12 Weeks & Baby Names

We did it !!

We made it to 12 weeks :)

This might seem kind of a silly goal to most but ...

I was exactly 12 weeks last year when we found out our baby had not made it.

So getting to this goal was a big deal for me. I've been very nervous up to this point .

Now I feel like I can finally relax. 

Everything is going great. 

Baby is great :)

I am definatley growing ...

Still a little sick and tired ...

but this will pass ...

Healthy baby that's all that matters :)

Everyone here is very excited about our little one that is on the way.

We all have our guesses on Boy or Girl .

John ~ Boy

Shannon ~ Girl

Halley ~ Girl 

Maggey ~ Boy

Cooper ~ Boy

We find out on November 23 :)

If we don't back out from finding out that is ! We never have before. We're more the surprise when the baby arrives kind of people. Still love that ! On the other hand - I would like to be prepared :)

With summer over and more time spent indoors it's given us more time to compile lists of baby names we like ... I'll give you a short list of some we love .

GIRLS 

      

~ Sadie  

~ Bethany

~ Josey 

~ Miley

~ Tessa 

~ Lyla

~ Maria

~ Blaire

~ Farrah

~ Paige 

~ Janey

~ Marcey

~ Jessa 

BOYS

~ Hudson

~ Barrett

~ Canton

~ Elliott

~ Cash

~ Lincoln

~ Dawson

~ Lancen

~ Jack

~ Samuel

~ Deacon

~ Simon

 ~ Cord

~ Jesse 

~ Axle 

 ( Ok, John is not actually a fan of Axle  - YET :) )

That's our list :) I'm sure we'll knock some off or add as we go along .

Feel free to tell me the ones you love.

Family and Friends ~ Inbox, text or tell me in person :)

The ones you like not the ones you don't like :)

Have a great day everyone :)

Fall

Fall is here !

We are ready ...

We've gone from summer mode to preparing for the long winter ....

but ....

Until the snow starts falling we are going to enjoy the outside for a little longer ....

Sunflowers are still blooming ....

A lone bee finds one last flower ....

The beauty of the fall ....

Also the warning of colder weather coming soon ....

Trees are turning out behind my Dad's barn ....

Bright firey red  ....

The morning sun shining through the tree in my Grandparents front lawn ....

Picture stolen from my mother ....

With her permission of course :)

Applesauce is made ....

Cranberry Jelly is ready for turkey time ....

School is going really good this year !

The girls love their new Math.

We switched from Abeka to Saxon this year 

and so far .... they enjoy everything about it ....

Phew ....

The kids started back at Awana last night, this is Mr. Cooper's paper . 

He's also really into drawing lots of pictures throughout the day ....

On another note :

Miss. Maggey gets her braces off in 26 days  !!!!!!!

and

My sister, nieces and nephew arrive in 29 days !!!!!!

Enjoy the Fall  :)

The Gaithers

This past Friday night I headed to Bangor, Maine to see The Gaither's in concert. I was taking three of my Great Aunties ( my Grammie's sisters ) down. I volunteered to go with them since none of them like to drive on the interstate or in the city. I was looking forward to going though John and I usually go to concerts that are a little loud and a little more rockin' shall I say ....

You see I went to The Gaither's when I was 18 with my family ....

but I was in Love with this guy ...

he was 8 hours away at the time ....

and pretty much on my mind 24 hours a day ...

So I don't remember the concert ....

I remember going and that's about it !

Good thing I married him :)

and then I heard this guy was coming to a town near us on the same night ....

and I love his music ....

You can hear some of his songs on the Fireproof and Courageous soundtracks ....

but I was already committed to The Gaithers ....

I really was looking forward to going but ....

I was more excited about a little of this ....

and a little of this ...

Remember, we live in the country - this stuff is 2 hours away ....

It doesn't happen very often ....

You see we usually go to concerts and see people like these guys ...

Seen The Newsboys 3 times ....

and then again when they got a new lead singer ....

Seen these guys .... 

My Mom found this ....

With Third Day along long time ago ....

and this guy ....

seen TFK ....

we've seen this Country Man ....

and his wife ....

Now get ready ....

Don't be jealous ....

We've seen these guys twice ....

and once again when Greg left and Sam came in the picture ....

Yep - we know how to get our WIGGLE on !!!!!

The Gaither Vocal Band

Wes Hampton, Michael English, Bill Gaither, David Phelps and Mark Lowry

and now I can't believe I'm admitting this but ....

I've never heard anyone sound as good live as The Gaither Vocal Band.

They sing amazing!

I loved the concert :)

I'd like to point out that admitting this does not make me old ....

It does however ....

Make me older than 18 now :)

but not much older ....

I should add that I had a great time with the Great Aunt's :)

I have no pictures to prove it though 

because my camera stayed in the car the entire trip ....

I was very much on the ball :)

Remember you lose brain cells when your pregnant ....

I believe this to be Fact :)

What's New ?

Last weekend the kids talked their Dad into sleeping all night in the playhouse ... Notice I said " talked their Dad into it " :) I opted for being the official snack fixer and volunteered to sleep in my nice comfy bed :)

Remember back on Labor Day, hubby and the kids went fishing ???? Well this was the catch. This "catch" went into one of my good tupperware containers and into my fridge . Guess what got forgotten about and I found yesterday tucked in the back ???? Not sure what shocked me more when I opened the lid ! The eyes staring back at me or the smell ..... Into the garbage went my tupperware :( That smell would never fully go away !

Guess what happens when your pregnant for the 5 th time ????? Your stomach grows in leaps and bounds almost immediately! So  instead of looking 11 weeks along.... I look more like 24 weeks along .... Wondering how big I will be by 24 weeks ???? :)

By the way Mag's is referring to me as " a pregnant lady ".

Everything seems to have that tagged on to the end !

They were all very excited at the Walmart last night when we pulled into " The Pregnant Lady " parking spot up near the door! Even more excited when they realized that's where we can park for the next few months!

I'm just a commodity now :)

Good for parking up close to the door :)

We went through the fun task of getting rid of too small clothes, packing away the summer clothes and digging out the winter clothes ! Glad that's done and thankful to see that the kids don't need too much. Mostly their outdoor things :) Makes things easier.

Yesterday afternoon while Little Man slept, the girls helped me whip up another batch of pickles ....

Which puts our total for the winter at 47 jars ... 

I think we're good :)

Apples

Last Sunday was such a beautiful fall day , it made it almost seem like it was still summer not September .

We thought we'd head to the orchard and pick a few fresh apples.  

The sun was shining ...

The apples were delish !

Perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon ....

The first picture of the 3 of us ....

Apples Apples Everywhere !

Our babies ....

Not so much anymore ....

Love how these go from this ....

to this ....

to this ....

Yumminess :)

Happy Fall Everyone!

It's here :)