When is she coming?????

The most frequent comment we've heard this past week, "You look like you're about to pop!"

And that's how I feel. She's still a little over a week away from her due date but I think we were wishfully hoping that she would come early like her brother....2 weeks early. Oh well :) Everyone also keeps asking us if Nicolas knows anything is going on or if he's excited about having a little sister. We don't really think he totally understands but he does point at my belly often and say, "Baby," while smiling. We've also had a couple of embarassing moments where people have been over and he walks over to their stomachs and tries to pull their shirts up and says, "Baby!" To which we have to reply, "No, no, that's a belly, Nicolas. Baby is in Mommy's tummy. There's no baby in there." So we'll see. We hope he's as happy as this when he meets her for the first time!

Baby Girl Shower

A couple of weeks ago, my mom and sister threw us an amazing shower for our little girl. It was such a blessing and the people there made it a blast! Here are some pics from the shower.....2 weeks left to go! Maybe less :)

With the party hostesses

It was different getting girl clothes this time around!

We played a game where everyone had to guess how many squares of toilet paper around I measure. Apparently, I measure 10.

Some fun guests pictured below:

We're at 25 weeks!

We are more than halfway there. I am starting to feel our baby move a lot more and Jeff can now feel her too when he puts his hand on my belly. I know that was exciting for him. I'm definitely starting to show and the back pains are beginning. Especially because Nicolas is walking full force. He tries to run sometimes but isn't very coordinated at it yet and usually ends up falling and laughing at himself. It's pretty funny. We are enjoying this time but hoping the pregnancy goes by fast with the holidays so we can meet our daughter already! Here are some recent pics. The pregnant one was taken on Halloween and the others just last week.

Nicolas running away from us with a big stick in his hand.
Playing with Daddy.

Halloweenies and Hamboogers

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Many of you know we hosted "HALLOWEENies and HamBOOgers" for our neighborhood this Halloween. Basically, we had a cookout in our front yard for anyone that was trick-or-treating and passed out candy and some hotdogs and hamburgers as well. We hosted it along with two other couples that live in our neighborhood. Below are some pics from our night.

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

So, for those of you who thought we were going in Friday for our sono, we did too.....but that all changed today. Kathy called the doctor's office she was having her sono at to confirm the day and time and they informed her they were no longer doing sonos for outside patients. So she called the birthing center where we are having our little one and they gave her a couple more numbers of places to try to schedule a sono. Keep in mind, we've have this appt. for about a month and had not been told any of this information. So she calls one of the places and they tell her they only do sonos on Tuesdays (which is today) and that they had a cancellation. Can she come in at 4:30? So, we went in and the sonographer told us everything looked healthy and that he was 100% sure we were having a girl. Here's a profile pic.

Pumpkin Patch 2008

This past weekend, we went to the pumpkin patch. It was a blast! Nicolas got to taste, touch, feel, sit on, etc. his first pumpkin. To see pics, click on the link below.

Pumpkin Patch 2008

Other fun news: Nicolas has begun to take his first steps....watch out!

Nicolas' First Birthday

Nicolas turned the big "1" this past week. We had a small party with mainly family and a couple of his buddies. We know he won't remember it but it was fun for us! He got some great gifts and his first taste of sugar. He pretty much loved it!