39 weeks and still waiting!

I can't believe that I am 39 weeks pregnant. After being put on bed rest at 28 weeks and being so worried that our baby was going to make her arrival too early, now this girl seems content to stay put. We are ready for Jillian to join our family and meet her big sister. Hopefully soon!

Pumpkin Patch and Pregnant

I wasn't sure it was going to happen this year, but we did indeed make a pumpkin patch trip before our newest pumpkin arrives. I am 38 weeks pregnant and chasing Lauren through a sea of pumpkins was not happening, so Daddy deserves a round of appaulse for keeping up with our marathon runner. After a while of searching for the perfect pumpkins, we ended up bringing two large and two small pumpkins home. Lauren picked her pumpkin right away and carried it around the whole time. Good thing it was small! She also picked a pumpkin for baby Jillian, very sweet. I don't know what it is about kids and pumpkin, but they make the cutest pictures. Don't you agree.

38 weeks pregnant

Daddy and his little pumpkin

Happy 3rd Birthday Lauren Grace!

Our little Lauren celebrated her 3rd birthday on October 6. What a sweet and precious blessing she is to our family. She is growing up so fast, but I still think of her as my baby. I don't think that will ever change. We love the little girl that she is growing into, and it is so fun to watch her personality develope She loves to sing and tell jokes, just basically likes to laugh and make others laugh. I think the Lord has given us the best of both worlds with her because she loves to play dress up and baby dolls, but she also won't pass up any opportunity to get messy and dirty. We think she is the perfect combination of a princess and tomboy. We love you, big 3 year old girl. Thanks for making the past three years so much fun!

The birthday girl

Cupcakes with her friends at school. Our daughter, the only girl in her class, was the only child with cupcake all over her face.

We took Lauren to the see the movie Toy Story 2 in 3D. It was her first movie and she loved it. She was a little unsure of things at first, but nothing a little popcorn, candy, and lemonade couldn't fix. She hasn't stopped talking about it.