Longest. Month. Ever.

December has been such a looong month!

Between Finals for me & Tim, and 

co-hosting the December Bunko Party, and

school parties for the kids, and 

volunteer stuff at the school, and 

cooking 500,000 times,

and my Birthday, and 

Christmas...

I am ready for the new year and a

fresh start!!!

The Bunko Girls

 The Hostesses- Me & Mandy

4 months

I figured I better document the belly

this time around since it's my last... probably

If you haven't heard me say it before, let me

say it again....

My friends and family are the BEST!

They drove an hour from Beaumont  

to meet me at the halfway point between 

us for my Birthday in Baytown!  

And it was a work night for some and just days

before Christmas! For real they are the best!

We ate at one of my favs- Cheddar's!

Then we went to a movie....

unfortunately it was a 

terrible awful waste of a movie.  

But we had fun regardless! 

FYI-don't see "How Do You Know"...ugh worst ever.

Me & my Mom

 Christmas was great and low-key.  Just eating

and hanging out.  We managed to get

our 1st ever picture of the whole

family with all the husbands and

grandkids.  Too bad it will be missing

a new grandkid or 2 by next Christmas!

The whole Hawsey Family at Christmas

Just the Sisters

I did not get around to sending out Christmas cards this year..

So,

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 

from

my family to yours!

Baby....It's cold outside

New baby is growing 

(currently it's the size of a lemon)

and I've

definitely been feeling the effects!

They say I should stop being

sick any day now...

I hope "they" are right.

I'm tired of being a big dud

around here!

I just want to feel good enough

to get out of my jammies, 

is that too much to ask?

Baby 4 at 10 weeks

We get to find out if it is a

He or she in January!

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We spent a relaxing, but cold

 Thanksgiving in Woodville.  

While we had

an insane amount of food,

I could barely eat any of it,

except bread.

And Thanksgiving food is my

favorite too...I'm doubling

up next year to make

up for it!

The kids had fun roasting/burning 

things in the fire with Grandpa.

 Especially these Giant Marshmallows!

 I wasn't feeling much like picture taking, but

you would have seen pics of how well the kids

got along this year.

They all played great together-

riding the 4 wheeler, going into the 

scary "Shack Woods" and 

tagging along with Grandpa.

Luke and Maddox were

especially cute together.

Here's a size comparison so you can see 

just how big I am talking!

Left: Giant Marshmallow
Right: Normal Large Marshmallow

I did venture outside to toast me 

one of these babies.  

It was worth the horrible smoke

smell that I had to wash out of my 

clothes and hair immediately after

...a smell that under

normal circumstances

does Not make me sick.