib...

Isn't she the cutest little cleaner?!?!?

Santa Claus came to town!

Well...it is official. We now have to move. Is it because we are expecting a new baby... well, yes, sorta. The fact that we share a house with a crazy neighbor definitely factors in. Kelly's new job does make it all the easier to move...but the biggest reason- is that Molly got so many toys from Santa this year that we now have no where to store them. That is right Santa. We are moving because of you!

Christmas this year was a whirl-wind of presents, family, driving and dancing to Christmas music at the May household. It was BUSY! I can not tell you the joy that this Christmas was for Kelly and me. To have so many prayers answered and then see this beautiful little girl light up with all the excitement of Christmas... it truly brought us to a new level of Christmas Joy.

Our Christmas Holiday began with putting on our fancy clothes for Christmas Eve Mass...

Please notice- my fantastically in shape husband!

The children's mass was so wonderful! A little long but we managed to maintain the troops with twistables and a Sesame Street Color Book...

Molly was fascinated with baby Jesus...

Then it was off to Granny's for some cookies and presents!!!

Molly is working on cookie #6 here.

Then it was time for our Green-eyed Molly monster to go to bed and get ready for Santa's visit and Christmas Morning!

Santa stopped by!!!

I wish that I could post the video footage of our Christmas Morning because Molly's reaction to the presents was pretty stinking hilarious! But we realized a little to late that we have the wrong type of cord for our video camera and computer connection...too sad... but these pictures get the message across...

Mommy and baby watching the new sesame street sing along...

This holiday everyone just had so much fun...

and Molly managed to only injure herself one time on Papa John's door... Poor Kelly had his own battle wounds!

We could not have asked for a more eventful and wonderful holiday...we can't wait to see what joys 2008 will bring!

"Got the Betes"

So Long Carbohydrates...

Well, we found out last Friday that I will be losing a few dear friends for the next 8-9 weeks. Potatoes, Pasta and my dear beloved bagels will have to be in rare form- because as Kelly puts it: "I have got the betes". Gestational Diabetes that is. It really isn't that big a deal- it does however call for a few lifestyle changes. My meals are now on a daily regimented low carb plan where I test throughout the day to measure my glucose levels. I am starting to get the hang of it. I am not going to lie...those M&Ms were really calling my name today! It definitely is going to be a little tough to keep myself honest...but, Bellito is completely worth it. The main thing that we are working for is a healthy baby! One of the risks associated with gestational diabetes is really large babies that are under-developed...so weighing the pros and cons I kicked the carbs out!

I was really at this point going to show new Bellito pictures but, alas...I have yet to scan. That is the project for this weekend! Belly pictures too. I had my 31-week appointment last week and everything looked great! I now have this massive in the front belly that Molly likes to show the world when we are out and about... she has decided that lifting up Mommy's shirt to tickle me is SO FUN! Not so fun for mommy.

At the appointment, Bellito's heart rate was at a thumping 130 bpm. It sounded like a galloping horse on the doppler- so if we are going by my sister's weird test then we are having a boy...please note, we have no confirmed evidence...just fun little games to guess. Baby is head down now and BUSY! Every once and awhile you can see the curve of the knee stick out. It makes Kelly a lot-bit nervous. I can't believe that we will be meeting our little peanut so soon.

On a totally different note...life has been a little insane for the May Family. Although, it is Christmas season- should I have expected anything less? We found out a couple weeks ago that Kelly's company was sold. It will officially cease to exist on my due date. For those of you that did not know, Kelly has been on the job search for a little bit now trying to make it easier with baby number 2. So even though Kelly was planning on leaving...it is really sad to know that Metropolitan will no longer exist! Kelly has the most amazing co-workers! We love them all! My biggest wish this Christmas was for us to have a plan. After such amazing support from friends/family and some incredible prayers...the plan has arrived.

