Merry Christmas!

Yeah! I love Christmas, all the great music, the smell of baking in the house, the beautiful lights inside and outside and the anticipation in the air from the kids about their gifts. I really love the atmosphere.

We are ready! The presents are bought, the food is bought and the cards are out. Good thing too, we are expected to get between 1 foot at 20 inches of snow between Christmas eve and C. Day. They say it could be the snowyest Christmas ever-wow! Good thing we are not traveling anywhere this year, it could be tough going. Blessings to all of you who are going to be traveling-take it slow and carefully and be safe.

Here is an updated belly pic of me at 7 months. (this was 2 weeks ago). Little Emily is about 4 1/2 pounds now and 17 inches, approx. She's sure getting big and will be meeting here in a little over a month now, can't wait! She's doing a lot of kicking and punching mom and gets the hiccups several times every day. Her lungs will be nice and strong for loud crying! :) We are ready for baby, all the supplies are on hand now, thanks to a little Christmas angel :). It's enjoyable to bless and it is wonderful to be blessed too.

Merry Christmas and have a safe and Happy New Year!

6 months, here we come 3rd trimester!

As of the middle of November nearly, we are heading into the final 3 months. They will fly just because of the time of year it is. As much as I want to meet this little lady, I will be sad when it is over. It goes much too fast, that's for sure.

But boy, am I thankful for the opportunity! Much prayer and waiting has gone into this and I am going to enjoy every minute of it. :)

Beautiful fall time

It's been a while and by now my tummy is MUCH bigger than the previous picture. :)
I'll post another picture in a short while, just not right now. It's probably about 3 times the size as before. But that is good, we are 6 months along now! Our baby girl (yes, it's a GIRL!!!!) is about 2 pounds now and has opened her eyes this month. Her glands are working and she has eyelashes and eyebrows too. Cool huh! She is responding a lot to the voices and wonderful play noises that her brothers make and also to my rubbing my belly and to daddy's voice.
We can't wait to meet her. We are almost ready, just a few things more to get.
Our school year is going great, we are enjoying spending time learning together.
Our activities are fun: Jeremy is taking a programming class and Ryan is taking a medival knight class as well as co-op, soccer, and drum lessons.
Pictures will come soon!

As I promised...

I shot of the growing belly! Enjoy! We are 17 weeks as of this picture. Feeling great too!

All ready to start a new school year with the boys tomorrow too. I now have a 3rd and a 6th grader. I realized tonight that this was Jeremy's last year of elementary school. So sad!

All is well on the homefront

A high of 70 at the end of August? It has been an especially cool month, lows into the 40's even!
For a cold one like me it is a tad bit disappointing but it is beautiful in its own way as well.
Things are well, almost ready to start school next week. We went to Indiana to a Jesus Culture conference and although Ryan and I didn't attend the conference, Jeff and Jeremy thought it was awesome. We just got back from Iowa to golf and see my mom/family and now we have one more week before hitting the books and the familiar routine of the school year. I have picked out some new curriculum that I am excited about and hope the kids will really enjoy it too. As far as the baby goes, we are at week 17 now! Can you believe it? I am feeling litter kicks like flutters and tickles now, that is a really fun experience. I am really thankful to be experiencing this again, it is better than gold. I am showing now which is really fun and am feeling wonderful and trying to eat healthy. It's better for all of us if I choose good healthy food so that is quite a motiviator. A friend of mine once told me "eat for nutrition, not for taste". I think that is a very wise saying. Hard to do a lot of the time but wise, none the less. So, things are well. I will post a belly pic soon. Can't wait to show you!
Tata for now!

Facebook

Oh, some of you might be wondering why I have not been back on facebook.
Well, when we put net nanny on our computer to be safe if also blocks me
from facebook even if I disable it. So, I am trying to play around with filters to see
if I can get back on there. I miss seeing the pictures and keeping up to date
with things on there. Hopefully I'll be back on there soon.

We have a heartbeat!

I went to the doctor's this week and yes, we heard a beautiful heartbeat!
It sounded so beautiful! The boys heard it too, what an experience for them!
I am officially in my 11th week, so will be 3 months along next week.
Feeling better, been nauseated for the last month straight, yuck!
A bit better now though, yeah!!
Summer's going great-Jeremy is working on the sound for a drama
production of Willy Wonka and Ryan and I are continuing to seive through
the house getting ready for a major garage sale. Nothing like thinning
the entire house out! Feels good.