{ christmas eve }

Here's a photo run-down of the Christmas Eve festivities:

Eating dinner with cousins - Mariah, Orva, and Elaine



Ford and Sally



Reading Christmas books from Grandpa Paul and Grandma Orva



Acting out the nativity scene - Orva and Elaine both wanted to be Mary (although Orva sort of wanted to be an angel, too - hence the tinsel on her head in place of a scarf)



The cutest little shepherd boy you ever saw - Wayne



The Holy Family - Joseph wasn't interested in his costume at this point (and no, that isn't a two-headed baby Jesus - each Mary just needed her own baby)



Sally - the fancy little angel (and she knew it!)



The final scene - somewhat chaotic, but very fun



Christmas Eve jammies (it's kind of fun to have my two little boys match)





And that's it! Altogether a very fun night!

{ our little nativity scene }

Had I been together enough to send out a Christmas card this year, this is the picture I would have used.



And because he's so cute, here's a close-up of that little baby Jesus.

{ housley johnson gibb }

Housley Johnson Gibb was born on Sunday, December 4th at 9:15 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. (bigger than my other two) and was 19 inches long. Labor and delivery went very smoothly and we're all recovering quite nicely.

Here are some pictures of the cute little guy:












* I've been home from the hospital for less than 12 hours and I can already say having three kids is wild.

** Someday soon I'll post more details about the labor and delivery and everything...

*** When I made Ford's sheep costume for Halloween (see post below), I had just enough leftover sweater to make an extra little hat and pants for this new baby. I decided to go ahead and make a matching shirt to complete the outfit. I was so excited to put it on him when we came home from the hospital and see it actually fit! One fun detail - the buttons on the shirt and hat are from the button collection of my great grandma Orva Housley...where he gets his name.

{ little bo peep and her sheep }

As much as I don't like Halloween, I do really like making my kids' costumes. Ford's is made from an old sweater I found at DI. Brad's mom was here the weekend I was working on Orva's, so she made the little pantalettes (love them) and the petticoat and I made the dress.

{on a hot, hot day in july}

P.S. Bonus points to anyone who can name the song (and singer) the title of this post comes from.