Miscellaneous

 Gingerbread Darcie and I made before Christmas.  It was fun decorating.................... and eating!

Baby's new change table and crib that Darcie and I assembled together.  Darcie with Emmett in nursery

Some of you may have seen this one on Facebook already.  Darcie, Emmett and I at Christmas

 Here's the baby's room before and after painting it a new soft green color.  In the next couple days we'll start assembling the crib and change table/dresser.

 Darcie and her growing baby bump!!

 Emmett and Dexter have become good cuddle buddies!  He cleans the inside of Emmett's ears out now and then for him

 We took Emmett to a pet store the other day when Santa was passing through Vernon.  He wasn't very interested in getting his picture taken with him - we had just brought him into the store and there were too many other animals and smells to investigate first before being bothered with getting a picture with Santa.   

 I grew out my facial hair for the whole month of November to see what i'd look like after a full month of growth.  Darcie hated it and practically avoided me for the entire month.  I was ready to shave it off by the end of November too.  Anyway, I thought it'd be fun to take some pictures of different moustaches while I shaved it off.  The handlebar is on the left and French waiter on the right.

Ultrasound photos

Darcie and I went to get the ultrasound done on Nov 6th to get measurements done of the baby and look to see that everything was progressing normally.  We'll find out the results when we meet with our midwife in a couple weeks but in the mean time, we asked to find out the gender.  So we're happy to announce that we'll be having a baby girl!!!!  It was pretty wild to watch the screen and see the images of her heart beating, moving her arms in real time, and other features like the umbilical cord and her face.  We are so excited of the news that we're expecting a baby girl.  We can't wait to see her and hold her in person.  

Autumn sleepy at the table during Thanksgiving

Starting Hike into the Grand Canyon

View of Grand Canyon

Taking a rest to look at the view

Along part of the path in the Grand Canyon