We got to spend a lovely Saturday afternoon with friends for their little girl's 1st birthday. Honestly, I think the first year goes by so quickly it's not fair. I also think that babies change the most drastically in the first year so it's kind of hard to wrap your head around as a parent. It was such a sweet thing to watch the kiddos play together and see how big they've all gotten. I literally still can't believe I'm having another baby in just a few months! Just adding to the madness!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET PENELOPE!
Birthday girl eating her cake
Opening gifts is exciting business!
Oh my goodness gracious I love this picture of all the kids playing
with the fake food and shopping cart.
You have no idea how hard we tried to get them all in looking for a picture.
In seems like in light of our REALLY exciting news, there isn't much else to crazy to write about. I thought about maybe waiting for something else to come up before I posted, but hey, what's the point? I think I'm probably at that place in my life where stuff just isn't THAT exciting on a day to day basis.
I did however get to go out with my sister, ALONE, for an entire evening of eating way to much at PF Chang's and attending the movie premiere for "Won't Back Down." Anyone who has children will understand how truly thrilling something like this can be. To top it all off, since my sister Ashley is so awesome, we were VIP to the movie, had a taped off row, AND got free popcorn and a drink. That's big stuff, people!
I first must start off by saying that this movie was amazing! I went into the premiere without even having seen a preview or trailer, so I had no idea what the movie was about or what to expect. It was so heartwarming and really inspiring. I will admit that I did cry.....and I think every other person in the whole theater did as well! If you get a chance, go see the movie! We also got to meet the main little boy from the film, Dante Brown. He was adorable. Overall it was a really fun evening and I'm glad my sister and I could actually sit and talk without all the kiddos running around. That literally never happens. N.E.V.E.R.
Can you tell the food was the highlight of my night? haha. I'm still dreaming about it.
And VERY sick! Which is why I've been so absent from blogging these past few months! We've finally started announcing that we are pregnant! I'm 14 1/2 weeks and extremely excited to be adding to our family. I guess come February I'll have to change the name of my blog! You never know how it's going to be with each pregnancy, so I was hoping for the best but really expecting the worst. I was very ill with Ruby, but didn't suffer more than a couple of days of sickness with Quin, so it seemed natural that this time around I would be sick again....and boy was I! I've just now started feeling like a normal person again! There were weeks where I would barely make it downstairs with the girls, feed them breakfast and then find my place on the couch for the entire day unless I absolutely HAD to get up. It all seems like a blur now, I kind of don't know how we did it, but we did! Watching WAY more tv than we ever have in our lives! Ruby is absolutely ecstatic that we're having another baby and from day one has been convinced without wavering that it's a boy. We found out on Saturday that it IS indeed a boy & are all overjoyed with the happy news. Adam's been outnumbered all this time and I think he's excited to have a little buddy to play football with. Although, I'm convinced he'll end up being a musician or artist and won't like sports :)
I don't really know why, but it's been a really rough pregnancy for me in more ways than being sick. I've been very emotional and worried. I'm always worried when I'm pregnant, but I just keep hearing story after story about horrible things happening and become increasingly more afraid. I hate that fear & I know ultimately that God has this baby and our future in His hands, so I'm trying to let go. It just seems like with each of my pregnancies I become more fearful. Pray for me if you think about it!
It's funny how with the third pregnancy your body knows exactly what to do. I popped out instantly! I cannot believe how pregnant I look already. The picture below of my belly is from a couple weeks ago, so I'm even bigger now! I look more like I'm 20 something weeks than 14!!
It still absolutely amazes me how a baby grows! Ruby & I LOVE looking at our weekly growth chart and reading about the changes in our little guy. Ruby saw this picture and said "Awww. He's cute. He doesn't have any hair! He's just a boy, mom." This was a few days before we found out.
And here is one of our ultrasound pictures. Definitely different than my girl ultrasound pictures!! :)
We announced it to our family with carrot cake! My sister made an adorable video that I'll share too!
