Girls

It's easy to remember the things I love about Jared when I only see him on weekends. Lately something I find myself loving is that he calls Maci and I his girls. "How are my girls?" or "C'mon girls, time for dinner" or "I love being with my girls". I just love it. And luckily, it won't change when the new baby comes, because #2 is also a GIRL!!! I had to go in a week early for an ultrasound to check something, and the ultrasound tech checked the baby out for us! I can say I am shocked shocked shocked! If I gambled, I would've bet money on a boy. I probably won't start gambling now. I was so surprised at first, but now I'm excited. And looking forward to buying the "coming home" outfit since that makes me even more excited. (Did anybody else get pregnant so you could buy baby clothes? Just checking...) So that's my surprising, but great news! Here's the proof:

Taggy Tag

It's been awhile since I've responded to a tag, so I'm paying my dues... 8 T.V. Shows I love to watch: 1. The Office 2. Mystery Diagnosis 3. What Not to Wear 4. Scrubs 5. According to Jim 6. I mostly hate TV 7. 8. 8 things that happened yesterday: 1. Pumpkin carving at the library 2. Trunk or Treat at the church 3. Ate Spumoni ice cream (delicious!) 4. Finished a home office project 5. Laughed a lot at Maci 6. Cried a little 7. Stayed up till past 2am 8. Thought about working out 8 favorite places to eat (in no particular order) 1. Home w/Jared and Maci 2. At my Mom's house 3. Jamba Juice 4. Elephant Bar 5. PF Changs 6. Any Barbeque 7. Subway/Quiznos, etc. 8. Baskin Robbins purely for their clown cones (I refuse to grow out of this) 8 things I am looking forward to: 1. End of Jared's project!!!!! 2. Thanksgiving in NC 3. The new baby and seeing Maci as a big sister 4. Learning how to decorate cakes 5. Losing weight in about 5 months 6. A better economy 7. Buying a house (in the far future) 8. Traveling anywhere fun! 8 things on my wish list: 1. To feel healthy 2. For Maci to be happy 3. To get on "What not to Wear"...anyone and everyone is welcome to nominate me 4. To sell songs to famous singers 5. A house with a big yard and a nice deck and fence 6. My toned legs from pre-kids days (I will get these back) 7. Cute winter boots, hat, gloves 8. Cosmetic dentistry sounds like fun Now 8 people that I tag (don't feel obligated): 1. Tia 2. Heather 3. Dana 4. Andrea 5. Katie 6. Nicole 7. Tia 8. Kristin

Picking Pumpkins

Last weekend we went to Long's Orchard (for the second year in a row) and had so much fun with cousins Kempton and Averie! Here's what we did...

Watched the apple press make cider...

Stood in a freezing line for the tractor ride to the pumpkin patch...

Still in line, and still freezing...

Fed the goats! This one was the cutest baby...

Later, Maci got to trial run her costume for the Friendly Forest, which was very fun. They had Disney/TV characters handing out the candy.

Halloween will be a great day...we get free candy AND we get to find out what our baby is! I'm thinking boy, but we will see!

I love the fall here.

Gigantor: 18wks

I have almost reached half way in my pregnancy and it's going super fast. Also, I'm growing super fast. Below I have posted pictures of pregnancy #1 and #2, both at 18wks. You can see I'm about a month ahead of myself this time, but hopefully this baby will be bigger than Maci's tiny 5lbs, 6oz!

Pregnant w/Maci 18wks .............Pregnant w/Gigantor 18wks

("Lay off, I'm starving!")

Just in case you are worried, we will not be calling baby #2 Gigantor to his/her little face. Just a running joke we have around the house behind the baby's back, which is usually better. (:

Maci Moments

No picture, just pure funny... Last night in Maci's bedtime prayer we heard, "and thank you for our servants that get us food at restaurants..." Jared and I were laughing so hard she stopped her prayer annoyed and asked why we were laughing. Her prayers are WAY better than mine.

Maci Moments

Here's Maci on her first day of preschool a couple weeks ago. She has loved every minute since! On my side, though, She seems to be growing double time since she started!

And my Maci Moment for today is:

Maci sees me putting a green bell pepper away and says, "Mom, what's happening to that pear?"