Christmas at Missy's. 2013

Our first Christmas celebration was at Jeb's mom's house. She cooked some yummy lasagna, and we had a great time! It was a little crazy with three, three year-olds and three, almost-six year-olds, but we survived! The night mostly consisted of little feet running around the house, lots of wrapping paper, a little bit of crying, a lot of laughing, and a whole lot of FUN!

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Reid was so excited to open presents! My kids are ALL about unwrapping this year, so Reid loved that Missy had so many gifts for him!

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The girls were so cute together! They loved their Mooshka dolls!

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LilliAnn loves Doc McStuffins, so this Christmas consisted of a lot of Doc McStuffin toys and Princess dresses (especially Frozen-themed dresses)!

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All six of Melvin & Missy's grandchildren…a wild and crazy bunch! 

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Jett & Reid

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Family pic (6 months pregnant!)

merry christmas.

Merry Christmas from The Rollins Family!

2013

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For some reason I cannot get the front my Christmas card to upload, but here are the pictures that are on the front. 

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We took these pictures at the lake this summer with my friend, Courtney Morehead, and decided to use them for our Christmas card since we had a scheduling conflict and missed out on our Christmas mini session. I also wasn't too excited about taking more family pictures this fall since I have braces now, and our newest addition to the family hasn't arrived yet! 

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Christmas card - 2012

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lil's words.

I wanted to jot down a few of the words that LilliAnn says that I just LOVE! 

-prince-zels (pretzels)

-living yoom (living room)

-yog-ret (yogurt)

-munsters (monsters) 

And every time I put a movie into the DVD player she asks, "Is it movie night?!" 

week 25. (baby #3)

week 24. (baby #3)

24 week appointment. 

December 5, 2013 - Dr. K. Anthony Shanbour (Mercy Hospital, OKC)

• blood pressure: 106/78
• total weight gained: 23 pounds
• fetal heart rate: 156 bpm

This was a quick appointment, as I am feeling great and have no problems so far. Everything seems to be going pretty smooth with this pregnancy…except my weight gain! When I got on the scale this time, I found out that I had gained 8 pounds in the past month! I was in complete shock! I told the nurse that I was extremely upset and thought I was going to be sick. I know I have a growing baby in my belly, but I was completely disgusted with myself because I have been eating TONS of junk and just kind of let myself go this past month. Because of scheduling conflicts, I missed going to Reggie's for almost a month and haven't been doing any sort of exercising. Thanksgiving didn't help with the extra pounds, and everything seems to taste SO good! I'm trying really hard to just enjoy my pregnancy and not worry about my weight, but I worked so hard on my body this summer that it's disappointing that I have just let myself go and not been eating more healthy for the baby AND for me! Every day I tell myself that I'm going to limit my carbs and sugars and eat more nutrient rich foods, and then we go to a Mexican restaurant or the kids want ice cream at Braum's! It's so hard to be disciplined when you're pregnant. I weigh exactly the same as I did at this point with Reid and 5 pounds more than I did at this point with LilliAnn. It looks as if I'm on a 1 pound/week average weight gain. If I gain 40 pounds that will put me at the exact weight that I was when I delivered both Reid and LilliAnn. My goal was no more than 30 pounds, but Dr. Shanbour wants me to gain about 35. Hopefully I can stick to just 35! Dr. Shanbour looked at me and said, "I'm really not worried about your weight. Have you seen my waiting room?!" Lol! I really like him! He told me to cut our the bread, potatoes, and sugar and I will be fine! That's easier said than done, but I'm going to at least do better! 

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We had Christmas with Missy last night and she got us our first baby item! I haven't bought anything yet for the baby, and seeing this adorable onesie from Missy made me really excited! I've decided to turn the "man room" into a playroom, and turn the playroom into a little nursery. We picked up our final house plans, but probably won't break ground for a few months related to the weather, the holidays, and Jeb being in the middle of drilling more wells right now. Things will be really chaotic the next few months and we're not in any hurry to get started (now that we have the plans!), so we're planning on being in our new house around a year from now. I was going to have just the co-sleeper in our room and put a little dresser/changing table in our room as well, but I really want this baby to have its' own space. The playroom is small, but right off of the kitchen, and has lots of natural light so I think it will make the perfect nursery! I can't wait to get started after Christmas! Since we don't know the gender yet, I'll probably not stress about the nursery and just work on it as I see things that I like. 

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We leave for snow skiing in the morning, but I will not be skiing this year. The doctor says that it's not worth the risk, and I think I would rather sit by the fire and watch the kids in ski school. This will be LilliAnn's first year in ski school, so I am anxious to see how she does. It will be nice to get away with my family and enjoy the holidays in a stress-free environment. There is just something magical about being in the snow covered mountains during Christmas time!

a visit with Santa.

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A couple of weeks ago, we did a Santa mini session with Reid's school teacher, Rachel Schooler. Reid was super excited and could not wait to tell Santa all of the things that he wanted for Christmas. Once he got on Santa's lap, he was a bit star-struck and could only think to ask for a football! He kept asking me if that was the real Santa. It was so sweet to see how his eyes lit up when he spotted that red suit and white beard! LilliAnn, on the other hand, wasn't too sure about Santa. She hid behind the chair for the first five minutes, but after she saw big brother having a nice little chat with Santa and getting to read a book, she decided that she didn't want to be left out. She asked for a baby doll and a Barbie doll…as if we don't have enough of those already! 

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Here are a few of my favorites from our time with St. Nick! 

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miracle.

#25weeks

perfect.

I couldn't agree more. #perfect

LilliAnn McKenzie - 3 years old 

week 23. (baby #3)

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 2013

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The Christmas decor is up and we are ready for the holidays! I worked on the tree the week before Thanksgiving this year.  We go to the lake for Thanksgiving weekend, and I didn't want to be overwhelmed and in a hurry to get back from the lake to decorate. This worked out great because I would slowly do one box at a time instead of having a living room full of storage tubs! I had everything  on the inside of the house decorated and most of my presents wrapped by December 1st! That's a record for me! 

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We got a new 9 foot tree this year and did away with our old 7 1/2 footer. The 9 foot was much harder to decorate, but I am pretty happy with the finished product! 

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I'm obsessed with the new gold wrapping paper I used this year! It's just SO messy! 

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Cute little pillows from Target! 

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Oh, Christmas Tree!

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The only new thing I bought for my tree this year were these adorable leopard Ho Ho Ho's. And I am LOVING them! 

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Chippy & Ellie

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One of my favorite Christmas pictures!

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Our traditional Christmas tree in the dining room!

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All of these are ornaments that I bought after Jeb and I got married, with a few ornaments from my childhood as well.

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new giant magnetic chalkboard!

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I love decorating with old Christmas pictures!

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the kids' playroom tree

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"R" wreath

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Reid's First Christmas - 2008

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I've had these stockings for 6 years! I love them so much that I just can't get new ones! 

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I can't wait to have a huge mantle and fireplace at our new house! 

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 LilliAnn's pink, princess, ballerina, tree…complete with tiaras and a tutu!

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 Reid's OKC Thunder tree! This orange and white tree was a licensed OSU tree that we found at Walmart. Reid wanted to decorate it with basketballs and blue ornaments and make it a Thunder tree! It turned out adorable!!!

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Hope you enjoyed the Rollins Christmas home tour! 'Tis the Season!!!