Spring Pictures

No baby yet!  We're still waiting.  It's probably a good thing because the kids and I have been fighting colds for the last week.  Hopefully we are on the recovery side of things but it seems to want to hang on. I figure this little gal will make her appearance when she's good and ready!  And so far she's not ready! :)

I thought I'd share with you a few fun spring photos that I've taken over the last two weeks.  It's been mostly rainy but we had about 2 1/2 days of beautiful weather that we had to get out in!

A puddle

We had three new baby goats but two didn't make it.  Zayah wants to "hold them."

Our farm girl feeding the goats

Little Stockings

My DH also finished the kids bunk beds and they slept in them last night.  They love them!

It's Official!

Ittsy Bittsy at 19 weeks

We had our 19 week ultrasound yesterday evening and it confirmed what we were told in an earlier ultrasound...its a boy!  Even before my ultrasounds I was suspicious that it might be a boy since my morning sickness was different then it was with Liesel.  Well I was right!

So now we begin a whole new adventure.  I laugh because when we were pregnant with Liesel we had all these boys' names picked out and had a hard time agreeing on a girl's name.  So when we found out we were having a boy I thought it would be easy, well...we do have some names we're tossing around but we're not as sure as we thought.  That's okay we have another 21 weeks to decided! 

In the Midst of it All...

A new life is beginning! Though the timing is a little awkward with the recent passing of Grandma A., we are excited to let you know Liesel will be a big sister this coming April.  Yes, our 2nd little one is on his/her way.

We were fortunate enough to be able to share the news with Grandma A two days before her passing and even though she was unable to verbally respond she smiled when she heard the new.

So far I haven't felt as sick as I did with Liesel which is a huge blessing as I have a 13 year old to get off to school in the morning and a busy 1 year to care for the rest of the day.  That's not to say I don't have my moments but God has been very good in giving me the needed strength and energy to make it through each day. We are 3 weeks shy of completing our 1st trimester so hopefully the morning sickness will start to fade as we enter the 2nd trimester!

So what is little Liesel up to these days.  Well walking is becoming a big thing.  On Sept. 8th (her dear aunty's b-day) she walked across the family room all by herself.  She is now getting braver and venturing out more and more.  Life has just gotten a whole lot busier!  I don't have any pictures or videos (bad mommy, I know) of her walking but I will have some soon. I just (30 minutes ago) finally got my memory card cleared so I can take more pictures.  I'll post those when I get them!  Here's some others for now!

She adores Callie!

Givin some lovin

Oh yes the beloved canning drawer