27th Birthday!

I cannot believe I am 27 now with another child on the way.  This last past year has been awesome and has been filled with ups and downs.  We celebrated my birthday this year in Clifton at the general store and then went over to Peterson's for ice cream.  I highly recommend their praline shake! It was awesome! The best part about our diner was that the kids got to see the VRE pass through the town.  Christian was beyond excited when he got to see the train in action.  My birthday was awesome! I even got a new 50mm lens! I cannot wait to torture baby boy with it :-)

Swim Kids Swim Camp!

This week Christian started swim camp at Swim Kids.  He LOVES it. It has been almost two years since Christian has done swim so he has a lot of catching up to do.  With another child on the way we thought it was important for our kids to be able to swim alone with out us.  I really enjoyed watching him last night!

Baby Shower!

 The best shower food I have ever had!

 Doughnuts lanterns.

 The sweetest wreath! Thanks to Mariah.

 Me and my besties!

 Me and my MIL.

Thanks to all of my wonderful friends who showered doughnut and I.  The shower was gorgeous and I could have not asked for anything else.

31 weeks!

A sweet and dear friend offered to take a couple of maternity shots for me while I was pregnant.  I am so blessed to have these because every week is a game of will he still be in there or not. Also, how could I possibly take pictures of myself lol.  We had a blast and laughed most of the time.  It's awesome to be on the other side of the camera for a change.  I have had several contractions since these pictures were taken and we are still just trying to make it to 34 weeks.  A huge praise! The baby's cyst are all gone.  That was the longest ultra-sound apt. of my life.  They were an hour behind of course! The one day that I just wanted it to go quickly. We are also so thankful that both of Colin's parent's have been able to come up and help see us through the rest of this pregnancy.  Even though they live so far away they have made every effort to help us out.  I cannot tell Mr. Jim(Colin's dad) enough how my I appreciate him and how much he feels like my own dad now.  He is truly a godly man and has been such a huge part of our lives.  Now we just wait until 34 weeks and see what happens.  Oh and maids ROCK.  After my house was cleaned I walked around for an hour staring at the house.  Those women were my angels that day!

Avah's first swim lesson!

Avah just finished school and since we had to cancel our summer vacation plans I decided to sign the kids up for swim lessons.  She had a blast.  She did we and got to pick out of the treasure chest today but she is so much more timid than Christian was.  It's amazing how your children can be so different. Loved watching my sweet girl today!