Yesterday, Kelly resigned at Metropolitan Newsletter and accepted a position in the Advertising/Publishing Department at the new AT&T branch in Dallas. This is going to be such an amazing new direction for our little family. I had an amazing lesson in patience in the past few days... it was definitely needed. I am so proud of Kelly for sticking it out through the horrible process of interviewing with companies and coming up with an amazing solution for our family. I just love him so much!

Other then that it has been Christmas crazy time! Especially at the hospital...SO BUSY preparing donations/gift/special events for the patients and families... I have also been completing Christmas shopping for family this weekend...it is crunch time. As a way to save our sanity we have vetoed sending Christmas cards this year (we had such a cute picture though!) So...you will not be getting a Christmas card from us but we wish all the joys of the holiday and new year!!! You can just get some fun birth announcement mail in February!!!

I can't believe it is just days until Christmas...wow...does it ever slow down?

Christmas Time Is Here!

Wow...what a holiday packed weekend! The hunt proved to be VERY SUCCESSFUL in that we now have our lovely tree. I have to admit though it was a little hard to be in the mood to hunt a tree when it was 81 degrees outside! Needlesstosay, this is our tree...

To find the perfect Christmas Tree you must...

1. Hunt It!

Molly preferred a tree her size...

2. Cut it Down!

3. And carry it back...we put Makenzie to work on this last step...

After this you can kick back and enjoy the tree farm animals...


On the way back... the hunters take a rest...

Big Hunters too...

We then let the tree sit outside to soak up some water. Tonight was our time to decorate! I was really looking forward to decorating because it is one of my favorite memories from childhood...Molly is now finally old enough to participate in the family tradition. I was a little nervous at how the decorating started out...

* Please note- Molly face down throwing a fit! The giant orange pumpkin is her "purse"- apparently, Molly is having some difficulty letting go of past holidays. Time to move on Molly.

With a little help from Mommy...

And some star hanging with Daddy...

Fun was had by all... We are looking so forward to all the other joys to come this holiday!

A glimpse of Bellito...

Thursday was a baby day...even better...it was a sono day! Those days make me so happy!!! Bellito looked fantastic! I tried to post the video of the sonogram but it did not work!!! I am so sad! It is an enormous file! Yikes! I left the actual pictures at work so I will have to post them later on Monday...sadness.

What we now know about Bellito:

1. Bellito has the cutest little round face- just like big sister! I mean seriously...the biggest cheeks! When Molly arrived it looked like all of her weight was in her face!

2. Bellito is breech right now... last appointment our sweet baby was head down. This tells me that we have a little acrobat!

3. Bellito is measuring a little bigger than what we had expected- about a week ahead of that original due date... I can't imagine a big baby! I am excited! I am thinking that 2/22/2008 would make for a fun birthday! Bellito could be 22 on 2/22.

4. Bellito is a thumbsucker...maybe won't have to compete with Molly on the love of pacifiers.

5. I swear that I saw a "hot dog" in the video and when I told Kelly he told me that he saw a "hamburger". So- we still will have to wait and be surprised. Gabe or Lucy... we have nothing but love for you!!!

Other news... Well, I am definitely getting bigger. My tummy hurts a little tonight because the skin feels so tight. I feel like I can't stretch anymore. My friend Stef has proved that this is not true. She had to make room for three so I need to stop complaining. I am going to see if Kelly will give me a quality belly rub... it is kinda sad that this is one of our main forms of intimacy- rubbing lotion on my ENORMOUS BUMP!

I found out today that I failed my first glucose screen. That means that on Thursday I have to have the big nasty test. Yucky yucky orange drink... I am SO SO HOPEFUL that I pass! I really don't think that I could do without my carbs/sugars! I just love potatoes, fruits, jambajuice, bagels and pasta a little too much! Pray pray that I pass this test!

Tomorrow at the crack of dawn we are driving 2 hours east to go an chop down our Christmas Tree! The hunt is on... be on the lookout for pictures coming your way!