IT's A

BOY! After much contemplation, Dave convinced me that he would feel better connected to our baby if he knew the gender for the remainder of the pregnancy. I knew there was no way he could keep a secret for the remaining 18 weeks, so I caved :-) LOL We are thrilled that our little guy looks healthy and is right on board with a March 29th due date! If you are friends with us on facebook, you can see a few ultrasound pics posted there.

Madeline is adjusting to the news of a brother. She was convinced it was a sister. In her sweet ways, she has begun kissing my belly and saying hi baby brother. It melts our hearts. While she saying all the right things, I truly don't think she comprehends what lies ahead. Her days of having all of our attention will be coming to an end. For a toddler, she does pretty well sharing with her friends at school. I don't think it will take her too long to embrace the idea of sharing hugs and love with her new brother.

We are 3 weeks away from the big move. We are spending much of our weekend packing. We'll be heading north for Thanksgiving, so we're down the wire in terms of available packing time. Dave has been a champ with packing. I've spent more time sifting through belongings and determining what will go, what will be donated and what needs to just be pitched. He's done the majority of the true packing! Madeline has been helping too by "marking" the boxes for the movers. She can't stand hearing a box being taped closed and written on by daddy without getting her mark on it too!

As we lead into Thanksgiving week, we have plenty of things to be grateful for! God has truly been good to us and we praise Him for all His blessings. There are seasons in each of our lives, and right now, we are enjoying an abundant one. Thank you God! May this post find each of you happy and well!

Halfway There!

Today marks 20 weeks! We are anxiously awaiting our anatomy ultrasound next Friday. While we don't plan to find out the sex this time around, there is peace-of-mind in knowing our baby is growing and developing appropriately! I am happy to report that I'm feeling great. The start of this pregnancy was a little more rough than with Madeline, but has progressed very well. It's amazing how much faster the time is passing with this time around. I suppose chasing around my adorable toddler is helping to make the time pass more quickly.

We are all doing well. We've been keeping busy packing for the upcoming move. We've done our duty in donating this year. With the luxury of time, we've had the opportunity to purge as we pack. Our move down here was much different as a moving company did all of our packing for us and we did zero purging before that move. It feels good to rid of things in our life that are not needed, yet may be needed by someone else. I think we've adopted a new minimalistic lifestyle that we hope to maintain in our new home.

Stay tuned next week for the ultrasound updates and pics :)