Our 18 week ultrasound

We had our ultrasound on Monday and we did NOT find out what we were having. We think it will make it a little more exciting when that day comes. The baby looks good. Kidneys look good, heart looks good, Spine looks good - God is so good. They did find one little cyst in the baby's head we will go back at 24 weeks and have another ultrasound. We are not concerned about it - Those can be very common. The baby was very active they had a hard time getting good pictures of the baby cause it was moving around so much. The baby is measuring a week ahead of schedule in size so that is good that everything is growing like it should be. I will try and post some pictures later!

My Best attempt at a Christmas Card Picture

We generally get professional pictures done this time of year but we decided to wait until the baby came so I had to attempt to get pictures on my own. Wow what a chore. We didn't last long and we didn't get a good picture of Gavin and Madison together. Oh well, I did the best I could with my cheap-o camera (I think I need to just spend the money and get a nice digital camera). I'm not going to post the Christmas Card pictures you will just have to wait for those in the mail.

Happy Thanksgiving

What a great Thanksgiving we had. We have so much to be thankful for. God has truely blessed us in many ways! Gavin and Madison had their Thanksgiving Program at Preschool and they did a wonderful job.

On Thanksgiving we started the morning by attempting to watch the Macy's Parade. The kids loved watching all the floats but got board really fast. We left it on and they would periodically come back to it to watch.

We then went to my Grandmas for lunch and cornhole. We had a great time celebrating the holiday with Family. We then came back to our house to have Kyle's family over. We ended the night with Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving. We were all pooped out and in bed by 8:30.

Decorating the trees

Picking out the Tree

Gavin being camera shy (in front of our tree)

Gavin putting on his Christmas Ornament from last year

Madison putting on her Christmas Ornament from last year

Gavin and Madison decorating their Christmas trees for their rooms

Pregnancy Update

Had a Doctors appt the other day. Hard to believe I am already 16 weeks. Everything is going well so far. The baby's heart beat was 150. I started to feel the baby move a little over a week ago. I have been having some issues with my blood sugar dropping suddenly so I carry some peanuts in my pocketbook now just to be on the safe side.
We can find out what we are having on December 7th but Kyle and I have decided that we want to be surprised. I am so excited to not find out the sex of the baby. Just praying everything looks good on the ultrasound. Ever since I was pregnant with Gavin ultrasounds make me very nervous and anxious since you never know if they will find something wrong but we know that GOD is in CONTROL!!!

Gavin's First Real Train Ride to Baltimore

For Fathers Day I surprised Kyle with a train ride to Baltimore and tickets to the Baltimore and Red Sox Baseball Game. They took the trip back in September and Gavin did great on the 12 hour train ride up there. They decided not to take the train back just because Kyle felt it wasn't the safest place in the world for a 3 year old (or 31 year old for that matter) so they drove back.

Miss Photogenic

Pregnancy Update

Well I had my 12 week appointment with Dr. Shipley and so far everything is looking good with the baby. My official due date is May 11th but I am already measuring ahead of schedule. We had a talk about my weight gain seeing that I had actually lost weight from my 9 week appt. He wasn't concerned since I just don't gain a lot of weight during pregnancy (yes I am blessed). I told him with my last pregnancy I only gained 12 pounds. He is going to watch me and the baby more closely starting at 28 weeks due to my Celiacs Disease. They want to make sure that the baby is growing properly and getting the nutrients that it needs. Part of my disease is that my body rejects a lot of nutrients and vitamins that my body needs, so they will just watch me more closely and will do more ultrasounds towards the end.

Fripp Island

Gavin and Madison's First Day of 2 an 3 year old Preschool

Gavin and Madison started their first day of 2 and 3 year old preschool a few weeks ago. I really thought that Madison was going to have a hard time leaving me but I was wrong. They both walked into their classrooms and didn't even look back to tell me bye. They have become so independent. When I picked them up they both said they had fun but the best part of their day was that they got to see each other on the play ground. I think they were supposed to be twins.