Christmas memories!

The Knight family had a wonderful Christmas full of fabulous memories. Here is one of the best, our little guy in his Santa suit on Christmas Day and the only picture that we could get of him smiling, looking at the camera, in front of the tree, and with his hat on all at the same time! Hallelujah! A true Christmas miracle! :)

The holidays started with an early celebration with Grandma Knight and Aunt Alison in Riverside in the beginning of December on the 6th. We had a great time opening presents and watching Evan in action. He started to perfect his opening skill at this gathering. Here he is opening his own gift and also below helping Daddy and Mommy.

Then once Christmas Eve hit he was a pro with unwrapping. First thing we did that day was our family attended our church's Christmas Eve service with my parents. Here are some pictures before we left for the service.

It was a real nice service and Evan came to big church too. All the kids were present - it was chaotic as you can imagine. However, he did so good, they gave all the kids goodie bags (contents included a bag of Fruit Loops- this was his first tasting of the cereal and he loved them eating the whole bag, little toys- Evan got two of the Three Wise Men, and a cool ring). He also got to see his friend Amber and gave her the sweetest hug. Here they are pictured together.

We then met up with the rest of my family at Mimi's where my Grandma treated us to a wonderful dinner. Evan again did fabulous; we were so proud of him. He ate lots of food, especially sweets and was pretty good at entertaining himself through the meal even though it was way past his normal time to eat. Lastly, that evening we went over to my Grandma's house and opened presents. It was a great time of family and fun. Here are some pictures from the festivities.

Helping Grandpa unwrap his present.

Then he thought it would be fun to sit on it.

He also got a really cool ball that lights up and changes colors from Uncle Rhett and Aunt Debra.

Christmas morning started off with an early bang at about 6:15 a.m. or so. Even though Evan totally went to bed late about 10:00 p.m. he woke up super early. Maybe he knew Santa visited. :) We ate breakfast first, this is Evan's normal routine, and then we asked Evan if he wanted to get a present under the tree and he marched right in and grabbed one to open. It was so cute. The best part is that he opened up one of his absolute favorites. We didn't realize it at the time of purchase, but now that he has this new "Cars" obsession, the gift was just perfect. He got the character Mack and Lighting McQueen to play with. Mack actually can shot Lightening out of his big rig. Super fun! However, he was definitely open to the idea that there were additional presents to open and even helped Mommy and Daddy open their gifts. We had such a wonderful morning and look forward to this treasured tradition every year.

Here he is with Mack and Lightening in his Christmas pajamas.

And pictured here again with the toys now in his Santa suit.

Evan watching "Cars" and drinking out of his new Cars sippy cup. The funny thing is that we purchased several "Cars" items not totally planning on having a fanatic on our hands, but it all worked out real well. He also got a few Elmo things, which he enjoys but has placed closer to second or third. Thomas the Tank Engine is in there somewhere too.

At about noon we got a visit from Pops and GrandDeb Knight who showered Evan and Mommy and Daddy, along with Baby Girl, with a few more presents. We had a lot of fun with them. Evan was so excited to open more gifts and especially loved the new rocket vehicle they got him. He could barely wait for assembly to take place. We had a real nice visit with lunch. So delightful!

Lastly, we headed to my parents house for Christmas dinner and yet again a few more presents. At this point, Evan, did have a nap, but woke up early and was cranky. I think the mix of fancy food, sweets, a different schedule, and lots of activity all added up. He did pretty good at the get together, but had a break down at dinner and only wanted Daddy to hold him and play. The good news is Mommy was able to eat in a little peace, while Daddy tried to calm our little dude. After the breakdown and we had dinner for the most part. :) We opened more presents, which Evan was excited about. At this point he was a gift unwrapping pro and was really getting into the opening.

This picture below shows his mood for this party. Gotta love it! :)

Here is Evan getting in to the action.

He really liked this one below.

Then here are pictures of everyone watching Evan. Little ones are such entertainment. :) Next year he will have to share the spot light with his sister.

Rhett and Debra after opening some gifts.

Lastly, here are some great photos taken by my sister-in-law, Debra, of our little man that evening. We hope you and your families had a wonderful Christmas and were able to celebrate the true meaning rejoicing in our Savior and his birth.

We wish you and your families a blessed New Year too! Love you all and Happy 2010!

Christmas Dance

A little gift from Evan for Christmas...a special dance. Enjoy!

