It's a........BABY!!!!

We went to our ultrasound today. It was so fun to see the baby. Everything looks great, and the best news, my due date didn't get pushed back!!! My doctor "thinks" the baby is a boy, but we don't know for sure. Hopefully we will have more cooperation from him (or her) next month when we'll try again. The picture looks just like my other kids pics. (I'm sure most of these look a like, but still..), so either way we'll have another chubby cheeked Hooper coming in May.

I am extremely bummed that I really can't start all the shopping and sewing projects I have lined out. Maybe that's the babies gift to Ryan, to keep his mama from spending too much money just yet! We would love to hear any boy name suggestions you may have since we really haven't thought about them too much yet. Well, Ryan and I haven't, but the kids have three favorites....Thomas Jefferson, Gordon B. Hinkley, and George Bush! (We will have to think on those names...lol)

WooHooo!!!!

I can't help bragging a little on my awesome hubby. He had another patent issue today!! This makes three that have issued, and he still has three more that are pending right now. I'm super proud of him, and am sooooo lucky to have him. How in the world did I get a smartie like that??!

It's MRS. Mommy OK!!!

So its my turn to be one of Isaac's preschool teachers. I enjoy it, but for the next six weeks, my house is very preschoolish. My kids love having all the stuff there and playing school. Isaac was really funny though. He was excited for me to be his teacher and told me my name is now Mrs. Mommy. I thought that was sweet since they call their other teacher Mrs. But at preschool today, Isaac got a little cheesed because the other kids weren't calling me Mrs. Mommy, just teacher or Mrs. Misti. He corrected a few of them until he was too frustrated about it. It might be a long six weeks!

Grandma and Grandpa Hoopers

We drove to Ryan's mom and dad later on Christmas day. It was fun to see everyone. The kids were having a ball feeding the cows and climbing on the hay. Grandma Hooper has awesome costumes for the Nativity. My favorite picture is when one of the Angels (Shelby) discovered that baby Jesus was HER doll! So Olivia (Mary) shared.

Christmas morning

Christmas morining was super fun. Only a few times did we have to send the kids back to bed because it was too early...midnight, 2am, and 3am. A little after 5am we decided to let the kids stay awake. Here are the kids with some of their favorite toys.

Nativity

Our kids LOVE acting out the Nativity on Christmas Eve. This year we had two Josephs, (to avoid a fight) and Mary. The kids were really good, and I think they listened to the story pretty well.

Gingerbread House Competition

We started a friendly gingerbread house competition a few years back. The teams are boys against girls. You can decide the winner yourselves. The biggest mess made was a tie....it was a HUGE mess, but lots of fun!

The boys team: Innovative

The girls team: Traditional

We had so much fun, and it was a great way to kill time on Christmas eve, aka the longest day of the year. (according to the kids atleast)