And a 30 Week Belly...

So 30 weeks, and 30lbs...hmmm. more than I gained with both of the kids at full term. 10 more weeks to gain a ridiculous amount of weight... haha

Love

28 has come a little too quickly. I cannot believe that my 10 yr High School Reunion is this year, or that we will be sending our sweet little Madelyn to Kindergarten. 28 seems a bit older than 27 to me, not quite sure why. These last few months we have enjoyed eachother, modified our home "rules" and expectations, and have become a very happy family. We sure do love eachother! We have enjoyed each other's company and are eagerly awaiting the arrival of baby Connor.

I am now 30 weeks and I feel great! This pregnancy has been amazing and truly bearable in every way. We are hoping the next 2 months fly by without complications and we will be seeing our little boy soon.

With expecting a 3rd little one, there comes another car seat to be occupied and a whole lot of "stuff" that needs to fit in the car. Unfortunatly our Mountaineer is only a 5-seater and with 2 very LARGE carseats in there already, we could not fit a third car seat... So for the last year or so (when we started to prepare for another baby) we have been looking for a car with a third row of seats... For my birthday (this week) Lars and I shopped for the perfect car... Some were too big (yukon XL) some were too small for all of our crap (Honda Pilot), some had too many miles, some were older than we wanted (>2005), some were just NOT our personality (minivan). And, well, let's be reasonable, some were just not in our price range (Cadillac Escalade)!

After about a year of searching, we found the perfect car for us; and RIGHT in time for my Birthday!
Meet the Newest member of our family:

2005 Lincoln Navigator, impecable... Right now I cannot think of any other name to call her than PERFECT.

She has 2 dvd players, 8 disc changer, 3 rows of seats with removable middle seat in the middle row to make bucket seats, and automatic 60-40 split seats in the back row to fit more groceries, strollers, etc...., a large moonroof, automatic gate lift, air ride, new tires, GPS, heated leather seats/and Lars' fav---AC seats! How cool is that?!

To say that I am in LOVE would be an understatement!

In my current condition, being pregnant, I cried as we test drove it, I cried as we bought it, and I even went down to the garage at midnight to go look at her again. She's just what our family needed and what we were looking for!
Happy Birthday to me!

December Fun

We've been really busy this December.

Friends....

Sleep...lots of sleep! mommy is growing a human!

Brother- sister bonding

Santa (even though last year we didn't believe in Santa, this year we do!)

Cousins........

Triumphs

PRESENTS!!!!!!!!!!

Daddy time....

Grandma and Grandpa time...

SNOW!



And a really fun trip to a Children's museum where we got to play and dress up, and just be kids...

Maddie had decided when she grows up she will be a ballerina, a fireman, an astronaut, a doctor, a vet, and a mom....

We're hoping Max will be the President of the United States. ;) Silly boy!

He's def a boy!

Well, we chose his name. Connor. I am so excited to honor my late grandmother by naming my son after her. We are still trying to figure out a middle name, and not quite sure of even any possibilities but we have plenty of time!

Lucky for me, the DVD didn't work, so I get another 5 minutes looking at my handsome little man at my next appt...and hopefully the machine will record him, so I can look at him often. XOXO.

18 weeks.

Since 14 weeks, I've felt the baby.. A lot more so now than before, but it's so exciting! Yesterday was our big scan and IT'S A BOY! We are so excited. We are kicking around names but right now the front-runners are Malakai (Kai for short) and Connor (my grandmother's maiden name). Malakai maybe doesn't sound like a typical WHITE boy name, but who cares, right? I love it!

Unfortunatly, the office got a new machine.....and they now write on DVD, not CD...I thought that would be great to add a video, but unlucky for us, the DVD is blank. Possible that they haven't figured out the DVD writer yet??? Sad, but looks to be true.

My Baby's Not a Baby!

This little handsome boy his 2ND BIRTHDAY.

This little boy gave Mommy quite a scare:

Apparently the excitement of the day was too much to handle, and he had an accident that landed us in the InstaCare. Luckily no stitches were required.

This little guy got Buzz Lightyear for his birthday, and Toy Story 3. Grandma bought him his very own couch like his Sister's, but it has BUZZ and WOODY! Every day he opens up the couch and Oooo's and Ahhh's over them both!

This little guy had his first real experience in the snow! He calls the snow "Snowman!" After playing for an hour or so, this little guy was a popsicle!

And this little girl saw the snow and said, "I'm so excited!!! The whole world is covered in snow!!! That means it's almost Christmas!!!" Funny coming from the little girl that HATED the snow last year! It was so bad that she'd cry when snow was on her shoes or pants and we were in the car... Well, that little girl was pretty happy last night!

We're Having Another Baby!

I thought we were done when Max was a baby, but he grew up to be soooo darn cute, I couldn't stop thinking of having dozens more like him!!! So with our quest to have 20 more, we are working on #3 now! I'm in the 2nd trimester this week!