Visit with Santa

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Just wanted to report that we saw Santa live and well yesterday. However, his helpers had said that his reindeer were slowing him down as we arrived at the Roseville Galleria to visit with him bright and early 8:00 a.m. his scheduled arrival. This was so Jim could still get to work and we might beat any crazy lines. Nevertheless, Santa didn't arrive until 8:30 a.m. We were a little disappointed with his timeliness. However, we did finally get to see him. Evan as you can imagine was somewhat excited as we waited in line. However, very antsy. Then when we actually made it to the front of the line to see him and sit on his lap he didn't want anything to do with that. Our back up plan was for us all to sit together. So here we are...

We hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas! God Bless!

Below is a picture of Evan entertaining himself in line with a water bottle. :)

Baby Girl's Room

Jim slaved away making preparations for Baby Girl Knight starting way back in October! Evan tried to be his little helper as you can see from the pictures below. Here are some shots of all of his work.

Before...

The transformation begins...

After...
Great job Daddy! We are so proud of all your hard work...it looks beautiful!

Then the furniture finally arrived, December 11, and my two boys worked hard at putting that together. We had special help from a great friend, Taylor, to help bring it upstairs. Thank you Taylor! However, the assembly was all Jim and Evan. :)

And now for the final product...ta da!

Her room is now ready and waiting for her arrival! :)

3 weeks left...give or take a little bit

We are officially at 37 weeks. It is so hard to believe that we are going to have our little girl in less than a month. In the meantime we are trying to enjoy our family of 3 as much as possible and treasure these special holiday moments together. We are also cramming to get as much as we can done in order to get ahead as we know things will probably get a little nutty when she comes into the world. However, we can't wait to see her beautiful face and to give her so many kisses and hugs.

All in all feeling pretty good, can't really complain. God is so good and has blessed us immensely during this pregnancy.

Saw the doctor today and everything is on track. She is in position and could arrive a few days early, but probably on or real close to due date, which is January 11. Doctor was very pleased.

Here is a photo at 36 weeks too on Saturday, December 19 - me and my two babies! :)

Cars, Cars, and more Cars!

For the past three days, Evan has requested to watch the Pixar movie "Cars." So many of our friends with little boys have warned us about this obsession, and I guess we are there. :) He just loves the movie and calls Lighting McQueen, "Ighting." So cute! Here he is watching the show. :) Enjoy- we sure are!

Super Quick Trip to SoCal and Riverside Family Shower

Here I am at exactly 35 weeks, 8 months on Sunday, December 6, Riverside Family Shower Day.

We went to Southern California for a super quick trip to visit and work on our old house, check-in with the tenants, and to see Jim's mom and sister and their new home. The bonus was that we did get in a little visit with friends who live right next to our old house and just had their first little boy, the Droneys. Thank you guys for your amazing hospitality!

Here are the boys together! Such cute dudes...

...and all six 1/2 of us.

It was so nice to be able to stay with them in their new house and to meet their son for the first time.

We so wished we could have seen more friends, but time was super crunched! We think of you often and miss you tons!

When we were visiting Jim's mom and sister, Alison, they had a super sweet gift for us and Baby Girl - a family shower! It was such a blessing and so great to see all of our amazing family. Here are a few pictures from the event.

Grandma Knight and me. :)

Here she is with her boy.

Here are Jim and I A.K.A., soon-to-be parents AGAIN in front of the yummy food table.

Here is the family! From left to right, Cousins, The Ross Family- Brandon, Becky and Andrew, The Marshall Family- Bob, little Robert, and Debbie, Uncle Herb and Aunt Kathy, Emma (Brandon and Becky's little girl), Evan's Auntie, Alison, me, Evan, Jim, and of course Grandma Knight. :) What a good looking bunch!

Evan had the best time playing with his second cousins. They all loved running around at Jim's Mom's new house.

Here he is posing with his fish lips and playing with sidewalk chalk - they loved this stuff!

Here he is hanging with the boys!

Here we are at the party. We were blessed with so many wonderful things for Baby Girl Knight! Thank you everyone and love you too pieces! :)

The best part was the kids helped to open the gifts and got so excited about them too! Gotta love that!

They also entertained themselves during the party with stickers. Thanks to Auntie Alison! :) Evan was quite impressed with Andrew's picture.

After presents we got to eat the delicious and beautiful cupcakes pictured below!

Evan just loved them and ate the whole thing! He even requested another, which we had to quickly hide the leftovers to avoid this. :)

A very special thank you to Grandma Knight and Auntie Alison! We had such a great time seeing you; thank you for everything! Love you and Baby Girl Knight can't wait to meet you real soon! :)