Happy Thanksgiving!

I am looking forward to a relaxing day tomorrow!  We're going to John's parents, and are in charge of bringing cranberry relish and sweet potatoes.  We'll also bring the pies, but I cheated and got those at Costco!  I'm using two new recipes this year for cranberry relish and sweet potatoes.  I made the cranberry relish this morning and can't keep John and JD out of it, so it must be pretty tasty!  We're going to work on the sweet potatoes in the morning, but the recipe sounds delicious!!  John insisted something other than the traditional marshmellow sweet potato casserolle, so hope this is just as good! :)

We enjoyed a lovely church service this evening.  I love going to church in the evening.  There's something about the darkness and candles that is super special.  JD and I then took a quick trip to Meijers for a few last minute items, then a drive thru McDonalds for cookies and an egg nog shake!  I'm sure craving cold milk with this baby...and the egg nog shake did the trick!

We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, complete with everything good!! xoxo

Wowsers!

Our sweet baby girl is now the size of a cantaloupe! That's so crazy to me! The last few days has been so fun sharing our news! It's starting to sink in...and I'm ready to buy some PINK!! :) My mom bought us the Vera Bradley diaper bag yesterday in "Purple Punch" which is a mix of brown, pink, and purple. I love it! It is going to be so fun having a little girl!!!

Exciting News!

We found out today that we're having a baby girl!! We are "tickled pink" over this news!! :) The boys are excited they are going to have a sister. They predicted correctly all along!!

Happy Halloween!

JD and Ethan had a very fun Halloween weekend! On Friday night we went to Trunk-R-Treat at church. It was fun to see all our church friends dressed up and having so much fun! On Saturday we carved our pumpkins (pictures coming soon!) and on Sunday we went to our friends, the Cartmills, to Trick-or-Treat. JD, Ethan, Ian, and Nicholas had so much fun together! (Those pics coming soon, too!) JD was Buzz Lightyear and Ethan was Woody. They were a cute combo!! :)

My sister-in-law saw a similar shirt on a blog earlier in the week, so I polished up my crafty skills, made a trip out for iron-on paper and a black shirt, and solicited help from my art teacher friend to create this masterpiece! It was a lot of work, but I think it turned out pretty well. All my students loved it and every time Ethan walks by he rubs my belly and says, "Hi, Goovie." So cute!! This pic will definitely be going into the baby book. :)

Onion!

In my email today it says that the baby's now the size of an onion! I'm 17 weeks today. It's flying by! Baby's skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. His umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes now feature one-of-a-kind prints.

In just a few weeks we will find out the sex of our little "Goovie." John named the baby that and it stuck! I'm hoping we can change it once this baby is born, because I don't love the name AT ALL! But, at least for 9 months he can get his way! :) Once we find out if baby Goovie is a boy or girl, we can start focusing more on names. At this point we haven't agreed on anything!

The boys are excited. They kiss my belly and talk to the baby all the time. It's very sweet. I think I'm going to like having three kids. :)

Bed time videos :)

We had fun with the camera tonight at bed time! I love my boys so much!! :)

JD reading

Ethan saying the Lord's Prayer