A Healthy Baby Boy!

We found out last week that we are actually having a boy! We were prepared to have another girl, but pleasantly surprised to find out it was a boy. Brian was more shocked than I was because he had it in his mind that he could only produce girls. I had a hunch that it might be a boy because this pregnancy has been very different from my previous ones.

No matter what the gender, we are so thankful that everything appears to be healthy. No matter how many times you have a baby there is such a desperate dependence on God to watch over and protect this little life growing inside you. As a mom, you do your best to take care of your baby, but ultimately it's your faith that has to be taken care of the most. It's all in His hands.

Healthy, Beautiful Girls

What more could I ask for?

VBS 2011

Last week was VBS at our church with 450 kids and 150 volunteers. The theme was "The Big Apple" and it looked like NYC all over the building. It was quite nice dropping Abby off for almost 4 hours and having the morning with just Leah to spend some quality time and get a lot done. It sure was a long week though as Abby came home tired and it threw Leah's nap schedule off a bit, but it was well worth it. Abby loves singing the songs she learns and I'm always surprised how much she retains. VBS was so important to me growing because my mom always ran the show. She was the one putting on the goofy costumes and getting the kids all hyped up. It brings back a lot of memories.















Abby was a little shy on stage during the final rally. She had her hands up to her face for most of the time. This is the only instance where she is ever shy.

Mini Family Reunion

At the beginning of this week my sister and her family moved from California to Cincinnati, Ohio. They flew into Ohio, dropped their stuff off and drove 10 hours out to Connecticut to come see all of us. We are so excited to have them with us this week and can't get enough of the cookouts, sleepovers, and playdates together. It's pretty crazy watching 7 grandkids running and screaming together, but we love it.

Camping trip

A few weeks back we took a weekend camping trip along the coast of CT with some good friends. It was the perfect getaway. The girls really seemed to enjoy it. We went clamming, swimming, made smores, took walks, and played. Needless to say, we are thoroughly enjoying our summer.

I think Pottery Barn is trying to tell me something...

The past month or so I have been gathering ideas of how I would like to update the bedroom that will soon host all three of our children. I haven't formally announced on this blog that I'm pregnant, but I figure if you're reading this you probably already know by now. I told Brian that if we have a third girl I'm using it as my excuse to give the room a girlie make over. When we had Abby we didn't find out what she was, so I made the room delightfully neutral. I have thoroughly enjoyed the room as my thought process has always been, I'm the one who is in there the most during late nights, rocking children to sleep and nursing, so I need to enjoy it. However, I'm itching to do something a bit different. Abby is such a girlie girl and would love nothing more than a pink and purple room, not that I'm going to go that route, but I would like to give to room a bit more character based on each child's uniqueness and personality.
It's so much fun to have a creative outlet that isn't work related. I've been searching online and various magazines, building my story boards and gathering ideas. Today I was flipping through the Pottery Barn Kids magazine and ran across two spreads that use my girl's names. Man, they really know how to market!

Time to catch up

We are way behind in blogging and need to get back on board. I thought I would start with this... love this kid!