This Christmas season Allie has been loving everything. She loves the songs, the lights, the crafts, the treats, the tree and I cannot wait until Christmas morning, she will be so excited. She even has me sing only Christmas songs at bedtime. Since this year has been so special with her I have been thinking of things to do with her. She loves the lights on the houses so we decided to make our way down to Peacock Lane tonight. She was so adorable. She was either singing Jingle Bells or saying how cute everything was. Definitely worth the cold to see her loving it all. This may be a new family tradition now that she is old enough to appreciate it. Next year we will just have a double stroller with us. :)

The day after Thanksgiving Matt hurt his knee playing football and was in quite a bit of pain when he got home. Allie was very concerned and was hovering as he was taking his shoes off. When his shoes came off he sprinkled little black dots on the carpet (part of the turf they were playing on).

Allie: "Daddy hurt?"
Matt: "Yeah Daddy's hurt"
Allie looking at the little black dots on the carpet..... "Did the ants do it?"

Allie practiced for her future career Saturday at the Children's Museum!

We are being blessed not with one but two babies this time around. :) Yup the Benz's are going to be a family of 5! I am currently 12 weeks and due May 24th. My doctor says they probably won't let me go past May 10th though. So we get to see the babies a little early this time.

The weeks leading up to our 8 week ultrasound I had my suspicions as to whether there were two. For one I was a whole lot more tired and hungry, I was starting to show a little at 8 weeks ( and in maternity clothes at 9) and I think the Lord was preparing me a little before we got the news. On the way to the ultrasound I asked Matt if he thought it was two or not and he said he would be surprised if they told us it was one. So it wasn't just me then. :) When she said there were two we just laughed and smiled and said "we knew it!". It was a pretty big shock but a good shock. We have had a month to get used to idea and while I am still nervous I am trying to learn as much as I can and make the right decisions for the babies.

The picture isn't as bright but here they are at 12 weeks. This was the coolest ultrasound. Since they are still small you can see their whole bodies and they were moving around like crazy. Baby B was pushing off the side of the sac almost like Micheal Phelps. and when she went to track to heart beats they had little blups in the rhythm because they were moving so much. That the fun part, I get an ultrasound every appointment because they need to see the two heartbeats since if they heard them they wouldn't be able to tell who is who. So I get to see them more often. :)

We have been talking about the babies with Allie and she is so excited to meet them. Sometimes she hugs my tummy and says hi babies. :) My brother gave her twin dolls for her birthday and she loves to care for them. She will be such a great big sister. Everything in pairs are now called twins, like the other day there were two oranges on the counter and she said "twin oranges". Oh and beware if you are pregnant she will just assume there are two babies in your tummy too. :)

Saturday we had a b-day party with some family. She was the only kid there and was loving the attention. She was dancing for us all in the living room. :)

Then there was a dance party going on in the kitchen with a dancing/singing Mickey doll she got.

Cupcakes!

Sitting peacefully between her Papa and Poppi.

Then on Halloween her actual birthday we laid low during the day since she has a slight cold and then went trick or treating with cousins.

She got the hang of it after a few houses and then after her bag got heavy and she got tired daddy gave her a ride to each house.

We are so looking forward to Allie's birthday this year. She is at the age that she can actually enjoy all the fun activities. We spent Matt's birthday carving/painting our pumpkins.

We themed our pumpkins around Allie's b-day, Matt's was Mickey Mouse mine said Allie.

On Friday we went to the Clackamas Promenade for some trick or treating. This was Allie's first time and so of course I had to bring the camera to capture the occasion. The kids costumes are so puffy I had to dress them in the back of my car.

Will loved to squeak Allie's ears. and she giggle when he did it too.

Concentrating on a sticker she got.

Love the little tail on that costume. It swings when she walks.

We went with some friends. Aren't they adorable!

We took Allie to her first pumpkin patch and she loved it. It was so much fun for the whole family and I would recommend Liepold Farms in Boring, it's better then Sauvie's island. They had a kid area, pony rides, pumpkin catapulting, a maze, a farmers market, hay ride, and boring fire was there with their fire truck and ambulance. We all had such a great time. and the weather was beautiful!

Then after a carmel apple and a pretzel we rode the hay ride and learned about pumpkins are grown. When the guy asked for volenteers Allie tried to get out there.

Then we got to pick out our pumpkins. Look at this one, isn't it adorable. :)

Found the perfect Allie pumpkin!