Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Well this year has gone by fast and I cannot believe it is going to be 2010. London turned one, we have a new baby on the way and we just moved. 2009 has been a great but busy year. We look foward to all the great things that will come in 2010 and are so thankful that our family is healthy.

This Christmas was really fun with London. She really enjoyed opening her gifts and having her mom and dad home to bake cookies and lounge around.

Check out London's pink cowboy boots that she got from Baba and Grandpa. She loves them and likes to walk around on the wood floors and hear them click.

We had Christmas dinner at our house. Justin was really proud of his pot roast that he cooked all day and I will have to say it was delicious! I made a yummy chocolate cake and pretty much ate the whole thing!

Hanukkah and holiday fun

London is such a lucky little girl as she gets to celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas, which to a 20 month old means lots of presents. Her Baba spolied her this year with so many gifts. We celebrated Hanukkah with the grandparents and the Halperns. The two little girls had a great time opening gifts and eating latkas.

First night of Hanukkah

New little tricycle

Christmas tree and stockings

I just love the holidays and am so glad that even though my husband is Jewish that we are able to have a Christmas tree and celebrate the holidays. I still have to hang the lights and decorate the tree (he's clueless) but I think Justin is getting used to it and maybe even enjoys it a bit. I love all the holiday music and festive food and of course gift-giving. I love to make and give gifts...and might I add that the holidays are even more fun with a little one. I can't wait to put out cookies and hot cocoa for Santa...I am sure both London and I will have to taste a few.

Kidproof this year- no bulbs or breakables

We are realizing how many mouths we have to feed!

We are having a ....

BOY!!! We just found out that we are having a boy. We wanted to keep it a surprise but we just couldn't wait. So good bye pink baby stuff and all London's great little outfits. We are 100% thrilled that we can have one of each. The ultrasound pic is a little hard to see because the baby wasn't cooperating with a direct face shot so we got the profile. He definitely has the Nedelman mouth.

Here are some pics of the little one growing in Mommy's belly.

8 weeks

20 weeks

Turkey Day

We spent Thanksgiving at Justin's parents in Orange County. The food was wonderful and I couldn't help myself to seconds and thirds.... Idell did an amazing job with the food and had over 20 people. My Mom and Megan came to visit and we spend Wednesday baking homeade pies and rolls. If there is one thing that I am adamant about it is homeade pies and rolls at Thanksgiving. The apple-blackberry and pumpkin were just delicious. Of course London ate her first Thanksgiving dinner and loved every morsel. That little girl loves to eat. She was sick for a few weeks and got pretty skinny but has now gained it all back. I swear she is 5 pounds heavier now than last week.


19 weeks. The belly is getting bigger by the minute.

Not up to too much

Well the holidays are fast approaching and we have not been up to too much lately except London being sick hence not too many pics because she is so skinny lately and mom is so big lately...wow the second time around is a shock. I already look two months bigger than I did with London. So we have been eating, shopping, and watching TV. I don't think I have ever tevo'd so many shows....Greys anatomy, survivor, 90210, Melrose Place, Housewives of OC to name a few. Well anyway I am looking forward to eating Turkey with the fam. London is so excited that she gets to see her Grandma and Aunt Megan. It has been too long.

We took a drive to dadas restaurant last Saturday. How could a pregnant woment say no to the cowboy burger with hand battered onion rings and nachos to boot. mmmmm I am craving Eureka Burger right now
London cleaning up the shopping bags from pre-holiday spending
London and Ruben watching TV
Dada, London, and Ruben wrestling

Trick or Treat in Laguna Beach

This was the first year that London got to go trick ot treating. We spent Halloween down in Laguna Beach with the Halperns. London got to play with her cousin Piper and wore a bee costume so they would match. I was really surprised that she wasn't afraid of all the ghosts and witches that were out. She had a lot of fun running up to each house getting candy and then running back to give it to Daddy. Sorry London maybe next year you will get to eat a piece.<
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One of the witches at the haunted house
Her first house she went went trick or treating. She was a bit hesitant at first.

Pumpkins, goats, rides, and fun...

So it seems that when you have a little one Halloween can last for weeks. With the pumpkin patches, dressing up for mommy and me classes, tot parties, and of course actual Halloween I feel as if I have put London in a costume at least a dozen times. She doesn't mind it too much though and it is quite fun for me to see the angel dressed up. Ahh...what will she be next year?

Picking out her pumpkin
Going for a ride...
Feeding the goats with her friend Stella who also was a ladybug...We had to give away the pony ride ticket because London was afraid of the horses, maybe next year
We went to the pumpkin patch with a bunch of London's little friends. It was a great fun filled Sunday afternoon

New Baby Nedelman

Yes, we are expecting. London is going to get a new baby brother or sister! Due date is April 23rd so little London will have to share her birthday. This is the 12 week ultrasound.

Pumpkin Patch

So I couldn't resist and I know this is not the first pumpkin patch that London will go to this year but with Aunt Meggie in town and Justin out of town we decided to take London to pick out a pumpkin. She was more interested in picking up sticks than picking out pumpkins but we still brought a mini pumpkin home to carve anyway