It's a Girl!!

obviously this news has been out for a month, but like i said i am playing catch-up.

i actually made two shirts before going into our obgyn appointment. one said "FYI: It's a Boy" and the other was the shirt shown above. i must admit we thought it was a boy when we initially saw the ultrasound. but after a double and at triple check, we saw that we are having another girl! (unfortunately i don't have a good ultrasound photo to prove it. you'll just have to take my word for now).

anyway, i changed into my awesome t-shirt before going out into the waiting room, because i had my whole family + kris (lizzie's boyfriend) waiting there. my parents and lizzie were leaving from the doctor's office to drive to Idaho to drop liz off at college, so we decided it'd be fun to have everyone there.

kirk made sure my coat was velcroed all the way up the front so you couldn't see what i was wearing when i walked out. then it was easy to unveil the t-shirt and it looked way cooler than unzipping my jacket. :)

we are so excited to have two girls. kirk is way outnumbered in our family now: our kitty. sydney, baby girl #2, and I are all girls. i love having sisters and i know syd will love it too.

Christmas

this Christmas was the "Hill Christmas." we try to switch off every year with who we spend Christmas with. so we did Christmas Eve with the members of Kirk's fam who could be there, and Christmas morning/church with his fam as well. then we went over to my parents' for some gift giving that afternoon.

it was a great Christmas!

our Christmas Eve feast! 

baby Everett and Grandpa Hill. Sydney is only four months older than Everett, but she kept calling him "the baby."

Chai and Syd at the kid's table. Chai had caught a bug so he was looking at his trap. 

Alayna's family has the tradition of doing Christmas crackers on Christmas Eve. the crowns were in the crackers. super fun!

the kiddos were having a blast demolishing the tree.

in her Christmas pj's ready for bed on Christmas Eve!

Greyson, Grandpa, Chai and Grandma. of course you have to read The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve. :) sorry Grandma, i think you were mid-blink in this one.

Christmas morning we woke Syd up earlier than she usually gets up...she was a little grumpy at first. 

opening presents! (her main present was in our backyard--a slide/swingset combo).

all ready for church on Christmas day. (i made the tutu by the way. can you tell i love little girls in them??)

every year the Hills get pj's on Christmas Eve...the girls matching and the boys matching. this pic has all the grandkids, but we had to wait to take it after Christmas, when the whole fam was together.

i will use this picture in Sydney's wedding montage. just you wait. 

Moody Gardens with My Sisters

not only am i determined to play catch-up with my blog, but i am missing my sisters TONS right now. so i'm going to post about our moody gardens trip to see the lights (this obviously was during Christmas time).

sydney was mostly a zombie when she was in the stroller (it was past bedtime), but she had a great time running around and pointing to the trees that had lights wound around their trunks. i don't think she really understood that these lights were supposed to create pictures. to her they were just bright bulbs that she had to grab. we had an awesome time though. on the drive there we blasted Christmas music (there was some arguing as to what type of Christmas music to play...some people like the justin bieber variety, while others like the traditional genre) and when we got home from our long drive, we ate some yummy cinnoman rolls that Sara made. good girl bonding time while kirk had to study for his bajillion tests. did i mention that med school just seems really hard to me? sooo glad kirk is the one doing it!

anyway, here are some pics from the event:

gotta have the bunny ear for a perfect, thumb-sucking good time!

it's past my bedtime...

Lizzie is 19, and she still loves Spongebob. we just had to take some pics. :p